The Studio Sardinia

Welcome to Forte Village. Transfers, check-in, and time to unwind as our global community arrives and settles into the stunning Sardinian surroundings ahead of The Studio kickoff.

An exclusive invite for our EU Advisory Board members. Join us at Tiki Beach, a Polynesian-inspired hideaway, for a relaxed pre-dinner reception—serving world-class cocktails in thanks for your continued support and contributions to the community.

Join us at the beachfront restaurant for a relaxed welcome BBQ to kick off The Studio Sardinia. Connect with peers, soak up the setting, and get ready for an incredible few days ahead.

At The Studio Sardinia, Felipe Peñacoba Martinez, CIO and board member at Revolut Bank UAB, shares leadership lessons from a 30-year career that has spanned traditional banking giants and fintech scale-ups.

During this opening keynote, Felipe reflects on his leadership journey from Accenture and Santander to Finastra and Revolut, the importance of accountability and adaptability in fast-growing businesses, and the need for team unity, efficiency, speed and customer centricity to drive frictionless growth.

As AI starts to reshape organisations and entire industries, the leaders of tomorrow will be those who are able to skilfully balance cognitive (IQ), emotional (EQ) and social (SQ) intelligence. From navigating automation’s impact on workforces to fostering adaptability in AI-driven organisations, our panellists will discuss leadership attributes, balancing technical expertise with ‘soft’ skills and human-led decision making, and winning hearts and minds to build high-performance teams.

In partnership with Freshworks

In this exclusive TechGirl panel at The Studio, senior technology leaders from across different industries share the pivotal moments that shaped their careers and the lessons they learned on the way up.

Through a series of raw, personal mini-stories, we’ll spotlight the human side of technology that often goes untold: the setbacks, the near-misses, the unexpected breakthroughs, and the mentors who changed everything.

Together, we’ll reflect on what still needs to change to create a more inclusive future — and close with a challenge: one bold commitment each leader will make to support the next generation of TechGirls.

For all the talk of technology, most technology executives say that people change is the hardest part of any transformation journey.

The clinic will offer a no-holds-barred conversation to unpack how leaders break through the inertia of change, distrust and fatigue, balance innovation with trust and accountability -- and ultimately ensure technology empowers, rather than alienates.

In partnership with Freshworks

Final thoughts and questions as we wrap up day one of The Studio, ahead of the afternoon’s C-suite experiences.

Take some time to change, recharge, and get ready for the afternoon’s c-suite experiences.

Join us for an exhilarating afternoon of adventure on the Sardinian coast with The Studio: Treasure Hunt Competition.

Explore the stunning coastline and enjoy a delightful lunch in the bay of Tuerredda. We’ll also take a refreshing break to relax and swim in the breathtaking, crystal-clear waters of Sardinia.

Enjoy dinner in Pineta in our reserved area, where we will reveal the winner of our boating challenge. A chance to reconnect and network.

As emerging technologies dominate strategic conversations, the language used to describe them often creates more confusion than clarity—especially at board level. This session cuts through the jargon to explore how tech leaders can communicate complex innovations in ways that align with business priorities, risk appetite, and long-term value creation.

We'll hear from executives who have successfully reframed technical discussions for non-technical audiences, turning buzzwords into business cases and fostering genuine engagement with the board. Because in today’s climate, clarity isn’t just a courtesy—it’s a competitive advantage.

As technology democratises, are IT, data and digital leaders being quietly relegated to the back office, while business units run with the tools, insights and platforms once under their control? In the rush to empower the enterprise, have we accidentally disempowered the very teams who built the digital foundations?
This debate pulls no punches. We'll challenge whether democratisation is a smokescreen for loss of strategic influence-and ask if today's tech leaders are adapting fast enough to stay relevant. If everyone owns digital, does anyone lead it?

At a time when the pace of technological, societal and cultural change is accelerating, leadership is being redefined. In this forward-looking session, we gather today’s C-suite to explore their role in nurturing tomorrow’s leaders—those who will inherit the challenges and opportunities of our evolving world.

We’ll examine how inclusive leadership, mentorship, and values-driven decision-making can help shape a more diverse, purpose-led pipeline of future leaders.

Leading with purpose can’t live in a brand deck. It has to show up in decisions, behaviours, and communities. This clinic is a space to step back, pressure-test what leaders are doing, and find sharper focus in how they lead purposefully.

This working session brings together a select group of C-suite leaders to confront a critical challenge: How to lead with social purpose that builds real community and impactful leadership, by honestly discussing two straight questions:

• What are you doing that’s actually working—at the level of people, not just metrics?
• What do you need to stop doing—because it’s performative, misaligned, or simply getting in the way?

We’ll dig in, challenge one another, and push toward clarity, not consensus.

The goal: Walk away with one commitment leaders are ready to act on, and one blind spot you hadn’t seen before.