AGENDA

PWN Global Summit, Lisbon 2026 Leading with Collaborative Intelligence

POWER

Geopolitics and Geoeconomics

Welcome Video
In her video, the Ambassador will set the tone for dialogue and collaboration, underscoring the importance of inclusive leadership and global partnerships in navigating today’s complex challenges.

Moving from Control to Collaborative Intelligence (Opening Plenary)
Why Control Is Failing Us. Why Collaborative Intelligence Is A Key Leadership Capability For The Future
Speaker: Carlos Branco

From Control to Courage: Why Leadership is failing and What we must do instead (Keynote Address) 
Why traditional command-and-control leadership is no longer fit for a world shaped by complexity, rapid change, and growing expectations of trust, inclusion and legitimacy. 
Keynote Speaker: Manuela Doutel Haghighi

From Authority to Legitimacy: Redefining Power in the age of complexity (Keynote Video ) 
Reframing Power From Positional Authority To Earned Legitimacy And Trust 
Keynote Speaker: Dato' Dr Munirah Looi

Using Power for Good (Keynote Video)
What responsible leadership and ethical influence look like today. Lessons from diplomacy, dialogue, and international collaboration.
Keynote Speaker: Nathalie Mimoun

How can power be exercised responsibly? (Panel) 
Anchoring power in purpose and distributing agency without abdicating responsibility. 
Moderator: Amy Kellogg

PROGRESS

Corporate Transformation 
Technology as an Amplifier

The Paradigm Shift: Key factors transforming the corporate world (Opening Plenary - Video) 
The key factors driving corporate transformation. How technology is powering the move to adaptive, networked and intelligence-driven organisations and the implications for the workforce and society 
Keynote Speaker: Dr Harbeen Arora Rai

Leading Change in the Age of AI (Keynote) 
How leadership ensures AI is an accelerator and amplifier, and is accessed equitably. Building AI-Augmented Organisations 

Tackling Algorithmic Bias: How Can Women Thrive? (Panel)
Ensuring algorithms do not deepen inequality by balancing speed of development with oversight. Promoting adaptability for career transformations.
Moderator: Robert Baker


PEOPLE

Leadership across Cultures
New Careers, New Identities

The Human Advantage: How people need to be at the center (Keynote) 
Leading across diverse and multicultural environments. How people become your competitive advantage 
Keynote Speaker: Dr Anthony Giannoumis

Intergenerational Leadership: Bridging experience and emergence  (Panel)
Inspiring collaboration across five generations in the workplace. Recognising the value of experience and emergence. From mentorship to mutual learning. 
Moderator: Robert Baker

Collaborative Intelligence: the leadership capability for the next decade (Breakout Groups) 
Bringing Power, Progress and People Together: Collaborative Intelligence as the Leadership mandate for the next decade. Positioning PWN as a key catalyst for change. Personal Commitment. 

The Power and Potential of Longer Lives (Keynote) 
New Careers and Identities, Reinvention and Transitions: The Impact of Longevity. 
Keynote Speaker: Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

Agenda Curators

We are pleased to announce Sharon Schön and Robert Baker as Agenda Curators for the Summit. 


Sharon Schön

Sharon is a strategist, board leader, and storyteller who brings clarity to complex leadership challenges. Operating at the intersection of governance, people, and future-oriented strategy, she helps leaders see the human side of power and progress.

Sharon’s work translates disruption into opportunity, using narrative to connect vision, people, and systems. With a focus on community-building and inclusive frameworks, she fosters sustainable leadership practices that empower individuals and organisations to thrive in a rapidly evolving, collaborative world.

Robert Baker

Robert brings more than three decades of international experience advising boards and executive teams on leadership, governance, and inclusion. As a former Global Diversity & Inclusion Leader at Mercer and a recognised Top 50 Gender Equity Trailblazer, he has worked across sectors and geographies to embed measurable inclusion, institutional legitimacy, and cultural transformation into core governance systems. 

Robert is known for elevating strategic conversations, embedding measurable inclusion into governance, and designing leadership systems that balance performance, accountability, and trust. 

Event Agenda

The agenda will unfold in three parts with panels of discussions and distinguished speakers: 

Power: geopolitics and geoeconomics 

Progress: corporate transformation technology as an amplifier 

People: leadership across cultures, new careers, new identities 

It celebrates people: different cultures, leadership styles, career paths, and the power of expression, exploring how they coexist, clash, and complement each other.

