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Imagine if you could take 2 full days off your month-end close, how would you spend that time? Would you analyse data, develop your business strategy, or focus on upskilling? Or maybe you’d hang out with your kids, practice hobbies, or take some much-needed downtime. This might sound too good to be true, but finance professionals all over the world are already enjoying that extra time themselves. How? By replacing manual processes with automation.

In this webinar, we dig into the behaviours, attitudes, and ambitions of over 1000 finance professionals and reveal the future of the financial close.

In this session you will learn:

  • The top 3 pain points that are slowing the month-end close.
  • How businesses are getting insights faster through automation.
  • Where businesses that are fully automated are focusing their time and attention.
  • The role of cloud accounting software in achieving more automation.

Who is this event for?

If you’re a CFO, a finance leader or work within the finance department, this webinar would be ideal for you. Whether you’re looking to expand your knowledge on how businesses are getting insights faster through automation, where businesses who are fully automated are focusing their time or the role of cloud accounting software or you’re facing a business challenge in these areas, this webinar will provide valuable insights.

Key takeaways:

  • How businesses are getting insights faster through automation
  • Where businesses that are finally automated are focusing their time and attention
  • The role of cloud accounting software in achieving more automation

Thriving in The Age of Generative AI

The breakneck speed at which AI continues to advance is redefining the business landscape. With generative AI rapidly permeating daily life and transforming industries from banking to retail, to logistics and healthcare, businesses are grappling with a fast-paced, disruptive digital landscape. Virtually every business has either utilised or at least contemplated the use of generative AI to enhance their daily operations.

This exclusive Tech Monitor roundtable, in partnership with Hexaware, will convene senior leaders from a cross-section of industries to discuss maximising business value with Generative AI (GenAI).

Questions for discussion include:

  • How are business utilising generative AI to improve workflows and enhance operational efficiency?
  • What success stories can be shared, and which areas are most ripe for growth?
  • What are the limitations of generative AI? Why must we tread carefully?
  • How can businesses ensure they are at the leading edge, not bleeding edge, when it comes to using generative AI?
  • What are the cyber-attack scenarios associated with generative AI? What is the current threat landscape and how might this evolve in the future?
  • What strategies are business leaders adopting to safeguard their businesses from cyber-attacks associated with generative AI? What innovative technologies are available to them?
  • To what extent must the greater use of generative AI technology be paired with effective business strategy? What must be considered to ensure you receive buy-in from the board?

Overview

You’re invited to celebrate Elite Traveler’s 2023 Leaders in Luxury with an evening at The Ned NoMad. Presented by Clase Azul tequila, Laurent Perrier champagne and The Ned NoMad.

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Roundtable: Streamlining your business with hybrid cloud

A rapidly evolving digital landscape coupled with increasingly challenging economic conditions means that more businesses than ever before are turning to the cloud.

The attraction of cloud is clear: a fully managed, cost-effective and scalable environment is perfect for many workloads. For other workloads, however, migration is not so easy, and businesses across a variety of industries have yet to realise a significant return on investment from cloud.

Spiralling costs, interoperability in and between cloud providers, and synthesising legacy systems are just some of the frustrations. Wrestling with this challenge, organisations are increasingly reaching for a hybrid cloud alternative – combining outsourced IT services off-site with optimised on-premise environments.

This exclusive Tech Monitor roundtable dinner, in partnership with Lenovo and AMD, will address how businesses can harness the power of hybrid cloud to drive growth, enhance agility and achieve operational efficiency.

The event is an opportunity for senior IT leaders to come together in a relaxed and convivial setting to share migration frustrations and opportunities, discussing to what extent the use of hybrid cloud can help their organisation remain fit to compete in today’s global economy.

 

Topics for discussion will include:

  • Workload optimisation: public vs. private cloud
  • Utilising the cloud to drive sustainability and promote ESG credentials
  • Ensuring transparency in hybrid clouds
  • Maintaining interoperability
  • Striving for low-latency connections
  • Data residency considerations
  • Striking correct balances in managed services agreements
  • Keeping pace with regulatory demands and requirements

Overview:

New Statesman Politics Live will showcase the very best of the New Statesman, with panels, live interviews, speeches and debates that bring together policymakers from across the political spectrum. Join us on Tuesday 9th July 2024 in the heart of Westminster to hear insights from experts, politicians and industry leaders; network with fellow influential guests and address the most pressing policy questions facing the UK.

To visit our website for more information.

