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7:00 am – 8:00 am PST
Delegate Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am PST
Chair's Welcome and Opening Remarks
Cybersecurity
Chair TBA
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Chair TBA
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Chair TBA
8:10 am – 8:40 am PST
Keynote
Leading the Enterprise Through the Next Era of AI Transformation
- Moving AI from emerging opportunity toward enterprise-wide strategic business priority
- Identifying where AI can create the greatest measurable business value
- Preparing technology, data and operating models for accelerated AI adoption
- Balancing rapid innovation with governance, security and responsible AI deployment
- Leading organizational change as AI transforms how people actually work
- Defining technology leadership priorities for an increasingly AI-enabled enterprise
8:40 am – 9:10 am PST
Plenary
Building the Technology and Data Foundations for What's Next
- Modernizing technology foundations while maintaining critical enterprise business operations
- Building trusted data environments supporting analytics, AI and better decisions
- Reducing technical debt while creating more flexible enterprise technology architectures
- Prioritizing modernization investments around business value, risk and strategic impact
- Connecting technology, data and business teams around shared transformation priorities
- Creating scalable foundations capable of supporting continuous innovation and change
9:10 am – 9:40 am PST
Plenary
Turning Technology Investment into Measurable Enterprise Business Value
- Prioritizing technology investments around strategic business needs and measurable outcomes
- Demonstrating value beyond traditional technology performance and operational IT metrics
- Balancing innovation investments with modernization, security and operational technology requirements
- Building stronger executive alignment around technology priorities, funding and accountability
- Measuring transformation success through productivity, efficiency, growth and business performance
- Positioning technology leadership as a strategic driver of enterprise competitiveness
9:45 am – 11:25 am PST
Refreshments, Networking, and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings
11:30 am – 12:00 pm PST
Stream Sessions
Cybersecurity
Building Cyber Resilience for an Era of Unavoidable Enterprise Threats
- Moving beyond prevention toward stronger enterprise resilience and recovery capabilities
- Preparing organizations to respond effectively when sophisticated cyberattacks successfully penetrate
- Strengthening ransomware recovery, business continuity and enterprise crisis response planning
- Building adaptable security architectures capable of recovering from evolving cyber threats
- Using lessons from incidents to continuously strengthen enterprise security posture
- Aligning cyber resilience strategies with broader organizational business continuity priorities
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Moving Enterprise AI from Experimentation to Scalable Business Value
- Identifying enterprise AI use cases tied directly to business priorities
- Moving successful AI pilots into scalable enterprise production environments
- Building implementation roadmaps that connect AI investments with measurable outcomes
- Overcoming organizational barriers preventing AI initiatives from reaching meaningful scale
- Establishing executive sponsorship required to sustain enterprise AI transformation programs
- Learning from successful deployments while avoiding common implementation failures
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Building a Modern Enterprise Data Strategy for Business Transformation
- Creating enterprise data strategies aligned directly with organizational business priorities
- Improving data quality, accessibility and consistency across fragmented enterprise environments
- Establishing governance models that strengthen ownership, accountability and trusted data
- Connecting data management investments with analytics and business intelligence priorities
- Breaking down organizational silos preventing effective enterprise-wide data utilization
- Building scalable data foundations capable of supporting future technology transformation
12:05 pm – 12:35 pm PST
Stream Sessions
Cybersecurity
Fighting AI-Powered Threats with Intelligent Cyber Defense and Automation
- Using AI to accelerate enterprise threat detection, investigation and response
- Identifying abnormal network behavior before threats escalate into major incidents
- Preparing security teams for increasingly automated and AI-enabled cyberattacks
- Applying intelligent automation across security operations and incident response workflows
- Balancing AI-driven security automation with appropriate human oversight and judgment
- Building defensive capabilities capable of keeping pace with evolving attackers
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Building the Agentic Enterprise with Autonomous AI and Intelligent Workflows
- Moving beyond GenAI toward AI systems capable of independent action
- Identifying enterprise workflows best suited for agentic AI implementation today
- Designing AI agents capable of reasoning across complex business processes
- Connecting multiple AI agents to orchestrate end-to-end enterprise workflows
- Determining appropriate boundaries between autonomous decision-making and human oversight
- Preparing operating models for increasingly autonomous AI-enabled business environments
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Modernizing Legacy Technology Without Disrupting Critical Enterprise Business Operations
- Prioritizing legacy modernization around business value, risk and operational requirements
- Breaking monolithic applications into more flexible and maintainable technology architectures
- Managing technical debt while continuing to support critical enterprise systems
- Sequencing modernization initiatives without creating unnecessary disruption across business operations
- Balancing investment between maintaining existing platforms and building new capabilities
- Creating modernization roadmaps that deliver incremental value throughout transformation programs
12:40 pm – 1:40 pm PST
Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussions and Open Seating Lunch
