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09/26/2025
Aaron Proietti
Opening Keynote & Tuesday's General Session Speaker
Aaron Proietti is a thought leader in the use of innovation, systems thinking, and artificial intelligence to explore complexity, clarify strategy, and unlock new ways of seeing. His talks give audiences sharper questions, stronger language, and practical approaches they can use right away.
He is the author of Today’s Innovator and a former Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Customer Advocate at Transamerica. Today, he works with organizations and leaders navigating disruption who want to emerge more focused, more resilient, and better equipped for what comes next.
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Working at Cross-Purposes: How Distributors and Manufacturers Can Manage Conflict Successfully
Mike Marks
It takes a long time to develop good distributor-supplier relationships; unfortunately, it only takes a short time to destroy them. Best seller Working at Cross-Purposes, written by Mike Marks, Tim Horan, and Mike Emerson, takes a look at what really drives these relationships, how often they go bad, and why.
