Roundtable

Global Expansion 2026 Turning Tax Complexity into Finance Control brings CFOs, finance controllers, tax leaders, and RevOps heads together for a focused, peer-level discussion on U.S. sales tax risk in SaaS and IT services. As states widen economic nexus to digital services and recurring billing creates thousands of taxable events, exposure now begins with a single contract or a remote employee. Investor diligence and enterprise buyers also expect clean registrations, accurate filings, and defensible exemption logic before deals close. This roundtable maps where complexity really starts compares operating practices across Nexus, rate determination, filings, and audits, and shows how finance teams can embed automation for predictable growth. Expect live polling, a concise 2025 taxability brief, a capability-maturity benchmark, and practical next steps that improve control without adding headcount. Ideal for companies planning U.S. expansion in FY 26–27, and for leaders who want compliance to scale with revenue, not against it.

Key Themes of Discussion:

• What Triggers Nexus in SaaS?
• Scaling Without Tax Fatigue
• Tax Capability Maturity Map
• U.S. is high-value, high-variation geography for businesses in IT + Digital services
• State tax in US varies and matters earlier than businesses expected.

Who should attend: 

• CFO / Head of Finance
• Finance Controller / Head of Tax
• Head of Revenue Operations / Billing
• Strategy Leaders (SaaS & IT Services)

India’s GCCs are quickly moving beyond their traditional roles as support centers to become real drivers of innovation and growth. With AI taking center stage, the next big step is learning how to make it work in everyday operations – not just in pilot projects or dashboards. Many GCCs are now exploring how agentic AI can help them automate smarter, make faster decisions, and create business value more independently.

This roundtable Powered by Xebia and Microsoft will bring together senior GCC leaders to discuss how organizations can put AI into action, build the right systems and governance, and prepare for an AI-first future.

Key Themes of Discussion:

• From Insights to Impact: Using AI to make faster, smarter business decisions
• Safe and Scalable AI: Building responsible, well-governed AI systems inside GCCs
• Next-Gen GCCs: Creating tech-driven centers that deliver innovation, not just operations

Who should attend: 

• Executive Director – AI/Data Strategy, AI 
• Technology Leaders
• Managing director – India
• VP – IT/IT Strategy, AI Leadership, Digital
• Transformation Leader

Where the Future of BFSI Takes Shape 

The financial services landscape is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in its history. As the industry embraces the power of cloud computing, AI, and digital-first business models, traditional systems of engagement and decision-making are being redefined. The future belongs to institutions that can move beyond process automation and analytics, to intelligent, autonomous ecosystems capable of learning, adapting, and acting in real time. 

In this era of rapid change, Agentic AI is emerging as the next frontier. Unlike conventional AI, which relies on pre-programmed responses and limited models, Agentic AI enables self-directed, goal-oriented systems that can reason, plan, and execute complex tasks with minimal human intervention. For financial institutions, this shift represents an opportunity to unlock unprecedented levels of agility, personalization, and operational intelligence. 

About the Roundtable 

This exclusive, invitation-only roundtable hosted by Xebia convenes senior leaders across Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) to explore how Agentic AI is reshaping every aspect of the financial enterprise, from customer experience to compliance. 

In a closed-door setting, industry visionaries will exchange perspectives on how to responsibly harness AI to achieve scalable innovation, regulatory resilience, and customer-centric growth. Through interactive discussions and real-world case studies, participants will uncover actionable strategies to integrate autonomous intelligence into core business processes and customer journeys. 

Key Themes of Discussion 

1. Intelligent Onboarding and Personalization
   Reimagine the first moments of customer engagement. Discover how AI-powered agents can deliver seamless onboarding experiences,eliminate friction, and build trust through hyper-personalized journeys that adapt to each individual’s financial goals and behaviors. 
2. The Future of Lending and Credit Intelligence
   From credit scoring to portfolio optimization, Agentic AI is enabling smarter, data-driven lending ecosystems. Learn how leading institutions are using adaptive intelligence to balance growth with risk, accelerate decision-making, and expand financial inclusion.
3. Proactive Risk Management and Compliance
   In a regulatory environment that demands precision and transparency, Agentic AI offers a new way forward. Explore how autonomous systems canidentify emerging risks, detect anomalies in real time, and ensure compliance without compromising agility or innovation. 
4. Redefining Customer Engagement
   Move beyond reactive service models towardproactive, conversational, and context-aware interactions. See how intelligent virtual agents and AI copilots are transforming how financial brands communicate, predict needs, and strengthen customer relationships at scale. 

Why Attend: 

• Connect with peers shaping the future of BFSI transformation. 

