Real deployments, live demos, and case studies from teams already running AI at scale
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The conference for finance leaders who want to go AI-native
Join thousands of finance's sharpest minds from across Europe & the US who are deploying AI across FP&A, close, and finance ops - and making it work.
Learn insights on everything from:
How to build AI into your finance workflows
How to run a finance team in the AI era
Navigating governance, the EU AI Act, risk, and what your operating model needs to look like
Where the CFO role goes from here
Strategic vision for finance leaders ready to shape what comes next, plus the community awards to close it out
Meet our Speakers
More speakers to be announced!
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Pauline Babel
Returning Speaker
CFO, Spendesk
Bio
Pauline Babel
Returning Speaker
Pauline Bellée-Babel is the Chief Financial Officer at Spendesk, where she leads strategic and operational finance to drive the company’s next phase of sustainable growth. A graduate of EM Lyon Business School, Pauline began her career at EY before holding senior finance roles at Parrot, Forvia, and Aviv (SeLoger, MeilleursAgents). At Aviv, she scaled MeilleursAgents to profitability and double-digit growth, then successfully integrated it with SeLoger, France’s largest real estate marketplace. With deep expertise in scaling high-growth SaaS businesses and a strong focus on customer needs, Pauline brings both transformational finance leadership and firsthand insight as a former Spendesk customer.
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Lucile Cornet
Returning Speaker
Partner, Eight Roads
Bio
Lucile Cornet
Returning Speaker
Lucile is a Partner at Eight Roads Ventures, which is a $11bn AUM global VC platform with offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Eight Roads invests at Series A to Series C in sectors including consumer, B2B SaaS, healthcare and fintech. Its portfolio companies include HiBob, Neo4j, Appsflyer, Fireblocks, Fever, Funnnel, Tibber, Juro, Raft, 7Bridges, Spendesk and Owkin. Lucile is a French native, and focuses on software and vertical SaaS. She joined Eight Roads in 2015 from Summit Partners.
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Zeno de Cock
Accounting Systems Director, SoundCloud
Bio
Zeno de Cock
Zeno de Cock is Director of Accounting Systems at SoundCloud, where he bridges financial precision and cutting-edge technology. With nearly two decades of experience at firms like Deloitte and Lanxess, he has spent nine years scaling financial infrastructure for a platform with a massive global footprint and a lean team. At the CFO.Connect AI Summit, Zeno brings a pragmatic perspective on AI: his work focuses on perfecting the foundational data layer so finance teams can shift from manual data entry toward high-value strategy.
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Tom Kelly
Director, Product Marketing, Product Management, Analyst Relations, Oracle NetSuite
Bio
Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly is the Sr. Director Product Marketing/Management for the Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit, responsible for Global Cloud Financials. Before joining Oracle NetSuite, Tom founded T-Edward, a strategic and operational cloud consultancy providing cloud expertise and CXO services from companies in the Fortune 500 to start-ups. Prior to T-Edward, Tom held a variety of executive financial and technology related positions with large cap companies including PepsiCo, eFunds and Deluxe Corporation, as well as small cap, privately held entities such as FullContact and PeopleNet Communications.
Event schedule
Run of the Show
Check out the early agenda below. More sessions and dates to be announced soon.
Welcome Session
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AI Needs Better Data
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Designing Finance Workflows Around Agents & Automation
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The Finance Talent Shift: Hiring for AI-Enabled Teams
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Top CFO Tools Awards
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Beyond Spreadsheets: Building the AI-Enabled FP&A Function
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AI Governance, Liability & Risk: What CFOs Need to Know
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