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| Monday, November 23rd |
1:30 - 2:30pm |
MICROSOFT |
| Tuesday, November 24th |
9:00 - 10:15am | SAP |
| Tuesday, November 24th |
1:30 - 2:30pm |
Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) |
| Wednesday, November 25th | 9:00 - 10:15am |
FreeBalance |
| Wednesday, November 25th | 1:30 - 2:30pm | Bell |
| Thursday, November 26th | 1:30 - 2:30pm | IBM |
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| DATE: | November 23, 2009 - 1:30 to 2:30pm |
| PRESENTED BY: | Microsoft |
ABSTRACT:
Easy, Intuitive, Integrated - If those aren`t the first three words you`d use, you should join us for our Monday afternoon session.
Many organizations are now realizing that their ERP solution does not offer the integrated experience for which they’d hoped. You’re looking
for tools that allow for broad-base user adoption, and intuitive access to your critical enterprise data. In this session you will:
- Learn how Microsoft and SAP have worked together to provide an intuitive interface for you and your users.
- See real customer examples showcasing Human Resources Self-Service and Reporting.
- Take away best practices on how to leverage the robust user experience of Microsoft, coupled with the backbone, SAP business process engine
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| DATE: | November 24, 2009 - 9:00 to 10:15am |
| PRESENTED BY: | SAP and Open Text |
| PRIMARY PRESENTER: |
Tom Walker, Open Text Portfolio Manager - SAP Invoice Management |
ABSTRACT:
Is invoice processing functions draining your time and resources? For many organizations, managing invoices means manual efforts that drain both internal and vendor resources.
Manual processing often involves time-consuming historical research, belabored communication with vendors, process documentation, requests for additional information from multiple parties, manual routing, and the labor-intensive monitoring and providing updates on unpaid invoice status. Cash discounts are routinely missed and due timelines may overrun leading to additional workload from handling supplier inquiries.
The SAP Invoice Management solution from Open Text can help you resolve these challenges. SAP Invoice Management is integrated with the SAR ERP application and SAP Netweaver platform - allowing you to streamline accounts payable operations across and beyond the enterprise.
The business benefits provided by the SAP Invoice Management solution include:
- Reducing invoice processing time
- Improving cash flow management
- Providing accurate, on-time financial reporting
- Enhancing vendor relations
- Supporting scalable shared-services delivery
- Improving visibility of invoice processing
- Facilitating regulatory compliance
Please join SAP and Open Text as we discuss how the SAP Invoice Management solution can help you streamline invoice processing, meet critical payment and compliance deadlines, and avoid risks related to inaccurate business information.
TOM WALKER
For the past 8 years, as an Open Text Senior Process Architect and currently as Portfolio Manager SAP AP Solution, Mr. Walker has assisted numerous Fortune 500 companies in the optimization and automation of their world wide SAP processes. Prior to Open Text, he worked for a multinational chemical company in financial areas and IT. His primary focus is SAP Accounts Payable including imaging, OCR and e-invoicing. Tom is a frequent speaker at Americas SAP User Group meetings.
Mr. Walker has worked with SAP for over 18 years and has over 10 years experience with SAP workflow. His financial experience includes cost accounting, accounts payable, general accounting, financial analysis, auditing and management.
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NHL Legend Mike McPhee
| DATE: | November 24, 2009 - 1:30 to 2:30pm |
| PRESENTED BY: | ACFO |
| SPECIAL GUEST: |
Mike McPhee NHL Legend |
ABSTRACT:
A commitment to excellence, a sense of professionalism and the ability to think strategically. These skills made Mike McPhee an NHL All Star and Stanley Cup Champion. They’ve also made him one of the most sought after and successful financial advisors in eastern Canada. The long-time Montreal Canadiens star will be talking about the skills that have made him successful as successful a financial professional as he was a professional hockey player, then sticking around to help ACFO celebrate 20 years of proudly serving the Financial Officer Community during a wine-and-cheese reception.
