Sovos Always On: Frankfurt

9:00am-9:05am Welcome Keynote

James Buckley, Chief Commercial Officer – International at Sovos

9:05am-9:25am E-invoicing is Real – Best Practice and Strategy to Navigate this Change

Deepika Awaraddi, VAT Technology Manager, Alliance Manager VAT Technology at KPMG AG

9:25am-9:45am Beyond Compliance Market Analysis

Charles Ladesuru, Research Manager for Enterprise Solutions at IDC

9:45am-10:10am The Impacts of the French Mandate for German Businesses

• Cyrille Sautereau, President at FNFE-MPE and CEO at Admarel Conseil

• Daniel Vinz, Subject Matter Expert for Digital Standards at Working Group for Economic Administration

10:10am-10:30am VAT Beyond ViDA: Collecting Insights and Perspectives from Germany

Giacomo Luchetta, Founding Partner at Syntesia

10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00am-11:20am Working with SMEs in your Supply Chain

Adam Prince, Global Head of Strategy for e-invoicing, Compliance and Embedded Finance at Sage

11:20am-11:40am Advancing Compliance in Germany: The Next Era of E-Invoicing with AI*

Georg Geberth, Chairman of the Board at IDSt and Director Global Tax Policy at Siemens

11:40pm-12:15pm E-invoicing in Germany and Europe – Opportunities and Challenges for Multinational Companies*

• Bianca Wöhrer, Tax Advisor & Teaching and Research at Vienna University

• Alexander Kollmann, Head of Transactional Tax-Reporting at Schwarz Corporate Solutions KG and Vice Chair at CIAT

12:15pm-12:40pm Enterprises Panel Discussion: How Organisations are Handling Tax Compliance Strategies

• Peter Daniel, Sr. Director Accounting at Iqvia

• Thomas Kicken, Director Indirect Tax at NXP

12:40pm-1:40pm Lunch Break

1:40pm-2:10pm Key Trends Data Driven Compliance 2025

• Christiaan van der Valk, General Manager Indirect TaxTech & VP Regulatory at Sovos

• Ryan Ostilly, VP Product Management at Sovos

2:10pm-2:30pm SMBs in Germany: Market/Legal Trends and the Key to Success*

Richard Luthardt, Strategy and Innovation at DATEV & Board member VeR

2:30pm-2:55pm E-invoicing, E-reporting and Split Payment in the context of the Brazilian Tax Reform

Vinicius de Freitas, Auditor Fiscal at CIAT

2:55pm-3:15pm Latest e-Invoicing Reporting and Trends for Global Companies from billentis*

Marcus Laube, Owner & CEO at billentis & Secretary General, GENA

3:15pm-15:40 Coffee Break

3:40pm-4:05pm E-Invoicing Implementation in Malaysia: E-invoicing for Business Digitalisation Using Peppol Framework and How it Supports Tax Reporting and Compliance

Saiful Izwan Bin Mohd Shazali, Director National e-Invoicing & Standardisation at MDEC

4:05pm-4:25 pm Seamless Digital Exchange: Driving Business through the DBN Alliance Network for North American Enterprises

Dolf Kars, Chair Board of Directors at DBNAlliance Network

4:25pm-4:55pm What it Takes to Achieve Gobal Trade Automation and Tax Compliance in a Multinational Context

Gerard Clancy, Senior Product Manager eInvoicing, Peppol, Partner Automation Solutions at IBM and Management Committee Member at OpenPeppol

4:55pm-5:00pm Key Takeways

James Buckley, Chief Commercial Officer – International at Sovos

5:00pm-6:00pm Happy Hour

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* These sessions will be conducted in German, with simultaneous translation provided in English4