• Gain insights from experts and early adopters of Agentic AI across financial domains. 

• Exchange perspectives on the strategic, technological, and ethical dimensions of AI-driven automation. 

• Discover frameworks for building agile, compliant, and resilient financial ecosystems powered by intelligent automation. 

This roundtable is designed not just as a discussion, but as a collaborative think tank for the leaders redefining how financial organizations operate in an increasingly autonomous digital economy.

Who should attend: 

• VP and above 

• CIO 

• CISO 

• Digital Banking Head / President 

• Head of Risk Management 

Overview

The Times Group Think Tank Discussion, powered by Xebia in collaboration with ET Edge, is an exclusive, closed-door conversation bringing together senior leaders from universities, engineering institutes, and academic councils. The discussion will focus on how Industry 5.0 is reshaping expectations from higher education and how institutions can prepare students for a world where advanced technologies work alongside human creativity and judgment.Participants will explore ways to redesign academic curricula, integrate AI and digital tools into classrooms and research, and strengthen collaboration with industry. The session will also highlight practical approaches to building a future-ready talent ecosystem that supports innovation, ethics, and human-centric thinking.

Key Discussions

• Human–Machine Collaboration: Preparing students for a workplace where automation and human insight complement one another.
• Curriculum Modernization: Aligning course structures with Industry 5.0 competencies such as AI literacy, robotics awareness, sustainability, and systems thinking.
• Digital-First Learning: Embedding AI-driven platforms, simulation tools, and data-centric learning into academic environments.
• Stronger Academia–Industry Linkages: Creating structured partnerships, live projects, internships, and research exchanges.
• Innovation Mindset: Encouraging problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and real-world experimentation.
• Ethics & Responsible Tech: Teaching students to navigate the social, ethical, and governance implications of emerging technologies.

Who Should Attend

• Vice Chancellors & Deans: Leaders shaping institutional strategy and academic transformation.
• Directors of Engineering & Technical Institutions: Decision-makers steering curriculum development and modernization.
• Heads of Departments & Program Chairs: Champions of integrating new skills and pedagogies into classrooms.
• Academic Policy Makers: Influencers guiding future-ready education frameworks.
• Industry Partnership Heads: Professionals responsible for building campus–corporate collaboration.
• EdTech & Digital Learning Leaders: Enablers of technology-driven academic innovation.

Overview:

The roundtable will discuss the complexity and real cost of cross-border growth, focusing on identifying growth friction (e.g., landed cost, returns, cash flow) and cost unpredictability (e.g., shipping, duties). Experts will share how automation and integrated systems can help manage costs and control risk by improving data accuracy, reducing time to delivery, and enhancing financial stability during scaling.

Key Discussions

• Leveraging automation and AI for scalable finance operations.
• Protecting cash flow, compliance, and business valuation.
• Managing state-by-state nexus and reducing audit risks.
• Best practices for logistics, compliance, and cross-border expansion.
• High international shipping costs cutting into margins.
• Customs duties, taxes and unpredictable import fees raising landed costs.
• Risk of delays or hold-ups from customs clearance or regulatory compliance.
• Complexities and expenses in cross-border returns and reverse logistics.

Who Should Attend

• Chief Financial Officer
• Founder and Co-Founders
• Chief Business and Revenue Heads
• Director of Finance
• Finance Head
• GST and Taxation Head

Overview

The Times Group Think Tank Discussion, powered by Snowflake in association with ET Edge, is an exclusive, closed-door forum bringing together CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and senior enterprise technology leaders. The discussion will center on how AI-powered enterprise intelligence is redefining decision-making and fostering a new era of data-driven innovation. Participants will explore how to securely integrate generative AI into business workflows, eliminate data silos, and build a culture of self-service analytics. Snowflake will also provide a live exploration of Snowflake Intelligence, showcasing how conversational interfaces, verified insights, and seamless governance can revolutionize enterprise productivity.

Key Discussion:

• Conversational Intelligence: Enabling every employee to interact with enterprise data through natural language.
• Bridging Data Gaps: Removing barriers between business users and insights through a unified, secure interface.
• Beyond Dashboards: Moving from static reporting to contextual, actionable intelligence.
• Data Team Empowerment: Freeing data teams from ad-hoc requests by enabling business user autonomy.
• Governed Innovation: Balancing agility with robust data security, governance, and compliance.
• Trusted, Verified Answers: Ensuring reliability through traceable, pre-certified responses and verified insights.

