Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference
18 – 19 September 2023 | London, U.K.
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Slowing growth, persistent high inflation, scarce expensive talent, energy prices, currency fluctuations 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 organizations apart in the next phase of the cycle?
Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference 2023,
Autonomous Finance: Unlock Growth Opportunities and Minimize Downside Risk
Join
18 – 19 September, in London, U.K.,
where you will 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
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
Nisha Bhandare
The Human CFO: Leading in the Face of Perpetual Disruption
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organizations will lower operational costs by 30% by combining hyperautomation technologies with redesigned operational processes.
By 2024,
of CEOs reported the need to maintain or accelerate the already intense pace of digital transformation incited by the pandemic, and 70% of CFOs expect digital technology to get more funding.
94%
Source: Gartner
Drive Your Personal Success in Times of Disruptive Change
Pushing Past Boundaries to Redefine Normal
Rahaf Harfoush
Digital Anthropologist and Executive Director, Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture
Preet Chandi
Polar Adventure: First Woman of Color to Complete a Solo Expedition to the South Pole
Our modern-day working life is in a state of crisis. With the pressure of being connected 24/7, we are struggling to be constantly both creative and productive to keep up with the never-ending demands of our jobs — and it isn’t working. The scramble to keep up with the expectation of a never-ending stream of creative output has resulted in a culture that is obsessed with hustling. In the rush to boost performance, we have become overworked, overscheduled and overwhelmed. Our obsession with productivity — to-do lists, life hacks, morning routines — is making us less productive. Rahaf Harfoush explains why we need to redesign our workday around creativity — not just efficiency. Backed with extensive research and case studies, Harfoush pushes beyond common solutions to these problems to tackle the deeper cultural questions.
If adventurer Preet Chandi had accepted other people’s definitions for what is considered “normal,” she never would have completed the 40-day, 700-mile journey from the coastline of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole that saw her become the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition across the continent. Drawing from a challenging expedition that required her to be physically and mentally sharp at all times, Chandi inspires audiences with her thrilling story of grit and determination as she empowers them to step out of their comfort zones and push past the boundaries they have set for themselves in their professional and personal lives. As Chandi shares with audiences, the question isn’t “if” you can achieve your goals, it’s “when” you will achieve them.
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 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
AI in finance CFO effectiveness Digital finance talent Driving growth ERP optimization
Finance data and analytics strategy Organizational design Process automation Technology roadmap Transformation leadership
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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
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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 the CFOs and their direct reports, including those in group financial controller, head of FP&A and head of 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
Hype Cycle
The Gartner Hype Cycle™ analysis provides 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.
Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant™ methodology offers visual snapshots and in-depth analyses that provide insight into a market’s direction, maturity and participants.
Premier
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.
