All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo dives deep into key topics for finance leaders around cost optimization, growth, AI and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Autonomous Finance: Building Resilient, AI-Driven and Value-Centric Enterprises

CFOs are under pressure to deliver a more autonomous finance function, but that future won’t arrive on its own. This year’s agenda focuses on what it really takes to build that kind of finance organization where insights lead to faster decisions, automation supports more of the close and forecast, and finance teams engage with the business without becoming a bottleneck.

Autonomous finance is not a destination. It is a discipline. And CFOs must lead the way. Explore our sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, 08 June, 2026

11:00 AM - 02:30 PM BST

Super-Charging Forecasting: A New Data Paradigm for Transformative Insights

Matthew Mowrey, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
A fundamental obstacle to better forecasting is the entrenched accounting perspective we apply to data. Join the session to learn how FP&A leaders can unlock the full potential of data by shifting to a paradigm centered on business drivers and their relationship to a forecast model. This will enable the framing of data required to provision driver-based machine learning models. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

How CFOs Can Drive Strategic Transformation With AI and Digital Innovation

Sean Kumar, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Despite rapid advances in technology and AI, many enterprises lag behind in integrating these tools into core strategic processes, leaving significant value untapped. This session explores how CFOs can champion collaboration between CIOs and strategy leaders to close the technology gap, accelerate innovation and enhance enterprise agility. Attendees will gain actionable insights on leveraging new technologies for adaptive strategic planning, risk management and growth. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

From Cuts to Strategy: Rethinking Cost Structures for the Long Term

Michelle Carlsen, Director Analyst, Gartner
Long-term value realization has become increasingly challenging, and most CFOs have already executed multiple rounds of cost reductions. A repeat of a successful 2025 session, this will explore how the top finance teams use the unique selling points of their companies to develop a differentiated cost structure strategy, and how to prioritize spending on areas that will produce the best long-term returns. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Adaptive & Always-On Change Management in a VUCA World

Marco D'Ascoli, Director Analyst, Gartner
Seventy-four percent of CFOs are personally leading change management as organizations struggle to achieve successful and sustainable transformation. In today's highly complex, uncertain environment, traditional static approaches no longer work. This session explores how adaptive, always-on change management — focused on continuous iteration and responsiveness to stakeholder needs — can accelerate outcomes and help navigate volatility more effectively. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Champion Cloud ERP Finance Change by Doing 3 Things

Matt Monopoli, Director Analyst, Gartner
Poor cloud ERP implementations create business risks, including reduced adoption, disjointed processes and diminished employee engagement. Given the stakes, CFOs must invest in developing tailored change management plans, rallying the strengths of designated change champions, and encouraging open two-way communication. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

The CFO’s Guide to Building a Finance AI Roadmap: A Step-By-Step Playbook for Winning the Talent and Technology Race

Ash Mehta, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CFOs must build an AI-enabled autonomous finance function, but that future won’t arrive on its own. It must be planned and designed. In this session, CFOs will learn how to create a structured finance AI roadmap that turns vision into action. Learn how to develop the foundational building blocks, align initiatives with strategic goals and sequence activities for maximum impact. Walk away with a clear, step-by-step plan guiding your journey from experimentation through full-scale AI implementation, future-proofing your finance function. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

Navigate Economic Uncertainty With Adaptive Scenario Planning

Regina Crowder, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
CFOs should deploy adaptive scenario planning, focusing on key business drivers. Unlike traditional scenario planning that often creates fixed plans for a set of possible future outcomes, this method cuts through data noise, providing early warnings and enabling rapid adjustments to forecasts in volatile markets. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

Succeeding as a New-to-Role CFO

Dennis Gannon, VP Analyst, Gartner
Taking on a CFO role is an exciting and rewarding career milestone, but the skills that help you succeed as a CFO aren't always the same ones that helped you achieve the role. This session will look at success factors that accelerate a new CFO's time to impact and best practices in ensuring a successful first few years as a CFO. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

Navigating the Future of Controllership: Embrace Evolving Roles and Digital Accounting

Hilary Richards, VP Analyst, Gartner
Controllership is the largest and most underappreciated finance subfunction. Digital innovations are usurping controllership teams’ legacy responsibilities, calling into question the function’s traditional jobs and value proposition. This session will discuss how the Controllership function continues to evolve roles and workflow to capitalize on digital acceleration in accounting. ... Show More Show Less

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