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The Economic Times World Leadership Forum (ET WLF) returns on August 22-23, bringing together some of the sharpest minds from boardrooms, trading floors and innovation hubs across the world to share insights at a time of trade wars, geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.The theme for this year is The Next Global Order: Power, Purpose & Partnership.Over two days at New Delhi's Taj Palace hotel, global CEOs, entrepreneurs and visionaries will decode the forces reshaping global trade-from shifting power equations to artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs-offering the audience new perspectives to make sense of and navigate these turbulent times.From the world of consulting, Christoph Schweizer, chief executive of BCG, and Mohamed Kande, global chairman of PwC, will be sharing their views at the country's top platform for exchange of ideas.A highlight of the forum will be Sir Martin Sorrell, the legendary dealmaker who has shaped and reshaped the global advertising industry multiple times over his storied career. The chairman of S4 Capital may share his playbook.Chris Wood, CIO at Jefferies, will offer his take on what geopolitical headwinds mean for Indian equities and how global investors are sizing up the India opportunity.International investors such as David Steinbach, managing partner at Hines, one of the world's largest privately held real estate investors and managers, and Ritu Arora, chief executive of Allianz Investment, Asia Pacific, will reveal how global capital sees the India story.Federico J González, global vice-chairman of Radisson Hotel Group, and Puneet Chhatwal, managing director and chief executive of Indian Hotels , will share their perspectives on emerging trends in the Indian hospitality sector, which is among the best-performing in the world.India's legal sector is opening for global competition. And Sunny Mann, global chairman of Baker McKenzie, one of the world's top law firms, is on the speaker list.ET WLF also has a lineup of top technology CEOs flying in to share insights as AI emerges as a megatrend, with every company and leader eager to understand its disruptive potential and the opportunities it creates.They include Jonathan Ross, founder of Groq, one of Silicon Valley's most talked-about AI chipmaking startups, along with Truecaller global chief executive Rishit Jhunjhunwala, bestselling author and Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz, globally acclaimed software leader and Vianai Systems founder Vishal Sikka, Clearwater Analytics chief executive Sandeep Sahai, Nothing cofounder Akis Evangelidis, Tredence CEO Shub Bhowmick and Stack Overflow chief executive Prashanth Chandrasekar.These heavyweights will dive deep into the large-scale technology transformations changing the IT business and reshaping companies worldwide.Chris Perry, global president of the $31-billion market cap fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions, will speak on the next big AI revolution in financial services.With Bitcoin touching all-time highs, Bitget chief operations officer Vugar Usi Zade, Coinweb Labs chief executive Toby Gilbert, and Polygon Labs founder and CEO Sandeep Nailwal will discuss the next chapter for digital assets and blockchain innovation.Japanese corporate leaders Kosuke Mori, CEO of Saison International, and Koichi Zaiki, managing executive officer and Asia-Pacific chief executive at Mizuho Bank, will share an outsider's view on doing business in India.
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