AI Trailblazers Winter 2025 Summit
Speakers & Agenda

The AI Trailblazers Winter Summit 2025 is an exclusive gathering of AI innovators and business leaders shaping the future of intelligent enterprise.

Join senior executives and trailblazers from JPMorgan Chase, The New York Times, H&R Block, Mondelez International, Sephora, and many others for a full day of insight, inspiration, practical application and connection at the intersection of creativity, intelligence, and leadership.

Explore the speakers and agenda for the AI Trailblazers Winter Summit below, and save yourself a spot! The summit will be on Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM at Rockefeller Center, New York, NY.

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Featured Speakers

Alicia Parker
Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Tishman Speyer
Amy Weisenbach
Chief Marketing Officer, The New York Times
Amit Shah
Co-Founder
David C. Edelman
Author and Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
Dani Mariano
Chief Executive Officer, Razorfish
Don McGuire
Chief Marketing Officer, Qualcomm
Doug Rozen
President, Cadent
Greg Kahn
Co-Founder
Jennifer Mennes
VP Global Head of Digital, Mondelez International
Jill Cress
Chief Marketing & Experience Officer, H&R Block
Jim Lecinski
Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
Leanne Fremar
Global Chief Brand Officer, JPMorgan Chase
Major General Michael F. Fahey III (Ret.)
Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps
Mark Kirkham
Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo
Michael Kassan
Chief Executive Officer, 3C Ventures
Michael Lampert
Sr. Director, Global GenAI, Mondelez International
Richard Sanderson
Marketing, Sales, & Communications Officer Practice Lead, Spencer Stuart
Ryan Brown
Head of Creative, Chime Bank
Seth Matlins
Managing Director, Forbes CMO Network
Shiv Singh
Co-Founder
Suzanne Vranica
Advertising Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Toygar Bazarkaya
Award-Winning Creative Director
Vineet Mehra
Chief Marketing Officer, Chime Bank
Zena Srivatsa Arnold
Chief Marketing Officer, Sephora USA

Agenda

8:00 AM - Registration & Breakfast

Start the day with registration, coffee, and networking with fellow marketing and business leaders.

9:00 AM - Opening Remarks: Feed the Story, Fuel the Signal

A welcome address setting the tone for the day exploring how AI is reshaping brand storytelling, creative intelligence, and operational speed.

Amit Shah, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Greg Kahn, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers

9:15 AM - Marketing with AI: The 2026 Horizon

From hype to hands-on transformation, discover what’s next for marketing leaders as they move from experimentation to everyday integration in the 2nd Annual Marketing Horizon keynote.

Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers

9:45 AM - Inside the Mondelez Generative AI Marketing Platform

Go behind the curtain of one of the most advanced enterprise AI marketing platforms in the world. Learn how Mondelez is scaling AI creativity across global brands.

Jennifer Mennes, VP Global Head of Digital, Mondelez International
Michael Lampert,
Sr. Director, Global GenAI, Mondelez International

10:30 AM - Fireside Chat: Marketing Mastery in the AI Era: How Snapdragon Is Powering What’s Next

Learn how Qualcomm is accelerating AI adoption across the organization and shaping the next generation of on-device intelligence through Snapdragon. Don shares practical lessons for senior marketers on cutting through the hype, building AI-ready teams, and unlocking new creative and performance opportunities in an AI-powered marketing landscape.

Don McGuire, Chief Marketing Officer, Qualcomm
Greg Kahn, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers

10:50 AM - Networking Break:

Grab coffee and connect with fellow attendees.

11:20 AM - The Executive Perspective: The Shape of Things to Come

Business leaders share how AI is rewriting marketing playbooks, from creativity to performance, data to storytelling in their organizations.

Amy Weisenbach, Chief Marketing Officer, The New York Times

Dani Mariano, Chief Executive Officer, Razorfish

Mark Kirkham, Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo

Zena Srivatsa Arnold, Chief Marketing Officer, Sephora USA
Seth Matlins,
Managing Director, Forbes CMO Network (Moderator)

12:00 PM - Designing the Connected Experience: How AI Is Transforming the Future Consumer Journey

This conversation will explore how brands and developers of place—like Tishman Speyer—are using AI and human-centered design to create a truly connected consumer experience across the physical, digital, and emotional touchpoints that define brand value today.

Alicia Parker, Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

12:20 PM - Fireside Chat: Leading - The U.S. Marine Corps Perspective

A powerful discussion on leadership, adaptability, and resilience in the age of AI. Lessons from one of the world’s most disciplined organizations meet the realities of enterprise transformation.

Major General Michael F. Fahey III, USMC (Ret.)

Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers (Moderator)

12:40 PM - Lunch & Networking Break

Grab lunch and connect with fellow attendees.

1:40 PM - Fireside Chat: Reinventing Marketing with AI at Scale

A behind-the-scenes look at how JPMorgan Chase is using AI to reinvent marketing operations, driving smarter campaigns, sharper personalization, and new levels of efficiency at the scale of America’s largest bank.

Leanne Fremar, Global Chief Brand Officer, JP Morgan Chase
Michael Kassan, Chief Executive Officer, 3C Ventures (Moderator)

2:00 PM - Operationalizing AI in Marketing

Bringing leaders from across the marketing and communications ecosystem together, this panel explores how organizations move beyond pilots to embed AI in everyday business, highlighting real case studies that drive business impact.

Jim Lecinski, Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management

David Edelman, Senior Advisor, BCG & Former Chief Marketing Officer, Aetna

Doug Rozen, President, Cadent

Greg Kahn, Co-Founder AI Trailblazers (Moderator)

2:40 PM - Agentic AI and the Future of Marketing

Agentic AI is no longer theory,  it’s redefining how campaigns are imagined, built, and optimized. Explore real-world implications for marketing organizations and where the frontier is headed.

Amit Shah, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers

3:10 PM - Networking Break

Grab coffee and connect with fellow attendees.

3:40 PM - GenAI Advertising Showcase

A live, high-energy session where award-winning creatives and brand leaders use AI tools to reimagine a classic brief revealing both the power and limits of AI-driven creativity.

Toygar Bazarkaya, Award-Winning Creative Director

Ryan Brown, Head of Creative, Chime Bank

Vineet Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Chime Bank

4:20 PM - Fireside Chat: Redefining the CMO Playbook in the AI Era

Join Jill Cress, CMO of H&R Block, for a one-on-one conversation on how AI is transforming marketing leadership from building trust and creativity to driving measurable growth in a machine-driven world.

Jill Cress, Chief Marketing Officer, H&R Block

Suzanne Vranica, Advertising Editor, The Wall Street Journal

4:40 PM - B2B Marketing Panel

Explore how agentic AI is transforming B2B marketing by empowering autonomous decision-making, accelerating go-to-market operations, and redefining creative and customer engagement models. Learn how leading enterprises are integrating AI agents into workflows to drive precision, scalability, and human-machine collaboration.

5:10 PM - AI Workforce Transformations

A candid discussion with experts, featuring new research into how the marketing function will shift with AI and what it means for the future of talent and investment.

Richard Sanderson, Marketing, Sales & Communications Officer Practice Lead, Spencer Stuart

6:00 PM - Closing & AI Trailblazers Power 100 Cocktails

Wrap up the day and connect with peers and share key takeaways.

Registration Details

When: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time:
 8:00am - 7:00pm
Where
: Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

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Agenda is subject to change based on unforeseen factors or circumstances beyond the control of the summit organizers.