Day 1 :

June 26, 2026
08:00 WEST
08:00 WEST - 09:00 WEST
Registration & Networking
09:00 WEST
09:00 WEST - 09:30 WEST
POWER: Welcome to Lisbon and to the Summit
Purpose of Summit and 30-Year PWN Global Celebration
09:30 WEST - 10:00 WEST
POWER: Moving from Control to Collaborative Intelligence
Opening Plenary Why Control Is Failing Us. Why Collaborative Intelligence Is A Key Leadership Capability For The Future
10:00 WEST
10:00 WEST - 11:00 WEST
POWER: From Authority to Legitimacy: Redefining Power in Age of Complexity
Keynote presentation Reframing Power From Positional Authority To Earned Legitimacy And Trust
11:00 WEST
11:00 WEST - 11:45 WEST
Coffee Break & Networking
Networking Coffee Break (Foyer) and Group Photos
11:45 WEST - 13:00 WEST
POWER: How can Power be exercised responsibly?
PANEL: Anchoring power in purpose and distributing agency without abdicating responsibility Moderator: Amy Kellog. Panellists: Carlien Scheele, Isabel Schnabel, Gillian Tans, Vitor Bento, Kristina Lunz, Silvana Koch-Mehrin
11:45 WEST - 13:15 WEST
POWER: Redistribution of Power: countries, platforms and people (implications)
13:00 WEST
13:00 WEST - 13:15 WEST
POWER: Recap Session
13:15 WEST - 15:15 WEST
Lunch — Thematic Tables 
15:15 WEST
15:15 WEST - 16:00 WEST
PROGRESS: The Paradigm shift: Key factors transforming the corporate world
The key factors driving corporate transformation. How technology is powering the move to adaptive, networked and intelligence-driven organisations and the implications for the workforce and society
16:00 WEST
16:00 WEST - 16:30 WEST
PROGRESS: Leading chance in the age of AI
How leadership ensures AI is an accelerator and amplifier and is accessed equitably. Building AI-Augmented Organisations
16:30 WEST - 17:00 WEST
Networking break
17:00 WEST
17:00 WEST - 17:45 WEST
PROGRESS: Who Governs the Algorithm?
Panel Ensuring algorithms do not deepen inequality and balancing speed of development with oversight. Moderator: Robert Baker. Panelists: Dorothy Dalton, Audrey-Flore Ngomsik, Sheila Gemin, Ivana Bartoletti
17:45 WEST - 18:00 WEST
PROGRESS: Recap & Closing the day
20:00 WEST
20:00 WEST - 22:00 WEST
Dinner & Networking

Day 2 :

June 27, 2026
08:00 WEST
08:00 WEST - 09:00 WEST
Networking
09:00 WEST
09:00 WEST - 09:15 WEST
Recap of Day 1 & Overview Day 2
Welcome back - key takeaways & introduction to the day with PWN Global Co-Presidents, Yolanda Gutiérrez & Mónica Santiago
09:15 WEST - 10:00 WEST
PEOPLE: The Human Advantage: How people need to be at the centre
Leading across diverse and multicultural environments. How people become your competitive advantage
10:00 WEST
10:00 WEST - 11:00 WEST
PEOPLE: Intergenerational Leadership: Bridging Experience and Emergence
Panel: Inspiring collaboration across five generations in the workplace. Recognising the value of experience and emergence. From mentorship to mutual learning. Panel Moderator: Robert Baker Panellists: Michelle Mueller, Wendy Moree, Alice Adamczyk, Dr Jonathan Collie
11:00 WEST
11:00 WEST - 11:45 WEST
Break out Groups: COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE: THE LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY FOR THE NEXT DECADE
Bringing Power, Progress, and People Together: Collaborative intelligence as the leadership mandate for the next decade. Positioning PWN as a key catalyst for change. Personal Commitment. Coffee break included.
12:45 WEST
12:45 WEST - 13:45 WEST
PEOPLE: Rethinking careers and transitions in longer lives
Keynote New Careers and Identities, Reinvention and Transitions: The Impact of Longevity.
13:45 WEST
13:45 WEST - 14:00 WEST
Closing of the Summit