Leading Through the AI Shift – Reimagining Enterprise Strategy in a Time of Transformation

• Navigating the transition from experimentation to enterprise-wide AI deployment
• Balancing innovation with risk, governance and long-term value creation
• Modernising the tech stack to support scalable, secure, AI-driven innovation
• Redefining IT leadership in a world where technology drives every strategic decision

Jonathan Chan

Head of IT and Security

Episource

Quincey Collins

CISO

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

E.A. Rockett

Vice President, Office of the General Counsel

Adobe

Fauzia Saeed

Vice President Data and AI Strategy, Products, and Governance

McKesson

Cecil Newton

CIO & CISO

Central California Alliance for Health

Monica Khurana

CTO & CIO

Dodge & Cox

Advancing Digital Resilience for the Agentic Era

As agentic applications reshape digital ecosystems, data volume and complexity are skyrocketing. This shift is fueling cross-domain threats that exploit fragmentation and make it harder than ever to stay ahead. To address the challenges posed by AI, organizations need to think about digital resilience in new ways – supercharging security and observability with AI, ensuring security and observability for AI, and protecting themselves from new threats posed by AI.

Peter Sprenger

Field CTO

Splunk - A Cisco Company

Solving Data Gravity for the AI Era

• How true hybrid cloud storage supports scalable, high-performance environments for AI workflows
• Safe and Secure AI for the Enterprise: how your unstructured data can be leveraged safely
• Unlocking the value of your Data while balancing control, compliance, and cost
• 80% of the world’s GenAI runs in the cloud. Is your data available when you need it and where you need it?

Richard Hardy

Vice President & Field CTO for Cloud

NetApp

One Platform for Universal Data Storage

Enterprise data architectures are evolving, but many organizations still struggle with costly, rigid data warehouses that limit innovation. Without the right data foundation—one that ensures compliance, scalability, and query-ready data—businesses risk falling behind. This session explores how a universal storage layer, combined with high-performance data pipelines, can drive better business outcomes by reducing complexity, lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), and accelerating AI and analytics initiatives. Join our session to :

• Learn how modern enterprises are shifting from traditional data warehouses to a more flexible and cost-effective data lake approach.
• Understand why high-performance data pipelines are critical for achieving query-ready data for AI and analytics.
• Discover how automating data movement reduces TCO and operational overhead

Mark Van de Wiel

Field CTO

Fivetran

The Future of Data Security: Balancing Innovation and Risk

• Explore how can organisations leverage AI without compromising security and compliance
• Discuss strategies to ensure data security in an increasingly cloud-first world
• How enterprises can gain visibility into sensitive data (at rest or in motion) across their environments, without slowing them down

Rick Holland

Data & AI Security Officer

Cyera

Fuel AI Agents with AI-Ready Data

Data leaders worldwide are now being directed to pursue GenAI and AI agents to drive innovation, top-line revenue growth and productivity — but without the right data, AI projects might be stuck in experimentation. To be successful, you need an AI-powered data management approach to deliver relevant, responsible and robust AI. Lead large-scale, global AI initiatives while using natural language to simplify how your organization utilizes high-quality data for impactful AI applications. Join Informatica and your peers  to learn:

• Common pitfalls of GenAI and AI agents
• Key considerations for AI-ready data
• Real-world AI-ready examples
• Recommendations to get started

Kevin Fleet

VP of Technical Strategy and GTM Programs

Informatica

Pragmatic Approaches to Strategic Automation Practices in the AI Age

This session will explore how technology leaders are maturing their automation practices, including what defines a strategic automation practice in the emerging AI landscape. Automation thought leader and systems integrator BP3 Global will facilitate a discussion among attendees, sharing our perspective on the journey from tactical to strategic automation—and where to start when introducing more maturity into automation programs. Drawing on real-world client engagements, BP3 will highlight examples of strategic automation success and provide a pragmatic view on how AI services can be embedded into enterprise automation practices to deliver measurable business value.

Mark Hoffman

Managing Director, Strategic Accounts

BP3

Unleashing AI Observability

AI is changing the game. But how do you ensure it delivers real, measurable value? From streamlining operations to driving intelligent automation, AI is reshaping the enterprise. But to truly unlock its potential, organizations must move beyond experimentation - and toward operational excellence. That's where observability becomes a critical enabler. Join Dynatrace for a roundtable discussion on how to ensure your AI initiatives are optimized, scalable and delivering impact. You'll engage in a strategic conversation with your peers who are navigating similar challenges and opportunities. In this session, we'll dive into key topics shaping the future of AI in the enterprise:

• The role of real-time insights in optimizing AI models and business processes
• How observability can tame AI complexity and ensure reliable, scalable performance
• Achieving end-to-end visibility across AI-powered systems and workloads
• Providing ROI: How to ensure your AI investments deliver measurable business outcome

