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New perspectives. Leading voices. Join AI visionaries and business leaders as they share what’s working now and what’s coming next. Check back soon for speaker announcements.

8:30 a.m.

Doors Open Arrive, get settled, and connect with fellow attendees before the program begins. Take the opportunity to prepare for the conversations ahead. 

8:30 a.m.

Reflections Over Breakfast Before the day gathers pace, an unhurried hour with peers over breakfast. No stage, no agenda — good coffee, familiar faces, and a chance to step back from the noise of the year and talk honestly, leader to leader, about what's on your mind.

10:00 a.m.

World Forum Keynote Uncover big-picture insights and ideas to help you think differently about what's ahead.

11:30 a.m.

Where Human Judgement Still Wins: Opening Fireside with a Luminary Speaker We begin away from technology, with a perspective from outside out: a conversation on judgement, creativity and leadership at the AI inflection point. What changes, what endures, and what still belongs to people.

11:50 a.m.

Welcome to Executive Circle Adrian Johnston frames the room's central question: where is the AI value? Drawing on the Enterprise AI Maturity Index 2026 and its India findings—why programs stall at scale, and a first look at the AI Control Tower.

11:55 a.m.

The Enterprise AI Reality Check: India Edition India builds world-class AI for the world while modernizing its own stack. Hear from leaders past the pilot stage on what separates the AI that scales from the AI that stalls-the foundations, the trade—offs, and what they'd do differently. 

12:15 p.m.

Securing the Invisible AI Workforce As agents multiply, the boardroom questions in India turn concrete: who and what has access, what's exposed, who's accountable. A candid exchange on identity, governance and trust as the foundation for autonomy.

12:35 p.m.

When AI Does the Work, What Do Your People Do? AI is changing what work is, not only how fast it gets done. CXOs on redesigning roles around people and agents, the AI front door for employees, and investing in talent as the work itself is reinvented.

1:00 p.m.

Lunch & Peer Networking Join your fellow business executives for lunch and continue the conversation in the Executive Circle lounge.

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