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ifb group presents "International Banking Conference for SAP Users"
3-4 June 2008 in Vienna (Austria) / Exchange of ideas on the potential and benefits of SAP for Banking
Vienna (Austria), May 15th, 2008. Banking professionals and managers from all over the world will meet to exchange ideas at the "International Banking Conference for SAP Users" in Vienna (Austria) on 3-4 June 2008. The event is being organised by the consulting and software provider, ifb group, which as a special expertise partner to SAP AG specialises, amongst other things, in the development and implementation of SAP banking software. The focus of the conference will be an exchange of ideas regarding bank controlling with "SAP for Banking". Speakers from international banks, SAP AG and the ifb group will explain how leading banks are benefiting from the latest economic and technical management methods using SAP systems. This will involve "Analytical Banking" and "Transactional Banking" issues, including the following topics:
- Strategies dealing with standardisation, industrialisation and IT architecture in financial institutions
- Concepts for total bank controlling, integrated reporting, consolidation and processes
- Implementation of IFRS, Basel II, profitability analyses, management accounting, supervisory issues, etc.
- Application possibilities in analytical banking, transactional banking and ERP
A selection of scheduled speakers:
- The role of IT in the banking world of tomorrow
Thomas Balgheim, Senior Vice President Financial Services, SAP AG, Deutschland
- Top-down meets Bottom-Up: The Postbank’s managed evolution towards service oriented architecture
Dr. Stephan Güsken, Head of SIC, Postbank Systems AG, Deutschland
- Strategic challenges of a new banking IT architecture
Gustavo Roxo, Chief Information Officer, Banco Real, Brasilien
- BIAN – towards an international SOA standard for banks
Oliver Kling, Solution Architect, SAP AG, Deutschland
- Enhanced SAP ERP Finance Processes
Farah Jama, Vice President, Global Finance Technology, JPMorgan Chase (USA)
The conference will be held in English. Venue is the Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen Vienna. For online registration and further information, please see www.ifb-group.
com/SAPconference or contact Regina Landwehr, ifb group, Cologne (Germany), +49 221 921841 777, Fax + 49 221 921841 300, SAPconference@ifb-group.com. The participation fee is EUR 1,390.
