Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference
May 31 – June 1, 2023 | National Harbor, MD
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Slowing growth, persistent high inflation, scarce expensive talent and global supply constraints continue to add pressure and drive volatility for CFOs and finance executives. History shows that only 30% of companies will regain their prerecession growth levels by 2026 and less than 6% of companies will drive consistent and simultaneous top- and bottom-line growth faster than peers during the next phase of the cycle. What are leading CFOs and finance executives doing today to set their organization apart in the next phase of the cycle?
Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference 2023,
Autonomous Finance: Unlock Growth Opportunities and Minimize Downside Risk
Join
May 31 – June 1, in National Harbor, MD,
where you gain the
blueprint for driving profitable growth decisions and leading successful autonomous finance transformation to reduce friction, increase speed and flexibility, and drive predictive insights for the business.
Earn CPE credits when you join the conference
Gartner is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
This means that as an attendee at Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference 2023, you may be eligible to CPE credits by attending and participating in select CPE-eligible sessions.
Attendees can earn up to 11 CPE credits.
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Our powerful lineup of keynote speakers helps you expand your thinking and discover new approaches to make smarter business decisions.
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Guest keynotes
94%
of CEOs want to maintain or accelerate the already-intense pace of digital transformation sparked by the pandemic, and 70% of CFOs expect digital technology to get more funding.
Source: Gartner
Cassandra Worthy
As organizations face a perpetually disrupted business environment, CFOs must move beyond the enforcement of financial orthodoxy and tap into what it means to be a “human leader” as a CFO to drive enterprise success.
Dennis Gannon VP, Research
Barika Pace, VP, Team Manager
The Human CFO: Leading in the Face of Perpetual Disruption
This keynote distills 15 years of Cassandra Worthy’s corporate merger and acquisition experience into the critical skills that will empower leaders to create and sustain growth through change.
C.H.A.N.G.E. Traits ®: Exploring the Critical Skills for Inspired Leadership Through Change
Haben Girma
Disabled people are the largest historically underrepresented group, numbering over one billion worldwide. Reaching a group of this scale creates value for everyone. Organizations that prioritize accessibility benefit by gaining access to a much larger audience, improving the experience for both disabled and nondisabled people, and facilitating further innovation. Join us for an engaging presentation where Haben Girma shares how she became an advocate and what we can do to make our communities more inclusive.
Disability and Innovation: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
Dennis Gannon
VP, Research
Barika Pace
VP, Team Manager
Disability Rights Lawyer and Author
C.H.A.N.G.E. Traits®: Exploring the Critical Skills for Inspired Leadership Through Change
Change Enthusiasm Global, Founder and CEO, Keynote Speaker, Author and Consultant
Agenda tracks
Prepare your organization for the future of finance with actionable insight from four agenda tracks.
Tracks covering your top priorities
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Gartner Predicts
the top skills sought for financial analysts will include advanced analytics, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
By 2023,
A. CFO: Drive Hard Trade-Offs Across the Business
C. Controller: Remove Friction From Finance
B. FP&A: Navigate Planning Complexity
D. Finance Transformation: Maximize Digital ROI
Returning to profitable growth is a career-defining opportunity for CFOs. To get this right, CFOs must avoid making blanket decisions and focus instead on strategic and deliberate reallocation of resources. CFOs must improve profitability while funding the things that will drive competitive advantage and position their organizations for new sources of growth. Learn how leading CFOs are placing bets to reduce risk while maintaining the pace of innovation and transformation. Also in this track, we provide leading tools and strategies for CFOs to tell powerful new growth stories to staff, business managers, C-suite peers, the board and investors.
Financial planning and analysis’s (FP&A’s) success will be defined by how effectively it is able to drive business performance during volatility and disruptions. Success will be contingent on building a strong foundation for data and analytics, exploring new technology capabilities, reinventing static and siloed processes, and building the next generation of FP&A talent. Learn how to enhance FP&A’s predictive and preparedness capabilities to turn uncertainty into opportunity for your organization.
