STRATEGY & INNOVATION LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE

1. How can leadership teams build a more AI-native view of the market, one that identifies revenue reallocation, adjacency shifts, and emerging competitive pressure before those movements become visible in internal performance data? Explore how AI can expand strategic visibility beyond the traditional core while still grounding decisions in validated market reality.

2. Where does AI genuinely improve market and competitive intelligence, and where does it still introduce risk? Discuss how executive teams should distinguish between faster output and better judgment when evaluating AI-generated analysis for high-stakes strategy, portfolio, and growth decisions.

3. What standards should organizations apply to assess the accuracy, reliability, and decision readiness of AI-generated insights? Examine what makes an output credible enough for executive use, what still requires human validation, and how leading teams are reducing the risk of false confidence in strategic discussions.

4. How are leading strategy and innovation teams combining AI with trusted data, structured research, and contextual interpretation to produce intelligence that can withstand executive scrutiny? Consider what it takes to move from fragmented signals and surface-level outputs to defensible narratives that inform where-to-play and how-to-win choices.

5. What are the early indicators that customer priorities, competitor moves, or ecosystem changes are about to reshape future growth and how can AI help detect and interpret those signals without losing nuance? Discuss how teams are improving visibility into structural changes before they are widely recognized across the market.

6. What does the future operating model for strategy, innovation, and market intelligence look like when AI is treated as a force multiplier rather than a replacement for judgment? Explore how organizations can build workflows that improve speed, expand analytical capacity, and strengthen strategic decision quality at the same time.

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM PT

Arrival, networking, and welcome refreshments

5:30 PM - 5:40 PM PT

Opening remarks by MarketsandMarkets

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Context-setting presentation: amplifying growth through AI-native market and competitive intelligence

6:00 PM - 7:10 PM PT

Closed-door roundtable discussion moderated by Shekhar Gupta, with perspectives from Stephen Fontaine

7:10 PM - 7:40 PM PT

Cocktails and networking

7:40 PM - 8:30 PM PT

Executive dinner and continuing conversations

Growth rarely disappears, it reallocates. It moves across adjacencies, customer priorities, technologies, and competitive spaces long before conventional planning models fully register the change. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in strategy and intelligence workflows, the real differentiator is no longer access to output, but the ability to turn AI into a force multiplier for better judgment. The organizations that learn to combine AI-enabled speed with accuracy, validation, and contextual depth will be better positioned to detect change earlier, respond with greater confidence, and shape the next horizon of growth.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

A clearer perspective on where AI improves market and competitive intelligence and where it still requires caution Practical ideas for making AI-generated insight more credible, defensible, and executive-ready Fresh thinking on detecting revenue shifts, market changes, and competitive moves earlier Peer-level discussion on combining AI, trusted data, and strategic judgment to improve growth decisions.