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Adam Bai

Chief Strategy Officer + Chief Client Officer

Panoplai

By training, an anthropologist of innovation and technology who helped lead transformation initiatives for a range of global organizations, including IBM and PepsiCo. Early executive (first Editor-in-Chief and first Chief Strategy Officer) at Nomadic Learning, a cohort-based digital learning company. (Nomadic had a successful exit, and was acquired by Guild, a leading corporate learning firm.) Published in Harvard Business Review, Ad Age, Adweek, Barron's, Newsweek, Nasdaq, US News & World Report, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, and more. Taught classes and/or lectured at MIT, Tsinghua, Columbia, Harvard, and others, and have spoken at conferences including Quirks, IIEX, ESOMAR Congress and DMWF.

Sessions

Apr 29

11:55 AM - 12:40 PM EDT

Blue Stage

AI & Research Workflows

Inclusive Insights & Social Impact

Trends & Culture

2026 Insight Innovation Competition

Don’t miss the 2026 Greenbook Insight Innovation Competition at IIEX North America, where five finalists—AddMaple, BluePill AI, N-Infinite by Livepanel, Nichefire, and Panoplai—will take the stage to present their pitches live. 

Voting will close following the lunch break at 4:00 PM ET. Winners will be announced on Day Two of IIEX, Thursday, April 30 at 9:50 AM ET on the Blue Stage, with three awards presented: Experts’ Choice, Audience Favorite, and Industry Impact.

Also speaking

Ange From AddMaple photo

Founder, AddMaple

Speaker

Ankit Dhawan photo

Founder & CEO, BluePill AI

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Leonardo Valente photo

CPO, N-Infinite by Livepanel

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Michael Howard photo

Founder & CEO, Nichefire

Speaker

Hugh Davis photo

Co-founder & Managing Partner, ACKWEST

Speaker

Keith Price photo

Co-founder & Managing Partner, ACKWEST

Speaker

Karen Lynch photo

Head of Content, Greenbook

Moderator

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