NIIT Confluence 2026 | NIIT's International Customer Conference

Program

Confluence 2026

11 February, 2026

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Registration and Welcome Break Dunes Foyer

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Sailesh Lalla and DJ Chadha

NIIT

Welcome to Confluence 2026 Dunes Ballroom I - III

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Sapnesh Lalla

NIIT

Reflections Dunes Ballroom I - III

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Bill Pelster and Jordan Hammerstad

The Josh Bersin Company

Confluence Highlight: The L&D Revolution: From Learning to Business Enablement Dunes Ballroom I - III

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Martin Stöckl

Airbus SAS

Shaping the Future of Learning at Airbus: Laying the Foundations for AI at Scale Dunes Ballroom I - III

5:45 PM - 6:15 PM

Sapna Moudgil and Pratibha Salwan

NIIT Foundation

Scaling Hope with Education and Employability Dunes Ballroom I - III

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Dr. Gregg Collins and Brandon Dickens

NIIT

How AI will Define the Future of Learning Dunes Ballroom I - III

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Welcome Reception and Dinner Poolside

12 February, 2026

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast Ocean Hai

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration (Ongoing through the day) Registration Desk 2

08:00 AM - 08:30 AM

Michael Wynn

Bank of America

AI Powered Workforce Dunes Ballroom I - III

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Dan Russell

Google

Confluence Keynote: Humans and AI Working and Learning Together Dunes Ballroom I - III

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Simon Brown

Building AI Skills at Scale: The EY Journey Dunes Ballroom I - III

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break Dunes Foyer

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Pooja Singh Mehta

Shell

Reimagining Capability Development: Business Intimate Learning Dunes Ballroom I - III

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Mark Slaga and Mark Cousino

Kyndryl

AIr Supply: Fueling Skills and Strategy Dunes Ballroom I - III

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Pasquale Fontanetta

ServiceNow

AI Broke Legacy L&D… and That’s the Best Thing That Could Have Happened to Us Dunes Ballroom I - III

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch Ocean Hai

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Jonathan Eighteen and Andrea Lipton

NIIT

Rebuilding L&D for an AI-Driven World Dunes Ballroom I - III

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Morad Cherradi

UCB

The Human Engine of Transformation: Building a Future-Ready Workforce Dunes Ballroom I - III

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Kristine Fogliano

Ricoh

Reimagining Sales Force Development: From "Stand and Deliver" to Strategic Partnership Dunes Ballroom I-III

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Marcello Rinaldi

AbbVie

Beyond the Library – Architecting the Undercurrent in the age of AI Dunes Ballroom I - III

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Refreshment Break Dunes Foyer

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Donald H. Taylor

The L&D Survey Series

What's Next for Workplace Learning? Dunes Ballroom I - III

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Cheryl Haga

Aurora

The Great De-Slop: Rescuing Your Enterprise Brain from AI Noise Dunes Ballroom I - III

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Rajendra S. Pawar

NIIT

Amplifying Humanity: Building AI-Powered Learning That Puts People First Dunes Ballroom I - III

6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

All Aboard the Starship Gather in Hotel Lobby

13 February, 2026

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast Ocean Hai

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Vijay K. Thadani

NIIT

Future of AI enabled L&D: Better Sherpa; Better Outcomes Dunes Ballroom I - III

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Sailesh Lalla

NIIT

What’s Next at NIIT: Shaping the Future of L&D Dunes Ballroom I - III

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Johann Laville

Merck

AI-Driven Productivity: Reengineering the Global L&D Operating Model for Speed and Scale Dunes Ballroom I - III

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Refreshment Break and Checkout Dunes Foyer

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Toni-Ann Vroom, Ph.D. and
Dina Zoleo, Ph.D.

The Writing Revolution

Mission-Driven AI: From Idea to Impact Dunes Ballroom I - III

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Charles Donnell, The Coca-Cola Company | Matt Mason, Truist | John Cheniara, Pfizer | Olanda Sharp-Buckley, Dell | Andrea Lipton, NIIT

Panel Discussion: Reimagining Learning with AI Dunes Ballroom I - III

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Larry Durham and
Craig W. Friedman

St. Charles Consulting Group

Confluence Book Club Fireside Chat: Enterprise Skills Unlocked Dunes Ballroom I - III

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

Sapnesh Lalla

NIIT

Closing Note and Reflections Dunes Ballroom I-III

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch Ocean Hai

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

First bus leaves at 2:00 PM, second bus leaves at 2:15 PM.

Bus Transfer to Airport Gather in Lobby

Program

Program

Sailesh Lalla and DJ Chadha

Sapnesh Lalla

Bill Pelster and Jordan Hammerstad

Martin Stöckl

Sapna Moudgil and Pratibha Salwan

Dr. Gregg Collins and Brandon Dickens

Michael Wynn

Dan Russell

Simon Brown

Pooja Singh Mehta

Mark Slaga and Mark Cousino

Pasquale Fontanetta

Jonathan Eighteen and Andrea Lipton

Morad Cherradi

Kristine Fogliano

Marcello Rinaldi

Donald H. Taylor

Cheryl Haga

Rajendra S. Pawar

Vijay K. Thadani

Sailesh Lalla

Johann Laville

Toni-Ann Vroom, Ph.D. and Dina Zoleo, Ph.D.

Charles Donnell, The Coca-Cola Company | Matt Mason, Truist | John Cheniara, Pfizer | Olanda Sharp-Buckley, Dell | Andrea Lipton, NIIT

Larry Durham and Craig W. Friedman

Sapnesh Lalla

Toni-Ann Vroom, Ph.D. and
Dina Zoleo, Ph.D.

Larry Durham and
Craig W. Friedman