Business Owners

Proactive business owners seeking strategic insights, networking opportunities, and growth strategies to enhance their company's performance and stay ahead in the market.

CFOs

CFOs aiming to gain financial insights, network with peers, explore innovative solutions, and align financial strategies with organizational objectives.

CEOs

CEOs committed to strategic leadership, networking with industry peers, gaining insights, and exploring innovative solutions for business growth

CIOs

Forward-thinking CIOs eager to explore tech trends, network with industry peers, and align IT strategies with business goals.

Executive Managers

Managers poised to refine leadership skills, strategize for growth, network with peers, and gain insights for enhancing organizational performance

Ambitious Associates

Ambitious associates seeking mentorship, networking opportunities, industry insights, and career advancement strategies

AI and Automations - It’s Impact on Your Life and Your Company

Kevin Surace

First, enjoy reserved seating during the general session to hear Kevin Surace deliver his keynote address from our main stage. Then, join Kevin and your fellow summit attendees for a private lunch. Immediately following, join this exclusive follow-up session with Kevin, where we'll dissect the profound influence of AI on your company's trajectory. This interactive Q&A promises to be a strategic look into navigating the AI landscape and charting a course for your organization's future success through innovation. Let's embark on this exhilarating journey together and discover where the AI train ride will take us!

Future Proofing Your Business: AI Tools for Profitability & Relevance

Jim Spellos

It’s been over a year that ChatGPT and the desktop Generative AI revolution became an every day reality, yet many businesses are receiving mixed messages about its’ value.  How can it impact our bottom line, and is our staff ready for how it’s going to impact their work? Futhermore, so much conflicting information is afloat in the media, what can it really do for your business is often lost in the clickbait titles.  While many are wondering whether AI will replace the need for some workers, business executives are beginning to see that its real impact is much more nuanced. Attend this session to learn about the current and future AI tools that will help keep growing your business.

Trust in the Age of the Deep Fake

Kiki L'Italien

As digital innovation races forward, the battle for authentic trust in leadership has taken center stage. KiKi L’Italien's session dives into the tangible steps leaders can take to embed trust at the heart of their brand and business operations. This session moves beyond the theoretical to deliver a roadmap for proactively building trust—ensuring your website, brand consistency, and every customer interaction reinforce your organization's integrity.

Discover how trust is cultivated, the signs of trustworthiness, and the everyday actions that signal reliability to your stakeholders. Learn how to purposefully and consistently demonstrate your commitment to trust, transforming your leadership approach and fostering a loyal community around your brand.

Prepare to walk away with actionable insights that will help you navigate the complexities of trust in today's digital landscape, ensuring your leadership not only inspires but also endures.

TUG / Infor Executive Forum

Kevin Samuelson

Join Infor CEO Kevin Samuelson and other key Infor executives for an open discussion of current challenges and opportunities. You’ll hear about Infor’s latest initiatives to improve your customer experience and provide tools to help streamline your company operations and improve your competitive advantage, and have an opportunity to provide feedback to the people at Infor that can make a difference.

Unleashing Collective Genius: The Power of Radical Collaboration

Ludo Hoff

You can’t compete externally if you can’t collaborate internally. Projects in an organization can lose a lot of creativity and positive energy in the way people collaborate. With the Radical Collaboration approach people get insights in how they act and react and how that impacts, and often slows down, the projects they are running.

Ludo has successfully used this approach in more than 30 system implementations in international environments. Whether you're a seasoned leader or simply curious about how you can make your teams operate in more effective way this session will give you the practical insights on how to effectively collaborate in your own organization.

Prepare for the Future: Building Next-Generation Workplaces and Communities

Kim Lear

Join in for an engaging follow-up session with our keynote speaker Kim Lear. This session is tailor-made for interactive Q&A, offering you the chance to delve deeper into the insights and strategies Kim shared earlier on building your next-generation workplace. So, buckle up and let's ignite a conversation that will help shape the future of the Distribution workplace!

Developing Leadership for an Effective and Efficient Organizational Culture

Sara Weith

The importance of developing leadership is nothing new BUT let's talk about why this isn't effective in the majority of organizations. In this session we will cover the importance of three key areas: people, process and communication.

It sounds simple and matter-of-fact, but like managing change, nothing about leadership comes with an "easy" button. Leaders today need to have a strong understanding of conflict resolution, situational leadership and emotional intelligence. When you can bring these three areas together- you can create a culture where your workforce is productive, innovative and engaged.