The Long-Term Strategy Conference 2026 (LTSP26) is a global event. Its audience spans every region where serious long-term strategy work is being done — North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The virtual format exists precisely to make that reach possible without the cost and friction of travel.
But reach is not the same as openness to all comers. LTSP26 is designed for a specific kind of professional, and being direct about that serves everyone.
Who it is for
Chief strategy officers and senior strategy executives who are responsible for the quality of the strategy creation process inside their organizations, not just the quality of the strategy document that emerges from it.
Management consultants and strategy facilitators who design and lead strategy engagements for client organizations, and who are being asked — explicitly or implicitly — to bring AI into that work in ways that actually improve it.
Board members and board advisors who oversee the integrity of long-term strategic decision-making and need a rigorous framework for evaluating what AI-assisted strategy actually looks like when it is done well versus when it is producing Trendslop.
Organizational development and planning leaders who sit at the intersection of process design and strategic execution, and who understand that how strategy gets made is as consequential as what it concludes.
Thought leaders, researchers, and content creators working in the strategy space who need a more precise vocabulary and a more defensible intellectual framework for the AI-in-strategy conversation than the current market is offering.
Who it is not for
LTSP26 is not the right event for professionals whose primary interest is AI tooling — which platforms to adopt, which prompts to use, which subscriptions to consolidate. That conversation has its own venues, and they are well attended.
It is not designed for early-career managers who are still building foundational strategy literacy. The conference assumes fluency with long-term strategy work as a starting point, not an outcome.
It is not for those seeking a certification, a completed implementation framework, or a vendor-curated view of what AI can do for strategy. LTSP26 has no sponsors with platforms to promote and no agenda shaped by what the AI industry would like strategists to believe.
And it is not for those who have already concluded that AI either solves the strategy problem or is irrelevant to it. The conference is built for the professionals who are still holding the question honestly — and who want to engage with it at the level of rigor it deserves.
The common thread
Every attendee profile above shares one characteristic: direct accountability for the quality of long-term strategic thinking, in organizations where the consequences of getting it wrong are measured in years, not quarters.
If that describes your role, LTSP26 was built for you.
Do you also have these questions or concerns?
What if I just don’t believe in game-changing strategy?
This event might not be for you.
But if it might be, you may agree that strategy which isn’t game-changing isn’t strategic at all. It’s just business-as-usual.
However, you are realistic. Game-changing strategy isn’t easy and there are peculiar obstacles which don’t arise in daily problem-solving.
Over the course of research spanning more than 60 strategy projects, we noticed that the ones which produce amazing outcomes share the following:
– they commit to game-changing results.
– they include pre-emptive actions.
– they span 15-30-year time frames.
After more than two decades, we have distilled the winning formula for overcoming the challenge of game-changing strategy. This conference features 26 of them.
How can employees and other stakeholders be inspired in today’s environment?
As a leader, you are aware that people respond to visionary goals which are infused with higher purpose. However, the last few years have just been about business survival.
Some believe that recapturing people’s imagination and commitment is as easy as crafting a new vision statement, but you’re not so sure.
At the conference, you will hear more about crafting visionary strategic plans which are credible, realistic, yet lift staff members to higher performance.
Will an interwoven short/long-term strategic plan take too long?
Sometime in the past, you were exposed to long-term strategic planning. It took a long time and involved a major effort, perhaps even with outside consultants and a hefty price-tag. You don’t want a repeat, but if you could get the job done quickly, it might be worth it.
Fortunately, we will have a range of speakers with broad experiences. You’ll hear different methods for interweaving short/long-term strategic planning, which can take place in as little as two days.
Does my company even need a long-term strategic plan?
Like every other healthy organization, your company does short-term planning. Staying successful over the next two to five years is a high priority.
But you suspect that if it were headed towards a far-reaching destination or vision, it could reduce the stress of chasing one issue after another. Also, you would do more than maintain the status quo and be more disruptive like Netflix or Apple.
At the Sustainable Strategy Conference you will learn advanced methods for quickly and efficiently completing long-term strategic plans. This means you can test the approach for yourself, even if it’s the first one in your organization’s history.
Can I just keep updating my short-term strategic plan?
You have a five-year plan which you update annually. While you stick to your schedule and feed into the budgeting process, you don’t see any obvious advantage from changing the approach.
But you are open to new ways of thinking.
We’ll address this issue from multiple angles at our event. For example, our speakers will ask whether or not your competitors with 6-10 year strategies are likely to win…just because they are looking further into a future which you are ignoring.
Do I need to be at the conference for two entire days?
Good question…You want to get as much as possible done at the office. And the conference. Both at the same time.
But time is limited.
Fortunately, the Full Ticket allows you to choose from the full list of sessions – both live and pre-recorded. Why? With the ticket, you will receive all the video recordings once the event is over and catch up on every moment that you missed.
This means you can skip the entire event! (Although we encourage you to make time to attend.)
Make your investment here – https://strategyconf.fwconsulting.com/registration-page-preconference/
The conference might not be a good fit if…
◦ You prefer to work in isolation and aren’t interested in collaborating with others.
◦ You’re an ardent short-termist who doesn’t see the value in long-term vision.
◦ You’re comfortable with ordinary, status-quo-driven strategies and aren’t open to new ideas.”
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