Thursday, December 3th
7:00 – 7:45 Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 Introduction and Welcome to Conference
Spencer Hoole, Summit 2026 Co-chair, President Retail Insurance, IMA
8:15 – 8:30 Keynote Address: Innovation, Creativity, and AI – The Trifecta of Strategy
Jeff Dyer, Marriott School of Business, BYU
8:30 – 9:30 Town Hall: NACD Blue Ribbon Commission – How Boards Can Better Oversee Strategy Execution Amid Rising Complexity and Disruption
Moderator: Suzanne Nimocks, NACD Blue Ribbon Commissioner
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address: Woodward on Washington
Joan K. Woodward, Executive VP Public Policy, The Travelers Companies, former VP and Director of Washington Research for Goldman Sachs, former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 11:30 Keynote: – AI and Synthetic Presence – Discussion Points for Boards
Clarissa Cerda, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Pindrop Security; Director, Next
Caller
11:30 – noon Fireside Chat: What’s Going on with High Performance Computing and Data Centers
Mike Hawkins, CEO, Limitless Energy Group
Paul Godfrey, William and Roceil Low Professor of Business Strategy, BYU Marriott School of Business
NOON – 1:15 Lunch Keynote Address: The Compass Within – Finding and Leading from Your Core Values
Robert Glazer, Founder and Chairman, Acceleration Partners, Founder, Elevate Leadership
1:30 – 2:15 Breakout 1: Why Directors Need to Sit Up and Take Notice Now!
Breakout 2: Shareholder Activism – Navigating Shareholder Engagement with Expert Insight
2:15 – 2:45 Networking Break
2:45 – 3:30 Breakout 1: Designing the Workforce of the Future
Breakout 2: Enterprise Risk Management
3:30 – 4:15 Keynote Address: Where Do We Go from Here?
Savita Subramanian, Head of U.S. Equity and Quantitative Strategy at Bank of America
Friday, December 4th
8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Address: Confidence and Competitiveness: Navigating New Geopolitical Realities
Adam Barbina, Partner, US Geostrategy Leader, EY Geostrategic Business Group
9:00 – 9:45 Fireside Chat:
Facilitator – Ted Haack, NACD
Guest – General Charles Q. Brown, Jr, 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 22nd Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
9:45 – 10:30 Breakout 1: State of the Capital Markets – The Path to Liquidity
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 11:30 Keynote Address: Leadership Perspectives: The Next 100 Million Acres: Scaling Nano-Yield Globally
Clark T. Bell, CEO and Co-founder, Nano-Yield
11:30 – noon Fireside Chat:
Facilitator – Drew Yergensen, Key Bank
Guest – Danny Rensch, Founder, Chess.com
noon – 1:00 Keynote Address: Leadership in the 21st Century
Bob Gay, Huntsman Gay Global Capital
Conference wrap-up / adjourn SKI AFTERNOON