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Exclusive finance event

The Finance Think Tank

Over 180 Melbourne finance leaders left last year with a roadmap for AI-powered finance. Join us in 2026 for the latest CFO insights, a finance masterclass, peer-led conversations—plus the chance to win a Garmin smartwatch!*

Wednesday 18 November 2026 
8:15am–12:00pm
Level 1, Rydges Melbourne

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Workday Elevate Sydney

Why Attend?

Stop closing the books in weeks

Insights from Australia's finance leaders

Join us for breakfast as our analyst shares insights from 150+ of Australia's leading CFOs and finance leaders on putting AI to work in their finance function.

End the spreadsheet standoff

The latest from global thinking

Get access to the latest updates straight from our US Workday Rising Conference – see what's new before it lands here.

Build AI trust your auditors won't challenge

Get hands-on in a masterclass

Join your peers in a finance or FP&A masterclass and work through real use cases for your finance function.

The 2025 Think Tank in numbers.

180+

finance leaders attended in Melbourne

30+

industries represented

41%

of attendees were director-level or above

Who should attend?

This event is specifically curated for finance professionals responsible for driving strategy, efficiency and growth, including:

  • Chief financial officers (CFOs)

  • Heads of finance & finance directors

  • Financial controllers

  • Heads of financial planning & analysis

  • Finance and FP&A managers & analysts

  • Finance operations leaders

Agenda at a glance.

Your roadmap for the morning.

8:15am–8:45am
Registration and grab a coffee
8:45am–9:15am
CFO insights and seated breakfast

AI economics: rethinking metrics & operating models

 

Opening the day with data-driven insights from ADAPT’s latest Australian CFO research on what separates the organisations already proving AI's value from those still funding pilots.

 

A new AI model lands almost every week, and every function is chasing budget to deploy it. AI investment is accelerating, but the economics are different. Costs can sit centrally while value is distributed, delayed and difficult to attribute. Traditional metrics and business cases are being tested – forcing finance to rethink how AI is funded, measured and governed.

 

The way finance answers value and governance questions this FY will define scaled AI success.

 

What the data reveals:

  • The state of AI maturity, value and scale in Australia

  • What top performers do differently to prove AI economics

  • How operating models, funding and governance are evolving

  • Where the numbers challenge the AI headlines
Joey Meynink

Joey Meynink

Head of Strategy at ADAPT

Official Research Partner: ADAPT

9:15am–9:55am
The always-on CFO: how agentic AI redefines finance at scale

What if AI didn't just assist your finance team but worked around the clock? Agentic Finance makes it real—agents anticipate, advise and act across accounting, FP&A and procurement, all within the context and guardrails in Workday. Discover how to multiply your impact with speed, scale, and the control your CFO organisation demands and leave with a vision for putting always-on agents to work.
Luke Bebbington

Luke Bebbington, CA

Strategic Industry Advisor, Workday

Rob Zwiebach

Esther Monks, CA

Strategic Industry Advisor, Workday

9:55am–10:25am
Customer panel

To be announced soon.
10:25am–10:55am
Morning tea & transition

30 minutes for networking, refreshments and moving into breakout rooms.

 
11:00am–12:00pm
Masterclass breakouts & wrap-up
A Finance Masterclass: AI Agents in Action

This educational masterclass will help finance professionals upskill on AI. Benchmark your AI maturity against peers and get hands-on with Workday's finance agents.

 

In this session, you'll:

 

  • Benchmark your AI maturity against your peers

  • Get hands-on with the Decision Intelligence Agent — turning trusted finance data into sharper, faster decisions, while keeping people in control

  • Explore building finance agents
FP&A masterclass: the anticipatory plan – turning insight into outcome with decision intelligence

 

Join us for this interactive session where we will explore how to:

 

  • Step up from insight to impact by turning strategic foresight into measurable business outcomes.

  • Automate complex modeling and predict trends using Workday Adaptive Planning.

  • Harness AI-powered decision intelligence to strengthen financial planning and enable faster, more confident decisions.

  • Evaluate scenarios, anticipate change and empower leaders to act with confidence.

Join finance leaders from Australia's biggest organisations.

Just some of the organisations who joined us in 2025.

Hear from thought leaders.

Matt Lovell

Joey Meynink

Head of Strategy
ADAPT
Official Research Partner: ADAPT

Matt Lovell

Esther Monks, CA

Strategic Industry Advisor
Workday

Luke Bebbington

Luke Bebbington, CA

Strategic Industry Advisor
Workday

Matt Lovell

Vince Randall

Vice President of Sales, Adaptive Planning
Workday

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Exclusive giveaway for attendees!

To make the day even more exciting, everyone who registers and attends The Finance Think Tank in person on November 18 will automatically be entered into a giveaway to win a Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Sports Watch (Graphite). 

Rugged, solar-charging, and built for an active lifestyle, it is the perfect companion for tracking your health and fitness on the go. The giveaway prize will be drawn live on the day of the event.*

Register your place now.

Seats are strictly limited to ensure a high-quality, interactive "Think Tank" environment. Don't miss your chance to connect with the leaders and ideas shaping our industry.

*Conditions of entry

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How to Enter: Attendees are automatically entered into the giveaway upon checking in at The Finance Think Tank on Wednesday, 18 November 2026.


Opt-Out: If you do not wish to participate in the giveaway, simply let our registration desk know when you check in, or reply to your registration confirmation email, and your name will be removed from the draw.


Eligibility: Attendees employed within the Public Sector or Education industries, as well as Workday employees (Workmates), are not eligible to enter or win the giveaway.


The Draw: The winner will be selected via a strictly random draw on the day of the event. Every entrant has an equal chance of winning.


Winner Notification & Acceptance: The winner will be announced at the event and formally notified in writing via email. To claim the prize (valued at approx. $679 AUD), there is no cost to the winner, but they must reply to the email confirming that they are permitted to accept the gift under their own employer’s corporate gifting policies.


Unclaimed Prizes: If the winning entrant cannot be identified, is unable to accept the prize due to employer policies and withdraws, or does not claim the prize, a second random draw will be conducted. The prize will be provided to the winner within 28 days of the draw.


Data Usage: Entrant information will not be used for any purpose other than administering this giveaway. However, if the winner consents, a photo of them accepting the prize may be published in future Workday communications (e.g., a post-event wrap-up on LinkedIn or via email).

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