Potential Proposal Topics
| Career Development | Capital Markets & Investments | Financial Planning & Analysis | Payments | Risk Management | Treasury Management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adaptability & Resilience | Acquisition Financing | Agile Finance | Alternative Payments | Activist Investors | 401(k) Management & Best Practices |
Attracting/Hiring/Retaining Talent | CapEx Planning | Artificial Intelligence | AP/AR Efficiency & Strategy | Business Continuity Planning | Access to Global Liquidity & Funding |
Change Management | Cash Investment (Strategies & Techniques) | Business Intelligence | B2B Business Cases for Instant, Faster, and Real Time Payments | Commodity Risk Management | Automation & Transformation |
Coaching & Motivating People/Teams | Credit/Counterparty | Business Partnering | BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) Options | Cyberrisk | Balance Sheet Management |
Creativity & Problem Solving | Debt & Capital Markets | Communication and Storytelling | Card Based Payments | Enterprise Risk Management | Bank Relationship Management |
Crisis Management | ESG - Investor and Issuer Perspectives | Data Driven Decision Making | Card Surcharging | Fiduciary Risk | Cash Forecasting |
Critical Thinking & Decision Making | Investing in DEI and ESG | Data Governance, Management & Integration | Cross Border Payments | Foreign Exchange Risk Management | Cash and Liquidity Planning |
Developing Interpersonal Skills | Issuing Sustainable Debt | Developing the FP&A Function | Digital Currency | Geo-Political Risk | Cash Management |
Diversity & Inclusion | Leasing Analysis | EPM and CPM Tools | Distributed Ledger Technology | Impact of M&A on Risk Management Strategies and Programs | DC & DB Plans |
Emerging Leadership | Liquidity Management | Financial Analysis | Economics of RTP/FedNow vs. Traditional Payments (ACH, Wire) | Impact of Technology on Treasury Strategies and Programs | Emerging Technology/Mindshift: Blockchain/API’s/RPA/AI/Meta |
Engagement & Mentorship Programs | Macro Economics | Financial Modeling | Electronic Payments | Interest Rate Risk | Financial Wellness Strategy |
Interviewing Skills | Monetary Policy | Metrics, Measurements and KPIs | Faster Payments | Litigation Risk | Impact of M&A on Treasury Operations |
Leading Culturally & Generationally Diverse Teams | Portfolio Performance Management | Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting | Fin Tech | Managing/Hedging Currency | Impact of Technology on Treasury Operations |
Leading Global/Virtual Teams | Rating Agencies | Predictive Analytics | Incorporating Mobile Payments | Regulatory Risk | International Treasury Management |
Negotiation | Share Buy Backs | Presenting Data & Data Visualization | Payments Fraud & Cyber Crime | Retirement Plans - Management & Best Practices | Pension Priorities |
Networking (Techniques & Strategies) | - | Project Investment | Payments Strategies, Standards and Efficiencies | - | Pension Buyouts |
Personal Branding | - | Reporting, Dashboards and Scorecards | Using Artificial Intelligence | - | Regulatory Environment |
Presentation Skills | - | Scenario Planning | - | - | TMS Implementation |
Project Management | - | Talent Development | - | - | Treasury Operations |
Reinventing the Workplace | - | Transformation (Digital, Platform, Tools) |
- | - | Treasury Technology |
Relationship Development & Trust Building | - | - | - | - | Unclaimed Property |
Teamwork & Collaboration | - | - | - | - | Workforce Impacts of Benefit Offerings |
- | - | - | - | - | Working Capital |
Speakers are responsible for their own travel arrangements/hotel accommodations and AFP does not pay honoraria for speaking on an educational session at AFP 2025. For information on hotels within the AFP block and travel information, please visit the event website for updates.
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At AFP, we believe the treasury and finance profession becomes stronger when diverse voices come together. Our goal is to create an inclusive, respectful conference experience that welcomes participation from people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, religions and ages. As such, we are actively striving to increase the diversity of perspectives within our conference sessions, in order to enrich the experience for the entire treasury and finance community.