The most persistent challenges of our time deserve bold, innovative thinking.
2026 Highlights:
Opening Remarks
Transformation: Corporate Purpose’s New Era

Featured Fireside Chats
Workplaces that Work to Care
How is the American workforce impacted by off-the-clock caretaking responsibilities. Is the rise of the AI era helping or hindering the way employees seek to balance their professional duties and care for their loved ones? Through never-done-before research, Edward Jones has some new answers.
Advancing Outcomes Through Health and Care
At a global company where health is everything, Johnson & Johnson is a long-time leader in both health (medicine and the innovation pipeline) and care (serving patients and employees). Learn how visionary leadership and a deep commitment to human well-being drives every aspect of J&J’s business and social impact, including new initiatives dedicated to the health worker community.


Featured Innovation Spotlight
Innovation with Purpose
Discover the inspiring story of three blind girls who excelled in a Make48 product design challenge. Their groundbreaking creation, a cooler designed to support homeless individuals, demonstrates the incredible impact of creativity, determination, and mentorship in tackling societal issues. This segment will explore how inclusive innovation fosters meaningful change.
- Pam Arbeiter, Principal and Director of Special Education, Kansas State School for the Blind
- Viviana Petelin, Student and Inventor, Kansas State School for the Blind
- Sydney Parcell, Student and Inventor, Kansas State School for the Blind
- Thomas Gray, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Make48
- In Conversation With: Sharrell, Educational Experience Strategist, Make48

