Sam Lippman, President, Lippman Connects sets the tone for the day with this fast-paced session highlighting key data points that have big implications.

Widen Your Leadership Perspective

Your leadership acumen has brought you great success. The ECEF 2026 Keynoter Edwina Kulego will give you the opportunity to build on that success when she presents “A Global Mindset Pays Off Even if You Operate Locally”.

Edwina will explain that a global mindset has nothing to do with borders or expansion. It’s much bigger than that. It really boils down to increasing the resilience of your organization in an era where uncertainty is never-ending.

Drawing on her role as Vice President of Global Business Development & Growth, Fashion, Informa, Edwina will explore how even small mindset shifts can create outsized leadership impacts.

Here are key takeaways you can look forward to:

• How a global mindset strengthens leadership, teams, and revenue.
• How diverse teams and partnerships reduce business risk.
• Practical ways to think globally while staying locally focused.

A conversation with Joshua Oloriegbe, student, Jarvis Christian University and Sam Lippman