AEO for the CMO: An Actionable Maturity Model

In this candid conversation, two CEOs at the forefront of AI explore the questions every leader faces: How do you build AI systems that are safe, steerable and aligned with human values? What does scalable AI-driven growth actually look like? How do you lead through disruption when the rules are being rewritten in real-time? This isn't just another AI discussion. It's a practical conversation about navigating the most consequential transformation of our lifetime, with two leaders shaping that future every day.

Join HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan and EVP of Product Karen Ng on the Main Stage to open INBOUND as they unpack the latest trends in AI, marketing, sales and service, and announce innovations from across the HubSpot platform.

In a special solo keynote, HubSpot Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah explores how to build and lead in an era of unprecedented change. From AI transformation to evolving customer expectations, Dharmesh will decode the patterns that define tomorrow's successful companies. Walk away with a clearer vision of what's coming and the practical steps to position your business ahead of the curve.

Video has transformed communication, but we're entering its next evolution. Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli explores how AI will reshape video as profoundly as social media reshaped content consumption. Over the next decade, AI won't just make video faster and cheaper—it will make it fundamentally different through hyper-tailored videos that adapt to each viewer and experiences that respond in real time, blurring lines between watching and participating. Following the keynote, Financial Times' Cristina Criddle joins for a fireside chat on opportunities, challenges, and ethics of storytelling.

In this session, you'll learn how the search landscape has completely changed and how you can get ahead of the competition by leveraging a new SEO strategy along with exclusive prompts. You'll learn how to wield the power of Cursor, Claude Code, and MCPs to clone yourself 100 times, and much more.

Marketers always want to know, ”what will change?” Let’s explore a more important question, ”what won’t change?” We believe that there’s never an advantage to following the crowd— especially in marketing, where the crowd is usually wrong. The B2B Institute presents 6 new B2B trends for the contrarian marketer. These bite-sized, story-led ideas challenge traditional approaches to strategy, creative, distribution and measurement, offering paths to outperform competition. These little-known best practices provide a significant competitive edge to those willing to reject consensus opinion.