AFP 2023 Blog

As long as there has been currency, there has been fraud. Today’s fraudsters are technologically savvy, creative and patient. They’ll sit at your back door for some time studying and waiting. What can we as financial professionals do to protect our organizations?

Finding the right vendor or solution provider for your company is an incredibly important factor in the equation for success. The right service provider will save you time and money, both of which can give you an edge over the competition.

What would it be like if your team had a higher level of trust? What if you all communicated better? Collaborated more? And dispelled conflicts more easily? The catalyst to achieving all these benefits is simple: team building.

Given the title “Dean of Valuation” and having been described as the “guru of finance,” Aswath Damodaran is a world-renowned thought leader and academic in the realm of corporate finance and valuation. He can tell you how to value a company, as well as why some thrive while others fail.

With benefits that are far-reaching and long-lasting, networking is an effective way to advance your career. If you’re looking for financial networking events to make new connections, annual conferences, such as AFP 2023, are a great place to start.

Dr. Susan Biali Haas speaks to the heart of what so many of us are feeling and witnessing in our workplaces, communities and homes these days: “Most of us are not okay.” An award-winning medical doctor, mental health expert, coach speaker and author, she will impart to AFP 2023 attendees the same wisdom and compassion that has earned her awards and turned military leaders, senior executives and physicians to her for guidance.

Members of the AFP 2023 Task Force, the group of treasury and finance professionals who hand-select the sessions, met to set the conference agenda according to the issues that matter most to practitioners. We asked them to share their thoughts on the educational sessions they’d chosen out of 550+ submissions. The descriptive term on everyone’s lips for this year’s conference is forward-thinking.

One aspect of our future is a certainty: We’re going to have to adapt and adopt totally new ways of thinking. So says futurist and AFP 2023 Mindshift keynote speaker, Erica Orange.

Do you know what the top 10 global political risks of 2023 are? Ian Bremmer does. As president and founder of Eurasia, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, he is on a mission to help people understand the world around them and why these stories matter.

To reach your professional goals, it’s important to continue to learn and build your skills. Conferences are a great option for professional development, as they combine career-pertinent education with networking.

I'm willing to go on record with my statement … AFP 2022 was the best finance conference that I have been to in my career.

What do star athletes, elite fighting forces and corporate magnates all have in common? They never stop learning. They never stop practicing, training, studying and trying to be better, do more.

Networking isn’t about simply meeting as many people as you can or how many followers you have; it’s about forming relationships.