Executive Conference
The Great Redesign:
How AI is Reshaping Industries, Professions, and Competition
November 4, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Yale School of Management · New Haven, Connecticut
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
D&TA collectively employs 4.8 million people. How are their professions changing—from software devs to performance marketers?
COMPETITION
Agentic commerce will change competition. Companies are racing to make their brand visible—how are they doing it?
INDUSTRIES
Most companies bring in AI through third party tools. How are they getting the most value and minimizing exposure?
Conference Hosts
Speakers
Joaquin Duato
CEO at Johnson & Johnson
Jim Swanson
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Johnson & Johnson
Inhi Cho Suh
CEO of Niantic Spatial
Attendee Organizations
Flow of the Day
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET.
Final agenda to be published.
Opening Remarks
What’s happening on the ground
Keynote
A CEO’s perspective on how AI is transforming healthcare industries.
Joaquin Duato, CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Jim Swanson, EVP & Enterprise CIO, Johnson & Johnson
AI-Native Perspective
A discussion featuring founders of AI-native companies exploring how born-in-AI companies are redefining legacy industries.
Executive Panel: Customer Behavior & Agentic Marketing
A discussion led by CMOs focusing on AI-driven changes in customer behavior.
Executive Panel: Innovation & the Software Development Lifecycle
How AI is reshaping the software development lifecycle to accelerate innovation and create new business value.
Looking Forward: Trust as a Dependency
Building AI trust with stakeholders.
Choose the ticket type that matches your affiliation. Each ticket includes full conference access on November 4, 2026.
D&TA Member
For executives and practitioners from D&TA Alliance member companies.
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D&TA Guest
Invited guests of the Alliance and its member companies.
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Y-SIM Guest
Guests of the Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management.
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Students (In Person)
Selected students attending the conference in person in New Haven.
Students (Virtual)
Students joining the conference sessions virtually.
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Day Pass
Don’t fit one of the categories above? Purchase a single-day pass for $495 per person, with full access on November 4.