Who Should Attend

• Chief Information Officers (CIOs): Visionaries driving enterprise-wide data and AI transformation.
• Chief Technology Officers (CTOs): Leaders architecting scalable, AI-powered enterprise systems.
• Chief Data Officers (CDOs): Strategists ensuring trusted, compliant, and governed use of data.
• Chief Digital Officers: Champions of innovation through automation and insight-driven growth.
• Business & Analytics Heads: Decision-makers seeking to empower teams with faster, trusted intelligence.
• Enterprise Architects & IT Leaders: Implementers of secure, scalable AI architectures.

Is Your Enterprise Ready to Operate as an AI Factory?

By 2026, 80% of enterprises will have formal AI engineering practices to operationalize AI models and ensure scalability, reliability, and business impact. (Gartner, 2025)

While the promise of AI is undeniable, many CXOs face critical challenges in making it a scalable reality:
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• From pilots to scale: Most enterprises remain trapped in proof-of-concept cycles without a clear pathway to full-scale deployment.
• Infrastructure modernization: Legacy systems and fragmented data pipelines hinder AI adoption.
• Governance & ROI: Balancing compliance, security, and measurable outcomes remains a board-level priority.
• Talent & capability gaps: Building AI factories requires specialized expertise that organizations are still racing to acquire.

CXOs are seeking blueprints, peer exchange, and proven strategies to move beyond experimentation and establish AI factories as engines of enterprise intelligence.

The AI Factory Leadership Think Tank, hosted by the Times Group Think Tank, in collaboration with Netweb a partner of NVIDIA. as knowledge partners, brings together a select circle of CXOs from Fortune 500 companies in Retail, Quick Commerce, and BFSI.

This by-invitation-only gathering will explore how AI factories are redefining enterprise infrastructure, unlocking business-critical use cases, and delivering sustained competitive advantage.

Engage in high-level dialogue, exchange insights with peers, and co-create the roadmap for enterprise-scale AI factories — with exclusive closing perspectives from NVIDIA, the global leader in AI innovation.

What You’ll Gain

• Blueprints for Scale: Practical insights to move from AI pilots to enterprise-scale deployment.
• Strategic Advantage: Understand how AI factories create a sustainable competitive edge.
• Peer Learning: Engage with CXOs facing similar challenges in Retail, Quick Commerce, and BFSI.
• Future-ready Vision: Hear directly from NVIDIA on what’s next for AI factories globally.

The convergence of Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Cybersecurity is not a trend, it’s the foundation of the next decade’s digital strategy. As cyber threats grow in scale and complexity, and cloud adoption accelerates across industries, leaders must reimagine security not as a barrier, but as a business enabler. This exclusive Think Tank is your opportunity to engage with the sharpest minds in the industry and co-create the frameworks that will secure, scale, and sustain India’s digital enterprise ecosystem. Together, we’ll move beyond theory, into actionable insights, future-ready architectures, and real-world solutions.

What to Expect

• Through interactive discussions and peer-to-peer exchange, participants will:
• Evaluate emerging AI, cloud, and security paradigms for business impact.
• Synthesize strategies that balance innovation with resilience.
• Design frameworks for Zero Trust, governance, and ethical AI.
• Critique vendor models, costs, and risks to optimize investments.
• Formulate a CIO-led blueprint for growth, resilience, and trust.

Who Should Attend?

• CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and IT Decision-Makers from BFSI, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Energy, and Government.

• Technology leaders shaping digital transformation, governance, and cybersecurity agendas.

Join the Dialogue. Shape the Future.

Seats are limited to ensure exclusivity and meaningful engagement.

The Think Tank Discussion, powered by Azentio Software, in association with ET Edge is an exclusive forum bringing together senior leaders and innovators from banks, NBFCs, and FinTech’s. This closed-door discussion will focus on the key challenges and opportunities in lending innovation. Participants will share insights, discuss emerging trends, and explore solutions to overcome legacy constraints while improving agility and compliance.

Azentio’s Lending Solution offers a future-proof platform designed to drive faster loan approvals, enforce stronger compliance controls, and provide scalable technology infrastructure that supports diverse product portfolios and market expansions. By unifying origination, servicing, and collections workflows, Azentio enables financial institutions to cut costs, improve portfolio quality, and deliver differentiated, personalized borrower journeys. Azentio will also provide a preview of its next-generation lending suite, highlighting how modular design, AI-driven decisioning, and integrated compliance features can transform the lending lifecycle,

Why Attend?

• Gain early insights into advanced lending technologies.
• Collaborate on strategies that balance speed, scalability, and regulation.
• Discuss practical ways to accelerate product launches and improve efficiency.
• Network with peers and Azentio experts to foster future partnerships.
• Provide feedback to help shape the development of new lending solutions.

