Archives: Agenda

• The £55,000 Spreadsheet: How manual Excel lease tracking hit the University of Oxford with a staggering audit surcharge and how “spreadsheet debt” stalls productivity.
• The Compliance Trap: Why complex regulatory shifts like FRS 102 trigger immediate data errors, intensive rework, and financial risks that legacy tools can’t handle.
• The Audit-Ready Fast Path: Practical steps to centralize lease data using AI document ingestion and read-only auditor access to eliminate friction, secure compliance, and completely wipe out extra fees.

• What “platform firms” look like by 2030: AI-assisted review and automated workflows as the operating system, removing manual bottlenecks and partner-dependent processes.
• The next core stack: unified data as a single source of truth, portals/self-service replacing email, predictive insights becoming a standard client deliverable.
• Competitive differentiators: AI-driven client engagement, mandatory digital ID, and cyber/security standards as selection criteria—how to prioritise investments now.

Chair & moderator: Mark McNee, Commercial Director, Acting Office

• Geopolitical fragmentation and the importance of global standards.
• Technology and artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities, AI governance.
• Attracting and retaining talent, demographic change, and “Everything Needs Accounting”.
• Business resilience, sustainable organizations and long-term value creation.

• Practical AI Application: deep dives into how agentic workflows are embedded into data ingestion and reporting.
• AI that understands the engagement: how Caseware Verity connects your data, workpapers and professional judgment in one place.

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Visit our exhibitors’ booths throughout the day and collect stamps in order to enter our Prize Draw and be in for a chance of winning Apple devices or Amazon gift cards. The Prize Draw will take place in the Exhibition Hall, make sure you don’t miss out!

Visit our exhibitors’ booths throughout the day and collect stamps in order to enter our Prize Draw and be in for a chance of winning Apple devices or Amazon gift cards. The Prize Draw will take place in the Exhibition Hall, make sure you don’t miss out!