The CFO Circle Program

Designed specifically for Chief Finance Officers, the CFO Circle Program provides exclusive sessions for eligible CFOs attending Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow your community of peers.

This experience includes:

Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities with a group of CFO attendees to swap experiences, trade best practices and expand your executive peer community. 

Access to exclusive sessions throughout the conference, including thought leader lunches, roundtables and research discussions tailored to the most important topics for CFOs.

Priority booking capabilities for limited-capacity sessions and One-on-One Meeting(s) with a Gartner expert to ensure you don’t miss out on these conference offerings.

CFO-only sessions

Integrated within the broader conference agenda, the CFO Circle Program includes interactive discussions covering the top priorities of CFOs, as well as casual networking opportunities to connect with other finance leaders from a variety of regions and industries. Through these sessions, participants connect over common initiatives and accelerate, validate and solidify their strategies. See examples below.
  • Workshops
  • Roundtables
  • Research discussions

Workshops

Sessions will be announced in the coming months. 

Roundtables

Sessions will be announced in the coming months. 

Research discussions

Sessions will be announced in the coming months. 

"The CFO Circle at the Gartner Finance Conference has been great as it makes it easy to connect with people at the same level as you"

Chris McConnachie

CFO, UK National Grid

Apply to join the program

The CFO Circle Program is exclusive to eligible CFOs attending Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo. We recommend applying when you register for the conference as session seats are limited and fill up quickly.
How to qualify

Applicants must meet the following qualification criteria to participate:

  1. Enterprise-wide Chief Finance Officer (CFO), or
  2. Business unit/ region/ government division Chief Finance Officer (CFO) responsible for:
    1. Private sector: $250+ million in revenue
    2. Public sector: 1,000+ employees

CFOs from a marketing vendor or consultancy are not eligible to participate.

You can apply to participate in the CFO Circle Program when you register for Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo 2026. During the registration process, the program application will be prompted by answering ‘yes’ to the question, “Are you the Chief Finance Officer or do you serve in the Chief Finance Officer role for your organization?”. You will be notified via email regarding the status of your application.

Application and approval are required for participation.

Log back into your Gartner conference profile, click “Edit” next to “Registration Profile,” and scroll down to answer the “Attendee Profile” questions.