By Invitation Only — Summer / Fall 2026

Spark

The IFS Industrial AI Roadshow

An exclusive evening series for senior operations and technology leaders in your region. Four intimate roundtable dinners across America's industrial heartland — where 8–12 local CXOs benchmark strategies, share real results, and prepare for the era of limitless industry alongside peers who face the same challenges you do.

5 Cities
Intimate Stops
8–12
CXOs Per Room
Evening
Dinner & Discussion
Oct 12–16, 2026
→ Unleashed Orlando
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This Isn't a Conference. It's a Conversation.
IFS Spark is a curated evening roundtable and dinner designed for leaders who are past the "what is AI?" question and ready for the "how do we actually do this?" conversation. No keynote marathons. No expo halls. Just 8–12 peers from non-competing industries — local leaders in your region — sharing what's working, what isn't, and what's next under Chatham House Rules.
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Peer-Led
80% peer discussion and industry trends. 20% IFS perspective. Zero hard selling.
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Chatham House Rules
What's said in the room stays in the room. Real talk requires real trust.
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Local Leaders
Senior operations and technology executives from your region — non-competing industries, real shared challenges.
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Path to Unleashed
Spark attendees reconvene at IFS Unleashed 2026 in Orlando — a dedicated networking social to continue the conversation with peers from all four cities.
The Journey
Five Cities. One Conversation.
Each stop brings together local industry leaders around a different operational challenge — but the real value is the peer conversation. Pick the city closest to you and join the discussion with leaders in your backyard.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026 — Confirmed
Chicago, IL
Launch: The Full Industrial AI Conversation
The kickoff. All three challenge areas on the table — automation, getting AI to production, and operational visibility. Hear how peers across industries are tackling all of them. The broadest conversation starts here.
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June 2026 — Date TBD
Houston, TX
Spotlight: Real-Time Visibility & Predictive Operations
Energy capital meets industrial AI. How are organizations getting a real-time picture across assets, people, and operations — and using AI to predict problems before they become outages? Peers share what's actually working in the field.
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August 2026 — Date TBD
Philadelphia / DC Corridor
Spotlight: Automating Complex Workflows
Your teams are buried in manual, multi-system work. How are peers deploying autonomous digital workers to handle it — and where do they draw the line? A candid conversation about what's automatable and what still needs a human.
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September 2026 — Date TBD
Minneapolis, MN
Spotlight: Turning Supply Chains Into a Strategic Advantage
Logistics costs keep climbing. Freight networks are a black box. How are peers using AI to turn their supply chains from cost centers into competitive weapons? Real numbers, real lessons, from the operators who've done it.
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Grand Finale — October 12–16, 2026
Orlando, FL — IFS Unleashed 2026
Where AI Meets Industry at Scale
Spark attendees from all four cities come together for a dedicated networking social at IFS Unleashed. Same peer-driven spirit, bigger room — reconnect with the leaders you met on the road, meet Spark alumni from other stops, and continue the conversation on the global stage.
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We're adding a fifth city to the route. Tell us where Spark should land next — one vote per person. The city with the most votes joins the confirmed lineup.
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The Conversations
Three Challenges. Real Answers.
Every Spark roundtable is built around three operational challenges that keep coming up in our conversations with CXOs across industries. These aren't product demos — they're peer discussions anchored in what organizations like yours are actually doing today.
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"We're drowning in manual work
and can't scale our teams fast enough."

Automating Complex Operations

Your best people are trapped in repetitive, multi-system workflows — order processing, supplier coordination, field dispatch. Hear how peers are deploying autonomous digital workers that handle these workflows end-to-end, giving 90,000+ hours back to field teams and returning $3M/year at scale. We'll discuss what's working, what isn't, and where the line between automation and human judgment really is.

$3M/yr ROI peers are seeing
90K hrs given back to teams
10–14 wks first workflow live
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"We can't get AI out of the lab
and into the hands of our workers."

From Concept to Production — Fast

You've run the pilots. Maybe they worked, maybe they didn't. Either way, the gap between "AI proof of concept" and "AI in production at 3 AM when the power goes out" is where most organizations stall. Hear how peers are co-building custom AI solutions — built with frontline workers, not for them — and deploying in weeks, not years. A global distillery went from 38% emergency repairs to predictive maintenance, projecting savings in the millions annually. A utility restored power 40% faster in its first deployment.

40% faster restoration
Weeks to production
Co-built with frontline workers
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"We have no real-time picture
of what's actually happening."

