As CFOs adjust their 2026 strategies and budgets for the second half of 2026, they are still dealing with ongoing complexity across both the regulatory and economic environments.
Regulatory uncertainty, including shifting tariff policies, 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 continue to take time to keep up with rapid change and the latest best practices to prepare their businesses for success.
Connecting with peers and industry experts 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 updated our list to include the key financial conferences still to come in 2026.
Top finance conferences in 2026
CFO Alliance Operator Series
July 15; July 29
Online
The CFO Alliance’s two-part operator series will explore challenges and common problems experienced within financial operating systems that can delay decision making and lead to other consequences that could affect the business. The first one-hour session on July 15 will explore how finance professionals can diagnose issues inside their ERP systems. On July 29, the second session will examine how professionals can build a new financial operating system that can keep pace with changing business needs.
CFO Leadership Conference
Oct. 12-14
Denver
The three-day fall conference hosted by the CFO Leadership Council will feature sessions on how finance leaders can sharpen their cost discipline without sacrificing growth and how CFOs can tap tax incentives for “strategic value creation.” The conference’s keynote speakers include Figure Technology Solutions CFO Macrina Kgil who will discuss what it takes for a CFO to complete an initial public offering..
Other speakers will include Deidra Merriwether, CFO for Grainger, who will present a keynote on how the 95-year old company has utilized finance to influence its growth and performance.
Money 20/20
Oct. 18-21
Las Vegas
The Money 20/20 conference, owned by Industry Dive parent Informa TechTarget, will cover a host of topics that remain top of mind for today’s finance chiefs, from agentic AI to new developments in the payments world. The event will span four days and include panels focused on four themes: borderless financial architecture, technology as an equalizer, and partnerships as a growth driver.
Keynote speakers for the event will include Cameron Fowler, CEO of Early Warning — the owner and operator of Zelle — and Mariëtte Swart, chief risk and compliance officer for payments platform Adyen.
Finance Alliance CFO Summit
Oct. 29
Boston
Hosted by the Finance Alliance, the one day event will be co-located with the Alliance’s FP&A Summit. Its CFO event will focus on how finance teams can better integrate AI into their finance function, by hearing accounts from CFOs and other finance leaders who have already made the technology work. A full agenda and list of speakers is yet to be posted.
AFP 2026 Finance & Treasury Conference
Nov. 8-11
Las Vegas
Hosted by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), the annual conference brings together finance, FP&A and treasury professionals for a four-day event of peer networking, educational sessions and roundtable discussions.
Keynote speakers will include Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CEO of MCC Global Enterprises and a former CNBC anchor and journalist, who will give a talk about the intersection of geopolitics, policy and the economy. She will cover the top risks affecting the global economy and how finance and treasury professionals can better anticipate them.
MIT Sloan CFO Summit
Nov. 19
Boston
The annual MIT Sloan summit will focus on the top issues on the minds of finance chiefs, with panels focused on two tracks: creativity and judgement, discussing how financial professionals can use both to make critical calls about everything from risk determinations to capital allocation decisions.
The one-day event will feature a keynote panel with Pascal Desroches, CFO of AT&T Inc, Southwest CFO Tom Doxey, and Target CFO Jim Lee. The speakers will examine how finance chiefs at large companies can make difficult decisions
