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
Agenda
Topic: Effective Leadership
Speakers: Dexter Overall
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Diversity & Inclusion Manager, ITW
Topic: Corporate Financep
Speakers: Sumil Dangi - CFO & Treasurer
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 NOON - Jewelers Mutual Group
Speakers: Sangeeta Singhal Reddy
Global Product Team Director, FactSet
Topic: Individual Branding
Speakers: Sharmila Fowler
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Co-Founder and Managing Partner, OpalSphere
Theme:
Reimagining The Future
May 28th & 29th, 2026
Agenda
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Keynote & Panel Discussion Town Hall Meeting
Topic: Reimagining the Industries
Speakers: Saif Siddiqui – CEO of Circor
Girish Juneja – SVP & Chief Digital Officer, Dover Corporation
Kenneth Escoe – EVP, ITW
Moderator:
TBD
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Welcome Reception / Networking
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Topic: Reimagining The Future (CEO Perspective – Fireside Chat)
Keynote Speaker: Alok Maskara – CEO, Lennox International
Moderator: Soma Somasundaram – CEO, ChampionX
7:30 PM – Dinner / Networking
Friday, May 29th, 2026
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Topic: Reimagining The Future (CEO Perspective – Fireside Chat)
Keynote Speaker: Ashish Khandpur – CEO, Avient
Moderator: Sundaram Nagarajan – CEO, Nordson
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Break / Networking
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Topic: Navigating New Global Trade Environment
Speakers: Ravi Ramanathan – President, Electrical Wiring Systems Division, Legrand
Joseph Toci – SVP Global Sourcing & Supply Chain, Intertape Polymer Group
Moderator: Hemant Porwal – EVP Supply Chain & Operations, Wesco
Arunima Sinha : Executive Director – Global/US Economics Research, Morgan Stanley
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Networking & Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Topic: Reimagining Work & Talent
Speakers: Sarah Siddiqui – EVP & CHRO, Nordson
Harsh Kar – MD, Agentic AI Lead Global, Accenture
Meg Reynolds – Consultant, Egon Zehnder
Harsh Kar, MD, Agentic AI Lead Global, Accenture
Moderator:
TBD
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Optional Group Activity
Moderator:
Ashley J Miller
Head of Enterprise Talent Management & Leadership Development, ITW
May 28, 2026 to May 29, 2026
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2026 Executive Leadership ConferenceRitz-Carlton Chicago, , USA |
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2026 Young Leaders ProgramLake Side, Ritz-Carlton Chicago, , USA |