
Washington, DC CFO Community
Inner Circle
October 10, 2023 | The Patterson Mansion
October 10, 2023
The Patterson Mansion
Collaborate with your peers
Join Washington, DC's top CFOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:
Developing Adaptable Business Strategies Amid Persistent Inflation
Strategies To Attract and Retain Talent While Protecting Margins
Using Actionable Data to Forecast and Drive Organizational Growth
Washington, DC CFO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CFOs, For CFOs®.
Agenda
October 10, 2023
8:00am - 9:15am Networking & Meal Service
9:15am - 10:00am Keynote
Effectuating AI and Automation Acceleration in Finance

Vinay Vijay Singh
CFO
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
AI has the potential to offer significant value to organizations through enhancing productivity, improving decision making, and creating new opportunities for growth and innovation. Without leadership buy-in and engaged employees delivering a sustainable business value for emerging technology is limited. How can CFOs partner cross-functionally to improve the chances of AI success without taking big risks?
Join this keynote to discover how to:
- Define an AI strategy that incorporates governance and security
- Develop a culture that embraces machine collaboration
- Determine relevant measures of success
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:00am Discussion Topics
Discussion Groups

Ricardo Aguilera
CFO
Federal Reserve Board

Ed Swallow
SVP, Chief Operating Officer, CFO and Treasurer
Aerospace Corporation

Joao Esteves
CFO North America
UPL Ltd

Dennis Gannon
Vice President, Analyst
Gartner
Modern CFOs have ambitious goals for their future talent pool and technology roadmap. By 2027, finance leaders expect one in two finance staff will be digital talent—people with experiences, knowledge and temperament to thrive in a digital environment while driving digital transformation in finance.
Meanwhile, technology advancements that enable organizations to navigate complex challenges efficiently and accurately are now outpacing the speed of adoption. During continued economic uncertainty, CFOs are tasked with optimizing costs while allocating the sufficient resources in technology to sustain growth.
How can top finance leaders today find the delicate balance between these competing priorities? Join your peers to discuss what strategies CFOs are deploying to navigate top challenges.
Topic 1: Developing and Retaining Talent in a Tight Labor Market
- What skills is your organization prioritizing and what resources are you dedicating to help train and hire for critical digital competencies?
- How are you developing your talent to think more analytically and strategically? In what ways has your talent strategy evolved with emerging technology?
Topic 2: Achieving Growth in a Cost-Constrained Environment
- What cost-optimization efforts have you launched? What has been effective and what efforts are on the horizon in the next 6 months?
- How are you using robotic process automation to improve overall efficiency? What future investments are you planning into emerging technology/AI and what are you doing to measure ROI?
11:00am - 11:20am Summary Discussion & Report Out
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Washington, DC CFO Community Inner Circle.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
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