AI is moving fast. Your oversight needs to move faster.
As AI reshapes every industry, the question for public company directors and CEOs is no longer whether it matters but how fast their organizations can move while still protecting the trust that underpins long-term value.
The 2026 AI Leadership Forum will bring together large enterprise board members, CEOs, and leading experts for a highly interactive, one-day program designed to sharpen strategic judgment and accelerate enterprise readiness.
Through immersive simulations, hands-on workshops, expert panels, and rapid-fire AI startup showcases, participants will pressure-test decisions, debate tradeoffs, and leave with practical frameworks you can use immediately—board dashboards, strategic bet maps, workforce readiness plans, and governance prompts that will elevate your oversight.
This is not a conference where you are in “listen only” mode. It’s an impactful working session for the directors and CEOs responsible for navigating the tension between speed and stewardship—and ensuring their organizations are ready to compete in the AI-accelerated economy.
Real-life simulations that surface the consequences of AI missteps, governance gaps and trust failures.
Panels and peer discussions that translate insight into board-level action.
Tackle AI governance, growth strategy and workforce transformation with tools you can use right away.
AI Interstitials that show how startups are collapsing cost structures and redefining competition.
A focused briefing on enforcement trends and global standards shaping board liability in 2026.
Real-world lessons in innovation, culture, risk and governance from large-scale transformation.
Former Head of AI & Machine Learning, Stripe
Board Member, Credit Suisse Funds; Chief Data Scientist, Numerati Partners
Board Member, Owens & Minor
Group Chief Technology Officer, Atos
CEO & Founder, Cantellus Group
President, Cantellus Group; Former Chief Data and AI Officer, Mastercard
CEO, TGN Consulting
Executive Advisor, The Cantellus Group; Mastercard’s Fellow of Data and AI
CEO, IgniteTech, GFI Software, Khoros
Board Member, Ossia Inc.; Former Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
This session sets the tone for the day by engaging directors and CEOs in a shared leadership conversation about how organizations govern AI as it accelerates from experimentation to enterprise impact.
This highly interactive session will help directors and CEOs pinpoint where AI is creating—or quietly eroding—value faster than boards expect.
AI systems are shifting from tools that support human work to agents that initiate actions, make decisions, and coordinate across systems. Some already operate at speeds and levels of autonomy that sit outside traditional management and review processes.
In this 45-minute immersive, high-pressure simulation, attendees will step directly into a boardroom confronting an unfolding AI incident—one with real operational, ethical, and reputational consequences.
AI regulation—both in the U.S. and abroad—is collapsing the distance between “we’re monitoring this” and actual board liability.
As AI systems begin to initiate actions, interact with other systems, and adapt in real time, boards face a new oversight challenge: governing decision-making that occurs at machine speed, beyond traditional review cycles.
What does it take to build AI at scale inside a complex, global enterprise? In this closing fireside conversation, we’ll sit down with a senior leader from a global organization that has successfully integrated AI across its business—from customer experience and operations to risk management and governance.
Attendees select from concurrent workshops designed for deeper, application-focused learning in smaller groups. Topics include: AI in M&A, Agentic AI as Strategy, Overseeing the Next Phase of Work, and more.
To ensure a high-quality experience, attendance is limited. To secure your spot and preferred workshop session, we recommend registering early.
The event will be hosted at the offices of Freshfields, 3 World Trade Center, New York, NY.
We have negotiated discounted rates with a set of nearby hotels.
