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Thought Leadership wegginar® Series 2026

How are businesses creating value with AI around the world and using AI in ecommerce


with Kati Suominen and Fabian Stächelin
March 4, 2026

Wednesday, March 4

11:00 a.m. CST (12:00 p.m. ET)

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March wegginar®: How are businesses creating value with AI around the world and using AI in ecommerce?

wegginar® takeaways:

  • How are small and large businesses using AI around the world - what use cases are emerging that you could learn from?
  • How are businesses integrating AI into their ecommerce?
  • How is AI use helping businesses create entirely new monetization models?
  • What policy frameworks are emerging around AI that online sellers and globalizing businesses need to be aware of?

This wegginar® is sponsored by

wegg premier and lead sponsors

Note: Thanks to our sponsors, event is "no charge" but you must register to attend.

Meet the presenters

Kati Suominen

Kati Suominen is the Founder and CEO of Nextrade Group that helps governments, leading technology companies, and multilateral development banks enable trade and private sector development through technology. Author of 140 articles and 10 peer-reviewed books, she works on trade in goods and services, digital trade, digital payments, digital competition, and AI policy, among others.

Kati Suominen

Fabian Stächelin

Fabian Stachelin is the Founder of e-traid and has dedicated his career to developing e-commerce in emerging markets, notably as the driving force behind the partnership between eBay and the International Trade Centre (ITC). After eight years at eBay, he founded e-traid, where he leads e-commerce projects funded by the EU, World Bank, and USAID, primarily partnering with Nextrade Group and the ITC.

Fabian Stächelin