The finance function’s ability to deliver on its data and analytics promise to drive improved business decision making is being constrained by the slow pace of digital transformation in the controllership. Learn how to quickly advance the controllership’s digital maturity. Upgrade data management and reporting capabilities, leverage new technologies to maximize speed, quality and efficiency, and prepare processes and staff to adapt to new ways of operating.
In uncertain times, organizations are focusing attention on activities that will bring immediate and short-term impact. Finance transformation leaders should evaluate their transformation plans and prioritize activities that will add functionality and value as quickly as possible. Successful transformation will depend on the proper sequencing of initiatives, change management and organizational readiness. This track provides guidance on building your technology roadmap, picking the right vendors, identifying the proper skills and sequencing change to provide a steady stream of value throughout an organization’s financial transformation journey.
finance organizations will shave 30% to 50% off the close cycle timeline by using AI to automate decision making.
By 2025,
The conference agenda delivers the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights across topics, covering the challenges most critical to CFOs.
Designed for CFOs and finance executives focused on these key initiatives
Business process outsourcing CFO personal effectiveness Controller leadership Cost optimization Digital finance talent
Finance data and analytics strategy Finance technology strategy Finance transformation leadership FP&A leadership Process improvement
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Utilize AI to unlock more value from finance data and processes.
Artificial intelligence
CFOs learn how to advance digital leadership to prepare for the future of the finance function where data and technology support real-time decision making.
Autonomous finance
Unlock the latest trends with business process outsourcing providers and what finance teams should outsource to meet evolving technology capabilities.
Business process outsourcing
Discover the latest tools, techniques and technology innovations to unlock more value from data and analytics.
Data and analytics
Uncover how technology and digital will impact organizations going forward and how to align strategic growth goals to meet the board’s expectations.
Digital growth
Design a future finance operating model that supports growth and innovation.
Finance organization structure
Learn how to hire, engage and retain finance talent in a highly competitive labor market.
Finance talent
Learn how to create a cohesive and tailored technology roadmap across the finance function based on latest market innovations.
Finance technology roadmap
Learn the latest best practices for how to support your organization through complexity and times of slow growth.
Planning, budgeting and forecasting
. . . . .
of CFOs say they plan to boost technology spend.
of CFOs say they’ll boost spending on average compensation per organization staff this year.
86%
80%
This conference is designed so you can engage with and learn from Gartner experts and an unparalleled network of CFO peers in both structured and informal settings, including:
Bring your team
The conference addresses the top priorities of CFOs and their direct reports, including financial planning and analysis, accounting/controller and finance transformation roles.
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Your finance executive peers from leading organizations and various industries discuss relevant topics inspired by the latest research in these small-group sessions moderated by Gartner experts. Preregistration is required. Also, CFO Roundtables are available and are for CFO Circle participants only.
Roundtables
These interactive, small-group discussions foster learning and feature one Gartner expert who answers your most pressing questions on a hot research topic. Preregistration is required.
Ask the Expert sessions
Pressure-test your strategy with a Gartner expert during a 30-minute, private consultation, included in your registration. Learn more about Gartner experts and view our speaker roster. Preregistration is required.
Gartner one-on-ones
Gartner experts speaker roster.
The CFO Circle is an exclusive program within the overall agenda designed for chief finance officers to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow their community of peers. Application to the program and preregistration for CFO Roundtables are required.
The CFO Circle
Join lecture sessions that deliver a snapshot of published Gartner Magic Quadrant™, Gartner Hype Cycle™ or Gartner Predicts research in a theater at the Exhibit Showcase.
Gartner Theater sessions
Ask the Experts sessions
Magic Quadrant
Gartner Magic Quadrants offer visual snapshots and in-depth analyses that provide insight into a market’s direction, maturity and participants.
Hype Cycle
Gartner Hype Cycles provide a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications, and how they are potentially relevant to solving real business problems and exploiting new opportunities.
Gartner Predicts are annual reports that identify the critical trends and events that will affect clients during a one-to-three-year planning cycle.
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In a tech-driven world, access is everything — and Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference gives it to you. Gain access to vendors at the forefront of technology.
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Attendees can earn up to XXX CPE credits.
