A Multipolar & AI-Driven World: Are New Approaches Needed To Preserve Profit and Public Trust?

Designed for practicing board members and corporate leaders, the session addresses how boards can balance market competitiveness with resilience when global markets splinter, supply chains realign, and wealth inequality challenges traditional market dynamics. Participants will explore scenario planning for geopolitical volatility—from trade patterns to technology decoupling—and the board composition required to facilitate strategic foresight. 

Sessions also examine critical governance questions: How can boards foster a culture of innovation and competitiveness while building the scaffolding needed for responsible AI adoption? What does Corporate Political Responsibility mean in the face of changing global norms across jurisdictions? How should boards engage to shape a corporate response to public policy? What governance structures serve companies providing essential services
when national interests increasingly trump market efficiency?
 

1. How prepared are boards to manage the transition from a US-led global order to competing power centers with divergent values, regulations, and economic systems?
2. What combination of geopolitical literacy, regional expertise, and cross-cultural fluency does board composition now require in a multipolar world?
3. How can boards anticipate and evaluate emerging risks such as supply chain realignment, technology decoupling, and regional trade bloc formation?
4. What combination of strategic foresight capabilities and technical knowledge does board composition require in an AI-driven, multipolar world?
5. What scaffolding do boards need to support responsible AI adoption while maintaining competitiveness in a rapidly evolving landscape?
6. What are the implications for corporate compensation and long-term consumer demand when traditional professions collide with an AI-powered economy?
7. How do different governance and ownership models—from founder-driven companies to institutional investors to non-profit hybrids—affect the corporate "North Star" and preserve public trust?
8. What governance structures serve companies providing essential goods and services to ensure that access and quality are not trumped by market efficiency?
9. What is Corporate Political Responsibility when companies operate across jurisdictions with opposing political systems and contradictory demands? When should corporate leaders "speak up" and how should boards evaluate the impact of gaining or losing public trust?
10. Are there meaningful regional differences (Europe, Asia, US) in how boards balance short-term results against long-term resilience and societal impact?

The program fee is 4,250 USD.*The fee includes program participation, meals, and accommodation at Schloss Leopoldskron. *2,250 USD for research academics and public sector employees upon confirmation of status. Limited grants to support next-generation board members are available for exemplary applicants.

Cancellation Fees:

In case of cancellation, a participant may transfer registration to another member of the participant's organization (city, department, firm, etc.) upon mutual agreement. Alternatively:

• Cancellation more than 60 days before the program: 100% refund
• Cancellation less than 60 days and more than 30 days before the event: 50% refund
• Cancellation less than 30 days but more than 14 days: 25% refund
• Cancellation less than 14 days: no refund