Agenda - E-Invoicing Operators' Forum 2010 ebilling, online invoicing, electronic invoicing, e-billing, e-invoicing, online rechnung, elektronische rechnung, efacture, e-faktura, facturacion electronica

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Electronic Invoice Presentment & Payment
Electronic Statement Presentment
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5th E-Invoicing Operators' Forum
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

08:30  Registration and coffee

09:00
Opening remarks

  • General situation for operators & trends
  • Recommendations of European Commission Expert Group and
        VAT Directive
    Bruno Koch, Billentis, Switzerland

    09:10
    What will an international and interoperable E-Invoicing landscape look like?

  • Key components for an interconnected world
  • How much of this exists?
  • Document standards: A common semantic model versus
        the Tower of Babel
        - UN/CEFACT CII and its role with syntaxes like ISO 20022 and UBL
  • Infrastructure: A standardized four-corner model versus anarchy
  • PEPPOL is an early adopter - what does it provide?
  • Alignment with other large scale pilots, banks and industry
  • Legacy and the future - why we need to apply open standards and not
        create islands of E-Invoicing
    Tim McGrath, Technical Coordinator, PEPPOL

    09:40
    Bringing the players together - How to facilitate greater reach

  • A growing customer demand for better reach requires linking bank and
        non-bank platforms
  • Hub of the hubs - how a neutral player can bridge different groups
        together and deliver core solutions
  • How to reach over 9000 financial institutions easily and cost effectively
    Raimo Näätsaari, Market manager Supply Chain, SWIFT, UK

    09:55
    VeR - coopetition to make E-Invoicing happen

  • Reason why/goals
  • Technical results (e.g. roaming standard)
  • Contractual agreements (e.g. pricing)
  • Adaptation of EC Expert Group recommendations
  • Link to organisations like CEN, Hub Alliance and the German national
        E-Invoicing forum
    Marcus Laube, Association for Electronic Invoicing (VeR), Germany

    10:10
    Basware expands global E-Invoicing network

  • Overview, status
        - Main principles
        - Supported messages
        - Formats
        - Addressing/routing, directory
  • Alignment with international initiatives
    Vesa Peltola, Vice President Service Delivery, Basware, Finland

    10:25
    InvoiceX - The Spanish interconnection and interoperability model

  • Overview, status
        - Main principles
        - Supported messages
        - Formats
        - Validations and verification
        - Pricing
  • How to link to an international framework
  • Common denominator and differences with EG recommendations     and other country initiatives
    Julian Inza, InvoiceX, CEO of Albalia Interactiva, Spain

    10:40 Coffee break

    11:15
    Parallel breakout sessions A&B

    Breakout session A
    Addressing/routing

  • What is currently the situation and where should the community go to?
  • Adressing, schemes and models
  • Routing, schemes and models
  • Directories
  • Shortcomings and recommendation for practitioners to solve them
    with flash presentations of many experts
    Led by Marcus Laube, Association for Electronic Invoicing (VeR), Germany
    with
    Julian Inza, InvoiceX, CEO of Albalia Interactiva, Spain
    Tim Cole, Hub Alliance, Director of Causeway, UK
    Adrian Sem, Product Manager E-Invoicing, PostFinance, Switzerland

    Breakout session B
    Legal

  • SLAs
  • Model trading partner agreement and alignment with those
        of customers
  • Model EDI agreement for service providers
  • Code of practice
  • Code of ethics
  • Liability issues of cross-platform transport
  • Shortcomings and recommendation for practitioners to solve them
    with flash presentations of many experts
    Led by André Hintermann, Conceptas, Switzerland
    with
    Eva Hervidsson, Member of CEN Workshop on E-Invoicing, Sweden
    Arturo González Mac Dowell, InvoiceX, CEO of Eurobits, Spain
    Christiaan van der Valk, CEO, TrustWeaver, France
    Tony Nisbett, AP BPD - EDI, E-Invoicing, Digital Signature SME, IBM, UK

    12:30 Lunch and networking

    14:00
    Parallel breakout sessions C&D

    Breakout session C
    Technical Interoperability

  • The key components for the European E-Invoicing framework
  • Interaction and transport
  • Semantic, syntax
  • The interconnect file
  • Signature interoperability
  • Shortcomings and recommendation for practitioners to solve them
    with flash presentations of many experts
    Led by Hubert Hohenstein, Chairman of Association for Electronic Invoicing (VeR), Germany
    with
    Christiaan van der Valk, CEO, TrustWeaver, France
    Andreas Eichler, CEO, First Businesspost, Germany
    Eva Hervidsson, Member of CEN Workshop on E-Invoicing, Sweden

    Breakout session D
    Search and find appropriate interconnect partners
    In this session, service providers, alliances and associations representing operators are invited to present themselves and search for complementary partners. 8-9 presentations of maximum 5 minutes will be considered. Flash presentation on 1 slide:

  • What we are doing, markets, size
  • The kind of interconnect partner we are looking for
    Led by André Hintermann, Conceptas, Switzerland
    with
    Anu Linjamäki, Product Marketing Manager, Basware, Finland
    William Drakos, Managing Director, Information Systems Impact, Greece
    Petr Didenko, Strategic Business Develop. Manager, SKB Kontur, Russia
    Arturo González Mac Dowell, Eurobits & Iberpay SIFE, Spain
    Britta Balden, General Manager, Retail@Link S.A., Greece
    Bogdan Stavrev, Senior Expert, BORICA - BANKSERVICE JSC, Bulgaria
    Jonas Edlund, Vice President, Pagero, Sweden
    and other speakers

    15:15
    Wrap-up of breakout sessions
    Chairmen of breakout sessions

    15:30
    The key for success is through SME and interoperability

  • Co-operation between non-banks and banks
        - Content standards between service providers
        - Two level addressing
  • Need for change in mindset to enable an efficient and simple set up
        between suppliers and buyers
  • Lessons learned; a bank perspective on E-Invoicing...
    Eva Hervidsson, Senior Product Manager, Nordea Bank AB, Sweden

    15:45
    Closing remarks

  • E-Invoicing pricing status & trends for end-users and among
        service providers
  • Market report 2011
    Bruno Koch, Billentis, Switzerland

    16:00  End of E-Invoicing Operators' Forum

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