Keynote Speakers
Opening Keynote: Economic, Policy, and Labor Market Update
Alex Chausovsky is the President of 3DM Consulting. He is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than two decades of expertise across subjects including economics, manufacturing, automation, advanced technology trends, and business cycle analysis. He has consulted and advised companies throughout the US and Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia.
Session Description:
The macro environment around us is constantly changing, often with significant ramifications. As we transition to a multipolar world, there are shifting global alliances and multiple conflict hot spots around the world, some of which have turned into full-out war. Not to mention tariffs, sanctions, trade embargoes and many other disruptive forces at work. All of this impacts your business – sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. There are financial, operational, strategic, and social implications that business leaders and key decision makers in the construction industry must be aware of to successfully navigate the evolving landscape.
In this session, you’ll hear from Alex Chausovsky, the President of 3DM Consulting, who will deliver an insightful analysis of how these events will impact the economy and how they could affect the outlook for your business. He’ll explain the potential impact on supply chains, input prices, and labor market dynamics, among others. Most importantly, he’ll share what key leading indicators are telling us about the direction of the industry and offer practical and actionable advice for business leaders based on today’s geopolitical and macroeconomic forces, helping audience members plan for future operating conditions.
Attendees will walk away from the session with the following insights:
- An objective assessment of time-sensitive geopolitical and economic indicators such as business investment, inflation, interest rates, and tariffs
- Concrete advice on how to navigate the current macroeconomic climate and plan for the future, with a particular focus on tactical advice
- Risk management and flexible scenario planning strategies to help you make informed decisions in an uncertain world.
- Tools that leaders can leverage to be data-driven decision makers for their organizations
Closing Keynote: Leadership in the Era of Generative AI: The New Leadership Job Description for an Age of Stacked Disruption
Aaron Proietti helps people and organizations make sense of change. As the founder of Today’s Innovator and a former Chief Innovation Officer at Transamerica, he works at the intersection of generative AI, systems thinking, and strategic clarity. His work spans keynote speaking, leadership training, strategic facilitation, and advisory engagements across nonprofits, trade associations, and corporations navigating complex disruption.
Session Description:
As technological change accelerates and systemic shocks arrive before institutions have fully absorbed the last one, leadership itself is being redefined. This keynote examines the patterns beneath disruption and explores why the pace and stacking of change are reshaping what it means to lead.
Drawing from history, systems thinking, and the practical realities of generative AI, Aaron challenges audiences to move beyond reactive adaptation. Through storytelling and demonstration, he builds toward a New Leadership Job Description: a living framework of what leaders must now practice to navigate an era in which technology is growing more capable and responsibility is growing more consequential.
Attendees will walk away from the session with the following insights:
- Recognize the patterns that make disruption visible before its effects become unavoidable
- Reframe leadership responsibilities for an environment of continuous technological change
- Make consequential decisions before they are made for you
- Discuss AI across the organization with greater precision, realism, and shared language