Future Accounting and Finance: Digital and Sustainable

How do accounting and finance practices get affected?

On November 12, 2024, the Delta Management School at the University of Tartu will host another Delta Trends Day, covering the future of accounting and finance.

Organiser: Delta Management School, University of Tartu
Studio: University of Tartu Delta Centre
Format: Free online event (Worksup & FB streaming; join through www.worksup.com and enter event id DELTATRENDSDAY2024 or use a direct link https://worksup.com/app?id=DELTATRENDSDAY2024)
Date: November 12, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 17:00 (GMT+2)
Language: English

All the Delta Trends Day 2024 presentations

Accounting in light of internet-based technologies – David Derichs

Real-Time Economy enabling automated and data-driven reporting – Sirli Heinsoo

Digital transformation of public sector auditing: between hope and fear – Giuseppe Grossi

Business intelligence & computer-powered decision-making. SEB case study on robotics – Lennart Kitt

Putting accounting into perspective: translating grand challenges into corporate accounting practice Oana Apostol

What is material sustainability information? – Hannele Mäkelä

The ESG Illusion: Will More Data Lead to Real Impact? – Katri Link

DEBATE: ESG and sustainability reporting – a real management tool for enhanced performance? What’s next? Hannele Mäkelä, Oana Apostol, Katri Link. Moderator: Peeter Peda

ESG reporting from the perspective of various stakeholders – Jiri Strouhal

Polarization in Investment Values – Andrus Treier

ESG has lost its momentum and might be on its way out Peeter Koppel

DEBATE: Sustainable finance & investments – future threats & opportunities Kadi Kenk, Andrus Treier, David Derichs, Mihkel Tammo, Ott Pärna

The Background of the Theme Selection and Event Structure

Digitalisation fundamentally transforms accounting and reporting practices within private and public organisations. At its core, digitalisation promises to enhance accountability and organisational performance by improving the availability, richness, and accessibility of data. Alongside these advancements, digital transformation poses new challenges for various accounting professionals, managers, and policymakers. It requires a proactive approach to manage the complexities digitalisation introduces to the accounting profession. Yet, sustainable development pressures significantly influence corporate reporting practices, necessitating a shift towards enhanced transparency and accountability. Effective reporting practices are crucial for integrating its social, environmental, governance, and economic dimensions into business strategies, ultimately supporting the achievement of sustainable development objectives.

Join us, on 12 November, as screens worldwide light up for the Delta Trends Day 2024, an event set to ignite conversations and perhaps redefine perceptions about future accounting and finance. We have brought together an international ensemble of leading experts and practitioners to dissect, discuss, and delve deep into this topic. Get ready to witness an enlightening discourse exploring future accounting and finance.

Delta Trends Day 2024 consists of 3 main blocks:
1. Digitalization of accounting & reporting practices
2. Sustainable development pressures on reporting practices
3. Sustainable finance & investments  –  future threats & opportunities

Delta Trends Day 2024 is broadcasted from studios located at the Delta Centre. The Delta Centre is one of the most modern centres of digital technology, analytical and economic thought in the Northern region of Europe with core competencies in management and economics, computer science, technology and robotics, and mathematics and statistics. The Delta Management School is part of this vibrant 3,500+ member community, combining learning, excellence in research, and the challenges of business and society in creating innovative solutions for economic and social progress.

Delta Trend Days aims to analyse global developments and set trends on crucial international development issues. Delta Trends Day 2023 focused on “Artificial Intelligence: Hype, Revolution or Innovation as Usual” and in 2022 “The New Economic World Order” The theme of the Delta Trends Day 2021 was “Reinventing a 400-year-old University for Talent“. The theme for Delta Trends Day 2020 was “New Business and Life Models Are Emerging from the Covid Crisis.”

Event in:

• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/850844397135559/ 
• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/events/deltatrendsday2024-futureaccoun7250028412415696896/

Please find our keynote speakers and program below.

EXPERTS AND VISIONARIES

David Derichs
Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University, Finland

Giuseppe Grossi
Research Professor in Accounting at Nord University, Norway, Kristianstad University, Sweden and Kozminski University, Poland

Hannele Mäkelä
University Lecturer, Tampere University, Finland. Editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Oana Apostol
Docent, Lecturer, University of Turku, Finland

Katri Link
Head of Communications and ESG, Tallink Group

Sirli Heinsoo
Director of Digital Economy Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia

Peeter Koppel
Peeter Koppel, Chief Investment Officer at Redgate Wealth

Andrus Treier
Chief Executive Officer, Estonian Environmental Investment Centre

Lennart Kitt
Baltic Head of Customer Analytics and Data Science of SEB

Jiri Strouhal
Visiting Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Full professor of the Department of Finance and Accounting, Skoda Auto University, Czech

Kadi Kenk
Circular economy PhD scholar at Estonian University of Life Sciences, Advisor of the Mayor of Tallinn, Activist and Consultant

Mihkel Tammo
Head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Tartu

Peeter Peda
Visiting Professor, Delta Management School, University of Tartu

Kertu Lääts
Vice Head for Academic Affairs, Delta Management School, University of Tartu

Ott Pärna
Industry Professor, Delta Management School, University of Tartu

Photographing and video making will be done on Delta Trends Day at Delta Centre.