Conference
The Great Redesign:
How AI is Reshaping Industries, Professions, and Competition
November 4, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Evans Hall · Zhang Auditorium · Yale School of Management · New Haven, Connecticut
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Overview
Four years after the release of ChatGPT, frontier AI models continue to improve at remarkable speed. But as models and tools become commoditized, competitive advantage is shifting elsewhere. This one-day conference examines the strategic, organizational, and operational decisions that turn technological progress into lasting business value.
PROFESSIONS
AI is changing how people build products and reach customers. From software developers to marketers, how are their professions changing today?
COMPETITION
Agentic commerce will change the nature of competition. Companies are racing to make their brand visible—how are they doing it?
Deployment
Most companies bring in AI through third party tools. How are they getting the most value while minimizing exposure?
Speakers
Dr. Sarah Bird
Chief Product Officer, Responsible AI, Microsoft
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Ravi Dhar
George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing, Yale School of Management; Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Yale University; Director, Center for Customer Insights; Co-Director, Yale Stakeholder Innovation and Management
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Matt Dugan
VP, Enterprise Data Technology, Chief Data Office, AT&T
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Jean English
CMO, CoreWeave
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Seth Farbman
Advisor and Founding Chief Marketing Officer, Spotify
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Rob Fauber
President and CEO, Moody’s Corporation
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Dr. Nicholas C. Fuller, PhD
Technology Executive, AI and Automation, Hybrid Cloud and Edge, Enterprise Transformation Leader, Board Member, IBM
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Kathryn Guarani
Visiting Lecturer, Yale School of Management; Former Chief Information Officer, IBM
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Chris Hazard, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Howso
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Jon Iwata
Executive Director, Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management; Executive Chair, Data & Trusted AI Alliance; Former SVP and Chief Brand Officer, IBM
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Saira Jesani
Executive Director, Data & Trusted AI Alliance
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Alexandra Lee-Capps
Founding Principal, Array Consulting; Senior Director, Data & Trusted AI Alliance
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Dan Morel
VP, Engineering, Warby Parker
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Sean Neville
Co-Founder and CEO, Catena
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Joel Stenson
President, Global Operations Special Projects, UPS
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Inhi Cho Suh
CEO, Niantic Spatial
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Jim Swanson
EVP, Chief Information Officer, Johnson & Johnson
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Bernardo Tavares
Enterprise Chief Information Officer & Advisor, Former Chief Technology & Data Officer, Kenvue
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Raj Thammana
VP, Marketing Operations and Analytics, CoreWeave
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Garrett Tubbs
Assistant VP, Discovery & Experience, The Hartford
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Andrej Zdravkovic
Chief Software Officer and SVP, G&E Software, AMD
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Attendee Organizations
Program Agenda
Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Ligon-Lamsam Commons
Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Zhang Auditorium
Keynote: Redesigning the Enterprise for AI
9:15 - 10:00 AM
Zhang Auditorium
What Makes AI Advantage Last?
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Zhang Auditorium
New Frontiers of Competition
10:45 - 11:45 AM
Zhang Auditorium
Lunch
11:45 AM - 12:25 PM
LIGON-Lamsam Commons
The Reinvention of Software Development
12:25 - 1:20 PM
Zhang Auditorium
How AI is Changing the Customer
1:20 - 2:15 PM
Zhang Auditorium
AI Control as Competitive Advantage
2:15 - 3:00 PM
Zhang Auditorium
Closing Remarks
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Zhang Auditorium
See the detailed program
Session descriptions, speakers, moderators, and the Evans Hall floor guide.
Choose the ticket type that matches your affiliation. Each ticket includes full conference access on November 4, 2026.
Invited Professionals
If you have been invited by the Data & Trusted AI Alliance (D&TA) or the Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management (Y-SIM), please use this registration link.
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Students
Students from Yale and other universities who wish to attend the conference in person are invited to apply for a limited number of spots.
Other Professionals
Please register below for the day pass with full access on November 4, 2026 for $495 per person.
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