/ 01 · OPENING
The framework for the day gets set here.
Opening Vision: The EIG Advantage
The gap between where your business is and where it should be gets mapped here first.
September 9–11, 2026 · Austin, Texas
Build Tomorrow, Today.
September 10 is for the leaders who refuse to be surprised by what's next.
A working conference for senior leaders determined to stay ahead. Join twenty EIG tenured experts and leading SaaS providers for a full day of focused keynotes, executive panels, and hands‑on co‑creation designed to solve real problems. Every collaborative session centers on one question: what do you need to know, build, scale, and decide now to lead confidently through the next twelve months? Leave with clarity, priorities, and solutions shaped to your reality — so the future doesn't surprise you.
Wed · Sept 9
Partners Summit
Partners only — plus the Client Opening Dinner, all invited
Thu · Sept 10
Client Innovation Conference
The main day — keynote, panels, Collaboration Lab
Fri · Sept 11
Master Classes
Partner-led capability building, separate registration
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Our Philosophy
Most organizations fail before execution. By building the wrong solutions.
The right execution of the wrong solution is still failure. Most transformation efforts stall not because teams can't deliver — but because the wrong things were designed, decided, and pushed into delivery in the first place.
EIG connects the full arc — concept, decision, execution — into outcomes that ship. On September 10, Jose Pires sets the strategic direction. Twenty EIG partner experts translate insight into applied intelligence. The Collaboration Lab turns priorities into executable solutions.
The leaders in this room leave September 10 knowing things about their markets, industries, and competitors that they won't find in a quarterly report.
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Signature Sessions
2hr
Collaboration Lab
10,000s
Deployments
30+
Countries Applied
Your Return on Attending
Eight sessions. One unfair advantage.
Every session is engineered to answer one of the questions keeping serious leaders awake — and to send you home with the answer before your competitors finish asking the question.
/ 02 · KEYNOTE
One hour with Jose reframes how leadership actually works.
Excellence & Innovation in Executive Leadership
TEDx Speaker
Lean Six Sigma MBB
CEO, Global Excellence & Innovation
"Insights that reshape how you lead in an era of exponential change."
Market Intelligence: Navigating 2027
Your competitors are already positioning for 2027. Get the same briefing.
Transparency Revolution: Supply Chain Trust
The organizations building supply chain trust now are creating moats their competitors can't cross later.
Lightning Innovation: 5 Challenges, 5 Solutions
The most concentrated hour of actionable intelligence on your industry's hardest problems you'll find anywhere.
The Future is Here: Activating Industry 5.0
Industry 5.0 is not a future conversation. The leaders treating it as one are already falling behind.
Collaboration Lab: Focused Solution Sessions
Every other session tells you what to think. This one changes what you do.
Social Event Exchanges
Sept 9 — An intimate dinner social in town for candid conversation, capped by late-night karaoke for those keeping the dialogue going. Sept 10 — From 16:00, once the closing session wraps: choose your experience — a curated round of golf or a thoughtfully designed surprise activity. Both engineered to carry the day's decisions into the conversations that follow.
Why This Room Matters
The full-stack ecosystem behind every outcome that ships.
Strategy without execution is a slide deck. Execution without design is expensive rework. September 10 assembles the network that connects both — and the leaders who know how to use it.
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Front-End Innovation
Voice of Customer and new product innovation — the disciplines that ensure you're building what the market actually needs before a single engineering hour is spent.
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Decision Intelligence
AI and analytics operationalized for the leaders who make the call — not visibility for its own sake, but decisions and action at speed.
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Execution Systems
Digital and physical execution — where strategy becomes shipped product, deployed process, and measured outcome.
The Partner Network
Not a random collection.
A full-stack capability.
EIG's partner ecosystem spans strategy through scale — every discipline required to move an idea from concept to deployed outcome. Enterprise, mid-market, tech-enabled transformation firms, government, and education ecosystems all draw on the same network.
Design the right solutions → make the right decisions → execute at speed.
Seven Layers · One Network
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Strategy
Direction, positioning, competitive moats
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Innovation & NPI
VOC + product design
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Decision Intelligence
AI + analytics at the point of action
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Execution
Programs that ship on time
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Systems
Agentic AI, digital twins, industrial partners
/ 06
Physical Operations
Where digital meets the floor
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Scale
Channels, education, and the ecosystem that carries deployment across markets
Who you'll meet
16 partners on the ground in Austin, 15 more joining remotely — founders, CEOs, and practitioners across every layer of the stack above.
