2015 MIT Sloan CFO Summit to be Held on November 19th

Early Registration Available Through October 1 for the Nation's Premier CFO Conference

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Sep 09, 2015, 09:37 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the nation's premier CFO event, is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Boston Marriott Newton in Newton, MA. The theme for the conference is "Innovation & Expertise: The Art of CFO Success." Click here to register.

The CFO Summit, which typically attracts an audience of 600, provides CFOs and senior financial executives the opportunity to learn and discuss high level strategies and practical insights. This year's speakers include CFOs from IBM, Jawbone, Pandora, TripAdvisor, Under Armour and many more.

"The role of the CFO requires deep financial expertise as well as forward-thinking business innovation," said Jeremy Seidman, Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit. "We're very excited with our 2015 agenda which is specifically designed to address the integration of knowledge and creativity."

Summit Highlights (click here for full agenda):

Morning keynote: "The Moneyball Formula for Government" with Doug Criscitello, Executive Director of the MIT Center for Finance & Policy (former CFO of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Luncheon session: "CFO Leadership in Driving New Business Models" with Bloomberg anchor Carol Massar and CFOs Brad Dickerson, Under Armour; Jason Child, Jawbone; Mike Herring, Pandora
Break-out panels: "Capitalizing on Human Talent," "The Arc of the Deal," "Hunting Unicorns," "Accepting Business Risks," "Data Do's and Don'ts, and "Getting that Board Seat."
Afternoon keynote: Fireside chat with IBM

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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