CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the nation's premier CFO one-day conference, attracts 600+ CFOs and senior business executives. The 13th annual Summit will explore "Innovation & Expertise: The Art of CFO Success" and is scheduled for Thursday, November 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Boston Marriott Newton in Newton, MA. Click here to register.
The CFO Summit provides CFOs and senior financial executives the opportunity to learn and discuss high level strategies, practical insights and the integration of knowledge and creativity. This year's speaker line-up includes CFOs from Kimberly-Clark, IBM, Au Bon Pain, TripAdvisor, Everyday Health and many more.
"Today's Chief Financial Officer utilizes financial expertise learned in the classroom, along with business innovation skills learned on the fly," said Jeremy Seidman, Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit. "Therefore this year's agenda examines the integration of knowledge and creativity, and the art of being a successful CFO."
Highlights include:
- Welcome panel: 'The Moneyball Formula for Government" will address the intersection of regulatory bodies and the financial services sector. In this session, the Federal CFO Act, which turns 25 this November, will be observed as we compare and contrast advances in the private sector and suggest some reforms moving forward. Featuring Doug Criscitello, Executive Director, MIT Center for Finance & Policy.
- Luncheon keynote: "CFO Leadership in Driving New Business Models" will discuss the CFOs metrics and strategies for driving company evolution and business model innovation. Featuring Bloomberg anchor Carol Massar, Mark Buthman, EVP, Kimberly-Clark; Jason Child, CFO, Jawbone; and Mike Herring, CFO, Pandora.
- Afternoon keynote: "Fireside Chat with IBM" will feature IBM's perspective on innovation and expertise, and the path from insight to action. IBM is over a century old and still one of the largest companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (market cap $142 billion). How does "Big Blue" continue to grow its global brand? Featuring Martin Schroeter, CFO, IBM and Bill Aulet, Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
Other panel sessions include: "The Art of Persuasion," "Capitalizing on Human Talent," "The Arc of the Deal," "Hunting Unicorns," "Accepting Business Risks, Driving Favorable Outcomes," "Data Do's and Don'ts," and "Getting that Board Seat."
About the MIT Sloan CFO Summit
The MIT Sloan CFO Summit is the nation's premier CFO event. Each year, the event offers a day of cutting-edge programming that addresses the changing role of the CFO. The event is rich with opportunities for practical education and peer networking in a time-efficient format. The Summit is part of the CXO Series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management, one of the world's leading academic sources of innovation in management theory and practice, and the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association. The annual events are organized 100% by alumni volunteers. By promoting the MIT philosophy of "mens et manus," or "mind and hand," they are able to bring together the academic research from MIT Sloan with today's corporate financial leaders.
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