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November 17, 2026
Embassy Suites Magnificent Mile
511 North Columbus Drive
Chicago

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November 17
November 17
November 17
08:00
Exhibition & Networking
Registration and networking breakfast
09:00
CFO Summit
Welcome & chairperson opening remarks
09:15
CFO Summit
One finance function, five different ways of getting to yes
Oliver Diehm, Regional CFO | N. America, Brose
09:45
CFO Summit
The evolving role of the modern CFO
Amit Singhi, CFO, Humanetics
10:15
Exhibition & Networking
Coffee break and networking
10:45
CFO Summit
AI does the reps now: How the next generation of CFOs actually learns judgment
Kelsey Inzerillo, CFO, Creative Memories
11:15
CFO Summit
Panel - AI can build the forecast. You still own it.
Tom Fencl, CFO, Quantilope
Dave Sackett, VP of Finance, Persimmon Technologies
12:00
Exhibition & Networking
Lunch break
13:00
CFO Summit
Moderated roundtable discussions
Mike Matthews, CFO, Krueck Sexton Partners
Lizveth Mendez-Witt, CFO, New Moms
Cindy Villafuerte, Chief Financial & Diversity Officer, Special Olympics Illinois
Waheed Khan, Vice President Human Resources, Videojet Technologies
13:45
CFO Summit
The acquisition you talked yourself out of: How CFOs are really deciding build, buy, or wait
14:15
CFO Summit
Who eats the tariff: Absorb it, automate around it, or pass it on
14:45
Exhibition & Networking
Coffee break and networking
15:15
CFO Summit
Fireside chat - Winning the argument before you have the proof: Convincing the board before the data agrees with you
Delphine Le Romain, Vice President of Finance, Americas, Dyson
Ahmet M. Eryaman, CFO, North America, Fulton Market Group
16:00
CFO Summit
Interactive workshop: Break your own plan, a live stress test of your 2027 numbers
Brian Kalish, Principal, Kalish Consulting
16:45
CFO Summit
Closing remarks
17:00
Exhibition & Networking
Happy hour sponsored by Finance Alliance

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By November, most 2027 budgets will have just cleared sign-off.

Request your invite to join CFOs already building in ways to defend it once reality moves:

- See exactly how fast peers are moving to re-cut a signed-off budget once Q1 numbers shift, what evidence actually triggers it, and who has the authority to approve it without restarting the full budget cycle.

- Get specific on what other CFOs are choosing to absorb versus pass on when costs move mid-year, and where their read on the number differs from yours.

- Hear exactly how peers are defending a plan to the board once the numbers underneath it have already started to shift.

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November 17, 2026

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