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Technical Skills series: 50 new features so far this decade with AI, formulas, analytics

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Hong Kong

Oct

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12:30

14:00 HKT

Schedule Type Title: Weekdays

Schedule Description: Explore 50 Excel features from the 2020s that enhance analysis, collaboration, and productivity for modern professionals.

Sessions: 1

Session Hours: 1.50

Online
12:30 - 14:00 HKT

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Explore 50 Excel features from the 2020s that enhance analysis, collaboration, and productivity for modern professionals.

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Date and time	Location
28/10/2026 12:30 - 14:00 HKT	Online

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Excel has introduced a wealth of new features in the 2020s, transforming how professionals analyse, collaborate, and present data. In this session, Excel MVP and ICAEW FCA David Benaim will provide a comprehensive overview of the most significant updates so far this decade. Many traditional tools such as PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and SUMPRODUCT now have more advanced alternatives. You’ll also discover new cell-based data types, enhanced formula auditing techniques, and AI capabilities integrated directly into Excel.

The session will cover improvements in collaboration and navigation, including simultaneous editing, cell-by-cell edit tracking, built-in tables of contents, and the TRANSLATE function. This is an essential update for anyone looking to stay current and leverage Excel’s latest innovations for greater efficiency and accuracy.

The Technical Skills series helps finance and business professionals master advanced tools and techniques to work smarter. Each session focuses on practical, hands-on insights - from Excel innovations to AI-driven solutions - designed to boost accuracy, efficiency, and collaboration.

Key Takeaways

Comprehensive Update: Gain an overview of the most impactful Excel features introduced in the 2020s.
Modern Alternatives: Learn which traditional tools have been replaced by more advanced, efficient options.
AI and Collaboration: Understand how AI and new collaboration capabilities enhance productivity and accuracy.
Practical Navigation Tools: Discover new data types, formula auditing techniques, and built-in navigation features.

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ICAEW's revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Regulations bring in new CPD requirements. This includes a minimum number of hours and an ethics requirement. Attending this webinar could contribute up to 1 hour 30 mins of verifiable CPD, providing you can demonstrate that the content is relevant to your role.

A copy of the webinar booking confirmation email is accepted as evidence of verifiable CPD. Click here to use ICAEW’s self-assessment tool to help you work out how much CPD you will need to fulfil each year.

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Retired Member	No Charge
Life Member	No Charge

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About the speaker

David Benaim FCA, Founder and Trainer, XLConsulting Asia
After 5 years at Deloitte London where he qualified with ICAEW, David moved to Cambodia in 2013 and has worked with over 100 organisations and provided corporate training in Excel and more to over 3,000 participants.

David has also held the prestigious Microsoft Excel MVP award for over 5 years, which places him in the top 100 or so Excel users worldwide, has a YouTube tutorial channel with over 20,000 subscribers (www.youtube.com/@learnspreadsheets) and gives dozens of seminars and webinars each year all over related to Excel and PowerPoint. David is also a regular blog writer for ICAEW including a quarterly digest on what is new in business technology.

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