TLX GTM / Full-day summit
Growing Through Cloud and AI Platform Ecosystems Without Losing the Customer
A full-day summit for alliance and growth leaders on building growth through cloud and AI platform ecosystems while keeping the customer relationship. No product pitches.
Thursday, September 16, 2027 · 8:30 AM PDT
San Francisco
Illustrative setting. Venue to be confirmed.
The exchange at a glance
Cloud marketplaces and AI platforms can change how customers discover and buy technology. This summit examines where ecosystem partnerships support growth and where firms risk losing the direct customer relationship.
How to keep value and the customer relationship
How can software and services firms grow through these ecosystems while keeping their own place with the customer?
Questions we will work through
Pipeline
Where does co-selling create real opportunities?
Position
How do firms keep the customer relationship?
Economics
When are marketplace fees and partner commitments worth it?
Capability
What partner skills and structures does growth require?
Program and agenda
A preview of the planned program. Session topics and contributors are being finalized. The timed agenda will be shared once confirmed.
Welcome & Framing
The business question, why it matters now, and how the day will work.
Opening Conversation: The Reality
A moderated conversation with a senior leader on what has changed and what has not.
Panel 1: Where Co-Selling Creates Pipeline
Which outcomes leaders should commit to, and how they will know.
Panel 2: The Economics of Marketplaces and Partners
Where the money and effort come from, what to stop, and how to prove value.
Working Groups
Small groups work through the event's Executive Focus questions using real cases.
Group Readouts
Each group presents; others challenge and add their experience.
Panel 3: Building Partner Capability
Roles, skills and culture needed for the change to stick.
What We Heard
Key takeaways and agreed follow-ups.
Time to connect: Breakfast & Connections, Hosted Lunch, Networking Reception.
Speakers and contributors
The confirmed lineup will appear here as contributors are approved for public listing.
Participating leaders and organizations
Publicly listed participants and their organizations will be added here as places are confirmed.
CTN EVENT HISTORY
From previous CTN exchanges
Leaders featured in earlier CTN programs. Roles and organizations shown are from the original event page. These are past contributors, not confirmations for this event.
Cathleen Bennett
President & CEO
New Jersey Hospital Association
Christopher Galusha
Chief Information Officer
Scholar Rock
Abhishek Mittal
Chief Product & AI Officer
AML RightSource
Previous hosts and supporters
Organizations associated with the original event. Past support does not imply sponsorship of this upcoming event.
Jade Global
Host · New York, October 15, 2026
Kanverse
Supporting organization · New York, October 15, 2026
Meet in San Francisco
Thursday, September 16, 2027 at 8:30 AM PDT
The venue will be announced once confirmed. Contact the team before making travel plans.
Event resources
Briefings, session highlights and event insights will appear here when available.
Be part of the conversation
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