In Austin
Joining Remotely
/ Flagship Keynote
The Keynote
The insights that have transformed leadership teams across Fortune 50 organizations.
Jose Pires is a TEDx speaker, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and CEO of Global Excellence & Innovation. His work has shaped how leaders in more than 1,000 cross-industry organizations make decisions — with thousands of deployments applied across 30+ countries. On September 10, he delivers the one hour you'll be quoting for the rest of the year.
1,000+
Organizations Shaped
10,000s
Deployments Worldwide
30+
Countries Applied
Full Agenda
A program designed with intention.
Every minute accounted for.
Every session chosen to compound on the last.
All times shown in Central Time (CT)
Wednesday, September 9 is the Partners Summit, a closed working session for the EIG partner network. The Client Opening Dinner that evening is open to everyone attending.
Capability-Building Master Classes
Friday's master classes are hands-on working sessions led by EIG partners — applied frameworks and repeatable methods you can take straight back to your team. Each class is booked directly with the partner leading it; reach out below for details and availability.
In remembrance of September 11, we will observe a moment of silence at 9:11 AM CT during the conference.
Solve it Once — and For All
4 hoursThe AI-powered practical problem-solving process.
Security threats cross departments. Your defenses should connect too. Learn a practical method for turning fragmented signals into coordinated decisions, without centralizing everything.
From Advice to Automation
3 hoursTurn complex client processes into working applications — before lunch.
Master class inquiries — jdevries@consultingeig.com
07:30 — 08:40
Arrival & Welcome Reception
Hosted by Aaron Parr and Mark Sneeringer
Check-in and informal discussion with hot buffet breakfast, coffee, and snacks.
08:40 — 09:00
Opening Vision: The EIG Advantage
Jim de Vries
The Problem → The Gap → How EIG Solves It → Proof. Introduction to collaboration mechanisms and the RavenCSI lightning round.
09:00 — 10:00
Flagship Keynote: Excellence & Innovation in Executive Leadership
Jose Pires — CEO, Global Excellence & Innovation
Insights that reshape how you lead in an era of exponential change.
10:00 — 10:15
Energizing Break
Coffee and fresh perspectives.
10:15 — 10:45
Market Intelligence: Navigating 2027
Chair: Jim de Vries
Key macro-economic trends driving markets and strategy. 20-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute panel discussion.
Panelists
Ken Gould · Javier Zarazua Ruiz · Jose Pires
10:45 — 11:30
Trustbuilding Transparency Revolution: SC Trust Acceleration Index™
Chair: Greg Schlegel
Insights from the MxD Department of War one-year project and its ramifications for US Defense Industrial Base competitiveness. 20-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute panel discussion.
Panelists
Hosni Adra · Jim de Vries · Sashi Wishart
11:30 — 12:00
Lightning Innovation: 6 Challenges, 6 Solutions
Chair: Mark Sneeringer
Six TED-style short talks on industry challenges EIG is addressing. Five minutes each.
TED-Style Talks
Talk 1Start-up AI-NPI
Aaron Parr
Talk 2NPI Assessment
Mark Sneeringer
Talk 3Leadership
Ken Gould
Talk 4Change Management
Leila Rao
Talk 5Unified Security: One View. One Response. Total Protection.
Joe Patti & Adam Roth
Talk 6How to Develop a Team Based on Your PI Behavior
Erik Herman
12:00 — 12:45
Lunch
Buffet and stand-up tables. Maximize interaction and finalize your personalized afternoon schedule.
12:45 — 13:30
The Future is Here: Activating Industry 5.0
Chair: Jim de Vries
Examples and EIG capabilities on AI, Digital Twins, and Agentic Systems via ChainSightAQ™. 20-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute panel discussion.
Panelists
Bulent Uyaniker & Aaron Parr (AI · LLM · Agentic) ·
Hosni Adra (Digital Twins · Real-Time SI&OP · ChainSightAQ™) ·
Nitin Uchil (Digital Twins · Strategic PE Planning) ·
Assad Mirza (Practical AI Applications · Manufacturing & Supply Chain)
13:30 — 14:30
Collaboration Lab I: GTM Focused Solution Sessions
Chair: Mark Sneeringer
Small sessions on specific topics and with specific EIG partners, requested by attendees. Session length stays flexible.
