Speakers and Chairs 2026 include
Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson

CEO, Bayer AG

Josef Aschbacher

Josef Aschbacher

Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA)

Eva Asselmann

Eva Asselmann

Professor of Differential and Personality Psychology at HMU Health and Medical University in Potsdam

Maud Bailly

Maud Bailly

CEO Sofitel Legend, Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems – Accor Luxury & Lifestyle

Doris Birkhofer

Doris Birkhofer

President of Siemens France; CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure

George Q. Daley

George Q. Daley

Dean Harvard Medical School

Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson

Professor of Leadership & Management, Harvard Business School

Gerd Gigerenzer

Gerd Gigerenzer

Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy, University of Potsdam

Linda A. Hill

Linda A. Hill

Professor of Business Administration, Chair of the Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business School

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE University of Lucerne

Pierre Le Manh

Pierre Le Manh

President and CEO, PMI Project Management Institute

Roger L. Martin

Roger L. Martin

Professor Emeritus & Former Dean, Rotman School; Strategy advisor

Rita McGrath

Rita McGrath

Professor of strategy, Columbia Business School

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Gianpiero Petriglieri

INSEAD Alumni Professor in Leadership & Development

Shin Shuda

Shin Shuda

Global CEO, Uvance Wayfinders, Fujitsu

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

SHRM-SCP, President & CEO, SHRM

Josée Touchette

Josée Touchette

Executive Director, OECD

Tom Tugendhat

Tom Tugendhat

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom; Former UK Minister

Jana Werner

Jana Werner

Executive in Residence, Amazon Web Services

Howard Yu

Howard Yu

Professor of Management & Innovation, IMD

NOV 4 – 5, 2026

Global Peter
Drucker Forum

JUNE 22, 2026

The Care and Feeding
of Innovation

NOV 6 – 7, 2025

Global Peter
Drucker Forum

Next Gen Innovation
When Everything Depends On Ingenuity

 

The Global Peter Drucker Forum is delighted to double down on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics by choosing the role of innovation and technological change in driving economic growth and shaping the future of the world we live in as a central theme for 2026. 


“Growth is created by the emergence of new talents and ideas, which challenge yesterday’s innovators and force them to keep innovating, or be pushed out of the market – with the newcomers eclipsing them.”

– Philippe Aghion, 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics 

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The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won’t survive.

– Peter Drucker Managing in the Next Society, 2002


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