Agenda Day 1, March 24, 2026: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Strategy Execution Event Summary)
08.30 – Welcome and Networking
09.00 - Opening Remarks from the Chair
09.20 – A Strategy Execution System that Keeps Up with the Increased Rate of Change
· Does your organization use one or several methods to execute strategy that can keep up with the rate of change?
· Including digital tools, automation and AI to improve business intelligence, performance management and tracking
Federico Boccardo, Global Commercial Excellence Delivery Senior Director, Cargill
10.00 - Future Driven Strategic Planning – Utilising Scenarios and Validating Assumptions for a Robust Strategy
· The strategic planning process and alignment between/across corporate HQ and business units
· Linking strategy and execution in the strategic planning process
· How to approach the KPI definition process
Nette Lehtinen, Director, Strategy and Business Integlligence, Wärtsilä
10.40 – Sponsor Session
11.20 – Morning Coffee and Networking
12.00 – From Chaos to Clarity: Scaling Product Operations in Times of Transformation
What happens when your product organisation grows faster than your ways of working can keep up? In this keynote, we’ll share how we moved from fragmented practices and disconnection documents to a harmonised, data-led system that scaled across hundreds of teams. We’ll show how we built trust with executives by “taking them to the factory floor” and secured momentum by creating waves of change across the organisation. Expect practical tactics and candid advice to help you align your product operations with business needs and outcomes.
Nora Bereczkei, Director of Digital Product Delivery, BT Group
Hosanna Fuller Ouellette, Director of Global Program Management, Spotify
12.40 – How to Build Trust in your Strategy Execution Journey? (The Trust Formula)
Jan Bracke, Global Head of Transformation, Agfa Radiology Solutions
13.20 – Lunch Break
14.20 - The Philips Transformation Case Study
Pascal Smits, Global Program Transformation Lead, Philips
15.00 – The New PMO Mindset Shift: How to Put Theory into Practice
· Alignment with corporate AI strategy
· AI implementation on large scale initiatives
· AI EU Act
Laura Lazzerini Neuwirth, Head of International Project Management Office (PMO), T-Mobile
15.40 – AI Leadership in Practice: Why Most Fail and How the Best Execute
· The paradox of strategic AI investments — companies keep investing, yet most initiatives fail
· What sets recognized AI leaders apart in executing strategy
· How AI-driven capabilities are reshaping leadership, planning, and strategic foresight
Marko Komssi, Senior Scientist, AI-Driven Corporate Foresight & Strategy, VTT
16.20 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16.50 – M&A Integration Strategy: A Successful Playbook and System for Integration Acquisitions and Channeling Learnings into Future Deals
Melvyn Chungath, Senior Project Manager Transformation Office, Collinson Group
17.30 – Operationalizing Strategy: GTM as the Engine of Post M&A Growth
· Leverage GTM Insights During Valuation: Assess commercial fit, revenue synergies, and market potential early to identify deal value and risk
· Accelerate Integration: Leverage GTM as the frontline force for customers and partners
· Drive Synergy Realization: Use GTM to unlock cross-sell, upsell and market expansion opportunities faster
Friederike Hertenstein, Early Retirement Designee, SAP SE
18.10 - Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1
Networking Reception
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