Journey to the Frontier is an invite-only event that convenes senior leaders for an immersive, research-anchored exploration of Frontier Firms in the AI era, where strategy meets lived experience. In an intimate, peer-driven setting, leaders will engage with Harvard Business School faculty and experts to examine how AI is creating measurable value across functions such as operations, organizational design, and customer experience, and leave clear on what to do next.
- Build Frontier Leaders
- Showcase HBS Faculty Research
- Learn from Business Leaders
- Accelerate AI Investment
Key details
What: An exclusive, invite-only event for 100 business leaders.
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
Where: Boston, MA
Hosted By
Jared Spataro
Chief Marketing Officer, AI at Work, Microsoft
Dr. Karim Lakhani
Founding Chair of the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Agenda
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:15 AMย | Welcome |
| 9:15 – 10:15 AMย | D^3 AI Research Lightning Talks |
| 10:15 – 10:30 AMย | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 PMย | Workshops |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PMย | Networking Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:30ย PM | Conversation with Karim Lakhani and Jared Spataro |
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM | Q&A on Frontier Firm AI Initiative Research |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break |
| 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Lessons from AI Natives Activity |
| 5:00 – 5:30 PM | Closeout |