All 2027 Conference Sessions

Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo 2027 dives deep into key topics for finance around AI, leadership, talent, strategy and more to help you address your organization's mission-critical challenges.

2027 Conference Theme

Orchestrating Enterprise Performance in an AI-First World

This year’s conference theme focuses on how CFOs must lead organizations where people and digital workers collaborate, using real-time insights. As AI risk compounds and pressure to demonstrate value grow, CFOs must unlock capacity, elevate talent and empower teams to drive performance and profitable growth.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Experience how CFOs and finance leaders gain practical insights, exchange ideas with peers and engage in relevant discussions that help them to strengthen their impact as a finance professionals.
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Monday, 01 March, 2027

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT

Contract Negotiation Clinic: CFO Playbook: 10 Tips, Tactics, and Tricks to Optimize Technology Vendor Negotiations
Jo Liversidge, VP Analyst, Gartner
This interactive clinic will walk through how CFOs and their teams can use this negotiation "cheat sheet" with 10 innovative and powerful negotiation tips and techniques to use as an integral part of the negotiation planning process. This cheat sheet can serve as an at-a-glance negotiation playbook for all major technology negotiations for cost optimization and risk mitigation. Clinic attendees will receive the at-a-glance cheat sheet as a take-away from this session as well as checklists and templates to put the cheat sheet in action in their organization. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM AEDT

Ask the Analyst: How CFOs Build Cost-Conscious Cultures That Stick
Vaughan Archer, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Most cost-cutting efforts fail, not because of flawed strategy, but because they clash with organizational culture. In this session, discover how leading CFOs drive sustainable cost discipline by activating cultural levers and aligning financial incentives.
We’ll explore how to:
• Identify “empire building” and self-preservation biases among budget holders
• Use peer recognition and internal competition to reinforce cost-conscious behaviors
• Empower finance business partners to teach cost optimization, not just tell
• Design incentive structures that reward long-term financial stewardship ... Show More Show Less
Tuesday, 02 March, 2027

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT

Contract Negotiation Clinic: 4 Powerful Steps to Combat Vendor Price Hikes When Negotiating Software and SaaS Deals
Jo Liversidge, VP Analyst, Gartner
Inflationary times and economic uncertainty create added complexity when negotiating with vendors. Proactive planning is a must to create “vendorized” negotiation playbooks since one negotiation playbook doesn’t fit all deals. This interactive session will illustrate 4 powerful steps that use economic indicators such as CPI, PPI, and ECI to analyze the fairness of increases and customize “should cost” models for negotiation leverage and bargaining power. This session will walk through two client case studies to demonstrate how to follow these 4 steps to create a vendor- and deal-specific negotiation playbook to optimize both short- and long-term software and SaaS costs. Clinic attendees will receive checklists, templates, and other negotiation materials that go hand-in-hand with this 4-step framework. ... Show More Show Less

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Head of Business Planning and Reporting, Western Power 

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