Autonomous Finance: Driving Transformation to Unlock Enterprise Value.
Higher rates. Challenged growth. Scarce labor. Cost pressure. Security threats. And the scramble for AI use cases. Current conditions are driving an enterprise focus on productivity across all assets to unlock resources for investment and growth, putting finance in the spotlight again in 2025.
2025 Conference Theme
Autonomous Finance: Resetting Financial Leadership in a Changing Economy
In an era of economic uncertainty: tariffs, shifting demand, and fiscal pressure – CFOs must drive cost agility, finance transformation, digital acceleration, and AI adoption, all while leading change and upskilling their teams. Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference offers a unique opportunity to learn from thought leaders and peer CFOs to enhance real-time decision-making in a rapidly evolving landscape.
About the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference
Gartner experts will explore the theme “Autonomous Finance: Resetting Financial Leadership in a Changing Economy” during the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference 2025, taking place May 20-21 in National Harbor, MD (Greater Washington, DC). Sessions will cover how organizations can navigate challenges – such as higher rates, challenged growth, scarce labor, cost pressure, security threats, and the scramble for AI use cases – by rapidly evolving, transforming and redefining data, processes, technologies, staff capabilities and organizational models. Follow news and updates from the conferences on Gartner’s X account using the hashtag #GartnerFinance and through the Emagia LinkedIn feed.
Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference 2025 addresses the most significant challenges that finance leaders face as they build the innovative and adaptable finance strategies of the future.
By attending, financial leaders will learn how to:
- Advance digital leadership to prepare for the future of the finance function where data and technology support real-time decision making.
- Create a cohesive and tailored technology roadmap across the finance function based on latest market innovations.
- Invest in AI capabilities that will unlock growth, cost efficiency, and productivity across Finance and the enterprise.
