AI, Projects, Programs: Rethinking How Enterprises Execute

Strategic Overview

From Projects to Programs

Manufacturing, retail, and FMCG enterprises rarely lack ambition — or tools. What they struggle with is something harder to fix: the space between the plan, whether it's a production schedule, a merchandising calendar, or a demand forecast, and what actually happens on the ground. Priorities blur between HQ and the front line. Visibility erodes across plants, warehouses, and stores. Leaders manage by exception instead of by design.
This roundtable brings together a select group of CIOs, COOs, and senior IT, PMO, product, and digital transformation leaders from manufacturing, retail, and FMCG organisations for a candid, peer-level conversation on how the most execution-focused enterprises are rethinking project and program management — using AI not as a buzzword, but as a genuine operating advantage across plants, supply chains, and stores.

Convened by Smartsheet and Virtuos in Bangalore, this is a closed-door session — a focused discussion, not a pitch, followed by a working dinner and drinks to take it further.

Executive Challenges

Execution gaps despite strategy

Eliminating the disconnect between goals and output.

Misaligned priorities and poor visibility

Maintaining alignment across the entire organization.

Lack of unified operational view

Gaining real-time visibility across all programs.

Difficulty scaling programs effectively

Ensuring operational excellence as complexity grows.

Value Generation

What to Expect

What you will take away from this closed-door roundtable.

Key Takeaways

Frameworks for Closing the Gap

Leading manufacturing, retail, and FMCG enterprises use to close the plan-to-execution gap.
AI Beyond the Hype

How AI is being applied to project and program management — on the shop floor, in supply chain planning, and in store operations — beyond the hype.
Scaling to Enterprise-Wide Governance

Practical approaches to scaling from individual projects to enterprise-wide program governance across plants, warehouses, and stores.
End-to-End Visibility

Peer perspectives on building end-to-end visibility from HQ to the front line without adding overhead.
Candid Peer Exchange

Candid exchange with peers navigating the same demand volatility, supply disruption, and omnichannel pressures.

Why Attend

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Closed-door, peer-level.

15–18 leaders only, drawn from manufacturing, retail, and FMCG. No vendors in the room except as co-hosts. Conversations stay in the room.
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Discussion-led, not a pitch.

A short opening perspective sets up the conversation — the session itself is moderated discussion. You will contribute, not just listen.
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Curated peer cohort.

Attendees are personally invited based on role, scale, and relevance to manufacturing, retail, or FMCG execution. The room is the content.
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Continue over dinner & drinks.

The roundtable flows into a curated networking dinner and drinks in Bangalore — the most productive conversations often happen there.

Attendee Profile

Who Should Attend

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Operating Officers (COOs)

Heads of PMO and Heads of Products

Directors – IT and Heads of IT

Directors – Products/Programs and VPs – Products/Projects

Digital Transformation Leaders

Primarily from retail, manufacturing, and FMCG organisations.

Event Schedule

Agenda

06:00 – 07:00 PM

Welcome & Registration

07:00 – 07:10 PM

Opening Remarks

07:10 – 07:30 PM

Keynote Session

07:30 – 08:15 PM

Closed-Door Roundtable: Challenges, Opportunities & Peer Exchange

08:15 PM - 08:30 PM

Key Takeaways & Closing

08:30 PM Onwards

Networking Dinner & Cocktails

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Partners

Hosting the Events

Strategic partnerships powering this exclusive roundtable.

Virtuos Digital

A digital transformation partner helping mid-to-large manufacturing, retail, and FMCG enterprises across India and APAC design and deploy execution-ready operating models powered by modern platforms.

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Smartsheet

The project and program management platform trusted by 90% of Fortune 100 companies — used by manufacturing, retail, and FMCG leaders to connect production plans, supply chains, and store operations to real-time execution, at scale.