Visibility Across Operations & Supply Chain

Logistics costs are rising. Asset performance is opaque. Your operations team is stitching together dashboards from six different systems and still flying blind. Hear how peers are using AI to turn supply chains from cost centers into strategic advantages — cutting logistics costs 15%, automating 90% of data entry — and unifying real-time visibility across people, assets, and processes in a single operational picture.

15% logistics cost reduction
90% data entry automated
Real-time unified visibility

The Renaissance Framework

Inspired by Zack Kass's The Next Renaissance — AI isn't replacing human potential, it's expanding it. The question isn't what AI can do, but what we allow it to do. Every Spark conversation centers on the same idea: how Industrial AI frees people from invisible work so they can do what only humans can.

Your Evening
The Agenda
A focused evening designed to maximize peer exchange — from cocktails through dinner. No death-by-PowerPoint. No expo halls. Just the conversations that matter, with time to go deeper over dinner.
5:30 PM CT — 6:00 PM CT
Arrival & Cocktail Reception
Drinks, introductions, and a first look at where you stand vs. your peers on AI readiness — survey results displayed anonymously on screen as the room fills.
6:00 PM CT — 6:20 PM CT
Welcome: Why This Room, Why Now
Setting the context. Chatham House Rules. This is your space to benchmark, share, and learn from peers — not a sales session. Why the operators in this room are the ones who will define what Industrial AI actually looks like.
6:20 PM CT — 6:50 PM CT
The Industrial AI Landscape — What's Real
Cutting through the noise. Where industrial AI is actually delivering results today — not in labs, but on factory floors, in distribution centers, and at 3 AM when the power goes out. Real stories of organizations that moved from pilot to production and what they learned along the way.
6:50 PM CT — 7:30 PM CT
Peer Sessions — Your Fellow CXOs Present
Attendees share their AI journey using a simple 3-slide format. No polish required. Facilitated peer discussion follows each — this is consistently rated the most valuable part of the evening. The best moments happen when someone says "we tried that too."
7:30 PM CT — 7:45 PM CT
Break & Hands-On Demos
Three hands-on stations: see an AI-optimized supply chain in action, watch a digital worker handle a live workflow, and explore real customer use cases. Touch the technology behind the conversations.
7:45 PM CT — 8:15 PM CT
Spotlight Deep Dive (Rotates by City)
Each city spotlights a different challenge area — with real customer proof points and a facilitated discussion on how peers in the room are approaching the same problem. Not a product demo. A peer conversation anchored in what's actually working.
8:15 PM CT — 8:45 PM CT
Roundtable: Where Do We Go From Here?
Facilitated discussion. What resonated? What's the biggest blocker in your organization? Preview of IFS Unleashed 2026 in Orlando. Every attendee leaves with a defined next step and an invitation to continue the conversation.
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Hosted Dinner & Networking
The conversation continues over a private dinner. Relaxed, off-the-record — where the best insights and real connections happen. No agenda. Just the people you just spent three hours with, good food, and the conversations that matter.
Your Role in the Room
Come Ready to Share
This is a peer AI session — every voice makes the conversation richer. We encourage all attendees to present using a simple 3-slide format. No decks to polish. No rehearsal needed. Just three honest slides that give the room something real to react to.
Slide 1
Who We Are &
Our AI Challenge
Slide 2
What We Did &
What We Learned
Slide 3
Where We're
Going Next

Why This Format Works

Three slides keeps it honest. No vendor names required. No corporate polish expected. This format is what generates the richest peer discussion — because it gives everyone in the room a shared framework to compare notes and challenge assumptions. The best Spark conversations happen when someone says "we tried that too, and here's what actually happened."

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Your Takeaway — The Next Renaissance

Every attendee leaves with a copy of The Next Renaissance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential by Zack Kass, former Head of GTM at OpenAI. The book that frames AI not as a threat to jobs but as the greatest expansion of human capability since the original Renaissance — and the shared language to take this narrative back to your boardroom.

Request Your Seat

Each Spark stop is capped at 12 executives. If you've received this invitation, there's a seat with your name on it. Register below and we'll send you everything you need to arrive ready.

  • Complimentary dinner and premium drinks
  • Copy of The Next Renaissance by Zack Kass
  • Priority invitation to IFS Unleashed 2026 networking event
  • Peer connections that last beyond the evening
  • No sales pitch — Chatham House Rules apply