DAY 1
MONDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2026
TRACKS QUICK VIEW: HUMAN RESOURCES | MARKETING & GROWTH | LEGAL | LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE | TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION | INFORMATION SECURITY | LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT | TALENT ACQUISITION | DATA & ANALYTICS | CULTURE & INCLUSION
11:00AM - 11:45AM EASTERN
[HUMAN RESOURCES TRACK]:
Redefining Leadership Pipelines for a Young, Diverse, Global Workforce
Addison Wilczak | Senior Vice President of Human Resources + Compliance Officer | Ignite Medical Resorts
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[MARKETING & GROWTH TRACK]:
The Creator Economy 3.0: Partnering with Decentralized Influence Networks
Eric Herzog | CMO | Infinidat
[LEGAL TRACK]:
Managing Litigation Risk in Highly Regulated, High-Change Industries
Alan Rosenberg | General Counsel & Corporate Executive Vice President | Republic National Distributing Company
[LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK]:
The EBITDA Advantage: A Cross-Functional Playbook for Workforce ROI
Monica Sauls | Chief Human Resources Officer | Most recently: Chief HR, People & Culture Officer, Six Flags & Chief People Officer, Bojangles
[TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TRACK]:
Technology Roadmapping for an Unpredictable Future
Joanna Pamphilis | Founder and CEO, JP Global Consulting | Former CIO of UniCredit
[INFORMATION SECURITY TRACK]:
Human Risk Management: Combating Social Engineering in an AI World
Dan Carbonnell | Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer | InteLogix
[LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TRACK]:
Leadership Development for an AI-Augmented World
Greg Gifford | Vice President, Organizational and Leadership Development Business Partner | Regions Bank
[TALENT ACQUISITION TRACK]:
Closing the Talent Gap: Partnerships With Universities & Upskilling Platforms
Jodi Householder | Global Head of Talent Acquisition | Siemens Software
[DATA & ANALYTICS TRACK]:
Building a Modern Data Platform: Tools, Architecture & Cost Control
Rajesh Sura | Head of Data Engineering and Analytics, NA Stores | Amazon
[CULTURE & INCLUSION TRACK]:
Hybrid Culture Excellence: Balancing Flexibility With Accountability
Mara Zavagno | Vice President People & Culture, BA Industrial Equipment, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer | Konecranes
11:45AM - 12:00PM EASTERN
[INTERACTIVE NETWORKING BREAK]
Hometown & First Job Skill That You Use Today
Participants will share where they are from, their first job, and a skill/takeaway that they still use today learned from that job.
12:00PM - 12:45PM EASTERN
[HUMAN RESOURCES TRACK]:
Re-imaging Work that Brings the Best of Humans and Machines Together in Harmony
Lynn Roger | Chief Human Resources Officer | Bayshore HealthCare
[MARKETING & GROWTH TRACK]:
CMO Hackathon: Solving the Tools, Skills, and Talent Puzzle for 2026
Steve Lomas | CEO | The Roster
[LEGAL TRACK]:
Building a Repeatable Legal Engine: A Scalable Model for Modern Legal Departments
Carla Bedrosian | Chief Legal Officer | Xsolla
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[LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK]:
Building High-Trust Executive Teams in Hybrid & Distributed Organizations
Jodi Rogers | Vice President - Club & Resort Accounting | Travel & Leisure
[TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TRACK]:
Scaling Human Potential with Agentic AI
Michael Watson | Director of Customer Agentic Enablement | Eightfold
[INFORMATION SECURITY TRACK]:
AI Threat Actors: Defending Against Autonomous Attack Systems
Aaron Mathews | Global Head of Cybersecurity | Orion Innovation
[LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TRACK]:
Designing Continuous Learning Cultures That Stick
Derek Bruce | Chief Learning Officer | Easygenerator
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[TALENT ACQUISITION TRACK]:
Skills-Based Hiring: Transformation or Theater?
