2018 MIT Sloan CFO Summit Speakers to Share Insights About When Bold Moves Make the Greatest Impact

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the nation's premier Chief Financial Officer (CFO) event, attracts an audience of more than 500 of the nation's top CFOs, senior financial executives, and MIT faculty. This year's annual Summit, "Power: A CFO's Bold Moves," will take place on Thursday, November 15, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Boston Marriott Newton in Newton, MA. Click here to register.

The CFO Summit provides an opportunity for attendees to learn and discuss high-level strategies and practical insights relevant to financial decision makers. This year's outstanding speakers include CFOs from Docusign, Boston Beer, Monster.com, ezCater and more.

"It's imperative that CFOs incorporate bold decisions in their business strategies," said Jeremy Seidman, Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit. "The 2018 MIT CFO Summit will offer ideas for innovating in bold ways, best practices for resource allocation – and many other practical solutions to help businesses successfully grow."

Summit highlights include (click here for full agenda):

• Welcome: "Better Decisions Through Bolder Questions" – Hal Gregersen, Executive Director, MIT Leadership Center and author of Questions Are the Answer, will explore how senior financial executives can unlock better answers to their most vexing problems - and reveal breakthrough insights - by asking better questions. 
• Bold Font: Morning Fireside Chat with Adobe's John Murphy – Hal Gregersen and John Murphy, Executive Vice President and CFO, Adobe, will discuss the company's transformation from a narrow-focused product to a cloud-enabled subscription service. Hear how Mr. Murphy has embraced technology within the finance function.
• Morning Keynote: "Everyone Has a Story" – JT McCormick, President and CEO, Scribe Media, will share the powerful lessons and bold decisions that lead him from the poorest housing projects of Dayton, Ohio to success in both housing and investing.
• Luncheon Keynote Panel: "Chutzpah in the CFO Suite: Bold Decisions, Actions and Outcomes" – Join The Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Johnson; David Frear, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, SiriusXM; Glenn Schiffman, CFO, IAC.com; and Michael Sheridan, CFO, Docusign, as they share their experience taking the lead on bold actions and the impact on their companies.
• Afternoon Keynote: "The Business of Cannabis" – Scott Stern, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan; Mark Castaneda, CFO, Tilray; and Tim Saunders, Executive Vice President and CFO, Canopy Growth Corporation, will dig into the weeds of cannabis science and technology, the policy changes and resulting strategic opportunities in the new market.

Other panel sessions include, "Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick," "When Bold Means Sell," "Digital Finance, Digital World," "Reconstructing the Workforce for Growth," "Blockchain: Brilliant or Bandwagon," and "Bold that Team: Beyond HR."

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 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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