Agenda - European EXPP Summit

Agenda


	>> View agenda as PDF Chairman's Opening Address Market trends Perspectives Bruno Koch, Billentis, Switzerland Ways to move millions of enterprises to E-Invoicing and E-Document exchange Key issues Current & future initiatives supported by the European Community (SEPA, CEN, eBSN, ...) Intentions of the EC and the Expert Group What can we expect? Bo Harald, Chairman of the European Expert Group for Electronic Invoicing From paper invoicing to 100% E-Invoicing in 6 months The challenge with 70 different ERP systems producing invoices and supporting documents Integrate these different systems for achieving a consistent billing service to our customers Requirements for a solution and the innovative deployment process Rollout to almost 100% of BT's customers in 6 months Expected working capital improvement Erik Ter Horst, CFO Benelux, British Telecom Global Services, The Netherlands Credit Management and Invoicing Efficiency The order to cash processing as a third party service Synergies between Credit Management and Billing Services E-Invoicing auditability Robert Williams, CEO and Chairman, Vengroff Williams / Associates UK, Inc Electronic Invoicing in Spain Government initiatives to boost E-Invoicing Relevance of domestic invoice format FACTURAE Marketing activities, incentives and tools to attract all sizes of suppliers Outlook María-Jesús García-Martín, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Spain State of Finland - from paper to electronic invoices Invoices electronically by the end of 2009 Scope and scale of the project How do we make it possible - drivers and activities Encouraging results: 70% of purchase invoices electronically Jere Reinikainen, Project Manager, State Treasury, Finland How to start an E-Invoicing project from scratch Basic concepts, cost savings, a remark on legislation Sending sales E-Invoices Receiving purchase E-Invoices How to start Jukka Muhonen, E-Invoice expert, Finland E-Signatures in a purchase-card environment Disadvantages of traditional processing without E-Signatures Requirements for a modern signature solution (legal, technical) Options we have evaluated The implemented solution Michael Thomas, Head of Product Management Billing, Lufthansa Airplus, Germany Bank's Key to the B2B E-Invoice Market Bank's position on the B2B and B2C E-Invoice market - Swedish perspective Why strong SME relations are important in a B2B E-Invoice perspective Swedbank's way of creating a B2B E-Invoice service Challenges when entering the B2B E-Invoice market Sarah Hysén, Product Manager E-Invoice, Swedbank, Sweden Electronic Invoicing initiatives of Spanish Banks Overview of private initiatives to boost E-Invoicing The role of banks as service platforms Acceptance of the user directory (phone book) Future options for co-operating domestically and internationally Arturo González Mac Dowell, General Director, Eurobits Technologies, Spain Process optimization with customer retention Added value through process optimisation E-Invoicing project for outbound invoices Expectations and goals Project plan Lessons Learnt / experiences Michaela Conrads, Project Manager eBusiness, Smurfit Kappa GmbH, Germany Value Added E-Services for Shared Services Clients Drivers and focus E-Services Internal customer vs. external customers Beyond E-Billing: handling of statements, court letters, marketing information, payroll, remittance and legal files Rollout process Wendy Mahoney, Independent E-Billing Expert, United Kingdom E-Invoicing as a key element of the sale to cash flow process Maxcredible insight E-Invoicing within the Value Chain Integration of Service Providers Don´t organize the problem, optimize the chain! Maarten M. Elshove, Director International, Maxcredible, The Netherlands Invoice dematerialization at a worldwide scale Background and objectives Legal compliance Supplier enrolment process Achievements Alexandra Piot, Team leader CPS France, American Express, France Experiences with international E-Invoicing in a multinational SSC environment Need for interoperability Meeting the demands of customers on different markets The (global) buyer’s challenge Soile Hiekkasalmi-Linna, Development Manager, Metso Corporation, Finland Electronic Invoicing in the procurement process at Daimler Solution to exchange incoming invoices in an electronic way Process overview Implementation and roll-out at Daimler plants in Germany Thomas Brand, Methods Business Administration, Daimler AG, Germany Panel-Discussion: Rollout Strategies Problems faced and how they were solved/overgained Ways to convince customers/suppliers of E-Invoicing The right way: forcing or asking? How to perform marketing for 'the product' Panelists: - Wendy Mahoney, Independent E-Billing Expert, United Kingdom - Mait Sooaru, Managing Director, Itella Information AS, Estonia - Paul Wildoer, Director of E-Business Europe, VWR International, The Netherlands - Jere Reinikainen, Project Manager, State Treasury, Finland - Per Wiman, Business Development, Schenker AB, Sweden Tax and E-Invoicing: The CEN/FISCALIS Initiative on E-Audit The process of E-Invoicing auditing Measures to facilitate E-Invoice auditing Approach in The Netherlands: allowing for E-Invoicing system clearance in advance by tax authorities Other issues: storage and content of E-Invoices and legal requirements Joost Kuipers, Expert Group for Tax Auditing, The Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, The Netherlands E-Invoicing and VAT management Will E-Invoicing be a key driver for VAT management? Is there a discrepancy between legal requirements and cost-effectivness? How to set up appropriate project management for the implementation of