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

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM BST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Finance at the Forefront: Winning When AI Is Changing (and Breaking) Everything

Tamara Shipley, VP Analyst, Gartner
Clement Christensen, VP Analyst, Gartner
As organizations adapt to AI, many early efforts fall short. Yet, some companies unlock extraordinary value from their AI investments. In this keynote at Gartner’s 2026 Finance Symposium, discover the strategies and mindsets that set such leaders apart. Learn how CFOs become architects of AI-driven transformation, driving innovation, efficiency and competitive advantage in an AI-first enterprise. Join us to explore actionable insights and the pivotal role finance will play in shaping the future of business. ... Show More Show Less

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

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Medius Software: Intelligent Accounts Payable — Unlocking the Autonomous Enterprise Through AI Agents

Daniel Ball, Svp Global Analyst Relations, MEDIUS-US-FL
This session explores how intelligent, agent-driven AI is reshaping accounts payable operations, moving AP beyond basic automation toward a more responsive, proactive, and continuously improving function. Cut through the hype to understand what practical, real-world AI-enabled AP looks like today – from machine learning to agentic AI, and how organizations are putting it into production. ... Show More Show Less

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM BST

The CFO’s Guide to Building a Finance AI Roadmap

Ash Mehta, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
An AI-enabled autonomous finance function won't happen on its own; it must be planned and designed. In this session, CFOs will learn how to create a structured finance AI roadmap that turns ambition into action. Develop the foundational building blocks, align initiatives with strategic goals and sequence activities and workstreams in a clear, step-by-step plan that will guide your journey and maximize impact. (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

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

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM BST

HighRadius: Is GenAI a Ponzi Scheme?

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

01:35 PM - 01:55 PM BST

Hypatos: The 90% Shift — How AI Agents Will Redefine Finance Operations

Uli Erxleben, Founder & CEO, Hypatos
By 2030, 90% of transactional finance work will be handled by AI agents capable of reasoning, deciding, and acting autonomously. As finance teams still spend most time on execution, the role will shift. This session explores next-gen finance: the changing role of finance (judgment, exceptions, relationships), design principles for agentic-led finance (roadmap), and high-ROI agentic AI use cases focusing on value creation and automation at scale. ... Show More Show Less

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM BST

EY: Autonomous Finance in Practice — From Automation to Resilient Value Centric Outcomes

Michael Von der Geest, Partner, EY
CFOs are under pressure to deliver autonomous finance, yet automation alone rarely closes the execution gap. This session positions autonomy as a discipline, not an end state, exploring how outcome based, AI enabled models improve resilience, accelerate close and forecast, and elevate finance from processing to decision support. Attendees leave with clarity on where autonomy creates value and the leadership choices required. ... Show More Show Less

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