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The organisations that win the next decade won’t be defined by their technology, but by how they make quicker and better decisions through actionable insights from trusted data.
Join cbs, SAP and AWS for an executive dinner exploring how CFOs can reimagine finance transformation – from trusted processes and governed data to predictive insights, autonomous finance, and cyber-resilient operations.
Today’s CFO is no longer responsible only for reporting the past. Finance leaders are increasingly expected to shape growth, manage risk, support strategic decisions, lead transformation, and guide the enterprise through new opportunities created by AI.
The ONE.Ascent Dinner Series brings together CFOs and senior finance executives for a thought-leadership discussion on the future of finance. Through executive conversation, practical scenarios, and peer discussion, the event will explore how organisations can move from process and data foundations to AI-enabled insight, action, and business value.
The evening will focus on the strategic questions CFOs should be asking: how to build trusted data foundations, how to move from visibility to predictability, how to unlock more value from SAP S/4HANA, how to approach autonomous finance, and how to strengthen cyber resilience across finance processes.
A curated evening designed for focused, executive-level conversations.
| Time | Session | Speakers | Duration |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Arrival & Welcome Drinks | 30 Minutes | |
| 18:00 – 18:10 |
Opening Remarks: Why the CFO role is Being Reinvented
The session explores how the CFO role is being reinvented from financial reporting to enterprise value creation, with finance transformation revolving around growth, resilience, capital allocation and long-term value.
|
Justin (cbs), Mike (SAP) and Varun (SAP) | 10 Minutes |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Dinner Session | 20 Minutes | |
| 18:30 – 19:00 |
The CFO Operating System: Building High Performing Finance Organisations
This session explains how the CFO Operating System enables finance to move beyond traditional reporting by building high-performing, agile and resilient organisations that connect finance with operations and influence enterprise-wide decisions.
|
Joel (AWS) | 30 Minutes |
| 19:00 – 19:20 |
Trust: The Currency of Modern Finance
This session explores why trust is the currency of modern finance, showing how consistent, governed and reliable enterprise data is essential for effective automation, AI, forecasting and faster executive decision-making.
|
Andrew (SAP) | 20 Minutes |
| 19:20 – 19:30 | Break | 10 Minutes | |
| 19:30 – 19:50 |
From Visibility to Predictability
This session explores how leading finance teams use real-time visibility, AI, analytics and connected financial and operational data to move beyond understanding current performance and anticipate future outcomes with actionable executive insights.
|
Harjun (cbs) | 20 Minutes |
| 19:50 – 20:10 |
Autonomous Finance
This session is a panel discussion on autonomous finance, showing how AI, decision intelligence, digital finance twins and adaptive organisations will reshape planning, forecasting, decision-making and the future role of finance professionals.
|
Panel Discussion / Roundtable with cbs, SAP and AWS | 20 Minutes |
| 20:10 – 20:20 |
Customer CFO: Boardroom Conversations
Customer success story showcasing perspectives on finance transformation, business impact and lessons learned.
|
Open to All | 10 Minutes |
| 20:20 – 20:25 |
Closing Remarks & Next Steps
An overall summary and key takeaways of the evening, including one-on-one discussions.
|
Justin and Trevor (cbs) | 5 Minutes |
| 20:25 – 20:35 | Dessert A professional, engaging session with a surprise. | 10 Minutes | |
| 20:35 – 21:00 |
Executive Networking
A networking opportunity for finance leaders, peers and partners to exchange perspectives, discuss key insights and build connections around the future of finance transformation.
|
Open to All | 25 Minutes |
| 21:00 | Event End |
Aligning architecture, governance, and outcome guardrails beyond migration debates.
Designing modernisation pathways that protect continuity while accelerating rollout.
From transactional systems to decision intelligence
built on strong data foundations.
Harmonising finance structures, strengthening governance, and enabling scalable growth.
Balancing investment exposure
with architectural clarity.
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Arrival & Welcome Reception | 15 Minutes |
| 09:45 – 09:50 |
Welcome & The ONE.Ascent Way Forward
Enterprise modernisation is no longer a roadmap item. It is a business-critical decision with real commercial consequences. ONE.Ascent is built to give large, complex enterprises a structured path to transform with confidence, not guesswork.
|
5 Minutes |
| 09:50 – 10:05 |
Turning Transformation Risk into Business Advantage
This session examines how enterprise leaders are reframing the modernisation decision — moving beyond migration timelines and technical scope to focus on outcome governance, sequencing discipline and measurable business value.
|
15 Minutes |
| 10:05 – 10:35 |
ECC to SAP S/4HANA: Modernising with Control, Powered by AI & Application Automation
A panel discussion on what it takes to modernise a large, heavily customised SAP landscape while maintaining operational control and clean-core discipline.
|
30 Minutes |
| 10:35 – 10:50 |
From Transactional Data to Decision Intelligence
This session explores how enterprises are converting fragmented operational data into trusted, reliable intelligence and why a unified data foundation is the prerequisite for AI that delivers measurable business outcomes.
|
15 Minutes |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Coffee Break & Networking Sessions | 30 Minutes |
| 11:20 – 11:35 |
Trusted Data & Governance
Trusted and well-governed master data plays a critical role in reducing transformation risk and supporting long-term operational stability. This session discusses how stronger data governance, harmonisation, and standardisation can improve decision-making, support business process consistency, and enable more reliable SAP transformation outcomes across increasingly complex enterprise environments.
|
15 Minutes |
| 11:35 – 11:50 |
Finance Transformation: Visibility, Control & Operational Resilience
This session examines how modernising the financial core through embedded payment capabilities, harmonised intercompany processes and real-time reporting — shifting finance from a reconciliation function into a strategic business driver.
|
15 Minutes |
| 11:50 – 12:00 |
Customer Success: Lesson from an Enterprise Transformation
An enterprise leader shares what it took to transform a complex SAP landscape without disrupting the business — the decisions made, trade-offs under pressure, and what the business looks like on the other side.
|
10 Minutes |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Business Lunch & Networking The programme concludes with a structured ecosystem exchange and guided demonstrations, enabling focused partner discussions and practical exploration of selected capability areas. | 90 Minutes |
The programme concludes with a curated business lunch designed for focused, executive-level dialogue. Participants engage directly with ecosystem leaders through structured conversations and guided capability demonstrations, exploring practical applications in data, cloud, finance, and enterprise transformation.
Demo Pods may include:
• Data & Analytics
• SAP UX & Process experience
• Cloud landing architecture
• AI-enabled use cases
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