Silicon Valley Insider Week Agenda
1-6 March, 2026
Sunday 01
Arrive in San Francisco.
18:00
Welcome Drinks And Canapes
Omni San Francisco Hotel
Monday 02
Setting the Foundations for a High-Impact Silicon Valley Tour
Omni San Francisco Hotel
We open the Silicon Valley tour with an interactive breakfast designed to align the group around goals, strategy and execution. Following welcomes and introductions led by Phill Robinson, we dive into a high-energy session with Bobby Napiltonia, Founder of The GTM Firm. Bobby will focus on what it really takes to win, supercharging go-to-market execution, scaling at speed, and the critical integration of AI into modern business strategy. This session is engineered to prime your mindset and set a high-performance tone for the week ahead.
08:30
Bobby Napiltonia
Founder-Chief Helper
The GTM Firm
Phill Robinson
Co-Founder & Chair
Boardwave
11:00
Inside the Future of Product & AI: A Private Session with Anthropic
Anthropic
Join us for an extraordinary workshop hosted by Anthropic, featuring Mike Krieger (Co-Founder, Instagram and Chief Product Officer, Anthropic) and Benjamin Mann (Co-Founder, Anthropic). This rare, behind-the-scenes session explores how one of the world’s most influential AI companies is thinking about product, competitive advantage, and the future of software.
Mike Krieger
Co-Founder, Instagram
Chief Product Officer, Anthropic
Benjamin Mann
Co-Founder
Anthropic
This intimate workshop offers unparalleled product and technical insight, followed by an exclusive networking lunch with the Anthropic team.
15:30
Workshop: Engineering Market Leadership
Deloitte Office
Bruce Cleveland, author of Traversing the Traction Gap and Market Engineering and founding partner of Traction Gap Partners will lead an operator-grade masterclass on how real market leadership is built. Moving beyond generic scaling playbooks, this session equips CEOs with proven frameworks to reduce execution risk, engineer category and demand, and build durable, defensible market power. Attendees will leave with clear diagnostics, actionable next moves, and a practical roadmap to becoming the architect of their own market leadership.
Bruce Cleveland
Author, Entrepreneur
Traction Gap Partners
19:00
Dinner: The Future of AI
Angler Reastaurant
Marty Chavez, former Goldman CFO and Alphabet Board member, shares his perspective on how AI is transforming financial markets, governance and technology leadership, and what that means for your strategy now.
R. Martin Chavez
Partner & Vice Chairman at Sixth Street; Board member at Alphabet Inc., former CFO at Goldman Sachs.
Tuesday 03
08:30
Breakfast: Scaling OKTA
Omni San Francisco Hotel
Fredric Kerrest, Co-Founder & Co-Chair of Okta, will share his story of scaling a global SaaS category leader through hyper-growth, IPO and beyond, in one of the most competitive markets on earth.
Frederic Kerrest
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
Okta
12:00
Lunch: Behind the ‘io’ Deal
Wilson Sonsini Office
Marty Korman, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, is one of the leading dealmakers in Silicon valley. He notably played a significant role in the sales of Twitter to Elon Musk, LinkedIn to Microsoft, and Pixar to Disney, among others. He will unpack how US tech M&A works, the difference with the European market and key factors in a successful US market entry strategy.
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Martin W. Korman
15:00
Workshop: AI Innovation Lessons from Silicon Valley
you.com office
Richard Socher, CEO of you.com, will share his insights on how to compete and win as an AI-first company in a landscape dominated by hyperscalers and foundation model giants.
Richard Socher
CEO
you.com
18:00
GBx x Boardwave Networking Drinks
SHACK15
Meet the European founder community in Silicon Valley for an evening of insight and connection. The session features a fireside chat led by Mark Charkin, Executive Director of GBx, with Kathryn Parsons, Co-Founder & CEO of Decoded, exploring what it really takes to scale a European business in the US. Together they’ll discuss the growth journey, key challenges, and practical lessons learned along the way, followed by networking drinks with fellow founders, operators and investors.
GBx
Executive Director
Co-Chair, GBx
Co-Founder & CEO, Decoded
Wednesday 04
10:00
Transfer to Silicon Valley and hotel check-in.
12:00
Lunch: Leadership & Growth - An Intimate Lunch with George Roberts
KKR office
An exclusive fireside with George Roberts, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of KKR, one of private equity’s most experienced builders, sharing rare insights on growth, strategy, and leadership.
George Roberts
Executive Chairman and Founder
KKR
15:30
Workshop: AI in Practice in association with KKR and Deloitte
Wilson Sonsini Office
Practical, high-stakes insights into AI adoption and value creation, from both investor and operator perspectives. Gain unmatched access to how AI is evaluated, implemented, and scaled to unlock real value, drive transformative growth, and stay ahead in a market moving at lightning speed.
Speakers: Jared Quincy Davis, Founder & CEO of Mithril; Anu Bharadwaj, President of Atlassian; Basil Shikin, MTS at AppLovin
Jared Quincy Davis
Founder & CEO
Mithril
President
Atlassian
Anu Bharadwaj
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Basil Shikin
CTO
AppLovin
18:30
An Evening at Wente Vineyards: From Caves to Table
Wente Vineyard
At Wente Vineyards, we will be welcomed to explore the estate through a guided tour of the caves, followed by wine paired with appetizers, an intriguing “unknown pour” experience, and dinner. The evening offers a relaxed, immersive way to experience the vineyard, its wines, and the estate’s unique atmosphere.
Thursday 05
09:00
Workshop: The Creator’s Code in Action; Lessons from Silicon Valley
Stanford University
Explore how top US founders think, act, and scale, with practical insights European CEOs can apply to drive innovation and growth in their own ventures in the birthplace of Silicon Valley innovation.
Speaker: Amy Wilkinson, Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Founder and CEO of Ingenuity, and Author of “The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs.
Amy Wilkinson
CEO, Lecturer at Stanford GSB,
Board Director, and Keynote Speaker
15:30
Applying the Foundations: From Silicon Valley Insight to Action
McKinsey Office
A focused wrap-up strategy session designed to convert the week’s insights into clear strategic shifts, execution priorities, and practical actions. Participants will align on what changes when they return, and what they will do differently on Monday morning to drive speed, focus, and results.
18:30
Perspectives Over Dinner: Leadership in Action
Selby's Restaurant
An exclusive evening with McKinsey and peers to reflect on the week’s insights, exchange perspectives, and explore the broader implications for leadership, strategy, and innovation.
Friday 06
08:45
AI Insights Session with Meta
Meta Headquarters
An exclusive AI-focused session with Meta.
Speakers: Vishal Shah, VP of AI Products for Products & Applied Research at Meta; Justin Osofsky, VP of Partnerships and Business Development at Meta.
Vishal Shah
VP of AI Products for Products & Applied Research
Meta
Justin Osofsky
VP of Partnerships and Business Development
Meta
Farewells & Departure.
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