Panel | Pathways to CFO
How do we get more women into the CFO role? Using the CFO role as a platform for more female CEOs
Panel | CFO-led digital transformation
Dealing with a digital world: must-have vs nice-to-have How to proactively manage cyber security risks The future of AI and how business can use it, not just talk about it
Panel | Investor reporting and the growth in ESG
Integrated reporting and other sustainability indices Building out a successful ESG strategy Should Australia wait for international action or is the Australian market different?
Panel | CFO state of the union
How to stay ahead in the post-COVID world Capital management strategies Responding to the changing regulatory environment
In Conversation | Philip Knox
How big were the challenges for the NBN as the pandemic hit How will the NBN cope with the changing way we work Where to next with the NBN – what can business expect?
Panel | The big picture
Living with the pandemic: what could a post COVID world look like How technology is enabling the future of work Business growth and scale-up strategies
The CFO career path, what is next?
Does the CFO career trajectory play out differently in different industries? Skills of next generation finance chiefs Tales, trends from the field
The CFO’s evolving role in managing risk and uncertainties
Risk taking in increasingly volatile and uncertain business conditions How the expanding regulatory environment is impacting business risk and strategy? Building business resilience and agility through improved strategic risk management
How can CFOs better deal with investors
What do investors look for in financial management (capital discipline, innovation, agile budgeting etc)? What do they hate? How can CFOs avoid drawing the ire of activist investors? Continuous disclosure – in light of rising shareholder class actions, and a shortage of sell-side analysts, do we need to rethink it?
CFO, disrupted: undergoing digital transformation in finance
The rise of data: how can finance-supported analytics drive value inside and outside the finance function? How are CFOs becoming strategic advisors now vs number crunchers (CFO as a catalyst for change) Preparing for the next wave of emerging technologies: strengthening CFO-CIO relationship
CFOs state of the union
How can CFOs create new value and drive productivity gains? How is reporting changing to reflect broader expectations of company performance? What skills do today’s CFO need?
The big picture
What do businesses need from their finance leaders, besides finance? The rapid growth of non-financial reporting The CFO of the future