CFOs now shaping 2026 strategies and budgets must gauge just how long the challenges that impacted their businesses this year may linger.
At the same time, regulatory uncertainty, including shifting tariff policies, as well as other economic and geopolitical headwinds, and the potential perks and perils of artificial intelligence, are likely to remain formidable forces for the foreseeable future. This makes it imperative that finance professionals schedule time in the coming year to learn about the latest best practices being used to navigate the rapid economic changes.
Connecting with peers and industry experts who can provide fresh takes is a critical way for finance professionals to build out effective strategies in today’s ever-evolving business landscape. With that in mind, CFO Dive has compiled a list of some of the key financial conferences upcoming in 2026. Many of these events focus on how modern finance leaders can develop innovative strategies and keep pace with new technologies, regulations and economic developments.
Top finance conferences in 2026
Radiance 26 Office of the CFO Conference
Feb. 23-25
Dallas, Texas
Hosted by agentic AI platform provider HighRadius, the Radiance 26 conference will feature sessions focusing on the growing “Office of the CFO” market. The three-day conference will include talks by Danielle Leonard, director -supply chains ops - O2C for L’Oreal, on how the retailer tapped AI agents to give its account receivables a “facelift,” as well as a session with Jacob Whetsone, director, order to invoice for Danone Americas on how the company added back $25.5 million in working capital.
The conference will also feature keynote speakers including Tyler Shultz, a Theranos whistleblower, who will lead a conversation focusing on how “financial hype, boardroom blindspots, and broken ethics” contributed to Theranos’ collapse, as well as the lessons finance leaders can learn from it, according to the conference’s agenda. Attendees can also earn up to 15 CPE credits from the conference.
WSJ CFO Council Summit
March 23-24
Palo Alto, California
The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Summit will include breakout sessions between finance leaders, where professionals can brainstorm and discuss strategies for the challenging decisions they are facing in the current environment. The Summit will also include panels with industry experts discussing the topics that remain top of mind for today’s finance leaders. A full agenda has yet to be published.
AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference
April 13-15
Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Florida
The spring conference hosted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants will feature roundtable discussions as well as workshops with CFOs and finance professionals to discuss the changes and issues on the minds of finance leaders. The conference will also feature discussions on how CFOs, controllers and others in the C-suite can best develop strategies to prepare for future challenges.
Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo
May 27-29
National Harbor, Maryland
The annual symposium hosted by Gartner will include discussions focusing on the items that remain on CFOs’ priority lists, such as managing risk and driving profitability even in an uncertain economic environment.
The agenda for the 2026 conference has not yet been posted, but topics during the 2025 event included sessions on how CFOs could upgrade both their talent and technology strategies, how finance leaders could bolster their financial planning and analysis functions in a data-driven environment and how CFOs can serve as enterprise leaders to drive profitable, sustainable growth.
CFO Leadership Conference
June 3-5
Boston, Massachusetts
The three-day spring conference by the CFO Leadership Council will focus on providing finance and executive leaders with the “real tactics you need to become the strategic leader in these unprecedented times,” according to the event website. The conference will feature keynote speakers such as Karen Walker, CFO & Office of the CEO for cloud security provider Sysdig, as well as Tim Naddy, VP of finance for minor league baseball team the Savannah Bananas. The full agenda has yet to be published.
