Distinguished Professor of Practice Emerita, Tensie Whelan, will teach a masterclass in how to drive financial value from embedding sustainability into business strategy. Using cases from a wide variety of industries, Professor Whelan will provide insight into topics such as how circularity can reduce exposure to tariffs and supply chain risks, as well as drive operational efficiencies, or how sustainable sourcing can drive market demand and improve supply chain resiliency.

Most people are thinking about AI all wrong. This is not simply a technology shift. It is a fundamental rewiring of how businesses operate, how leaders create value, and how careers will evolve in the decade ahead. Just as the internet transformed how businesses were found, marketed, and scaled, AI is transforming something even more foundational: intelligence itself. How organizations think, learn, make decisions, personalize experiences, innovate, and compete is changing in real time. But here’s the challenge: many leaders are underestimating what this moment actually represents. In this thought-provoking and highly practical session, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, AI business futurist, AI CEO podcast host and founder of Disruptive AI and AI BusinsessCon, Seema Alexander, explores why she believes AI is bigger than the advent of the internet—and what women leaders, founders, and executives need to understand now to stay relevant, competitive, and ahead of the curve. This is not a technical session. No jargon. No coding. No hype. Just a clear, honest conversation about one of the biggest shifts of our lifetime—and how to position yourself to lead through it.

The most interesting business stories right now are not happening in finance, they are happening in culture. Old rules of business, like scale, price, mass advertising, distribution, no longer determine who wins. Winners are now those with cultural capital, like scarcity, deliberate opacity, fandom, aesthetic innovation or identity. These are the backbones of the new cultural models that protect margins, command price premiums and build equity that makes brands immune to trends. Cultural capital is also the reason why fashion brands are opening jazz clubs, luxury conglomerates running movie studios, movie studios opening restaurants, restaurants dropping merch, or car companies launching fashion brands. In the race to resist the attention economy, the only true advantage is having intellectual property, world-building, and durable cultural currency.

The most impactful leaders understand that influence extends beyond their organizations. In this Masterclass, Jessyca Dudley, Founder and CEO of Bold Ventures, shares how founders, executives, and investors can think more strategically about the role of capital, relationships, and decision-making in creating lasting change. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience directing resources to underserved communities and advising philanthropic and corporate leaders, Jessyca will explore how today's leaders can align values with action, build trust with stakeholders, and create impact that extends far beyond traditional philanthropy.

As AI agents become increasingly capable of handling everything from research and content creation to project management and operations, leaders have an opportunity to rethink how work gets done. In this Masterclass, Grace Clarke, entrepreneur, AI strategist, and cofounder of Founders' Weekend, will demystify agent building and share a practical framework for creating AI-powered systems that act as an extension of your team. Whether you're a solo founder or leading a growing organization, you'll learn how to identify high-value tasks for delegation, build simple agents without a technical background, and use AI to increase productivity, improve decision-making, and create greater leverage in your work.

Natalie Nixon, creativity strategist, innovation expert, and author of The Creativity Leap, will explore why the leaders and organizations that thrive in the age of AI won't be those with the most advanced technology, but those that cultivate the uniquely human capabilities machines cannot replicate. Drawing on her Move. Think. Rest. framework, Natalie will share how imagination, inquiry, and intuition can become a competitive advantage, offering practical strategies for leveraging AI as a partner while strengthening the creativity, judgment, and innovation that drive lasting leadership and business success.

Most people are thinking about AI all wrong. This is not simply a technology shift. It is a fundamental rewiring of how businesses operate, how leaders create value, and how careers will evolve in the decade ahead. Just as the internet transformed how businesses were found, marketed, and scaled, AI is transforming something even more foundational: intelligence itself. How organizations think, learn, make decisions, personalize experiences, innovate, and compete is changing in real time. But here’s the challenge: many leaders are underestimating what this moment actually represents. In this thought-provoking and highly practical session, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, AI business futurist, AI CEO podcast host and founder of Disruptive AI and AI BusinsessCon, Seema Alexander, explores why she believes AI is bigger than the advent of the internet—and what women leaders, founders, and executives need to understand now to stay relevant, competitive, and ahead of the curve. This is not a technical session. No jargon. No coding. No hype. Just a clear, honest conversation about one of the biggest shifts of our lifetime—and how to position yourself to lead through it.

The most interesting business stories right now are not happening in finance, they are happening in culture. Old rules of business, like scale, price, mass advertising, distribution, no longer determine who wins. Winners are now those with cultural capital, like scarcity, deliberate opacity, fandom, aesthetic innovation or identity. These are the backbones of the new cultural models that protect margins, command price premiums and build equity that makes brands immune to trends. Cultural capital is also the reason why fashion brands are opening jazz clubs, luxury conglomerates running movie studios, movie studios opening restaurants, restaurants dropping merch, or car companies launching fashion brands. In the race to resist the attention economy, the only true advantage is having intellectual property, world-building, and durable cultural currency.