AN OUTCOME-FIRST APPROACH TO ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION: SCALING AI THROUGH PEOPLE, PROCESS AND HORIZONTAL VALUE STREAMS

In this keynote, AJ will share how Ecolab is evolving from individual AI that supports personal productivity, to vertical AI that improves a single function, to horizontal AI that connects data, decisions and actions across end-to-end value streams. He will discuss why the biggest opportunity is not in point solutions, but in reimagining how work gets done across the enterprise, supported by the right operating model, governance, adoption and change leadership.

You will hear:

• The difference between individual, vertical and horizontal AI, and why horizontal AI delivers greater enterprise value
• How an outcome-first, end-to-end process mindset helps move AI from experimentation to scaled impact
• What it takes to build the people, process and governance foundation required for responsible AI transformation

BEYOND MODELS & TECHNOLOGY: TURNING AGENTIC AI INTO DURABLE ENTERPRISE ADVANTAGE

The real opportunity - and challenge - for Chief AI officers lies in the responsibility of fundamentally rewiring how their enterprises operate through AI. This keynote panel explores how AI leaders move beyond copilots and pilots to self-directed AI systems that reshape operating models, decision velocity, and profit generation.

• Agentic AI as an operating model shift: What does this actually mean in practice? How accountability, governance, and human-AI augmentation must evolve to safely enable autonomous decision-making
• Lessons from building AI functions from the ground up: cloud modernization, data foundations, orchestration layers, and governance architectures that allow Agentic AI to operate safely
• Driving tangible ROI by tying Agentic AI to cost structure transformation, revenue creation, and balance-sheet impact rather than isolated productivity wins
• What AI leaders and transformation leaders must do differently in the next 12-24 months

CASE STUDY: TRANSFORMATION WITH STRATEGIC COHESION & PERFORMANCE ANCHORING: MEDTRONIC LATAM’S END-TO-END JOURNEY

In a highly volatile and complex region like Latin America, Medtronic recognized that incremental improvements and siloed initiatives were no longer enough. Shane led the transformation organization to embarked on an end‑to‑end transformation journey that redefined how strategy, execution, and performance management connect. This session will share what has worked, what hasn’t, and how a large, global organization can move from fragmented efforts to a coherent, financially anchored transformation.

• How to translate a 3-year strategic plan into five imperatives and 13 executable initiatives across functions and countries
• Practical tactics to align ALL teams to customer and value creation
• How to integrate AI and automation into commercial and operational models
• A concrete example of tying transformation execution to KPIs, performance ratings, and compensation
• Lessons learned from driving change in a volatile, matrixed, multi‑country region