Agenda

2024 Agenda

• 7:30am – 8:15am
  Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 8:15am – 8:30am
  Opening Remarks

  • Jeremy Seidman, MBA ’03 Chair, MIT Sloan CFO Summit
• 8:30am – 9:00am
  Welcome to MIT Sloan CFO Summit
• 9:00am – 9:30am
  Morning Fireside Chat
• 9:30am – 10:00am
  Morning Keynote
• 10:00am – 10:30am
  Morning Coffee Break
• 10:30am – 11:30am
  Track I - Structural

  
  Advanced FP&A

  Financial planning and analysis is the foundation upon which every company’s modeling, forecasting and budgeting are determined. Learn advanced strategies and tactics for utilizing internal data, competitive intelligence and real-world experience to develop optimal capital allocation, near-in projects, upcoming goals and long-term strategy.

  Track II - Situational

  
  M&A: Strategic, PE and other Opportunities

  Mergers and acquisitions are an integral aspect of the business landscape. Whether your company is positioning to be an acquiror or acquiree, or maybe evaluating the impact as those in your sector engage in M&A, it’s important to understand the full suite of available opportunities.
• 11:30am – 12:00pm
  Luncheon Buffet
• 12:15pm – 1:15pm
  Luncheon Keynote Panel

  
  Leading with Intention

  CFOs provide valuable context for evaluating innovations and balancing practical considerations. Join our luncheon keynote for a conversation on embracing new technology, influencing employee success, managing financial health and planning for the future.
• 1:30pm – 2:30pm
  Track 1 - Structural

  
  CFO Best Practices

  What’s the best way to organize your time, communicate with employees? Evaluate technology, drive revenue, manage your career? In this session we’ll cover CFO best practices from A to Z including assets and balance sheet management to zero balance emails.

  Track 2 - Situational

  
  Partnering With Your CTO

  CFOs are on the technology front-line, alongside their Chief Technology Officers, including how best to fund and manage data security, analytics, cloud-based applications, technology debt and more. Learn how to partner with your company’s CTO for optimal technology outcomes.
• 2:30pm – 3:30pm
  Track 1 - Structural

  
  GenAI in Finance

  Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Whether it’s helping helping approve expense reports or providing first-draft management reports, AI has entered the chat and is here to stay. Come learn from those at the forefront of this technological powerhouse.

  Track 2 - Situational

  
  Finance UnZIRPed: Managing Changing Interest Rates

  The impact of non-zero interest rates covers everythign from the cost of doing business to a new focus on debt and equity ratios. Come learn how CFOs can best position their companies in the new environment of non-zero, non-stationary interest rates.
• 3:30pm – 4:00pm
  Coffee Break
• 4:00pm – 4:30pm
  Afternoon Fireside Chat
• 4:30pm – 6:15pm
  Networking Reception

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