Chairman's opening address
- Market status
- Current trends
Bruno Koch, Billentis, Switzerland

E-Invoicing as key component of Polish digital agenda
- European and national context
- The Polish objectives
- Initiatives of the private and public sector
- Outlook and market predictions
tbd, Government official of Poland

E-Invoicing as keystone of EUs digital agenda
- The strong political support in the European Parliament and in the
  member states for the deployment of E-Invoicing in Europe
- A snapshot of relevant ongoing and future European policy initiatives
  and projects
- The European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on E-Invoicing
- Setup and objectives
- Outcome
Antonio Conte, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels

How to achieve country-wide support for a national E-Invoicing initiative and to make it happen
- Involvement and activation of the various stakeholders
- Alignment with the objectives of national digital agenda
- Coordination with the EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum
- Project status and outlook
Stefan Engel-Flechsig, Chairman FeRD & member of the EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum, Germany

Breakout session 'E-Invoicing in Poland'
Presentation, followed by discussion of hot topics by Polish key stakeholders

E-Invoicing / E-Reporting to combat tax evasion
- Background and objectives with the project
- The planned model and how it shall help to reduce tax evasion
- Paper-based vs electronic invoices treatment
- The role of e-traces / digital fingerprints
- Roadmap and outlook
Panagiotis (Panos) Zafeiropoulos, Minister's Office Adviser, Coordinator of the E-Invoicing Greek PG, Ministry of Finance, Greece

E-Invoicing and E-Reporting in Turkey
- The objectives of the revenue department
- Vehicles to reduce tax evasion
- E-Invoicing collaboration model of the revenue department
  and private industry service providers
- Status and outlook
Ugur Dogan, Head of Department, Turkish Tax Authority, Turkey

Challenges of global E-Invoicing
tbd, multinational company

Panel Discussion:
Visions for the future of the E-Invoicing and the electronic supply chain market
Chair: Gerhard Laga, The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria
Panellists:
- Bernhard Fischer, Vice President Solution Management Shared Services,
  SAP AG, Germany
- Paolo Malinverno, Research VP, Gartner, Ireland
- Pedro Cabezón, Director / Co-founder, Paperless, Latin America
- Bruno Koch, E-Invoicing Industry Analyst, Billentis, Switzerland

From the academic world: Value-oriented process optimisation by E-Invoicing
- Financial supply chain and working capital optimisation
- Functional interaction between finance and procurement to increase
  overall company value
- Reference and process model for a practical implementation
- An academic standpoint (doctoral thesis in a practical context)
Mario Kischporski, Hochschule Deggendorf (University Deggendorf of Applied Sciences), Germany

EU recast late payment directive and its impact on invoice processing
- Cornerstones of the directive
- Role of E-Invoicing in achieving its objectives
- Has it made a difference?
Philip King, Chief Executive, Institute of Credit Management (ICM), United Kingdom

Breakout session:
Europe / Latam government exchange on E-Invoicing. Developing best practices.
- Divergent operation model
- Challenges and how to overcome
- What we can learn of best practices in other countries
- Outlook
Chair: Luis Sánchez, Indicium Solutions, Mexico
Panellists:
- Panagiotis (Panos) Zafeiropoulos, Minister's Office Adviser,
  Coordinator of the E-Invoicing Greek PG, Ministry of Finance, Greece
- Marcela Lacoste, IT Business Office Head 'Servicio de Impuestos
  Internos' (SII), Chile
- Government official of Mexico (requested)
- and others

The impact of evolving consumer preferences on E-Invoicing
- Review of changing market landscape and emergence of new
  technologies
- Insight into delivery and payment trends from this year's study of 267
  businesses and 2,025 consumers in the U.S.
- Implications of key research findings for the E-Invoicing market
- Recommendations for adapting delivery and payment strategies to meet
  future business needs
Matt Swain, Associate Director, InfoTrends, USA

User forum 'Public Sector'
- Strategy and role of the public sector
- Original expectations about own success and the real development
- What was fulfilled?
- Disappointments and its background
- Service provider strategy
- Outlook
Chair: Gerhard Laga, The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria
Panellists:
- Kerstin Wiss Holmdahl, Legal adviser / project leader E-Procurement,
  Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR/SKL),
  Sweden
- Christian Gnägi, Chief E-Government FI, Federal Finance Administration
  FFA, Switzerland
- and many others

From E-Invoicing to the full E-Procurement chain
Speaker to be defined

Numerous end-user case studies from the private industry
Speakers / companies as suggested by sponsors

Electronic invoicing paving the way for real-time economy
- Value-added services developed on XML-based E-Invoicing
- Cloud-based accounting systems disrupting work routines
- E-Invoices integrated to electronic bank account statements
  leading to fully automated accounting for SMEs
Esko Penttinen, Research Director, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Chairman's market outlook and closing remarks
Bruno Koch, Billentis, Switzerland