HFS Roundtables

HFS Roundtables are expertly facilitated, topic-driven learning experiences designed exclusively for enterprise buyer senior executives. These sessions—held in both in-person and digital formats—create a trusted space for leaders to explore new ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and openly debate critical issues. Participants collaborate to test concepts, share practical insights, and identify ways to advance their most important initiatives—all within a confidential, peer-to-peer setting.

Upcoming HFS Roundtables

Virtual (via Microsoft Teams)

Join the 15% club: How consumer goods firms are scaling AI beyond pilots

October 23, 2025

Conducted in collaboration with Cognizant, this roundtable brings senior CPG and retail leaders together to tackle the challenge of moving AI from pilots to scaled impact. Learn what sets the “15% Club” apart, benchmark successes, exchange proven use cases, and leave with a clear plan to accelerate AI to enterprise scale.

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In-person Roundtable

How can operations be enhanced with AI to power life sciences?

October 28, 2025, Princeton, New Jersey

Conducted in collaboration with Infosys, this roundtable is for GBS leaders, including CFOs, CIOs, and functional heads, who are navigating the shifting landscape of life sciences. Together, we’ll examine how GBS can move beyond cost containment to drive enterprise-wide value, explore the role of AI-enabled solutions, and uncover lessons from other industries.

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In-person Roundtable

Accelerating enterprise outcomes in the AI era: Activating the Services-as-Software flywheel

November 11, 2025, The Dorchester, London UK

Conducted in collaboration with Cognizant, this roundtable unites senior leaders to rethink how enterprises can move beyond traditional service delivery and activate the Services-as-Software (SaS) Flywheel—where AI, data, and IP work together to drive continuous value, speed, and innovation.

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Virtual (via Microsoft Teams)

AI-first in Banking and Financial Services: From hype to hard truth

December 4, 2025

Conducted in collaboration with Infosys, this roundtable will challenge leaders to confront the realities of operating in an AI-first world.

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Past Roundtable Highlights

Can India lead the Technology Arbitrage Revolution in services

Presented live in India on February 19. This roundtable explored and debate on the very present and future of Indian IT and BPM services.

Reimagining GBS (Global Generative Business Services) models with AI

Presented live in NYC on February 15. This roundtable explored the future in which the new GBS becomes Generative Business Services.

GenAI meets Cloud How can you manage (cloud) spend despite the onslaught of GenAI?

Presented live in London on February 1. This roundtable explored how can we manage (cloud) spend despite the onslaught of GenAI.

GenAI must be about value, not a singular obsession on productivity

Presented live in NYC on January 25. This roundtable explored the latest GenAI use cases and discussed how GenAI can be used to enhance stakeholder experience and create entirely new sources of value for enterprise growth and innovation.

Escape cloud purgatory! Strategies to reduce costs AND innovate at speed

Presented on Dec 14, 2023. In this digital focus group, HFS brought together an intimate group of business and IT leaders to share their experiences on how their firms are achieving breakaway results going beyond embracing investment-optimizing FinOps principles.

How can Industry Cloud capture business value from cloud investments?

Presented live in NYC on November 30. This roundtable explored the extent to which enterprises consider embracing Industry Cloud to help them achieve their strategic objectives and thus capture business value from their investments in the cloud.

GenAI’s impact on the office of the future for professional services

Presented live in NYC on Nov 14 2023. During this roundtable industry leaders and experts explored and shared the avenues for professional services firms to embrace GenAI and also unravel the mysteries behind this tech, discussing real-world strategies, risks, and applications it holds for your back-office operations.

How can we achieve a new generation of health consumer engagement with GenAI?

Presented on Oct 26, 2023. This digital focus group seek to understand from health plans and provider executives what their challenges are, their aspirations, and operational strategies to meet the growing digital demands of their members, and patients.

Stop trying to delight customers! Just make it easy: How can GenAI make life easier for your employees &

Presented live in NYC on Oct 4, 2023. HFS brought together a group of enterprise leaders who discussed the challenges and opportunities for improving the customer journey as well as the opportunities and risks of leveraging GenAI for optimizing CX processes.

Powering a sustainable future: How can enterprises transform to lead the energy transition as part of an

Presented on Sept 21, 2023. This roundtable discussed the strategies and explored how companies can deliver on the sustainability goals to align with our latest study produced in association with Infosys.

Solving the current cloud contradiction: Reducing costs versus innovating at speed

Presented live in NYC on June 13, 2023. HFS brought together an intimate group of business and IT leaders who shared their experience on how their firms are achieving breakaway results going beyond embracing investment-optimizing FinOps principles.

The ecosystem imperative: How to create new sources of value in BFS enterprises

Presented on May 4, 2023. This roundtable offered an exclusive opportunity for BFS enterprises to get inside the study findings in a confidential, facilitated learning forum.

Reimagining GBS with digital intelligence

Presented on April 27, 2023. In this HFS Digital Focus Group - HFS analysts, IBM executives, and 5-7 enterprise GBS leaders discussed how GBS organizations are managing multiple business priorities with digital initiatives to serve employees and customers better.

Where is the metaverse heading: How can we create a business impact?

Presented live in NYC on April 11, 2023. While the term “metaverse” was coined 30 years ago, it is still being defined, and its potential to unleash the next wave of technological disruption seems increasingly clear, with real-life benefits already emerging for early adopters.

Developing an infinite GBS mindset: Adapting strategy today for long-term success

Presented on March 30, 2023. This roundtable shared research and perspectives on the new horizons of enterprise innovation where GBS / Shared Services transformation can aspire towards an infinite mindset.

Marketing in the age of CX: Do we need iteration or re-invention?

Presented live in London on March 7, 2023. Today’s marketers are looking at the world in a new light of rapidly shifting customer expectations, a hybrid physical and digital reality, and unmatched uncertainty.

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