Keynote: Building Cross-Industry Marketplaces through Strategic Partnerships

14 Oct 2026
Changemaker Theatre
Changemaker Theatre
Leading companies are building ecosystems by forging strategic partnerships that blend services, platforms, and industries like finance, healthcare, and retail. In this guestsession, we’ll look at how companies such as Amazon and Walmart have evolved into marketplace ecosystems and how they integrate diverse partners to deliver a more seamless customer experience • What does it take to move from a platform model to a fully integrated ecosystem? • How do companies manage tensions between control, scale, and commercial objectives when collaborating with multiple partners?