October 19th

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST Fireside Chat: How Do You Combat Inflation and the Great Resignation? Optimize Cost Structure, Financial Performance and Employee Engagement For Growth

Luis Damasceno - Group Chief Financial Officer, ALS
Sas Mukherjee - Chief Financial Officer, Gainswell Technologies

Amid rising inflation, are you finding yourself revisiting existing pricing strategies to offset increasing labor, input, supply chain, and capital costs? With an unstable market, preparedness and reevaluation is necessary to streamline cost management, respond quickly and effectively to market changes and create growth. Join this session to hear expert perspectives on developing a flexible roadmap.

·       Address how to build agility and flexibility into planning, budgeting and forecasting to offset uncertainty

·       What levers can you use to navigate inflation and evaluate your strategy?

·       How do you combat attrition and labor costs?

·       What strategies can you put in place to drive revenue to protect your balance sheet?

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Luis Damasceno

Group Chief Financial Officer
ALS

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Sas Mukherjee

Chief Financial Officer
Gainswell Technologies

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EST BENCHMARKING SESSION: How Digital Transformation is Leveling-Up Decision-Making And Unlocking More Value Than Ever

Vanesa Bui - Vice President of Finance Transformation, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment

With the wave of digital transformation, CFO’s are finding that AI, RPA, automation and other technologies are critical to leveling up decision-making and action, while simultaneously streamlining processes. Successful digital transformation is the new baseline for solid performance for finance leaders, how do you measure up? Join this benchmarking session to assess with peers:

·       What measures do you need to prove improved cost structure and performance? How do you build KPIs to measure enterprise liquidity?

·       How can automation and visibility be used to power your leadership?

·       How can digital investments reinvigorate your workforce productivity?

·       Consider how digitalization can drive more effective enterprise decisions and support revenue growth strategies

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Vanesa Bui

Vice President of Finance Transformation
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST PEER-TO-PEER ROUNDTABLE: Addressing the Elephant in the Room – Overcome Pain Points and Create Strategies for Leading a Hybrid Team

Krishnan Subramanian - Senior Vice President, Finance, Qualfon

Leading an in-person team differs vastly from the new reality of the hybrid working model. With far less touchpoints and physical ways to monitor your team, leaders need to reinvent what it means to manage productivity, culture and their own schedule. Ask yourself the unspoken questions that have yet to be mastered. What can you do better to be an effective leader in a nonconventional environment? Join your peers to benchmark and discuss:

·       What are the challenges of managing a hybrid team?

·       How do you redefine the employee value proposition in a hybrid environment?

·       What guidance and advice can you offer to lower-level management who have never led a team in a hybrid or virtual environment to ensure effective employee support and experience?

·       How do you optimize your time management skills to prevent burnout?

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Krishnan Subramanian

Senior Vice President, Finance
Qualfon

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm EST PEER-TO-PEER ROUNDTABLE: The Trickle-Down Effect – How do you Empower Critical Thinking and Heightened EQ Throughout Your Team

Ligia Freitas - Chief Financial Officer, GE Healthcare

As a result of the pandemic, there is a greater focus on transparency requiring finance to bring insights into financial performance to the table more regularly. Your finance operation teams are masters of numbers, but critical thinking and communication skills are not guaranteed. Is your team equipped to present these findings in a professional and impactful manner?

·       How do you empower your workforce to take on the responsibility of owning insights with confidence?

·       What training is available to develop comprehension and presentation skills to enhance communication?

·       Sometimes it is as simple as knowing what to say and what not to say – what are some tips and tricks to read a room and build emotional intelligence?

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Ligia Freitas

Chief Financial Officer
GE Healthcare