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      Conference Topics at a Glance

      This year’s conference theme is Orchestrating Enterprise Performance in an AI-First World, focusing on how CFOs must lead organizations where people and digital workers collaborate, using real-time insights. View the 2027 topics created with this theme in mind. 

      AI Economics

      Assess AI costs, benefits and business value to prioritize investments and improve returns.

      Finance ERP Solutions and Implementation Providers

      Compare ERP platforms and implementation partners to support finance transformation.

      Leadership Effectiveness

      Strengthen leadership skills to drive results, influence decisions and lead change.
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      Wednesday, May 27, 2026

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      Anaplan: The CFO-COO Power Couple Dynamic
      Neil Thomas, Svp Finance Applications, Anaplan
      Sri Ayyeppen, CEO, Argano
      Priya krishnnan, Chief Operations Officer, Argano
      For fast-moving organizations like Argano, traditional silos are a liability. The CFO-COO alliance is essential for sustainable growth. Join us to discover strategies for managing a rapid pace of acquisition and organizational change, while maintaining agility and achieving operational transparency. Hear how to build trust through shared data and decision-making, supported by a flexible technology solution that enables scale without breaking. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      Billtrust: Your ERP Isn’t Broken. It Just Wasn’t Built For AR.

      Lee An Schommer, Chief Product Officer, BILLTRUST
      A study of 500 finance leaders reveals ERPs aren’t broken, but 74% lack the automation AR teams need. Learn key ERP gaps and how leaders are improving forecasting, accelerating payments by 25%, and gaining cash flow visibility without replacing their ERP. Walk away with practical strategies to simplify and strengthen your cash flow. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      BlackLine and PenFed: Forging a Trusted Foundation for Agentic Financial Operations  
      Scott Stern, Vp, Head Of Global Product Mktg, BlackLine Systems
      Legh Penrod, Director Of Accounting, Pentagon Federal Credit Union
      As AI evolves from providing insight to driving execution, finance and accounting teams face the challenge of embracing its power without compromising on trust. Discover how Agentic Financial Operations transform your team into a center of strategic impact, built on accuracy and control. Finance leaders at PenFed Credit Union will share how they are unifying their financial operations on an agentic-ready foundation with BlackLine.
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      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      Board & EBSCO: From Fragmented Finance to Confident AI-Driven Decisions
      Daniel Rebella, Global Gm, Finance & Analytics, Board
      Adam Hancock, Sr. Director, Financial Planning & Analy, EBSCO Industries Inc.
      Natalie Gallagher, Principal Economist, Director, Board
      Discover how EBSCO unified FP&A and financial consolidation across 12+ diversified businesses on one platform to enable continuous planning, improve transparency, and increase forecast accuracy. Learn how AI-driven insights and real-time external market intelligence are helping CFOs and finance leaders navigate volatility and accelerate confident, data-driven decisions. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      HighRadius: Is GenAI A Ponzi Scheme?
      Vikram Gollakota, SVP - Growth Initiatives, HighRadius Corp
      The future of finance belongs to CFO's who use "Algo Quotient" (AQ) to lead hybrid teams of humans and AI Colleagues. By automating implementation to a single day, the human role shifts from technical setup to high-level judgment, ensuring AI agents deliver real results or face being "fired" for underperformance. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      IBM: How We Have Reimagined Our Finance Function with an AI-first Approach
      Monica Proothi, Vp & Senior Partner, Global Finance Tran, IBM Consulting
      Josephine Schweiloch, Director Of Data Science & Technology, IBM Corporation
      Yuhong Yin, Executive Director of Product, IBM
      Hear how IBM has reimagined its own Finance function with an AI-first approach through a multi-year journey which has delivered significant savings (~40% overall spend reduction) and end-to-end workflow optimization with automation and AI at scale (~1 million tasks). The learnings from IBM’s intelligent finance journey will be shared, including how AI-augmented financial operations and the use of digital labor are catalysts for faster decisions. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      OneStream: AI Hype to Reality: How Cox Took a Strategy-First Approach to Agentic Finance
      Tiffany Ma, Director Of Product Marketing, ONESTREAM SOFTWARE
      Inger Hunter, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, Cox Enterprises
      Join Cox Enterprises for an engaging session on how they are advancing their Forward Finance vision by deploying financially intelligent AI agents to democratize analysis, accelerate variance and insight generation, and mitigate enterprise risk. Cox will share how agentic AI embedded in finance workflows streamlines daily work, enables natural data interaction, speeds questions to insights, and frees teams to focus on strategic decision-making. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      SAP: Autonomous Finance at Scale: A CFO Guide to Enterprise Impact
      Sonja Simon, CFO, SAP Americas, SAP America Inc.
      Dan Nagle, Head of Finance Transformation, Americas, SAP AMERICA, INC.
      Michalene Schechter, Director, Finance and Procurement Servic, Accenture
      CFOs face pressure to turn AI into measurable enterprise value. In this session SAP and their customer Accenture share how to move from pilots to autonomous finance at scale while maintaining control and continuity. Hear how SAP achieved 70% billing automation, 62% automated contract validation, and a 20% faster close. Explore key foundations including trusted data, controls, and governance, where human judgment remains essential, and how agentic AI blends traditional and generative AI across the enterprise. ... Show More Show Less

      11:45 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

      Workday: Reimagining Finance at PGA TOUR
      Scott Moyer, Solutions Marketing Director, Workday
      Megan Zee, Svp, Finance & Controller, PGA TOUR
      Join Workday for a candid talk with Megan Zee, SVP, Finance and Controller of PGA TOUR, on their finance transformation. Discover how moving from legacy systems to Workday has helped her team stay on course with real-time data and granular visibility. Megan will share how the TOUR manages risk, streamlines complex reporting, and uses live analytics to drive decisions that keep the organization moving forward. ... Show More Show Less

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