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Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

The Premier Cross-Industry Gathering of Business Transformation, Operational Excellence & AI Industry Leaders & Senior-Executives.

Date

- October 2026

Where

Orlando
Upscale 4-5-star Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Key Learning Takeaways

The future of Operational Excellence is Speed & Impact. 

• Rethink operations end-to-end, embedding digitalization and intelligent automation across the entire value chain to achieve speed, agility, and measurable business impact.

• Adapt and embrace emerging technologies and new business models, leveraging AI, automation, and data to drive transformation at scale.

• Gain insights into cultural transformation, learning how to build a high-performance, innovation-driven culture through effective change management, organizational alignment, and leadership modeling.

• Secure full leadership buy-in, sponsorship, and accountability — ensuring Operational Excellence, AI, and transformation initiatives receive the resources and visibility they deserve as non-negotiable strategic priorities.

• Sustain a continuous improvement culture where curiosity, adaptability, and innovation become daily habits — powered by data and enabled by digital tools.

• Develop an enterprise-wide Operational Excellence strategy, aligning every department, process, and technology investment to common goals and shared metrics.

• Gain insights into end-to-end business transformation, where all functions operate in unison through connected systems, unified data, and shared priorities.

• Stay ahead of disruptive technologies shaping the future: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing, Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Robotics, 3D Printing, and Mobile Innovation.

• See real-world examples of how leading organizations are integrating advanced technologies to optimize workflows, elevate customer experiences, and accelerate innovation.

• Learn from executives who are acquiring and integrating startups to fast-track digital capability, innovation pipelines, and cultural agility.

• Exchange ideas on changing customer expectations, digital channels, and market disruption, and how to remain relevant in an experience-driven economy.

• Understand how Operational Excellence is becoming a key competitive advantage — not just for cost and efficiency, but for innovation, speed, and strategic differentiation.

• Integrate Continuous Improvement methodologies customized to your organization’s unique ecosystem, ensuring initiatives remain aligned with core strategic priorities.

• Address the innovation gap — learning how to innovate faster, reduce bureaucracy, and build organizational muscle for experimentation and agility.

• Build a culture of innovation and agility, empowering teams to continuously adapt, learn, and create value in fast-moving environments.

• Explore the changing workforce landscape, including hybrid models, digital talent, the millennial mindset, and the rise of the freelance economy.

• Redefine customer experience excellence in a less high-touch, more data-driven world through personalization, automation, and predictive insights.

• Learn how progressive executives are rethinking the role of Continuous Improvement to drive transformation, accelerate growth, and embed agility and innovation at the strategy level.

• See how Operational Excellence now powers enterprise-wide transformation — connecting innovation, execution, and adaptability into one unified growth engine.

• Transform your Operational Excellence team to think strategically, leveraging AI, automation, and data intelligence to execute and manage high-impact value-creation projects.

• Gain the frameworks to embed Operational Excellence deeply into your organization’s DNA — creating a self-sustaining culture of performance, innovation, and growth.

• Discover how smart organizations are transforming end-to-end — function by function and process by process — to deliver speed, intelligence, and resilience.

• Learn how successful teams are applying Operational Excellence at the strategy, value creation, and customer experience levels, creating competitive advantages that endure.

• No other event explores, in such depth, the intersection of AI, automation, culture, and leadership within the Operational Excellence discipline — providing practical tools to reshape organizations for future growth.

• No other event offers dedicated tracks on cultural transformation, strategy execution, and leadership systems — focusing on how to embed Operational Excellence at the strategic level and make it sustainable enterprise-wide.

• Experience how the world’s most progressive leaders are redefining Operational Excellence — showing that when applied with intelligence, speed, and vision, it becomes the ultimate competitive weapon for top-line growth.


The BTOES Vision:
Operational Excellence is not a department — it is a strategic weapon every CEO must wield to build intelligent, adaptive, and future-ready organizations.