The 2026 edition will bring to the stage internationally renowned figures, including business leaders, academics and creatives who will offer diverse and complementary perspectives on the relationship between Purpose, technology and the future:

·      Raffaella Cagliano, Academic Director of POLIMI School of Management

·      Mario Calderini, Full Professor of Management for Sustainability and Impact, Politecnico di Milano

·      Paola Castellacci, CEO and Chairman of Adiacent SpA

·      Vittorio Chiesa, Chairman of POLIMI Graduate School of Management

·      Charles Conn, President of Patagonia

·      Rodolphe Durand, Academic Director of the S&O Institute Purpose Center of HEC Paris

·      Andrea Fagnoni, Chief Client Officer of Ipsos Doxa and Co-founder of the Civic Brands Observatory

·      Melissa Ferretti Peretti, Vice President and Country Manager of Google Italy

·      Federico Frattini, Dean of POLIMI Graduate School of Management

·      Rebecca Henderson, John & Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University

·      Josip Kotlar, Full Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Family Business and Co-Scientific Director of the Purpose in Action Observatory of POLIMI School of Management

·      Stefan Krook, Serial Entrepreneur, Impact Investor and Practitioner in Residence of Stockholm School of Economics

·      Roberto Mordacci, Vice Rector of Humanities and Social Sciences of Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

·      Hermann Niebuhr, South African Artist and Pioneer of New Painting Techniques

·      Chiara Pantalena, Lead Researcher of the Purpose in Action Observatory of POLIMI School of Management, Post Doctoral Researcher and Senior Strategy and Research Associate of Politecnico di Milano

·      Mauro Porcini, President and Chief Design Officer of Samsung

·      Fabrizio Rotondi, Vice President and Country Manager Italy of Workday

·      Darren Rudkin, Founder and CEO of The Mind at Work

·      Rosario Sica, Member of the Board of Directors, with responsibility for Strategy, Innovation, and AI-driven activities of Adiacent SpA, a company within the SESA Group

·      Roberto Verganti, Professor of Stockholm School of Economics, of Harvard Business School, and Co-founder of Leadin’Lab, Politecnico di Milano

·      Marco Vergeat, President of ASFOR and President and Senior Partner of the Summit Group

In its past editions, Purpose Day has welcomed over 3,000 guests and brought global leaders to the stage such as Indra Nooyi, former CEO of Pepsi, Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM, Andrea Orcel, CEO of UniCredit Group, Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, Francesco Starace, former CEO of ENEL, Silvia Rovere, Chairwoman of Poste Italiane, Gary Lubner, former CEO of Belron, Laura Burdese, Deputy CEO of Bvlgari, and Cristina Scocchia, CEO of illycaffè, together with leading figures in the academic and institutional fields, including Ranjay Gulati of Harvard Business School, Alex Edmans of London Business School, Colin Mayer and Mary Johnstone-Louis of Oxford University, Maurizio Zollo of Imperial College, Sarah Kaplan of University of Toronto, and Sophie Bacq of IMD.