Technology

AI for CFOs 2027

AI for CFOs is an annual summit that brings together finance leaders to explore the integration of AI into core finance functions. The event covers topics such as accelerating close cycles, enhancing forecasting accuracy, managing model risk, ensuring data integrity, and future-proofing finance teams through keynote speeches, panels, and practical case studi…

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51Speakers
11Sponsors
1Exhibitors
29On the bill · sessions
49Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at AI, in alphabetical order.
Adrian Cadman
Senior director, finance strategy and transformation · Anaplan
Ailbhe Moynihan
Finance Director · Meta
Akash Bajpai
Senior vice-president compliance and risk · Citi
Alexander Godovits
Chief financial officer, categories and commercial Europe · PepsiCo
Alexandra Burgholzer
Head of data & AI – customer solutions · Eon
Alex Hermes
Director Northern Europe · CCH Tagetik, Wolters Kluwer
Andreas Schreiner
Senior vice-president corporate finance & controlling · adidas AG
Anna Thomas MBE
Co-founder and director · Institute for the Future of Work
Bamidele Aly
Automation and innovation SME · HSBC
Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke
vice-chair nursing – enterprise practice transformation, assistant professor of nursing · Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Christina Yan Zhang
Chief executive · The Metaverse Institute
Christopher Bishop
Chief reinvention officer · Improvising Careers
Dafne Guisard
Chief commercial officer · Aristocrat
Dane Molter
Senior vice-president Travel Marketplace, Navan · Navan
Dexter Thillien
Lead analyst, technology and telecoms, Economist Intelligence Unit · Economist Intelligence Unit
Eddie Milev
Editorial lead for Tech Frontiers · Economist Impact
Erika Eliasson-Norris
Chief executive · Beyond Governance
Graeme Fleming
Industry principal · Workiva
Ian Cheng
Enterprise digital strategy leader, JLR · JLR
Irene Danielli
Head of digital finance and strategic projects, Sandoz · Sandoz
Jens Wilhelm Meyer
Vice-president finance and controlling · Bosch
Jeremiah Crider
Chief financial officer, Carwow · Carwow
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
PayhawkDiamond
WorkivaDiamond
GoogleGold
insightsoftwareGold
NavanGold
OneStreamGold
WorkdayGold
HighRadiusSilver
PigmentSilver
Wolters KluwerSilver
AppZenExhibitor
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Agenda

Selected from 29 sessions on the bill.
  • March 23rd 2026 - 07:00 pm

    VIP dinner. Fast finance: identifying key automation opportunities

    Join Economist Enterprise and Navan at The Ivy City Garden where executives will discuss transformation in finance. It is understood that AI will transform finance operations, howe…

  • March 23rd 2026, 07:00 pm

    VIP dinner. Fast finance: identifying key automation opportunities

    Join Economist Enterprise and Navan at The Ivy City Garden where executives will discuss transformation in finance. It is understood that AI will transform finance operations, howe…

  • March 24th 2026, 02:20 pm

    Fireside chat. Closing faster with AI

    AI is speeding up the financial close and trimming days of work from end-of-month cycles. Done properly this frees up finance teams for more valuable work. How can finance leaders …

  • March 24th 2026, 02:35 pm

    Panel. Garbage in, governance out? The cost of bad data

    All CFOs have heard the saying “garbage in, garbage out.” But knowing the phrase is not the same as having a solution for it. How can finance leaders ensure their data is clean and…

  • March 24th 2026, 03:05 pm

    Case study. Healthy AI: unlocking higher value work with artificial intelligence

    AI can enhance worker capabilities and interactions, not just replace humans. The benefits lie in shifting focus from mundane tasks to judgment and design - whether the setting is …

  • March 24th 2026, 03:20 pm

    Fireside chat. Auditing the algorithm

    As more forecasts, reports and risk models are set to be augmented by AI, regulators will demand evidence that work produced by machines is accurate, justifiable and compliant. Whe…

  • March 24th 2026, 03:35 pm

    Fireside chat. From scorekeeper to strategist: how AI is shaping the CFO

    Many CFOs are now responsible for leading business transformation. To do so they are no longer just relying on AI as a tool for finance but for reshaping the strategy and operation…

  • March 24th 2026, 03:50 pm

    Fireside chat. Motivation in the machine age: keeping finance human

    At the coalface of the AI revolution, “change fatigue” is real. With every new tool demanding a new mindset, the resilience of finance teams is being tested. What leadership approa…

  • March 24th 2026, 04:05 pm

    Panel discussion. Self-driving forecasts: should CFOs trust autonomous projections?

    By generating rolling forecasts that update themselves, agentic AI systems promise to significantly reduce planning cycles. Tomorrow’s finance executives must decide how to trust, …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 49 companies show up, and 9 bet on three roles at once?

49 companies. nine are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
9All threespeak · spons · exh
2Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
38Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

AppZen·HighRadius·insightsoftware·Navan·Onestream·Payhawk·Pigment·Workday·Workiva

Speakers by seniority

53% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1631%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of816%
  • Manager / Lead510%
  • Other roles1937%

Of 51 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AppZenSp·EEx
  2. 02Economist Impact4V
  3. 03HighRadiusSp·S1V
  4. 04insightsoftwareSp·G1V
  5. 05NavanSp·G1V
  6. 06OnestreamSp·G1V
  7. 07PayhawkSp·D1V
  8. 08PigmentSp·S1V
  9. 09WorkdaySp·G1V
  10. 10WorkivaSp·D1V
  11. 11GoogleSp·G
  12. 12Wolters KluwerSp·S
  13. 13adidas2V
  14. 14Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science2V
Sponsors by tier
diamond2
18% of 11
gold5
45% of 11
silver3
27% of 11
exhibitor1
9% of 11
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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