John Mirtich | VP, Strategic Solutions | Talogy
Dan Hughes | VP, Product Development| Talogy
[DATA & ANALYTICS TRACK]:
Data Ethics & Responsible AI: Avoiding the Next Corporate Scandal
Vishal Chaudhry | Chief Data Officer | Washington State Health Care Authority
[CULTURE & INCLUSION TRACK]:
Culture in 2026: Leading With Transparency, Purpose & Accountability
Jim White | Chief Culture Officer | Ignite Medical Resorts
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12:45PM - 1:15PM EASTERN
[30 MINUTE BREAK]
1:15PM - 2:00PM EASTERN
[JOINT SESSION: HUMAN RESOURCES/CULTURE & INCLUSION TRACKS]:
The Organizational Capability Gap: What Companies Must Build to Win in the Next Decade
Chris Courneen | SVP, Global Head of HR | MSI
[MARKETING & GROWTH TRACK]:
AI‑Driven Content Engines: Scaling Quality Without Sacrificing Authenticity
Jaina Wald | Vice President, Marketing & Digital | Puratos
[LEGAL TRACK]:
General Counsel as Strategic Advisor: Influencing Board-Level Decisions
Kathryn Wiley | Former Chief Legal Officer | Round Room LLC
[LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK]:
Modern Change Management: Guiding Workforce Through Continuous Transformation
Brian Morgan | AVP Procurement | Otterbein Senior Life
[TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TRACK]:
APIs, Integration & Data Interoperability Across the Enterprise
Ravi Padma | Chief Technology Officer | Virginia Department of Veterans Services
[INFORMATION SECURITY TRACK]:
Red-Teaming AI Systems for Enterprise Defense
Rahul Bhardwaj | CISO - Americas | VP and Head - Cyber and Global Privacy | EXL
[LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TRACK]:
Enterprise Upskilling 2026: AI enablement for the Entire Workforce
Michelle Jewell | VP of Talent Development | RLDatix
[TALENT ACQUISITION TRACK]:
Talent Acquisition as a Strategic Partner: Driving Real Business Alignment
Lance Sapera | Global Head of Talent | Barracuda
[DATA & ANALYTICS TRACK]:
Advanced Automation: Evaluating success of AI Agents in Autonomous Workflows
Rishabh Samdarshi | Senior Data Scientist
2:00PM - 2:15PM EASTERN
[INTERACTIVE NETWORKING BREAK]
Favorite Vacation Spot
Participants will share their favorite vacation spot (and something they like about it), and place(s) they'd like to go next.
2:15PM - 3:00PM EASTERN
[HUMAN RESOURCES TRACK]:
The Atrophy Effect: What’s Quietly Breaking Leadership in the Age of AI
Debbie Radish-Respess | Co-Founder | Invisible Horizons
[MARKETING & GROWTH TRACK]:
The 2026 Marketing Leader: Navigating Hyper-Personalization Without Crossing Privacy Lines
Ronn Nicolli | CMO | Meruelo Group
[JOINT SESSION: LEGAL/CULTURE & INCLUSION TRACKS]:
The Future of the Workplace in an Era of Rapid Social Change
Rashida MacMurray-Abdullah | Chief Diversity Officer | Wiley Rein LLP
[LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK]:
Decision Velocity: Accelerating Executive Decision-Making With AI
Brett Summerer | Chief Financial Officer | Accel Entertainment
[TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TRACK]:
Modernizing Legacy Infrastructure Without Disrupting the Business
Keshnel Penny | CIO | City of Grand Prairie
[INFORMATION SECURITY TRACK]:
Board-Level Security Metrics: What CISOs Must Communicate in 2026
Bill Cancel | SVP Information Security | Berkadia
[LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TRACK]:
Measuring Learning Impact: What Execs Actually Want to See
Doug Robertson | AVP Business Development | Practica Learning
[TALENT ACQUISITION TRACK]:
Redefining Recruiting in the Age of Agentic AI
Rebecca Warren | Senior Director, Talent-Centered Transformation | Eightfold
[DATA & ANALYTICS TRACK]:
Monetizing Data Assets Without Violating Privacy
Adir Ron | Cloud & AI Director for Startups EMEA | Microsoft
3:00PM - 3:15PM EASTERN
[INTERACTIVE NETWORKING BREAK]
Two Truths and a Lie
Participants will share 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves. Other participants will try to guess the lie.
3:15PM - 4:00PM EASTERN
[HUMAN RESOURCES TRACK]:
HR’s Role in Organizational Resilience: Geopolitical, Cyber, and Economic Shocks
Joyce Lawrence | Chief Human Resources Officer | Ports America
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[LEGAL TRACK]:
AI-Augmented Lawyering: Why Some Lawyers Get Better Results from AI
What a Real-World GC Scenario Reveals
Clarissa Cerda | Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | Pindrop Security, Inc.
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[JOINT SESSION: LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE/ MARKETING & GROWTH TRACKS]:
Execution Excellence: Turning Strategy Into Measurable, Repeatable Results
Kierra Williams | VP, Head of HR | Atlas Energy Solutions
[JOINT SESSION: DATA & ANALYTICS/TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION TRACKS]:
From Dashboards to Decisions: Closing the Gap Between Insight and Action
Prakash Reddy | Head of Data Engineering & AI Enablement | Atlassian
[INFORMATION SECURITY TRACK]:
Security as a Business Enabler: Shifting From Protection to Competitive Advantage
Craig Newell | Vice President, Enterprise Information Security | GDI Ainsworth
[LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT TRACK]:
Just-in-Time Learning for Fast-Changing Roles
Brent Kobayashi | Vice President of Learning and Development | Fast Pace Health
[JOINT SESSION: TALENT ACQUISITION/CULTURE & INCLUSION TRACKS]:
Psychological Safety as a Hiring & Retention Strategy
Meredith Luna | HR Vice President, Talent & Culture | Resideo
