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The clothes you're wearing come from a trillion-dollar industry that still runs largely in the dark. In this session, Tony Fadell, creator of the iPod and founder of Nest, joins Physical AI company Smartex.ai and global fashion leader H&M to show how intelligent hardware is transforming one of the world's largest supply chains. From fabric mill to finished garment, learn how deep technology is bringing light to a supply chain few thought could change.

The techstyle stack

As AI reshapes technology, one truth holds: innovation can only move as fast as the security protecting it. The same AI empowering defenders is supercharging attackers at machine speed. CrowdStrike CEO and Founder George Kurtz explores why security is the foundation of the AI era, letting business move faster and safer. From cloud networks to split-second Formula 1 data, see why the companies that win with AI are the ones that secure it first.

The best offense is a machine-speed defence

The path from discovery to purchase is being reshaped by platforms, creators, brands and AI. This panel explores how marketers are adapting as the places where people discover products, make decisions and transact increasingly overlap, and what brands need to do to stay relevant and trusted along the way.

The new battle for brand influence

Women’s health has long been approached in fragments, often reactive and disconnected, leaving major gaps in how women understand their bodies and navigate different stages of life. This session introduces a new product that brings together health intelligence, personalization and technology to help women take a more proactive role in living healthier for longer. What could a new approach to female longevity look like?

Rewriting the rules of female longevity

Generating text and code is frictionless compared to moving through physical space. The next decade belongs to physical AI: software that leaves the safety of the browser to interact directly with kinetic reality. Operating outside the data center demands what language models could never deliver – spatial depth, continuous motion, and immediate physical consequence. This session breaks down the architecture of embodied autonomy, exploring how next-generation world models turn raw algorithms into machines that can safely navigate the physical universe.

When software meets matter

Everyone feels in control until disruption exposes the cracks. As AI systems become more powerful and technology ecosystems more interconnected, enterprises are being forced to confront a difficult reality: can they prove their digital sovereignty and control of the technology their business depends on? IBM will debut exclusive research exploring the gap between confidence and capability, uncovering what failure could cost, where organizations are most vulnerable, and what separates true digital sovereignty leaders from those whose control was never as strong as they believed.

The enterprise reality check: Who’s controlling data and AI?

Wars, great-power rivalry and competing visions of sovereignty are putting the international legal system under extraordinary strain. In this talk, Mary Robinson, Henry Farrell, and Victor Gao ask whether the rules-based order is entering a period of fundamental transformation and what, if anything, could replace it.

The last days of the rules-based order?

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