Day 1 - Sponsor-Led
Deploying Enterprise AI Platforms That Move Organizations Beyond Experimentation
Building Agentic AI Solutions for Intelligent and Autonomous Enterprise Workflows
Modernizing Cyber Defense with AI-Powered Detection, Automation and Response
Securing Enterprise AI Across Models, Agents, Data and Applications
Strengthening Data Security, Privacy and Governance Across the Enterprise
Modernizing Zero Trust, Identity and Access Across Cloud Environments
Building Modern Data Platforms for Analytics, Intelligence and Enterprise AI
Modernizing IT Operations Through Automation, Visibility and Intelligent Service Management
Transforming Business Processes with AI, Automation and Intelligent Digital Solutions
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm PST
Stream Sessions
Cybersecurity
Securing Enterprise AI Across Models, Data, Agents and Applications
- Protecting sensitive enterprise information accessed by AI models and applications
- Establishing security controls around private LLMs and enterprise AI platforms
- Managing new attack surfaces created by autonomous and agentic AI
- Strengthening identity and access controls across increasingly autonomous AI environments
- Embedding security, traceability and governance throughout the AI development lifecycle
- Preparing cybersecurity strategies for rapidly evolving AI risks and vulnerabilities
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Scaling Generative AI and LLMs Across the Modern Enterprise
- Moving Generative AI from individual productivity tools into enterprise workflows
- Selecting appropriate models for different organizational requirements and business applications
- Evaluating private LLMs for sensitive data and regulated enterprise environments
- Integrating Generative AI capabilities with existing enterprise systems and applications
- Managing performance, scalability and cost across growing Generative AI deployments
- Establishing reusable approaches that accelerate adoption across multiple business functions
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Turning Enterprise Data into Actionable Intelligence and Better Decisions
- Connecting business intelligence investments directly with strategic enterprise decision making
- Turning fragmented organizational data into trusted and actionable business insights
- Expanding analytics capabilities across operational, financial and customer-facing business functions
- Improving data visualization to make complex information accessible for executives
- Building self-service intelligence capabilities without compromising governance or data quality
- Moving organizations from retrospective reporting toward predictive and actionable intelligence
2:20 pm – 2:50 pm PST
Stream Sessions
Cybersecurity
Strengthening Zero Trust, Identity and Access Across Cloud Environments
- Implementing Zero Trust principles across increasingly distributed enterprise technology environments
- Modernizing identity and access management across cloud and enterprise infrastructure
- Reducing security exposure created by excessive permissions and privileged access
- Strengthening authentication and authorization without creating unnecessary business friction
- Managing identities consistently across employees, applications, devices and third parties
- Connecting Zero Trust architecture with broader cloud and cybersecurity strategies
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Building Data and Technology Foundations for Enterprise AI at Scale
- Building trusted data foundations capable of supporting enterprise AI applications
- Improving data quality, accessibility and intelligence for AI-enabled decision making
- Modernizing infrastructure around the highest-value enterprise AI use cases
- Developing reusable AI platforms that accelerate development across business functions
- Connecting analytics, data intelligence and machine learning into AI architectures
- Prioritizing technology investments required to support scalable AI transformation programs
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Building Enterprise Architecture That Accelerates Transformation Rather Than Slowing It
- Aligning enterprise architecture decisions with evolving business and technology strategies
- Creating governance models that accelerate delivery without sacrificing architectural standards
- Simplifying complex technology environments through standardization and platform consolidation initiatives
- Balancing enterprise-wide consistency with legitimate local and business-unit requirements
- Designing flexible architectures capable of supporting continuous technology and business change
- Bringing business, product and technology leaders into architecture decisions earlier
2:55 pm – 4:15 pm PST
Happy Hour, Networking, and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings
4:20 pm – 5:05 pm PST
Panel Discussion
Building a Resilient Enterprise in an Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape
- Balancing stronger cybersecurity with business speed, accessibility, innovation and growth
- Protecting critical data across increasingly connected, cloud-dependent and AI-enabled environments
- Strengthening resilience against emerging threats, third-party risks and business disruption
- Prioritizing cybersecurity investments around the risks that matter most today
- Building security awareness and accountability across the wider enterprise organization
- Evolving cybersecurity leadership as AI transforms both enterprise risk and defense
5:05 pm – 5:35 pm PST
Networking Break
5:35 pm – 6:20 pm PST
Panel Discussion
Moving AI from Enterprise Opportunity to Measurable Business Impact
- Identifying where AI and Agentic AI can deliver greatest business value
- Moving beyond pilots and experimentation toward scalable enterprise AI adoption
- Building data and technology foundations required to successfully scale AI
- Balancing innovation with governance, trust, privacy and responsible AI adoption
- Measuring AI investment through productivity, efficiency and measurable business outcomes
- Preparing people, processes and operating models for increasingly AI-enabled organizations
6:20 pm – 6:30 pm PST
Chair's Closing Remarks
Cybersecurity
Chair TBA
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Chair TBA
Digital Transformation & Data Management
Chair TBA
6:35 pm – 7:35 pm PST
