Young Leaders Program 

The Indo-American Community Services (IACS) is conducting the Young Leaders program to help young mid-level managers. This program prepares young managers for breakthrough career growth by providing skills, and professional relationship strategies. Breaking through requires fast starts, sustained momentum, and inspired managerial practice to actively build career success with global reach, organizational impact, and personal fulfillment.

The two-day Young Leaders Program consists of workshops on Leadership, Finance and Strategy during the day of May 11^th and extends to the IACS Executive Leadership Conference extends to May 11^th evening to May 12^th afternoon.  The participants interact with diverse corporate business executives throughout the program. Breakfast Lunch and Dinner will be provided throughout the program.

This Young Leaders Program aims to provide new tools needed for participants to ignite their careers and global contributions. Working alongside fellow participants and in this program, you will develop insight and build competencies to increase your effectiveness as a leader of teams.

Venue:

Cardinal Ballroom, Hilton Resort, Oak Brook Hill, Illinois

Attendence is by Invitation only & Registration is Closed: 

Agenda

May 11, from 8 am to 2 pm

Breakfast -  8:30 to 9:30 am

Effective Leadership - Workshop from 9:30-10:30 am

Speakers:

Dhaval Desai, VP & GM, ITW

Ellen Kapoor, Director, Diversity & Inclusion, ITW

Corporate Finance - Workshop from 11:00-12 noon

Speaker:

Sumit Dangi, CFO & Treasurer, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group

Lunch -  12 noon to 1 pm

Corporate Strategy - Workshop from 1 pm -2:00 pm

Speaker:

Anand Shekhar, Partner, McKinsey

Executive Leadership Conference 

The The Indo-American Community Services is hosting the Executive Leadership Conference to increase the number of successful diverse executives by adding value to their development, leadership, and philanthropic endeavors throughout the life-cycle of their careers thereby strengthening their companies, organizations, and communities.  

Agenda

May 11th, from 3:00 pm

Theme:

Growing & Thriving

People, Business: Cost & Growth,  Customers, & Technology

Panel Discussion: Topic - "People"   from  3 pm - 4:30 pm

Companies across industries are facing massive gaps for vital future skills, and they will need to re-skill or upskill massive sections of their workforce. On top of that, the pandemic has made many people reevaluate their jobs, leading to mass resignations in many sectors. To attract top talent, employers must offer a working environment that is appropriate for the new world of work, including job flexibility, authentic leadership, diversity, etc.

Keynote Speakers:

Amy Best, EVP & CHRO, Exelon Corporation

Allison Allen, SVP, Global Talent Acquisition, Expedia Group

Mary Barranco, VP, Talent & Org Development, Perdue Farms

Raheela Anwar, President & CEO, Group 360 Consulting

Moderator:

Ashish Khotari, CEO, Happiness Squad

Reception - 4:45 pm to 6 pm

CEO Perspective - 6pm to 7:30 pm

Keynote Speakers:

Soma Somasundaram,  President & CEO of ChampionX

Sundaram Nagarajan, President & CEO of Nordson

Moderator:

Arjun Mirdha, President, TWG & OK International - Dover companies

Dinner - 7:30 pm

May 12, Agenda

6:30 am to 8:30 am - Group activity,  (Golf outing, Team games are designed, and everyone from beginner to pro can participate)

Panel Discussion: Topic - "Business: Cost & Growth"  from  9:30 am - 10:30 am

What are the best practices that diverse companies are practicing during times of Supply Chain issues, Increased regulations, Inflation.. etc? Also, opportunities were presented through Sustainability and other factors.

Keynote Speakers:

Srinivas Veeramasuneni, SVP & CTO, USG Corporation

Anil D'Souza, CEO, Tolmar

Srini Subramanian, EVP, Nordson

Moderator:

Rahul Gupta, Associate Partner, Bain & Company

Panel Discussion: Topic - "Customers"  from  11:00 am - 12 noon

Customer Experience powers your business success, supercharging customer-driven growth. No matter how you engage with consumers (online, offline, or a mix of both), ask yourself, “How can we add even more value for our customers by turning this interaction into an experience?”

Keynote Speakers:

Anshu Mehrotra, EVP, Belden

Anoop Mahendra, VP, Duck Creek Technologies 

Shekhar Tewatia, Co-Founder of Veethree

Moderator:

Vishal Khushalani, GM, Winpak

Lunch - 12 to 1pm

Panel Discussion: Topic - "Technology"  from  1:00 pm - 2 pm

Every business must think of itself as a tech business. Companies need to re-design their processes and ensure their people have the skills needed for a world where we increasingly collaborate with and work alongside capable and intelligent machines.

Keynote Speakers:

Girish Juneja, SVP & CTO, Dover Corporation

Akash Khurana, EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Wesco

Nag Vaidyanathan, EVP, CTO, Hexure

Moderator:

Alwin Brunner, SVP & CIO, Heidrick & Struggles