Breakouts
Supply Chain Risk & Resiliency — Trust
Greg Schlegel
Leadership
Ken Gould
AI, LLM & Agentic Systems
Bulent Uyaniker
Agile & Change Management
Leila Rao
Additional breakout
TBC
14:30 — 15:15
Collaboration Lab II: GTM Focused Solution Sessions
Chair: Mark Sneeringer
Second round of small sessions — deeper topics, refined solutions. Session length stays flexible.
Breakouts
Digital Twins — Strategic PE Planning
Nitin Uchil
AI-Assisted Operational Scale-up FailuresSolve It Once — and For All
Aaron Parr & Mark Sneeringer
Cybersecurity
Joe Patti & Adam Roth
Supply Chain Risk & Resiliency — Trust
Greg Schlegel
Additional breakout
TBC
15:15 — 16:00
Closing Momentum: Present GTMs — Your Next Steps
Jim de Vries
Wrap-up and summary of actions developed in the Collaboration Labs.
16:15 — 19:30
Sunset Networking
Golf hosted by Ken Gould · Local Social Activity hosted by Jim de Vries
Choose your experience: 9 holes of relationship-building golf, or a local social activity designed for deeper conversations. Both continue the day's momentum.
19:30 — Late
Offsite Dinner
Continued conversation for clients and partners over dinner.
Can't get to Austin?
Attend the Client Innovation Conference from wherever you are.
The Virtual Pass opens the September 10 program to anyone who can't travel — the Flagship Keynote, the expert panels, and the market intelligence sessions.
Reserve Your Seat
One pass. Every session.
Friday's Master Classes are registered separately from both passes.
/ September 10 · One Day
Client One-Day Pass
$1,000
USD · per attendee
Limited seats held for the invited EIG Partner's client community
What's Included
- All Client Innovation Day signature sessions · Sep 10
- Flagship Keynote by Jose Pires
- Collaboration Lab participation
- Hot breakfast & lunch
- Expert panels & market intelligence
- Sunset Networking Event
Golf or Social Activity · Sept 11 Master Classes — separate registration
/ September 9–10 · Two Days
Partner Two-Day Pass
$350
USD · with partner code
Limited seats held for invited EIG Partners
Use your partner access code at checkout to apply partner pricing.
What's Included
- Partners Summit & opening dinner · Sep 9
- All Client Innovation Day sessions · Sep 10
- Flagship Keynote by Jose Pires
- Collaboration Lab participation
- Hot breakfast & lunch · both days
- Sunset Networking Event
Golf or Social Activity · Sept 11 Master Classes — separate registration
The Details
Questions, answered.
Where exactly is the conference held?
Hyatt Regency Austin
208 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704, USA
A premier hotel positioned on Lady Bird Lake, offering scenic downtown views, direct access to the Hike & Bike Trail, and close proximity to downtown entertainment districts.
Exclusive discount rate available for all attendees. Our hospitality team coordinates preferred-rate hotel blocks within walking distance — details shared upon registration.
What's included in the ticket price?
The Client One-Day Pass covers the full Thursday, September 10 program: every session, the Flagship Keynote, Collaboration Lab participation, breakfast, lunch, refreshments throughout, and the Sunset Networking event. The Partner Two-Day Pass adds the Wednesday, September 9 Partners Summit and opening dinner. The Friday, September 11 Master Classes and the golf or social activity are registered separately from both passes.
Is this only for current EIG clients?
The conference prioritizes the invited client community, but we hold a small allocation of seats each year for qualified executives new to EIG. Submit your registration and our team will confirm availability within 48 hours.
What's the refund and transfer policy?
Full refunds are available up to 60 days prior to the event. Within 60 days, tickets may be transferred to another executive at your organization at no cost. For emergency circumstances within 14 days, contact our concierge team.
Can my team attend together? Are there group rates?
Yes. Teams of three or more qualify for preferred pricing, and we can reserve a dedicated Collaboration Lab group for your organization's specific priorities. Contact jdevries@consultingeig.com for group arrangements.
Will the sessions be recorded?
Select keynote and panel content is captured for registered attendees' post-event access. However, the Collaboration Lab and closed-door executive conversations are intentionally off-record — the value of the room requires it.
The leaders in this room leave September 10 knowing things about their markets, their industry, and their competition that they won't find in a quarterly report.
The cost of not being there shows up later.
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