The importance for a Debt Manager of using the experience we have built up across multiple economic cycles to be prepared for changes in market conditions and to expect the unexpected.

Digital marketplaces are transforming industries as diverse as retail, energy, technology and energy. This is a new business model that requires strategic business thinking and a completely new relationship between the business and treasury. Treasury leaders are pivoting to digital-first business models by preparing treasury infrastructure to allow businesses to embed payments finance successfully .

EcoCem Room: How Hackers Hack and How To Best Defend with Roger Grimes, Data Evangelist of KnowBe4

Wicklow 1: CashFlow Forecasting – Kellogg Case Study with Kiera Agnew, Treasurer – introduced by Martijn Duijnstee, TIS

Wicklow 2: Global Shares, the story of an Irish Fintech success– with Thomas Wallace, CFO, Global Shares and John O’Connor, J.P. Morgan

Wicklow 3:Automated Cross Border Cash Concentration – with David Cooper, Workflow Solutions Head APAC, Deutsche Bank

EcoCem Room: FX Risk Management – Crafting an Effective Hedging Strategy

With Ciaran McMonagle, Treasurer at Sitecore, Averil Mulhall, Group Treasury Manager – FX & Liquidity Management at Smurfit Kappa, Matthew Aston, Group Treasury Finance and Risk Director at Ardagh Group, and John O’Reilly, Senior FX & Commodities Analyst Lead at Trane Technologies

Wicklow 1: CashFlow Forecasting

With Martijn Duijnstee, TIS

Wicklow 2: MMF Reforms: What Could they Mean for Treasurers?

With Veronica Iommi, Secretary General, IMMFA & François Masquelier, EACT Chair

Wicklow 3: Wellbeing in Treasury

With Paula King of Kingstown College

In this session, we will explore treasury through an ESG lens. We will clarify how forthcoming sustainability regulations and the transition to net zero will impact the role of the treasurer – as well as their bank relationships. We will also explore how treasury teams can embrace best practice around ESG, while outlining next steps for treasurers wanting to future-proof their function in terms of sustainability.

with Alex Griffiths, Head of Corporate Ratings for EMEA, Fitch Ratings

This session will examine the key issues treasurers should consider as we approach the start of a new year. Specifically, we will address the following key factors & themes:

• Gas Supply Disruption: what is the impact of the recent significant drop in TTF spot prices & large additional supplies of LNG?
• Cost Inflation – what are the latest corporate-level forecasts telling us?
• Sector Vulnerability: What are the key risks we are monitoring in each sector?
• What should treasury teams consider as we look at 2023 and beyond?

with Paul Gillen, Head of Cyber Security Operations Barclays

• Introduction to Barclays and how we protect our clients, customers and infrastructure
• Overview of the current Cyber Threat Landscape
  • Top Threats
  • How global geopolitical and economic crises are impacting these threats
  • Where might treasury be targeted?
• Case Studies: A couple of recent cyber-attacks brought to life
• How to defend against these attacks
  • The power of intelligence and collaboration
  • Organisational Structure
  • Knowledge & Awareness
• Q&A

Banking and payment systems are undergoing rapid evolution driven by technology and a subsequent higher velocity of commerce. Real-time treasury is a concept that is often mentioned in discussions around best-in-class practices and how treasury can best respond to the rapid evolution of banking, payments and commerce but what does real-time mean, how do we achieve it and what is the future?

In this session Mike Richards interviews 2 leading Treasury professionals about their treasury careers. He will explore how they built their careers, where they are now and where they see both themselves and the treasury profession going to next.

Jimmy Doyle (past IACT Chair) Interviews Rob Kearney

In the Exhibition Hall – ** Win One of Two “Rob Kearney” signed Ireland Jerseys