Kathy Ruhle, Founder and Principal Consultant, Beta View Advisory Corp, Former CPO KDC/One. Former VP and Head of Procurement- Nestle Health Science Presentation: In today’s climate of relentless disruption—from inflation and tariffs to ESG demands, supply chain shocks, and accelerating tech innovation, the traditional CFO and CPO roles can no longer operate in silos. The future demands collaboration, co-ownership, and strategic alignment. Join Kathy Ruhle, former CPO of KDC/One and VP of Procurement at Nestlé Health Science, as she explores how forward-thinking finance and procurement leaders are forging co-pilot partnerships to mitigate risk, accelerate value creation, and build lasting competitive advantage.

Speaker:  Srikanth Haridoss, Senior Director, Enterprise Solutions, Paramount Presentation: Expanding automation across an enterprise isn’t just about increasing the number of implementations—it’s about ensuring scalability, efficiency, and sustained impact. As organizations strive to move beyond pilot projects and isolated use cases, the challenge becomes standardizing processes, minimizing risks, and optimizing resources for greater automation success. Explore practical strategies to: - Navigate Common Rollout Challenges: Overcoming deployment roadblocks, standardization issues, and integration complexities - Optimize Implementation Strategies: Selecting the right processes, technologies, and frameworks for automation expansion - Increase Adoption and Success Rates: Identifying key success factors that lead to repeatable and

Speaker: Heather Lam, Speaker, Consultant & Coach, HML Consulting | Brand Ambassador, Gierke Jungbauer Human Capital   Presentation:  At this high energy presentation, you will learn about and walk away with: - Tools to increase your confidence and present yourself better in a critical interview or meeting; including, tips on networking, executive presence online and in person, and deep breathing exercises to center your mind. - An understanding of visualization and why it matters in the job search, interview process and in goal setting in general. - How to build a vision board. - Visualization skills in advance of the important

Speaker: Christi Haley-Stover, CEO, Platinum Resource Group Presentation: In this session, Christi Haley-Stover will explore how mindset can be a leader's most undervalued asset during a job search or career transition. She will share executive-level mindset shifts that help move from a reactive search to a proactive market re-entry strategy. Attendees will learn how to reframe career narratives, manage confidence, build relationship equity, and harness energetic presence to attract better opportunities. Christi’s insights offer practical, actionable tools for senior leaders navigating the uncertainty of transition.   Speaker's bio: Christi Haley-Stover is the CEO and Founder of Platinum Resource Group, a

Unlocking Financial Excellence as an AI CFO 2.0: Making the Future & AI Work for Finance, Today Speaker: Julianne Averill, Managing Director & CFO, Danforth Advisors Presentation: AI is no longer a future concept. It’s reshaping how CFOs lead today. In this session, we’ll get beyond the hype to the topics that matter most for finance executives: which tools deliver real value, how to ensure secure and effective data analysis, and where to find practical training your team can actually use. We’ll also cover how to get better results with smarter prompting and how to build a future ready finance org today.

Speaker: Edward T. DeLisle, Partner, Government Contracts Practice Group, Thompson Hine LLP Presentation: The federal procurement landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. Join us for a webinar exploring the far-reaching changes brought by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” and the launch of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO). During this webinar, we will discuss: 1. The FAR Revolution: What’s Changing and Why 2. Two-Phase Implementation Plan 3. Key Regulatory Changes 4. Strategic Acquisition Guidance and Buying Guides 5. Impacts and Next Steps for Federal Contractors Speaker's bio: Ed focuses on federal contracting, construction

Speaker: Carlos Hirsch, Managing Director for LATAM at Arva Presentation: Carlos will discuss what he is doing now at Arva with reduction of emissions in the ag supply chain and expanding this US based company into LATAM. The company connects CPGs with farmers and helps measure the environmental impact and reward farmers that are doing regenerative agriculture. In the last 2 years Arva paid out $60 million to farmers across 15 crops in many US states, and 3 countries in LATAM. Speaker's bio: Carlos is passionate about the intersection of agriculture, technology, and people. He has been in the Ag Industry for over 25yrs and