During three breakout sessions featuring two parallel presentations each, several of the ten software vendors exhibiting in the foyer presented innovative digitalization solutions. Clément Sauvard, Presales Director Continental Europe at Kyriba, explored possibilities for deploying AI agents across various treasury management areas. Bryan Yick, Global Head of Solutions Consulting at ION Group, covered everything related to payment centralization and security. Ralf Kesten, Head of Multinationals & Partner Management at cflox GmbH, explained the challenges surrounding the balance sheet classification of supply chain financing processes. Julia Schlosser from SAP and Jens Grevenbrock from SAP Taulia jointly discussed opportunities that integrating cash management with working capital optimization could unlock for creating intelligent financial governance. Jonas Kemper, Senior Product Owner at Digital Vault Services, provided insights into the benefits of digitalized guarantee management.
In a roundtable conversation titled "How AI Shapes Tomorrow's Work Environment and What This Means for Treasury," Prof. Dr. Heiko von der Gracht and Dr. Christoph Anders from KPMG presented future work models where AI employees could potentially be tracked as cost items within project teams. Historical perspective shows that technology has never been a job killer, merely a role transformer – something treasurers must also prepare for.
The closing keynote by Prof. Dr. Heiko von der Gracht cast a scientifically grounded look into our future world. He presented diverse possibilities for shaping tomorrow, where increasing automation and connectivity, emerging technologies and artificial intelligence play an innovative role.
Many participants seized the opportunity to toast the successful 10th Digital Treasury Summit with a glass of champagne, engaging in further conversations with fellow professionals, hosts and exhibitors, or collecting their AI-designed logo tote bags.
