Accelerate Helsinki 2023: Unity in Reporting

The half-day conference for finance, sustainability and risk teams

New mandates and increasing investor expectations have caused a paradigm shift in corporate reporting—finance, ESG and risk are converging. Now’s the time for unifying, decisive action. 

Join us together with an audience of your peers and industry leaders from KPMG and Deloitte on 4 May. It’s an opportunity to gain market insights about the latest annual reporting period while establishing new focus to drive your integrated reporting and performance management.

Agenda:

08:30 - 9:00   Networking & Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15     Introduction

Carl Rosenberg - Area Sales Director, Workiva Nordics

9:15 - 10:00   What happened: The status quo for annual and ESG reporting 

What can we learn from this year’s reporting cycle? Speakers will discuss the results of a new benchmark Europe-wide study into annual reporting, draw on wider market insights and share personal experiences. Understand the current state of play and determine what’s needed to respond to change

At this session:

• Address pressures from regulators, investors, consumers and competitors and see how they have created an inflexion point for reporting teams 

• Understand the market’s biggest reporting concerns—and how organisations like yours are tackling them head-on 

• Identify the biggest risk factors within your existing process

• Learn how leading organisations are gaining competitive advantage through integrated reporting

Marjo Taajamaa - Vice President Group Accounting and Global Development, F&A at Kemira 
Kia Haring - Head of Communications, Sustainability, Brand and Marketing at TietoEvry
Henrik Sandin - Director, Principal ESG Specialist at Workiva
KPMG - Speaker will be announced soon

10:00 - 10:15   Coffee break

10:15 - 11:00   What’s next: A roadmap for integration

Global ESG regulations are shaping a new era of transparency for integrated reporting. Your stakeholders want sustainability and finance information that they can trust. It’s inevitable: integration is necessary. Learn how to successfully achieve unity in reporting. 

At this session: 

• Outline the next steps your business should take to unify finance, ESG and risk 

• Learn how to build a business case for impactful, iterative transformation while navigating macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical unrest

• Determine how to gain oversight of all financial and sustainability information 

• Understand how risk managers can increase the strategic value they offer the business—and how to unlock their potential

Erik Saito - SVP & General Manager, EMEA & APAC at Workiva
Deloitte - Speaker will be announced soon

11:00 - 11.20  Workiva demonstration

See the only unified platform for financial reporting, ESG and risk in action

Alexander Von Knorring - Solutions Consultant at Workiva

11:20 - 12.00  Closing Keynote—Speaker announced soon

12:00 - 12.15  Closing remarks & Lunch