May 11 & 12, 2026 | New York City
Agenda
Day 01
Monday, May 11, 2026
12:00 PM
- 12:30 PM
- 12:30 PM
Location: South Gallery
12:30 PM
- 12:40 PM
- 12:40 PM
12:40 PM
- 1:05 PM
- 1:05 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- How AI is redefining productivity, value, and purpose
- What leaders misread about the future of work
- The new shape of high-impact roles
1:10 PM
- 1:45 PM
- 1:45 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
An experiential session designed for the leaders in the room, not the teams they manage.
- Why self-awareness is becoming a leadership advantage as AI reshapes decision-making
- How to recognize and interrupt the patterns that limit how you show up under pressure
- Practical tools you can carry into your next meeting, not just your next offsite
1:50 PM
- 2:05 PM
- 2:05 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Who owns the digital workforce? And why it matters
- Operating models for human and AI collaboration
- Governance that enables scale, not drag
2:10 PM
- 2:40 PM
- 2:40 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Moving from pilots to production
- Where humans must stay in the loop
- Signals your AI strategy is breaking down
2:45 PM
- 3:15 PM
- 3:15 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why AI initiatives stall even when the technology works and why the culprit is almost never what leaders think it is
- How to recognize the four distinct patterns of AI resistance hiding in your organization right now
- What leaders can do differently, immediately, to move each type of resistance toward genuine adoption
- How to diagnose where your own organization stands, and what a trust-based AI rollout strategy actually looks
3:15 PM
- 3:35 PM
- 3:35 PM
Location: South Gallery
Recharge, connect, and spark new ideas as you mingle with peers and industry leaders.
3:35 PM
- 3:45 PM
- 3:45 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why AI adoption stalls despite strong tech
- Measuring trust, productivity, and retention with XLAs
- Governing AI without employee backlash
3:50 PM
- 4:20 PM
- 4:20 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why "augment, not replace" lost credibility, and what replaces it
- Building trust through transparency, skill investment, and accountability
- Creating a culture where employees lead change instead of bracing for it
4:25 PM
- 5:15 PM
- 5:15 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
Entrepreneurs behind innovative solutions will each present pitches on why their technology is best and how it will add the most value to business. After some tough questions from our judges, the audience will have their chance to vote on which technology they are more likely to implement within their own organizations. Who should win this startup challenge?
5:15 PM
- 5:20 PM
- 5:20 PM
5:20 PM
- 6:20 PM
- 6:20 PM
Location: South Gallery
Day 02
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
8:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
Location: South Gallery
9:00 AM
- 9:10 AM
- 9:10 AM
9:10 AM
- 9:40 AM
- 9:40 AM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why legacy workflows block AI impact
- Redesigning accountability for AI-driven work
- Turning experimentation into enterprise results
9:45 AM
- 10:15 AM
- 10:15 AM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- AI resistance isn't a skills gap. It's a trust gap.
- "Trust debt" is real, and leaders have to repay it before asking teams to take risks.
- If leadership doesn't model vulnerability, employees won't either.
- The burden of the future of work is on leaders, not employees.
10:15 AM
- 10:35 AM
- 10:35 AM
Location: South Gallery
Recharge, connect, and spark new ideas as you mingle with peers and industry leaders.
10:35 AM
- 10:45 AM
- 10:45 AM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Knowing what to trust, challenge, or reject is the new leadership edge
- The decisions AI can inform but humans must own
- Building judgment as a discipline, not just an instinct
10:50 AM
- 11:20 AM
- 11:20 AM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Human capabilities that gain value over time
- What to prioritize in learning and development
- Organizations investing in these skills now will be hardest to compete with
11:25 AM
- 11:55 AM
- 11:55 AM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why most enterprise AI stalls in pilot, and the three governance gaps that keep it there
- The "air traffic control" model for AI: agents execute, specialists govern, the platform audits
- A live walkthrough of a human-in-the-loop workflow in a regulated vertical
- Why human oversight isn't a brake on AI, it's what makes AI trustworthy enough to scale
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Location: South Gallery
Enjoy lunch while engaging in small-group discussions designed to exchange ideas, tackle real-world challenges, and learn from peers.
1:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
- 1:30 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why "one-size-fits-all" corporate structures are breaking down in the age of AI
- How human-centered AI can personalize, rather than standardize, the employee experience
- Designing workplace ecosystems that adapt to individual identities and support authentic professional and personal growth
1:35 PM
- 2:05 PM
- 2:05 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- How to shift from AI pilots to repeatable workforce impact
- Building Digital Dexterity as a core workplace skill
- How the Digital Workplace can act as a catalyst to employee enablement
2:10 PM
- 2:20 PM
- 2:20 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- AI isn't making enterprises more flexible. It's creating new dependencies
- Work is splitting into tasks, not roles. Costs are non-linear. Vendors are gaining the upper hand
- GBS becomes the orchestration layer, or someone else controls the system
2:25 PM
- 2:55 PM
- 2:55 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Why static workforce planning breaks under sustained uncertainty
- Scenario-driven, skills-based models that flex with the business
- Designing organizations built to adapt, not just endure
3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
FEATURED PRESENTATION: Mentoring in Times of Great Change: Building an AI-Ready, Resilient Workforce
Location: Oasis Assembly
- Evolve mentoring into agile, high-impact ecosystems that drive productivity and strengthen leadership pipelines at scale
- Integrate AI skill-building into mentoring frameworks to close critical skill gaps across the workforce
- Replace lost "water cooler" connections with meaningful, scalable engagement in hybrid environments
3:30 PM
- 3:45 PM
- 3:45 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly
You’ve absorbed ideas, insights, and inspiration — now it’s time to put them to work. ISG will provide guidance on your next steps!
3:45 PM
- 4:45 PM
- 4:45 PM
Location: Oasis Assembly