As 2024 winds to a close, many finance chiefs are turning their attention to preparing for the new year. With CFOs looking to ensure they can start 2025 off on a strong note, connecting with other financial leaders, C-suite executives, and industry professionals is a must — especially as finance chiefs take more and more responsibility for driving finance digital transformation and their businesses’ long-term strategies. With that in mind, CFO Dive has compiled a list 2025 financial conferences.
These events focus on how the role of the CFO is changing and what steps finance chiefs can take to ensure they can effectively drive strategy at their organizations. We hope you find the list useful.
Top financial conferences in 2025
CFO Network Summit
March 5-6
New York City, New York
Hosted by The Wall Street Journal, the CFO Summit will enable attendees to share ideas on the latest business and financial trends in breakout sessions, as well as to hear keynotes from experts on top-of-mind issues. The 2025 agenda has yet to be released.
AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference
April 23-25
La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, California
The accounting-focused conference will offer CFOs, controllers, and other members of the C-suite a look at upcoming challenges in the financial and accounting spaces, as well as insight into how they can make more strategic decisions to prepare for the future. The conference will also offer 19 CPE credits for in-person attendees, and up to 10.5 CPE credits for online attendees.
Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference
May 20-21
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland
The annual Gartner financial conference aims to hone in on the trends, topics and challenges at the top of CFOs’ priority lists. While the 2025 agenda is not yet available, Gartner’s 2024 conference included tracks focused on improving the return on investment of finance and enterprise transformation, strategies for enhancing Financial Planning & Analysis with artificial intelligence, and the changing role of the controller.
CFO Leadership Conference
June 2-4
Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts
Held by the CFO Leadership Council, the Spring 2025 conference will feature speakers including David Marberger, EVP and CFO of packaged goods and food company Conagra Brands, who will speak on driving growth and innovation at a global food company. Robert K. Wittman, a former special agent with the FBI, will also give a talk entitled, “Pursuing the Priceless: Tales from the FBI’s Real Life Indiana Jones.”
CFO Network USA
September 2025
Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, Newark, New Jersey
The 2025 conference will focus on the changing role of the CFO, including such topics as how finance leaders can utilize emerging technologies and “drive transformation and growth as well as deliver value,” according to the event website.
