2026 Young Leaders Program
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May 28, 2026 06:00 PM to May 29, 2026 02:00 PM
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Lake Side, Ritz-Carlton Chicago, , USA.
Event Overview
Young Leaders Program
Indo-American Community Services (IACS) is conducting Young Leaders program to help young mid-level managers. This program prepares the young managers for break through career growth by providing skills, 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 Effective Leadership, Corporate Finance and Individual Branding on May 28th from 8:30am to 2pm. The program extends to the Executive Leadership Conference to May 28th evening from 4pm to May 29th afternoon 3pm. The participants interact with some of the 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
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Effective Leadership
SPEAKER
Dexter Overall
Diversity & Inclusion Manager, ITW
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break/Networking
11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
Corporate Finance
SPEAKERS
Sumit Dangi
CFO & Treasurer Jewelers Mutual Group
12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM
Lunch/Networking
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Individual Branding
SPEAKER
Sharmila Fowler
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, OpalSphere
Sangeeta Singhal Reddy
Global Product Team Director, FactSet
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Topic: Reimagining the Industries
SPEAKERS
Saif Siddiqui, CEO of Circor
Girish Juneja, SVP & Chief Digital Officer, Dover Corporation
Kenneth Escoe, EVP, ITW
MODERATOR
Prahlad Shripathi
Associate Partner, Bain
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Welcome Reception, Networking
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
CEO Perspective - FIRESIDE CHAT
Topic: Reimagining The Future
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Alok Maskara, CEO of Lennox International
MODERATOR
Soma Somasundaram
Former CEO of ChampionX
7:30 PM
Dinner, Networking
Friday, May 29th, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CEO Perspective - FIRESIDE CHAT
Topic: Reimagining The Future
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ashish Khandpur
CEO of Avient
MODERATOR
Sundaram Nagarajan
CEO of Nordson
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break/Networking
11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
Panel Discussion
Topic: Navigating New Global Trade Environment
SPEAKERS
Ravi Ramanathan
President, Electrical Wiring Systems Division at Legrand
Joseph Toci
SVP Global Sourcing and Supply Chain, Intertape Polymer Group
Arunima Sinha
Executive Director - Global/US Economics Research, Morgan Stanley
MODERATOR
Hemant Porwal
EVP Supply Chain & Operations at Wesco
12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM
Networking & Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Topic: Reimagining Work & Talent
SPEAKERS
Sarah Siddiqui, EVP & CHRO, Nordson
Cheryl King, EVP & Chief People Officer, HealthEquity
Harsh Kar, MD, Agentic AI Lead Global, Accenture
Meg Reynolds, Consultant, Egon Zehnder
MODERATOR
Ashley J Miller
Head of Enterprise Talent Management & Leadership Development, ITW
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Optional Group activity.
