Chicago CFO Community Executive Summit 2026

The summit took place on October 20, 2026.

The summit was held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois.

CFOs and senior finance executives from private sector companies with $500M+ in annual revenue were the intended attendees of the summit.

The agenda was scheduled to cover AI investment governance, agentic AI oversight, and transitioning from executive roles to boardroom positions.

The program was scheduled to include keynote presentations, breakout sessions, boardroom discussions, peer-to-peer meetings, and a closing reception.

Featured speakers were billed to include Mallory Barg Bulman (Gartner) on Finance 2030, plus CFO and finance executive leaders from organizations including Logicalis, IDEX Corporation, Traffix, Miller Milling, and Brookfield Properties.

CFOs and senior finance executives at a downtown Chicago hotel summit usually wear business formal or sharp business attire, such as a suit with or without a tie, with a layer for October weather.

It is most useful for CFOs and senior finance leaders at private companies with $500M+ in revenue, since the one-day program was peer-driven, with boardroom discussions and topics such as AI investment governance, and the speakers were billed as CFOs from organizations like Logicalis, Traffix and Miller Milling. Finance leaders at smaller or public companies, and vendors hoping to sell, would get less from it, because the revenue threshold restricts the room and the format favors closed peer exchange with Gartner as organizer and sponsor.