Top leaders from Walmart, Mars, HCLTech, Standard Bank, and Flagship Pioneering to speak at Harvard Business Review’s signature virtual conference.

Harvard Business Review will host its annual Future of Business conference on Monday, November 3, 2025.

Future of Business 2025 is a full-day virtual event bringing together global leaders and thinkers to explore today’s most pressing challenges—from reskilling for AI to leading successful business transformations. Featuring editor-led CEO interviews and mini-masterclasses with top academics, the program offers practical insights to help leaders adapt and prepare for what’s next.

Reltio is the lead sponsor of the event, with Dynatrace and Solidigm serving as contributing sponsors.

The day’s lineup includes:

Leadership Conversations

• Noubar Afeyan, CEO, Flagship Pioneering and Co-Founder, Moderna — The Keys to Achieving Breakthrough Innovation
• Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chair, HCLTech — Reskilling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
• Doug McMillon, CEO, Walmart — Leading with Purpose in Uncertain Times
• Sim Tshabalala, CEO, Standard Bank — Driving Sustainable Growth and Shared Prosperity
• Poul Weihrauch, CEO, Mars — How Business Can Be a Force for Good

Mini-Masterclasses

• Anima Anandkumar, California Institute of Technology — What’s Next for AI and Machine Learning Tools
• Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School — How to Find Courage Amid Chaos
• Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, Projects & Company — A Playbook for Accelerating Project-Led Transformation
• Amy Webb, Future Today Strategy Group and NYU Stern — Harnessing Strategic Foresight
• Jeffrey Yip, Simon Fraser University — Building the Future Through Influential Listening

Additional highlights include an entrepreneur spotlight; Manish Sood, CEO and Founder of Reltio, and Venkat Venkatraman, Professor, Boston University, on winning in the AI-driven enterprise; Greg Matson, SVP, Head of Marketing, Business and Product Strategy, Solidigm, on rethinking storage for the AI era; and Alois Reitbauer, Chief Technology Strategist, Dynatrace, on real-time insights for smarter decisions.

See the full agenda and register here.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Amy Poftak at apoftak@hbr.org.

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