Building the confidence to grow at Sage Future for Partners North America FY27

Three days. One connected partner community. A clear view of what comes next.

Published November 9, 20263 min read

Watch the wrap video to experience the highlights from Sage Future for Partners North America.

What did partners take away from Sage Future for Partners North America?

Sage Future for Partners North America brought partners, technology providers, industry experts, and Sage colleagues together in Atlanta to exchange ideas, explore innovation, and build confidence for the year ahead.

Across keynotes, product sessions, hands-on experiences, and conversations throughout the event, one message came through clearly: AI is changing how finance work gets done, but trust, accuracy, and human judgment remain essential.

As Mark Hickman, Managing Director for North America, reminded us in an interview, CFOs and finance leaders are strategic business leaders who understand the numbers, see what is happening across the organization, and help shape what happens next.

AI can strengthen that role. By helping teams complete routine work, surface exceptions, and find insights faster, it can create more time for the decisions and conversations where human expertise matters most. Sage’s approach keeps people in control, with permissions, governance, and visibility built into financial workflows.

Why trust and human judgment shaped the conversation in Atlanta

The theme of this year’s event, “Building the Confidence to Grow,” extended beyond technology.

Partners explored practical ways to expand their services, create new revenue opportunities, and strengthen their position as trusted advisors with their clients. Sessions across the Sage portfolio showed how connected solutions, embedded AI, and industry expertise can help partners deliver scalable outcomes grounded in customers’ real business needs.

The event also created space for the conversations that move our ecosystem forward. Attendees from across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the wider North American partner community connected with Sage leaders, product experts, sponsors, and peers to compare experiences and turn shared ideas into action.

That combination of technology, expertise, and partnership is what makes the Sage ecosystem stronger. Innovation matters, but its value comes from how partners apply it to help customers reduce complexity, manage risk, and move forward with confidence.

As the conversation continues, we look forward to seeing how partners build on the ideas shared in Atlanta, and we cannot wait to bring the North American partner community together again next year in Nashville, Tennessee, to continue strengthening our ecosystem and building what comes next.