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Laura Stanley
Chief Operating Officer at Pexels (Canva)
Great creative ecosystems are defined by how well they serve the people behind the work. Laura Stanley explored how Canva and Pexels support creators through product design, global partnerships, and community-first strategy. Drawing on her experience at the intersection of content and technology, she shared how empowering artists at scale shapes inclusive visual culture and lasting impact.
Anna Baird
Chief Customer Officer, Generative AI GTM
You wouldn’t think of brand leadership as a technical discipline. Anna Baird unpacked how generative AI is reshaping the way organizations engage customers, make decisions, and scale trust. Drawing from boardroom experience at Google, she highlighted the importance of emotional intelligence, responsible AI, and human-centred thinking as the true differentiators in an AI-powered era.
Adam Cooper
Chief Technology Officer
Digital transformation isn’t about chasing trends, but seamlessly eliminating everyday friction. Drawing from his CTO role at McDonald’s Canada, Adam Cooper unpacked how practical AI empowers teams and elevates guest experiences. He highlighted that championing cross-functional pilots and deploying invisible tech builds a smarter, reliable operation.
Cari Covent
Chief Data and AI Advisor
Realizing AI's potential means escaping the trap of endless pilots to treat it as a fundamental business strategy. Drawing from her Federal AI Strategy Task Force experience, Cari Covent unpacked bridging the gap between ambition and scalable action. She highlighted that targeting high-impact workflows, architecting trust, and championing upskilling drive responsible adoption.
Liz Bergman
Vice President & GM
Liz Bergman shared how American Express leverages strategy, operations, and AI to drive customer-centric growth. She highlighted how cross-functional alignment and thoughtful product launches create seamless experiences, how data informs decisions, and how brands can scale while maintaining trust and human connection in an increasingly automated world.
Maria Zervou
Chief AI Officer
Scaling enterprise AI requires moving beyond basic automation to orchestrated, intelligent systems. Drawing from her leadership at Databricks, Maria Zervou explored how supervisor agents and risk-based triage models transform data into actionable workflows. She highlighted that deploying specialized sub-agents for routine tasks frees human experts to manage high-stakes decisions.
Sarah Bishop
VP, Global Brand and Consumer Marketing
The NFL is expanding its global reach through inclusive brand strategy, culturally attuned campaigns, and next-generation audience engagement. Drawing from nearly two decades across sports, media, and tech, Sarah Bishop highlighted how strategic partnerships, fan-first storytelling, and purpose-driven initiatives grow affinity, recruit new audiences, and deepen engagement across generations.
Doruk Cuhadar
Marketing Director
Marketing today demands balancing data, technology, and human storytelling. Doruk Cuhadar shared how marketers can act as growth drivers, blending AI precision with trust and creativity. Drawing on his experience at Visa, he explored how habit-forming campaigns and community-driven storytelling help brands stay relevant and build lasting loyalty.
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Horizons is our semi-annual, flagship event that attracts executives and industry leaders from around the world to explore the most relevant ideas shaping technology and business today, and to anticipate what’s coming next.
Learn MoreSummit is a series of specialized conferences in AI, Product, Marketing, and Design. Industry leaders and professionals in their respective fields gather to share insights and drive their craft forward.
Learn MoreThe Industry Spotlight Series shines a light on the visionary leaders behind today’s most dynamic and influential digital brands.
The Executive Panel Series brings together leading experts from the most compelling brands in the world for dynamic conversations on the trends shaping the industry.
Design Evenings NYC:
During her talk, Mareike Carolin Keller, Product Designer at Spotify, explored how to move AI from an experimental tool to a core part of the design workflow, sharing how to leverage AI-assisted prototyping and code generation to accelerate execution and earn rapid stakeholder buy-in.
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During the panel, leading AI and product executives shared frameworks for navigating the shift toward agentic commerce, drawing on their experience scaling complex transactional infrastructure to unpack practical models for deploying autonomous agents, securing machine-to-machine payments, and capturing enterprise value in agent-driven markets.
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Marketing Evenings NYC:
During the evening with Jeffrey Tousignant, Head of Marketing at Air, and Emmeline Vu, Product Marketing Lead at Air, they explored how enterprise organizations built and scaled their creative operations, sharing how unifying product positioning with creative production accelerated multi-channel campaigns and drove business impact.
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During the forward-looking conversation, product leaders explored how AI-driven products, sustainable growth strategies, and customer-first innovation were shaping the next generation of financial services.
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A one-day summit for product leaders & professionals at the edge of innovation.
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Demo Event NYC:
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During the expert-led demo event, Nabeel Barqawi, Senior Product Manager at Disney, demonstrated how AI was democratizing software development by showing attendees how to turn standard developer tools into an AI-powered product engine and move from a raw concept to a working application without a traditional engineering background.
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Leaders in Design:
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During the forward-looking conversation, design leaders explored how deep user insight, AI integration, and trust-driven design were shaping the next generation of financial experiences.
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Spotlight Event:
During the live showcase, attendees saw digital skills in action as BrainStation Certification alumni presented real-world portfolio projects built during their programs to demonstrate how they used industry tools to solve business challenges, followed by a live Q&A discussing their experiences, projects, and career growth.
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Demo Event NYC:
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During our expert-led demo event, attendees learned how to turn ideas into working prototypes faster than ever, following along as we used Claude to take an idea from initial concept through to a functional prototype in real time.
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Best Global Brands:
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During our forward-looking conversation in partnership with Interbrand and Konrad, we explored how the world’s leading brands were adapting to an AI-driven landscape while continuing to build meaningful human connections.
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Demo Event NYC:
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During our expert-led demo event, attendees explored how Cursor empowered product managers to turn ideas into functional prototypes, following along as we used AI to go from a product spec to a working demo without writing manual code.
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Marketing Evenings NYC:
During our conversation with Alexandra Abel, Brand Partnership Manager at TikTok, she explored how brands could break through and become culturally relevant, and shared how to tap into creators, moments, and trends that drive real impact.
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