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The profession is moving faster than ever. The question is whether your firm is moving with it. Join us for a day of straight-talking insights, real connections and thinking you’ll want to act on before you’ve even left the room.
Program
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Coffee and Registration |
| 10:00 – 12:00 |
Strategic Customer Workshop: Shape What’s Next A closed-door morning session exclusively for Silverfin customers, facilitated by our UKI and product teams. We’ll work through the topics that matter most to firms right now – from getting real value from AI to managing the people and process side of change. Come ready to contribute. What happens in this room shapes what we build next. Please note this session is exclusively for Silverfin customers. |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 13:30 |
The profession isn’t slowing down. Neither are we. Aleisha Hales, Head of UKI, opens Fast Forward with an honest look at what’s actually happening across the profession right now. Consolidation is accelerating, the talent pipeline is under pressure and client expectations are shifting faster than most firms anticipated. What the data tells us, what it means for your firm and where the opportunity is. |
| 13:30 – 14:00 |
The next two years: what’s ahead for modern accounting firms and how to be ready Consolidation is accelerating. AI is changing what clients expect. And the gap between firms that are ready and firms that aren’t is widening faster than most people realise. Our product team shares what they’re seeing across 1,000+ firms and 18 markets – and what it means for yours. |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Getting people, process and technology to work as one Technology is only part of the answer. In this session, Silverfin and Dot HQ explore what it takes to bring all three together – how to get your team on board, how to build processes that scale and how to make sure your tools are set up to support both. |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Firms like yours: the honest conversation about change Most transformation stories get tidied up before they’re told publicly. This one hasn’t. Hear first hand what actually happened, what they’d do differently and what they’d tell a practice sitting exactly where they were two years ago. |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Irish Coffee Making Workshop |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Networking Drinks |
Fast Forward goes global
To celebrate a decade of Fast Forward, we’re bringing it to new ground. This year, alongside our flagship event in Flanders where it all started 10 years ago, we’re taking the same bold thinking and forward energy to five new markets, including right here in Ireland.
From Wallonia and Luxembourg to the Netherlands, the UK and Ireland, the Fast Forward community is growing stronger every year.
This isn't your standard industry day out
Fast Forward isn’t just another industry event. It’s specially curated so that every moment has purpose, whether you’re in a workshop, a panel or a conversation over lunch.
- Fresh thinking on where the accounting profession is heading and what the most forward-thinking Irish firms are already doing
- Honest customer panels with practitioners from across Ireland who tell it like it is
- A partner session showing what a connected, modern accounting stack looks like in practice
- And we’re closing the Dublin way with a hosted Irish coffee experience where the conversation keeps flowing
The full programme is coming soon, but trust us, you’ll want to be there.
A decade of Fast Forward
Fast Forward started in 2016 as a gathering of ambitious accountants in Belgium. What began as one event has become the go-to conference for finance professionals who want to stay ahead of the curve.
This year, we’re marking a decade of innovation by taking Fast Forward global for the first time. Eight events. Eight markets. One shared vision: accounting that flows.
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Partners
For the people who refuse to stand still
Partners • Senior managers • Advisory specialists • Compliance managers • Technology decision-makers
The firms that move first, move furthest.
Fast Forward is a day designed around one idea: Accounting that flows. Right now, the firms pulling ahead are the ones rethinking how they work, not just what they work on. They’re investing in their people, streamlining their processes and making smarter decisions about technology. This is a day that helps you do exactly that.
Expect sharp perspectives from people who understand the realities of running a modern accounting firm and practical sessions you can actually apply. You’ll leave knowing what’s coming next and how to get there first.
Get ahead
Get ahead
What you need to know
Who is Fast Forward for?
If you’re a partner, director, senior manager or finance professional at an accounting firm and you’re involved in shaping how your modern accounting firm uses technology, Fast Forward is for you. It doesn’t matter whether you’re already using Silverfin or just curious about where the profession is going. You’ll leave with something useful.
Can I attend more than one event?
Yes, and we’d encourage it. Every Fast Forward event shares the same theme, but each location has its own speakers and market-specific content. It’s a brilliant way to see how firms across different regions are approaching the same challenges from different angles.
What's included?
- Fresh thinking on where the accounting profession is heading and what the most forward-thinking firms are already doing.
- A partner session showing what a connected, modern accounting stack looks like in practice.
- A customer panel with honest, unscripted conversations from firms across the UK and Ireland.
- Direct access to the Silverfin team across all departments, including senior leadership.
- Catering throughout the day.
