financeSHOWCASE Manchester
About this Event
Welcome to the home of the '5 in Twenty' sessions.
The '5 in Twenty' format is designed to break the mould of event seminars, which can often be prolonged by company fluff and product promotion.Our speakers are challenged to deliver five genuine, strategic takeaways in 20 minutes or less,providing actionable intelligence before your coffee gets cold. It is high-density, high-impact learning specifically engineered for executive schedules.
"If you work in or around finance or accounting and want to keep your finger on the pulse without losing half your week, financeSHOWCASE is well worth the visit." Jamie Naish, Executive Director, SPR
The International Suite
While 5inTwenty sessions provide the roadmap, The International Suite is where strategy meets opportunity. Not just an exhibition hall; more a consultation hub designed to turn your new strategic take-aways into reality.Whether you’re looking to solve a specific technical issue or scale your department's output, this is your dedicated space to engage one-on-one with industry experts. Bring your toughest professional challenges and meet the innovators, solutions providers, and creative minds with the tools to solve them. It’s the bridge between "what’s possible" and "what’s next" for your business.
🎟️ Tickets are complimentary for qualifying finance and accounting professionals.
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Agenda
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
What do finance leaders really think about AI? 5 ways to close the trust gap
Host: Betty Katz, AccountsIQ
Info: AI is rapidly changing the finance function - but how confident are finance leaders in using it to make real business decisions? Drawing on the latest CFO Mindset research from AccountsIQ and ExpenseIn, this 5 in 20 session explores what finance leaders really think about AI, where confidence is building across sectors and where concerns around data, accuracy, security, explainability and control remain. We’ll reveal five key insights from the research and share practical ways finance leaders can close the trust gap - helping their teams implement and utilise AI while keeping confidence, control and better decision-making at the heart of finance.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
How to Not Fail at Transformation
Host: Adam Rakich, Northexis
Info: Anyone building a finance career knows that delivering a transformation is one of the fastest ways to do it. Trouble is, most of them fail. Adam Rakich has broken more processes than you have, so in this session he'll give you five free fixes to be the exception. Learn from the mayor in Jaws, the failure of the Soviets in Rocky IV, why you don't want a Chosen One...and more!
🕑: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
How AI agents are transforming finance teams in 2026
Host: Rasmus Areskoug, Paraglide AI
Info: Rasmus' delivers 5 insights in 20 minutes about how AI agents are transforming finance teams today, and in the future. How are agents different from co-pilots and rule-based automation? Where are the high ROI use-cases? How to tell hype from reality? What impact does AI have on the finance team of the future? What can you do today to get started?
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