The 2026 agenda delivers the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights across finance, covering the challenges most critical to CFOs and their leadership teams.
The 2026 agenda delivers the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights across finance, covering the challenges most critical to CFOs and their leadership teams.
Leadership Influence: Leading With Conviction, Speed and Influence
CFOs must be the decisive voice in the room or they’re not in the room. This track sharpens the CFO’s edge on enterprise leadership, board engagement, time discipline and influence across the C-suite. We tackle how to lead through ambiguity, assert strategy in a fog of data and drive action, not just insights.
Enterprise Financial Strategy: Navigating Volatility, Seizing Growth
The macro may stay uncertain, but your capital strategy can’t. This track centers on how CFOs reallocate capital, structure flexible partnerships, fund innovation under pressure and stay agile in the face of geopolitical, supply chain and policy risk.
Technology and Innovation: AI, Automation and ROI — No More Pilots, Only Payoffs
By 2026, boards won’t tolerate AI theater. This track moves CFOs past experimentation to results: where to double down, where to pull back and how to scale AI with measurable value. We break down AI ROI, tech stack integration, ERP transitions and what it really takes to win the talent and technology race.
Finance Operational Excellence: Building Lean, Scalable, Digital Finance
CFOs need a finance function that runs lighter, moves faster and delivers sharper insights. This track is about future-ready operating models, talent with digital fluency and transformation that sticks. From ERP solution providers to shared services to cloud controls, we cut through complexity and get to what works.
Corporate Controller Spotlight: Modern Controlling With Less Risk, Less Headcount
Controllers must run leaner, faster and cleaner books without losing oversight. This track covers close, consolidation, reconciliation, compliance and reporting. Explore how AI and automation reduce manual work and risk, modernizing accounting and governance.
FP&A Spotlight: From Planning to Provoking Action
Traditional planning is obsolete. This track is for FP&A leaders who want to drive business performance, not just report on it. Learn to own scenario planning, build rolling forecasts that flex with reality and create dashboards that drive decisions.
Finance Transformation Leader Spotlight: Make Change Stick
Transformation isn’t a phase; it’s a permanent skill set. This track delivers battle-tested strategies for leading cross-functional finance transformation, aligning to enterprise priorities and delivering ROI from ERP, automation and cloud investments.
Public Sector Spotlight: Less Funding, Fast Mandates, Bold Moves
Public finance leaders must cut costs, adopt AI and modernize quickly — often with limited funding. This track explores how public-sector CFOs can use AI for fast results, build leaner models and modernize operations while maintaining public trust.