--- title: Join Medius and finance experts for the Gartner Finance Symposium Xpo url: https://www.medius.com/blog/join-medius-and-finance-experts-for-the-gartner-finance-symposium-xpo/ updated: 2026-07-23T15:40:07Z --- [Back to Blog](https://www.medius.com/blog/) Spend Management 5.21.2026 # Join Medius and finance experts for the Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo™ Hear what AI-driven AP looks like in the real world By [Alicia Burroughs](https://www.medius.com/lps/medius-authors/#alicia-burroughs "Alicia Burroughs") Founder of The Write Creative, contributing author for Medius Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. What's on the agenda 3. Our session: AI-driven AP in a fast-moving business 4. What we'll be talking about at Booth #519 5. Attending the Gartner Finance Symposium? Most conversations about AI in finance right now are focused on the wrong things: model size, which agent does what, whose demo looks most impressive. What actually matters is whether the AI is trained on enough of the messy, real-world edge cases that finance teams deal with every day, and whether the platform around it can operate at enterprise scale. It's exactly the kind of conversation the [Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo™](https://www.medius.com/resources/events-and-webinars/gartner-finance-symposium-gfo-2026/ "Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo™") was made for. The event brings together CFOs and finance executives to cut through the noise on the priorities that matter most, like AI, cost pressures, risk, and growth. This year's event runs May 27–29 in National Harbor, Maryland, and the conversation around AI in finance has never been more urgent or more grounded in real outcomes. Medius is proud to be a Platinum sponsor, and we'll be on the Xpo floor at **Booth #519**. We're also bringing a session we think is worth making time for: a real conversation with a customer who is living the transformation we talk about every day. ## What's on the agenda This year's Symposium addresses the most pressing challenges for finance leaders, featuring an agenda shaped by the CFO community and brought to life with Gartner's data-driven insights. Featured themes include: AI in finance Cost optimization Leadership effectiveness Growth planning and capital budgeting ERP finance These aren't siloed conversations. The way finance teams manage spend, process invoices, and control risk sits at the intersection of almost all of them, which is exactly where Medius operates. ## Our session: AI-driven AP in a fast-moving business Solution Provider Session ### QXO’s Digital Transformation: AI-Driven AP Automation for Control and Confidence Wednesday, May 27, 2026 3:15pm EST ![Lisa Cooper, Director of Accounting, QXO](https://www.medius.com/media/uetbi5ji/lisa-cooper_qxo-headshot.jpg?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dcc10a1d0fa2f0) ###### Lisa Cooper Director of Accounting, QXO ![Jamie Kiser, Chief Customer Officer, Medius](https://www.medius.com/media/aigdzcb0/jamie-kiser.jpg?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dbc8e70bc74190) ###### Jamie Kiser Chief Customer Officer, Medius QXO is the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing, waterproofing, and complementary building products in North America, and they're moving fast. With a target of $50 billion in annual revenues within the next decade, driven by acquisitions and organic growth, they needed an AP process that could keep pace. Manually, that's impossible. **With AI, it's a different story.** **Lisa Cooper, Director of Accounting at QXO, joins Medius Chief Customer Officer Jamie Kiser** to talk honestly about what that transformation looked like: the challenge, the change, and what's next. If you're a CFO or finance leader thinking about how AI fits into your AP process, this is the session to be in. [Register now](https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/cfo-finance-us "Gartner Finance Symposium GFO 2026") ## What we'll be talking about at Booth #519 The Medius team will be on the Xpo floor throughout the event. Come find us if you want to go deeper on any of the following, or just have a conversation about where your AP process is today and where it could be. ### Autonomous invoice processing What truly touchless AP looks like, and what it takes to get there. ![invoice automation](https://www.medius.com/media/otsbzivn/invoice-automation-ui-square.png?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dcd2a2fbb74860) Enlarge Image ![Medius Copilot](https://www.medius.com/media/ww5cjujz/ai-assisted-approvals-ui-square.png?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dcd2a308e17dd0) Enlarge Image ### AI agents across source to pay How AI is moving beyond automation into active decision-making across the full process. ### Fraud & risk detection How modern AP platforms catch what manual processes miss. ![fraud and risk detection](https://www.medius.com/media/4y3dbzpf/fraud-risk-ui-square.png?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dcd2a3114c0850) Enlarge Image ![integrations](https://www.medius.com/media/icwgia05/erp-integrations-ui-square.png?rmode=max&width=372&height=0&v=1dcd34fe4eebac0) Enlarge Image ### AP in an ERP-first world Making AP work with your ERP, not around it. ## Attending the Gartner Finance Symposium? Find us at Booth #519 or book time with the team before you arrive. [Book a meeting](https://www.medius.com/contact-us/ "Contact Us") #### The Financial Professional Census Explore hurdles facing finance professionals today and learn how to overcome them in our research-backed Financial Professional Census report. [Get the report](https://www.medius.com/resources/guides-reports/financial-professional-census-report-2024/ "Financial Professional Census Report 2024") #### Ardent Partners' State of AP in 2026 AI is changing what AP teams can do, and fast. Get leading analysts at Ardent Partners' take on where the industry is headed. [Get the report](https://www.medius.com/resources/guides-reports/ardent-partners-state-of-ap/ "Ardent Partners State of AP") #### Webinar: Preparing for agentic AI in AP In this webinar with SSON, see how leading finance teams are moving from automation to autonomous AP, with real governance built in. [Watch the webinar](https://www.medius.com/resources/events-and-webinars/through-trust-and-governance-sson/ "Through trust and governance SSON") #### Discover accounts payable benchmarks Learn the efficiency metrics that matter for AP teams and the benchmarks derived from thousands of Medius customers around the globe. [Get the report](https://www.medius.com/resources/guides-reports/ap-benchmark-report/ "AP Benchmark Report") #### Questions about AP automation? Let's talk through it. A 30-minute conversation with a Medius expert costs you nothing and might save you a lot. 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