SMS is proud to partner with The CEO Forum Group for the 6th Annual Leadership Transformative CEO Summit—a high-impact virtual event featuring candid conversations with global CEOs on leadership, strategy, and the future of enterprise. As a benefit of SMS membership, members receive complimentary access to this event and other select partnership programs.
Date & Time: September 29, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Can’t Attend Live? Register anyway—you’ll be the first to receive the event recording, so you can access the insights on your schedule.
Price: $49 non-members, free for SMS members
SMS members will receive an email from the SMS Office with their exclusive access code, or they can find the code in their SMS Personal Snapshot. For questions, please contact the SMS Executive Office at sms@strategicmanagement.net. Not yet an SMS member? Join a global community that connects rigorous strategic thinking with executive practice—and unlock complimentary access to events and leadership resources like these.
Theme: Making the Important Decisions
Featured Keynote Speakers & Themes:
- David S. Marriott, Chairman of the Board, Marriott International, Inc., Leadership and Making the Right Decisions
- Sharon M. Leite, CEO, The Vitamin Shoppe, Leading the Next Chapter of a 50-Year Brand
- Phil Le-Brun, Executive in Residence and Author of The Octopus Organization, Amazon Web Services, Making Decisions in an Octopus Organization
Additional Interactive Workgroups Topics:
- Leadership, Strategy & Disruption
- Strategy and Decision-Making in the Age of AI (SMS Moderated Workgroup)
- How Great Entrepreneurs Make The Tough Decisions
- Using AI to Elevate the CEO Decision Process
- Building High-Performance Cultures Through Leadership
Meet SMS Member and 2026 SMS C. K. Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice Recipient Annabelle Gawer, who will moderate the workgroup “Strategy and Decision Making in an AI World.”
Professor Annabelle Gawer is a world-leading scholar in digital platforms and ecosystem strategy. She holds the Chair in Digital Economy at the University of Surrey, where she directs the Centre of Digital Economy. Her research has explained how the digital age has given rise to new dominant organisational forms — digital platforms and ecosystems — and new kinds of competition, innovation, and governance. The author of four books and over 60 articles, she has been among the most cited female academics in business and economics, receiving multiple Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher awards. She holds a PhD in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a MSc in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and a visiting professor at IMD. She has advised many multinational companies and has had impact on policy, having advised the European Parliament, the European Commission, the OECD, and the UK Competition and Markets Authority on the regulation of digital platforms.