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  • Female Farm Worker Using Digital Tablet With Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Analyzing Plant Disease in Sugarcane Agriculture Fields. Technology Smart Farming and Innovation Agricultural Concepts.Tech

    To help feed the world better, farmers turn to AI

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  • Aerial view/A water treatment pond in the water supply that turns natural water for consumption.Tech

    AI could help the water industry curb its thirst for energy

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  • Businesswoman silhouette walking window in office conference room at sea view. Unrecognized secretary worker carry documents papers in glass hall. Freelancer financial director going corporate meetingLeadership

    Why director independence matters, and how boards can ensure it

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  • Woman holding her hands over her eyes against a background of cryptic writing on a wall.Leadership

    What did you say? Boards tackle corporate jargon

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  • Artistic rendering of three groups of people coming togetherLeadership

    How boards can make the most of stakeholder governance

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  • Digital marketing. Businessman using modern interface payments online shopping and icon customer network connection on virtual screen.Leadership

    How boards can get smart about A.I.

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  • Hand touching CFO inscription, new technology conceptLeadership

    How far can you go with an outsourced CFO?

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  • Wouldn’t you know it—talent worries are top-of-mind for CFOs.Leadership

    How CFOs can win the talent war

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  • Business mergers and acquisitions concept. Share acquisition, asset business acquisition, amalgamation. Business review and development model. The abbreviation M and A on smart background, copy space.Leadership

    How CFOs can pull their weight in M&A

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  • ON A MISSION: A.I. AND ESG Hosted by C3.ai What world do we want to create and how will A.I. get us all there? Artificial intelligence has been leveraging real-time metrics to help companies meet ESG objectives and cement their stakeholder capitalism strategies. By streamlining data, machine learning algorithms can provide valuable insights to improve and bolster corporate sustainability initiatives. How can technology integrate strategy, execution, core purpose and focused leadership action? This discussion explores how A.I. can help senior executives successfully reshape and leverage their organizations around purpose-driven missions. Tom Chavez, Founder and General Partner, super{set} Jeremy King, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Pinterest Nikhil Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Products, C3.ai Navrina Singh, Founder and CEO, Credo AI Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, FORTUNEConferences

    For businesses with ESG goals, A.I. helps make the mission possible

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  • BUILDING AN OPEN A.I. ECOSYSTEM Hosted by Intel A.I. is moving fast at all levels, making it more difficult and complex to build and deploy solutions. Rapid A.I. innovation does not happen in a walled garden. Achieving A.I. everywhere requires an open software ecosystem that can streamline workflows, reduce cost, and accelerate innovation while ensuring security and ethical practices. What are the most relevant implications of an open ecosystem? How can organizations share and best leverage open innovation to empower their industries and maximize benefits of AI? Andrea Huels, Head of A.I. North America, Lenovo Wei Li,Vice President and General Manager, A.I. and Analytics (AIA), Intel Saam Motamedi , Partner, Greylock Partners Zach Sippl, Vice President, Data and Analytics, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Moderator: Verne Kopytoff, FORTUNEConferences

    From silicon chips to tortilla chips, the A.I. ecosystem takes shape

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  • Silhouettes of Business People Overlayed with CityscapeLeadership

    Directors overboard: How many seats is too many?

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  • 028<br /> Fortune Impact Initiative 2022<br /> Wednesday, November 30th, 2022<br /> Atlanta, GA 12:40 &#8211; 2:00 PM<br /> LUNCH IMPACT STRATEGY SESSIONS<br /> NAVIGATING THE CHANGING REPORTING LANDSCAPE<br /> Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company<br /> With a proposed SEC climate-related disclosure rule emerging, companies are being increasingly challenged by regulators—as well as investors and society—to enhance their sustainability reporting and disclosure. How can companies provide specific and meaningful disclosures for ESG issues? This strategy session will explore the various reporting frameworks being used in sustainability reporting, including TCFD, GRI, and SASB[SS1] [PS2] . We will hear about the tools, processes, and partnerships needed to develop more robust tracking and diagnostic solutions. This session will also highlight the challenges of integrating multiple frameworks into a single report, perspectives on this issue, lessons learned, and best practices for the future. Crystal Barnes, Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility and ESG, Paramount<br /> Brooke Fapohunda, Chief Sustainability Officer, Lord Abbett<br /> Faith Taylor, Global Sustainability Officer, Kyndryl<br /> Moderator: Nick Lichtenberg, FORTUNE Photograph by Erik Meadows/FortuneConferences

    By tackling the challenges of ESG reporting, these companies help show the way forward

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  • 005<br /> Fortune Impact Initiative 2022<br /> Tuesday, November 29th, 2022<br /> Atlanta, GA 4:00 &#8211; 5:00 PM<br /> IMPACT ROUNDTABLES<br /> Benefits And Challenges Of Achieving A Circular Economy<br /> Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company<br /> The circular economy is an essential part of fulfilling ESG goals. Applying circular economy principles can reduce costs, increase revenues, and manage risks. What are the challenges and opportunities facing businesses that are integrating these principles? How have leaders transformed their business models and what are some practical approaches for creating internal support and forming external partnerships? This session will address topics such as transitioning from linear to circular business models in a world that demands closed-loop products, overcoming circular economy challenges in supply chains, and integrating the concept of circularity into companies’ water strategies. Discussion Leaders:<br /> Michael Goltzman, Vice-President, Global Public Policy and Sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company<br /> Marissa McGowan, Chief Sustainability Officer, L’Oréal<br /> Amanda Nusz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Target, President, Target Foundation<br /> Moderator: Lindsey Stanberry, Executive Editor, Success, FORTUNE; Co-chair, Fortune Impact Initiative Photograph by Erik Meadows/FortuneConferences

    How L’Oréal, Target, and Coca-Cola are making moves in the circular economy

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  • 017<br /> 2022 FORTUNE MPW Next Gen <br /> November 16th, 2022<br /> San Diego, CA 8:30 AM              <br /> MPW PROGRAM BREAKFAST CONCURRENT SESSIONS  CREATING MEANINGFUL CHANGE: COLLABORATION IN ACTION<br /> Hosted by Walton Family Foundation<br /> The pandemic brought about many challenges, but also opportunities for collaborative problem-solving. How do we harness this new way of working, and keep the momentum going as we head into a tightening economy and an even more polarized political climate? How can organizations redefine collaborative cultures and push for even greater cooperation across industries and across borders?  We look at the tools being used by successful companies  to implement meaningful change.  Speakers:<br /> Alva Adams-Mason, Executive Group Manager, Multicultural Business Alliance and Strategy and Multicultural Dealer Relations, Toyota Motor North America<br /> Anya Dua, Founder and President, Gen Z Identity Lab<br /> Julian Guthrie, Founder and CEO, Alphy<br /> Vanita Patel, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives, Apple<br /> Chelsea Peters, Chief Strategy Officer, Walton Family Foundation <br /> Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, FORTUNE Photograph by Stuart Isett/FortuneConferences

    For these business and philanthropic leaders, collaboration to bring meaningful change takes many forms

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