Key Themes:

• End-to-End Lending Optimization: Streamline every phase of lending from onboarding to closure on a single, unified platform Faster Approvals, Lower Risk: Speed up credit decisions with intelligent automation and real-time analytics.

• Built-In Governance: Proactively manage compliance and risk through integrated regulatory controls across geographies and lending models.

• Scalable, Modular Architecture: Launch new products and expand to new markets faster with low-code/no-code configuration capabilities.

• Customer-Centric Lending: Enable hyper-personalized experiences with data-driven borrower insights and tailored offerings.

• Portfolio Health & Collections: Enhance credit monitoring and recoveries with intelligent risk segmentation and proactive intervention tools.

Who Should Attend?

• Chief Business Officers (CBOs): Strategic leaders driving business growth by aligning lending innovation with market demands and customer expectations.

• Chief Information Officers (CIOs): Visionary leaders shaping IT strategies to enable agile, scalable lending platforms that support digital transformation and business resilience.

• Chief Technology Officers (CTOs): Technology architects spearheading the design and implementation of cloud-native, modular lending architectures for faster time-tomarket.

• Lending Product Heads: Product strategists focused on accelerating loan product development, delivering personalized borrower experiences, and ensuring competitive differentiation.

• IT Heads: Operational leaders managing technology integration, platform stability, and seamless end-to-end lending system performance.

• Chief Executive Officers (CEOs): Executive sponsors championing organizational transformation to unlock new revenue streams and sustainable lending growth.

What to Expect:

• In-depth discussions on lending challenges and future-ready solutions
• Use cases of accelerated loan processing and operational cost savings
• Insights into AI-driven risk management and compliance automation
• Live demonstrations of modular lending architectures that scale with your business
• Opportunities for peer collaboration and strategic partnership building

Highlights:

• Discover how pre-configured templates speed product launches and regional expansion.
• Dive into AI-powered credit risk analytics and automated decisioning tools.
• Learn how integrated compliance frameworks streamline regulatory adherence.
• Share challenges and best practices in lending digitalization with industry experts.
• Build partnerships to accelerate your institution’s lending modernization journey.

India’s vehicle market is climbing fast — from 5.16 million units in 2024 to an estimated 8.36 million by 2030, a 7.3% CAGR (Grand View Research). That growth isn’t just more cars; it’s more complexity and procurement pressure across the supply chain.

EVs make it even more urgent. India targets 30% of passenger vehicle sales to be electric by 2030, with registrations already around 2.08 million units in 2024 (NITI Aayog; S&P Global). Batteries, power electronics, BMS and semiconductor-heavy assemblies have shifted from optional to critical sourcing challenges.

Auto component investment is surging — ₹25,000–30,000 crore (US$2.9–3.5B) expected by FY26, focused on localisation and EV-specific parts (IBEF). Meanwhile, chip content per car is projected to jump 40%, from about US$1,000 today to over US$1,400 by 2030; for EVs, US$1,500–3,000

(PatentPC). Semiconductors are the new choke point, forcing leaders to rethink inventory, dual sourcing and long-lead procurement.

Heavy equipment is another demand driver. India’s construction equipment market is set to grow

from US$6.6B in 2022 to US$10.1B by 2030 (Grand View Research; India Briefing). This builds domestic supplier ecosystems ready for export.

Put simply: higher volumes, deeper chip content, EV localisation, booming heavy equipment and AI- led supply intelligence all point one way. CXOs need to rewire supply strategies now — or risk margin hits and delivery shocks later.

This Exclusive Times Group Think Tank Discussion, powered by TTI (a Berkshire Hathaway

company), Mouser Electronics, and Ray-Q, will bring together decision-makers and transformation leaders shaping India’s automotive, mobility and heavy equipment future for a closed-door, high- impact discussion on these critical imperatives.

Discussion Arcs 

• Key growth imperatives, challenges, and opportunities in building India’s emerging supply chain ecosystem.
• Strategies for creating a more resilient and sustainable supply chain that adapts to changing market conditions and meets customer needs.
• How new technologies, shifting business models, and evolving customer expectations are shaping the future of supply chains?
• The value of partnering with trusted allies to ensure component authenticity, reliability and uninterrupted supply.

Who Should Attend

The discussion will convene decision-makers and transformation leaders shaping India’s automotive and mobility future, including:

• Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs)
• Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs)
• Senior VPs, VPs, and AVPs of SCM, Sourcing, and Logistics
• General Managers of Procurement & Materials
• Directors of Materials Management and SCM
• Heads of Manufacturing, Operations, and Production