Must win Battles - CEO Perspectives

1st Session Aug 26th, from 1-2pm CST

The pandemic-inflicted leadership challenges in 2020-21 forced organizations to take extraordinary measures in real-time, with zero planning. Things changed drastically and dramatically, leaving no industry across the world unaffected. As we are into 2022, it is time for business leaders to switch from a survival mode strategy and utilize the experience to prepare for the future. Diverse Industry Executives will discuss and provide insights into some of the Must-Win Battles for every Industry now.

Keynote Speaker:

Mike Jackowski

CEO, Duck Creek Technologies

Moderator:

Sumit Dangi

CFO & Treasurer, Jewelers Mutual Group

Recruiting and Retaining Talent:

2nd Session Aug 26th, from 3-4pm CST

Recruiting and retaining talent to say New Era of Employee Engagement. Where it says The discussion also includes replace the New Era of Employee Engagement with Recruiting and retaining talent.

Speaker:

Jennifier Herwig

VP, Human Resources, Exelon

Shanon Sisler

Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer Crocs

Sheila Murly

Executive vice president for people and culture for Tillamook

Katie Lawler

SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, ITW

Moderator:

Ashish Kothari

Partner, Mckinsey

Embracing New Technologies:

1st session Sep 2nd, from 1-2pm CST

The lockdowns made the virtual world the go-to option for consumers, be it for shopping, socializing or entertainment. While you might have done what you had to during the pandemic, 2022 can be the time to work on a long-term digitalization plan to offer maximum value to customers online.

Speaker:

Ish Cooper

Chief Information Officer, Nordson

Nag Vaidyanathan

Chief Technology Officer, Duck Creek Technologies 

Sai Yedavelli

CIO, LivaNona

Moderator:

Ramesh Garapaty

Director AT&T

Staying ahead of supply chain traffic jams

2nd Session Sep 2nd, from 3-4pm CST

Speaker:

Srinivas Veeramasuneni

SVP & CTO, USG

Greg Powell

President, Winpak

Vijay Janapaty

VP & GM, Broadcom

Moderator:

Madhav Durbha

VP Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy, Coupa Software

The past two and half years have brought supply chains to the forefront. Changing regulations and government actions, rising ESG priorities, labor shortages, supply disruptions, and the hyperinflationary trends make supply chain management increasingly challenging. However, leading companies are staying at the forefront by recognizing supply chain as a strategic differentiator to the business as opposed to a cost center. In this highly engaging panel discussion, you will here from industry leaders on:

• The state of global supply chains
• How organizations deal with the ongoing supply chain challenges
• What the future holds and how one should prepare
• Words of wisdom based on their learnings

Changing business trends & Hyper competition:

1st Session Sep 9th, From 1-2pm CST

Panel Discussion includes business strategies that were reevaluated to find new revenue generation opportunities. The rapid transformation brought prosperity to agile companies while overthinking, conservative leaders were left behind.

Panel Speakers:

Anshu Mehrotra

SVP Sales & Marketing, Belden

Srinivas Subramanian

Vice President, Nordson

Lee Burtelson

Group President, ITW

Moderator:

Vishal Khushalani

General Manager at Winpak

Sustainability: CEO Perspective

2nd Session Sep 9th, from 3-4PM CST

Embedding Sustainability in the Corporate DNA: What Does Leading Practice Looks Like? Putting Purpose in Profit: How to Build Sustainability Solutions into Products and Services Telling your Sustainability Story: How Leaders are Differentiating Themselves by Communicating to Investors, Customers, and Employees.

Speaker:

Azeez Mohammed

CEO & President, Covanta

Moderator:

Sreenivas Rachamadugu

SVP, E-Commerce, Expedia