Ticket Options*

  • Private Sector Conference Pass  –  Early Bird offer* £149 inc VAT –  Full price £249 inc VAT
  • Public / Third Sector Conference Pass – Early Bird offer* £69 inc VAT – Full price £129 inc VAT
  • New Statesman Subscriber £69 inc VAT
  • Student Ticket – £49.00 inc VAT

Early bird offer ends Friday 31st May 2024.

Please register with your professional or educational email address. All registrations are reviewed and subject to approval by the events production team. Please contact events@newstatesman.co.uk for more information. Enhanced registration measures: There will be an enhanced registration check. Please ensure you have your registration confirmation email, either on your mobile device or as a printout, ready to show our team on arrival. Without this, there will be a delay in entry. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. If you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to our dedicated event support team here.

This exclusive event will shed light on the latest advancements in data-driven decision-making and assess how (re)insurers are utilising advanced analytics, generative AI and cloud technologies to make better-informed decisions, enhance operational efficiency, and drive sustainable growth. It is an opportunity for senior leaders to come together and discuss shared challenges and opportunities in a relaxed and convivial setting, addressing the action and collaboration needed to ensure data and cloud transformation success across the industry.

Please note your registration is subject to approval. A member of the New Statesman Team will be in touch to confirm your participation. 

In a world where macroeconomic conditions can change the face of business in an instant, it is more important than ever for finance and IT departments to move in lockstep. Savvy finance leaders know that they have to work with their IT colleagues to achieve success; but often, the departments are so separated they have trouble understanding one another.

In this webinar we will address the critical role financial responsibility plays in the success of business, and how decision makers can work together to instil a culture of financial responsibility across an organisation. Much like a culture of security, one of financial responsibility brings many benefits, including improved decision making, increased efficiency and reduced risk. We will explore those benefits in detail and look at how IT and finance leaders can both establish and maintain that culture, with real-world examples. As well as the importance of financial responsibility, we will delve into the key components of a responsible culture, the challenges organisations face in establishing that culture, and how to overcome them. We will also address the importance of communication and transparency between departments, and how that communication can help build trust. Finally, we will look at key aspects of the modern financial world and why IT must be involved in any rollout of new finance systems: from automation to save time spent on manual processes, to open APIs encouraging integration with other applications.

This webinar, conducted by Sage and hosted by Tech Monitor, will provide IT and finance decision makers with valuable insights and practical strategies for working together.

Finding value in the hybrid cloud

As businesses around the world face up to challenging economic conditions, they are turning to the cloud in greater numbers than ever before.

And while the fully-managed, cost effective, secure and scalable environment offered in the cloud is perfect for many workloads, others cannot be as easily migrated. Data residency and other regulatory requirements, or a need for low latency, can mean businesses must keep certain information on-premises.

That’s where the hybrid cloud comes in. By combining public cloud solutions with on-premise resources (in your own or co-lo facilities), businesses can enjoy the best of both worlds, keeping costs down and potentially boosting their sustainability credentials in the process.

How can businesses successfully transition to a hybrid future? What are the main challenges involved? At this roundtable supported by Lenovo & Intel, Tech Monitor will convene senior IT leaders to discuss how organisations can navigate the hybrid cloud landscape, and how they can obtain best value for money from hybrid cloud deployments.

Topics for discussion will include: 

  • Ensuring transparency in hybrid clouds
  • Utilising the cloud to drive sustainability
  • The evolving regulatory landscape
  • Striking correct balances in managed services agreements

Overview:

The Regional Development in the Age of Levelling Up conference will convene leading national and regional decision makers on 11th May 2023 in Birmingham.

With the establishment of the new Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the levelling up agenda is truly at the heart of UK policy making. Through panels, live interviews, speeches and debates, leading parliamentarians, local government representatives and industry figures will explore policy areas ranging from social mobility and skills challenges to local government, transport and investment.

This event is an opportunity for advocates of regional development to foster ideas, facilitate debate and understand how to make the most of the vast number of opportunities coming their way.

This event is free-to-attend for public and third sector professionals, policy specialists, researchers and practitioners

This is your chance to engage with policy makers and policy shapers who share a collective vision for a levelled up United Kingdom.

Key Topics:

  • What does levelling up mean for local government and devolution?
  • How can levelling up tackle inequalities?
  • What is the role of regional transport in the levelling up agenda?
  • How can the energy industry create jobs and promote regional growth?
  • Solving the productivity problem: regional growth and jobs.

For more information and to see highlights from this year, please visit our website.