All 2026 Conference Sessions

Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo dives deep into key topics for finance leaders around cost optimization, growth, AI and more to help you address your organization’s mission-critical challenges.

2026 Conference Theme

Autonomous Finance: Building Resilient, AI-Driven and Value-Centric Enterprises

CFOs are under pressure to deliver a more autonomous finance function, but that future won’t arrive on its own. This year’s agenda focuses on what it really takes to build that kind of finance organization where insights lead to faster decisions, automation supports more of the close and forecast, and finance teams engage with the business without becoming a bottleneck.

Autonomous finance is not a destination. It is a discipline. And CFOs must lead the way. Explore our sessions below, all developed with this theme in mind.

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Monday, 08 June, 2026

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Farseer: Finance Data Foundations for Usable AI

Matej Trbara, Co-Founder, Farseer
Most enterprises have the same finance stack: ERP for actuals, DWH for consolidation, BI for dashboards, FP&A for planning. Yet finance still spends too much time reconciling definitions, explaining mismatches, and rebuilding “one version of the truth” every month. In this session, we discuss what AI can realistically automate in finance when it runs on governed data, and where it creates risk when the foundation is weak. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

CFO Circle Ask the Analyst: How to Select High-Impact Metrics and KPIs in a Complex Data Landscape

Valeria Di Maso, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Selecting the correct KPIs for your organization can be challenging, particularly considering the complex data landscape and constantly evolving company goals and objectives driven by high uncertainty in the marketplace. Join this interactive session with Gartner analysts to discuss how to choose actionable KPIs, connect them to the organization's goals and develop a reporting strategy around them. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Super-Charging Forecasting: A New Data Paradigm for Transformative Insights

Matthew Mowrey, VP Analyst, Gartner
A fundamental obstacle to better forecasting is the entrenched accounting perspective we apply to data. Join the session to learn how FP&A leaders can unlock the full potential of data by shifting to a paradigm centered on business drivers and their relationship to a forecast model. This will enable the framing of data required to provision driver-based machine learning models. (CPE Credit: 0.6; Field of Study: Business Management and Organization; Delivery Method: Group Live; Program Knowledge Level: Basic; Prerequisites: None; Advanced Preparation: None) ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:05 PM BST

Oversight: From Auditors to Investigators: AI in Finance Risk Operations

Aleksandra Glogowska, Travel & Expense Global Process Owner, Merck KGaA
Nathanael LHeureux, Chief Solutions Ambassador, Oversight
Merck transformed a highly manual expense audit process into an AI-powered finance risk operation. In this session, Merck shares how AI helped shift teams from repetitive reviews to higher-value investigation work, improving visibility into risky transactions, strengthening controls, and enabling auditors to focus on behavioral risk patterns humans cannot easily detect at scale. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:05 PM BST

Soldo: Governing the Spend Your ERP Doesn't Reach

Brandon Till, Head of Business Solutions, Soldo Software Ltd
ERP systems can report spend after the fact, but they cannot govern the spend they never reach. This session shows how CFOs and Finance leaders can close the spend governance gap across decentralised and tail spend with proactive controls, real-time visibility and audit-ready data, without replacing their ERP or slowing the business down. ... Show More Show Less

01:10 PM - 01:30 PM BST

Workiva: Driving Enterprise Value Through The Journey Toward AI-Powered Finance

Steve Soter, Vp, Industry Principal, Workiva
Autonomous Finance is no longer a future goal — it's a competitive necessity. This session moves past the buzzwords to explore AI as core architecture for the resilient enterprise. Using real-world lessons from Vitality's journey, discover practical takeaways for unifying financial, controls, and risk data, dismantling manual chaos, and building the organizational readiness to drive decision velocity in volatile markets. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM BST

Pigment: From Complexity to Clarity –– Driving Transformation and AI Adoption at Drei

Edouard Beaucourt, HEAD OF EMEA, Pigment
Bianca Pfaller, Chief Financial Officer, Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH
How do finance teams thrive amid volatility while doing more with less? Join Pigment and Drei to explore how modern planning, AI, and process transformation enabled smarter decisions, improved efficiency, and stronger team impact - turning resource constraints into a catalyst for growth. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM BST

IBM: From Reimagined to Realized — Scaling an AI-First Finance Function

Monica Proothi, Vp & Senior Partner, Global Finance Tran, IBM Consulting
Greg Holmes, EMEA Field CTO at Apptio, an IBM Company, IBM
Can Finance truly scale AI beyond pilots? Hear how IBM is doing it as “Client Zero"—advancing an AI-first Finance function from transformation to enterprise impact. With ~40% FP&A cost reduction and ~1M tasks automated, learn how AI, digital labor, and data are driving faster decisions and redefining Finance’s strategic role. ... Show More Show Less

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Ask the Analyst: Unlocking the Potential of AI and Predictive Analytics in Financial Planning Software

Regina Crowder, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Join this Ask the Analyst session to learn more on how to unlock the potential of AI and predictive analytics in financial planning software. Get clear answers to your questions on how AI and predictive analytics can streamline processes, enhance accuracy, and uncover valuable insights from vast amounts of data. This session is ideal for anyone seeking to leverage technology to enhance their financial planning work. ... Show More Show Less

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