Panel. The new science (fiction) of financial foresight @WithTheEconomist
Panel. The new science (fiction) of financial foresight @WithTheEconomist
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Supported by CCH Tagetik, Wolters Kluwer

Machine learning promises better forecasts and quicker planning cycles. But will such tools improve accuracy, reduce errors and increase management's confidence in the numbers, or simply add complexity and risk?

Moderator:
Christopher Bishop, chief reinvention officer, Improvising careers

Panellists:
Jens Wilhelm Meyer, vice-president finance and controlling, Bosch
Christina Yan Zhang, chief executive, Metaverse Institute
Alex Hermes, director Northern Europe, CCH Tagetik, Wolters Kluwer
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