Newsletter 2025|05 • IBCS - International Business Communication Standards

Dear IBCS Fan,

A lot has been happening at IBCS in recent months.
We’re growing together – with new consultants, events, and training opportunities designed to inspire and connect our community.
Explore what’s new, stay engaged, and make the most of the opportunities ahead.

Warm regards,

Your IBCS Team

Join the global study

You can still participate in the global study on report performance across different business contexts, available until the end of 2025.

+ Get early access to the study results.

+ Help shape the future of business reporting.

+ Boost your skills.

Participate:

+ as an individual, complete the survey

+ as a company, contact us to get a link customized

If you gather more than 50 participants from your company, we will send you a special survey link to track them and give a personalized analysis of their decision speed and quality.

IBCS in action with lectures

Our topics are designed for professionals who want to make cause-and-effect relationships easier to understand.

Get inspired by some of the past events:

+ IBCS in receivables management

Speakers presented a real-life case of reporting on receivables and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).

Speakers: Jürgen Faisst and Edyta Szarska

Special guest: Grozdanka Ivanovska

+ Talent Days 2025

This series of workshops was run for Young Generation from Poland to explore how storytelling in data works, inspired by IBCS.

Speaker: Magda Szarska

+ Triple Chart | New proposal
Exclusive workshop for IBCS Certified Consultants to discuss brand new templets prepered by Rolf Hichert

+ IBCS at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

The event for Italian students focused on applying IBCS to improve reporting.

Speaker: Simone Verza

Don’t miss upcoming lectures:

+ IBCS in the age of AI-assisted reporting (EN)

November 19, 2025, BUDAPEST BI FORUM 2025, online

+ Executive dashboards redefined | IBCS & data storytelling for decision-makers (EN)

November 27, 2025, Zürich, Future Ready CFO, BSgroup Data Analytics AG

Find more upcoming events

News on IBCS certification

International consultants

Grozdanka Ivanovska with 15+ years of experience, specializes in management reporting using IBCS standards, supporting clients throughout the reporting and training controllers to apply BI tools effectively.

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Rodrigo Palomino CPA is a Senior Project Officer & Financial Management at the Department of Energy and Economic Diversification in Western Australia. He works within the Industry Development Division, supporting a government entity.

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Colin (Jianjun) Wu is a finance and analytics professional and an independent consultant based in Wellington, New Zealand. With a background in financial and analytics leadership roles across global corporates and the New Zealand public sector, he focuses on the application of IBCS® principles in management reporting.

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Daniel Berthold, as a senior associate, has been assisting companies with business planning and the optimization of management and controlling processes since 2023. Using data-driven analyses and tailor-made solutions, he creates the basis for efficient decisions and sustainable value creation.

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Jonas Hofmann is a BI Consultant in the Insights & Information Design domain at b.telligent. He advises companies on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics and delivers reporting and dashboard solutions that make data-driven decisions faster, safer, and scalable.

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Software re-certification

VitaraCharts is currently the only certified IBCS chart provider for Strategy. An easy-to-use, intuitive library of charts, the Vitaracharts library is a seamless add-on for Strategy Desktop, Web, Library, and Mobile.

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‘Graphomate charts’, ‘graphomate matrix’ and ‘graphomate bubbles’ allow you to visualize complex data in Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Lumira Designer and in other SAP Analytics tools according to IBCS®.

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