Best known for compiling more than 450 points, an All Star appearance and a Stanley Cup during an 11-year NHL career, Mike McPhee is also a Certified Financial Planner with an MBA and a track record of providing top quality financial advice to a wide range of clients.
www.mikemcphee.ca
www.acfo-acaf.com
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Government 2.0, Performance Management and Public Financial Management Transformations
| DATE: | November 25, 2009 - 1:30 to 2:30pm |
| PRESENTED BY: | FreeBalance |
| PRESENTER: | Doug Hadden, VP Products, FreeBalance, dhadden@freebalance.com, 202-285-7051 |
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW:
The technical discipline of “corporate performance management” provides governments with compelling planning and analytical tools. However, the “performance management” discipline is narrow focused and does not include all relevant aspects of government performance. Government 2.0 is a new trend in government transformation. This presentation will describe how Government 2.0 will transform the practice of public financial management. It will describe how the government “back-office” benefits from citizen and civil society collaboration.
Objectives
- Identify the current limitations of Government Performance Management.
- Contrast the needs of public and private sector performance.
- Describe Government 2.0 lessons learned such as participatory budgeting in Brazil, e-procurement in Guatemala and Intellipedia in the U.S. is improving government performance.
- Identify the linkages between Performance Management and Government 2.0 to predict the future practical approach to improving performance in government.
- Practical application of performance management techniques in government has had mixed results.
- Unlike the private sector, Government Performance Management has no easily identifiable “bottom-line.” Government initiatives have unexpected positive and negative consequences. The selection of specific outputs and outcomes does not provide a 360 degree view of government performance.
- Many governments around the world are adopting performance management techniques with mixed results. There are many lessons learned.
- Government 2.0 is the use of Web 2.0 techniques to enable collaboration among like-minded people in government. Government 2.0 provides the tools necessary to link government initiatives with societal impact. It also enables governments to improve performance by leveraging the wisdom of crowds.
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The Whys, Whats and Hows of an SAP Business Intelligence Implementation
| DATE: | November 25, 2009 - 1:30 to 2:30pm |
| PRESENTED BY: | Bell |
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW:
Recently, the new reporting requirements enforced by the Treasury Board has led federal executives to make reporting of financial and non-financial performance information a priority. In their attempt to efficiently collect, manage and report this information, they may now turn to SAP Business Intelligence (BI) solution as an available option. However, before they decide to step in such a project, executives wonder how to establish a BI strategy will bring benefits years after years.
Furthermore, defining the BI strategy is the foundation of any successful BI project but the real success is measured by the solution adoption of the user community. The BI deployment methodology, project team staffing, change management, knowledge transfer and ramp-up strategies are keys to the solution adoption by all levels of the organization.
Citing as an example the case of a major SAP BI project implemented within the Federal Government, the speaker, who participated in the project oversight, describes a proven methodology for BI implementation planning, execution and operation, and pinpoints key factors that are cornerstone to successful business transformation and BI adoption within federal departments and agencies.
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Enabling Financial Performance Management and Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
| DATE: | November 26, 2009 - 1:30 to 2:30pm |
| PRESENTED BY: | IBM |
| PRESENTER: | Cathy Green, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM, Strategy and Transformation |
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW:
Attendees will participate in a demonstration of how federal government departments are using Cognos solutions to enable and improve financial performance management focusing on planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting. The presentation and demonstration will be provide insight and lessons learned on a full range of financial performance management issues from strategy through to results.
CATHY GREEN
Cathy Green is a Senior Managing Consultant with IBM’s Strategy and Transformation practice. Within this capacity, she provides financial and business performance management consulting services to public sector clients. Over the past twelve years she has helped many federal government departments and agencies develop performance management frameworks and dashboards, define key performance indicators, and develop strategies to optimize the use of performance information to solve business challenges. She also supports federal clients in the assessment of departmental operating resources, with a view to ensure resources are best aligned to meet mandated obligations and to achieve desired program results. She has delivered transformational solutions to a broad range of federal public sector clients, particularly those focused on public safety, social services, transportation and public affairs.