E-Invoice based VAT management tools? Which other complementary electronic documents can boost the deployment of E-Invoices? Dr. Wolfgang Matt, Vice President Corporate Taxes, Hilti AG, Liechtenstein Impact of E-Invoicing and Matter Management on Legal Departments Cost Management Characteristics and specialties of legal invoices Goals of electronic invoicing and matter management Challenges of implementing an integrated solution Results and lessons learnt Jeff Novak, Deputy General Counsel, AOL, USA Workflow-based processing of incoming invoices Features of our customer - supplier relationship Need for action for the AP department Internal audit of invoices: the process Web based workflow process Lessons learnt / future challenges Franz Vocht, Head of Current Accounts / Purchase to Pay, MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Germany E-Invoicing: Get on with it. The importance of E-Channels as part of the VWR Business International Challenges with all sizes of customers, suppliers and how to solve them Lessons learnt after several years of E-Invoicing and E-Business How to continue Paul Wildoer, Director of E-Business Europe, VWR International, The Netherlands Banks - enabling compliant E-Invoicing Why is RBS involved in E-Invoicing? How does a bank enable compliant E-Invoicing? Why is trust an essential element? Opportunity for straight through processing Ian Watkinson, TrustAssured, Royal Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom Unleashing the power of the online banking platform Multi-channel approach and digital divide at Fortis User centricity drives product innovation: The end-user's perspective Designing a two-sided platform: Adding the sender's perspective Improving the financial cost chain Key success factors Geert Symoens, Head of Remote and One to One Channels, Fortis Bank, Belgium Pan European e-Invoicing deployment of a centralized company International company structure and billing landscape Challenge to comply with various local E-Invoicing legislations The A/R E-Invoicing global deployment project Combining customers´ technical specifics and requirements with different national legal obligations Automation and saving potentials Bernhard Probst, Business Process Controller, Electronic Arts Europe E-Invoices to the mass market E-thinking from order to invoice - this is Schenker e-solutions Stronger relationship to the customers Environmental thinking - saving environment with E-Invoicing Our Way - regardless of customers ERP, massive rollout Future opportunities Per Wiman, Business Development, Schenker AB, Sweden Global rollout of a comprehensive solution for incoming invoices Different modules of a comprehensive solution The importance of E-Invoicing in the overall process Preparing the field, internally and externally Implementation and rollout experience Daniel Fitze, Process and Legal Consultant , Bayer Business Services, Germany Self-billing with E-Signature @ Bosch Problems two years ago Discussed future options and selection criteria Business Case How to create a Win-Win situation for Robert Bosch and its suppliers Company-internal results and supplier feedbacks Mike Lechner, A/P Process Manager, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany E-Invoicing - Practical considerations and lessons learned Users - competence, training and guidance Compliance - signing, archiving and vendor capabilities Process - credit notes, matching and manual intervention Product - integration, rendering, reporting and charges David Taylor, Accounts Payable Manager, AT&T, United Kingdom Make or buy a service platform Customer requirements for E-Invoicing and beyond: large to small companies, consumers, network partners etc. Make or buy Outlook Martin Frick, CEO, Telekurs PayNet, Switzerland SPONSORED SPEECH Automated solution for the whole E-Billing supply chain The billing workflow end-to-end in the practice Auto-generate digitally signed and VAT compliant PDF and XML files Receive and import electronic bills in the desired format Legislation compliant long-term archiving Benefits for bill issuers and recipients Wolfgang Stier, Sales Director, gotomaxx GmbH, Germany ROUNDTABLE 1 How to break through in B2C E-Billing Why only two countries in Europe have made a breakthrough Four key components how to make a breakthrough in consumer E-Billing in every country How to create win-win cooperation in E-Billing society? Chair: Mait Sooaru, Managing Director, Itella Information AS, Estonia ROUNDTABLE 2 Challenges during implementation and how to cope with them in practice Preparing the field internally and externally Implementation and rollout Chair: Marcus Laube, CEO, crossinx, Germany ROUNDTABLE 3 Co-opetition between Banks and Non-Bank Service Providers Role of Banks in the E-Billing/E-Invoicing service market Role of Non-Banks in the E-Billing/E-Invoicing service market Role of standards like SEPA Where and how could banks and non-bank service providers cooperate? Chair: Carmen Ciciriello, CEO, SEPA International Ltd, United Kingdom Vice-Chair: Eva Hervidsson, Senior Product Manager, Collection Services, Nordea Bank AB, Sweden Vice-Chair: Gary Benson, OB10, United Kingdom ROUNDTABLE 4 VAT compliance and E-Signatures Legal requirements for domestic and cross-border exchange How to process electronic invoices VAT compliant as economic as possible Electronic signatures and their role in VAT audit Obstacles in the practice and how to overcome them Chair: Marc Joostens, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium Vice-Chair: Stefan Engel-Flechsig, Legal Counsel & Chairmen of CEN/ISSS Workshop on e-invoices, Germany Presentation of the Roundtable results Wrap-up and Outlook for 2009