Nishant Rama

Regional VP, Solutions Engineering

Dynatrace

The CSuite’s Cheat Sheet for Cybersecurity Trends Shaping Enterprise IT

Cybersecurity never stops evolving, and Fastly is here to share what is top of mind for the CISOs we work with. With customers across nearly every industry and company size, this session will identify the latest trends our most successful customers are prioritizing and how your organization can follow suit. Key discussion points:

• Explore the increasing adoption of AI and how to react effectively
• Examine why silos between teams are breaking down and how to optimize for it
• Learn how a new balance is being struck between security and end user experience to best enable your organization

Omeed Nosrati

Field CTO

Fastly

Reimagining Business in the Age of GenAI

In this thought-provoking session, E.A. Rockett, Adobe executive, charts the transformative journey of business efficiency paradigms and presents a revolutionary framework for leveraging Generative AI. As organizations grapple with mounting pressure to implement meaningful GenAI solutions, many leaders find themselves caught between delivering quick wins and driving genuine business transformation. Rockett traces the evolution from the decades-old mantra of "Do more with less"—born in the era of Six Sigma and process optimization—to today's GenAI-driven phase of "Do more with more." But is this really the endpoint we should be pursuing? This session introduces a powerful third phase: "Do less with more"—a counterintuitive approach that champions strategic focus over perpetual expansion. The presentation unveils how this paradigm shift, enabled by GenAI, creates space for "brain burst"—often originating from unstructured thinking time—crucial for human innovation and ideation. Attendees will learn how to identify and implement GenAI use cases that free human potential for higher-order activities, leading to truly transformative outcomes. The session concludes with a practical blueprint for selecting and implementing GenAI initiatives that deliver immediate value while laying the groundwork for business reimagination. CIOs will leave equipped with actionable strategies to move beyond surface-level GenAI applications toward meaningful transformation that merits genuine executive bragging rights.

E.A. Rockett

Vice President, Office of the General Counsel

Adobe

Driving Sustainable Value with AI for IT

• Streamline IT operations with AI to cut complexity, boost efficiency and deliver measurable value
• Creating a sustainable AI First capability for Cloud, Data, ITOps, Modernization and Development
• Optimize infrastructure and performance with AI insights to enable scalable, long-term impact

Donna Bauer

VP, AI & Data

Rackspace Technology

Getting Operational Data Ready for AI

• Turn fragmented operational data into fresh, governed context for AI
• Accelerate developer velocity by eliminating complex data pipelines
• Create a digital twin of your business that lets AI agents see the results of their actions

Nate Stewart

CEO

Materialize

Intelligent Observability: Monitoring AI, Powered by AI

As AI transforms modern tech stacks, observability needs to evolve to keep pace. This session explores how AI (including causal AI, GenAI, and agentic AI) is reshaping full-stack observability, both as tools embedded within platforms like IBM Instana, and as workloads that need monitoring themselves. We'll dive into the dual role of AI in observability:

• How IBM Instana uses AI to accelerate root cause analysis, automate remediation, and deliver actionable insights across complex environments
• How IBM Instana monitors AI-native applications to ensure transparency, performance, and trust in increasingly autonomous systems

Drew Flowers

Americas Sales Leader & Field CTO

IBM Instana

From Data Silos to Intelligent Enterprise Analytics: Breaking the Integration Paralysis

• How do you make your data AI ready?
• What are the most effective architectural patterns and technologies (e.g., data fabric, data mesh, modernized data warehousing) for breaking down existing data silos?
• What frameworks and technologies have been most useful for ETL, data prep - what is the ‘analytics and data stack’ for AI?
• AI as semantic bridge vs. traditional ETL approaches
• Measuring business impact beyond technical metrics
• Cultivating Data Literacy and Cross-Functional Collaboration for AI Success

Erik Bovee

VP Business Development

MindsDB

Leading Through the AI Shift: Turning the Emotional Rollercoaster into Enterprise Advantage

Explore the evolution and transformative impact of AI on IT operations and cybersecurity. This session examines the emotional journey organizations experience during technology adoption, highlights the risks posed by Shadow AI, and provides practical guidance for leaders. Attendees will gain actionable insights to navigate challenges, strengthen security, and confidently move their organizations forward in the age of AI.

Tim Morris

Chief Security Advisor, Americas

Tanium

Imagining the Future of Work with Agentic AI

• Examine how Agentic AI drives real-time decisions, contextual learning and goal-oriented actions with minimal human input
• Explore how enterprise orchestration is becoming imperative to connect bots, agents, systems and humans to scale process transformations
• Discuss how AI will change the future of work, along with current status and challenges

Amit Bhutani

Senior Vice President – Sales (Intelligent Automation)

Persistent Systems

Shaping the Future: Leadership at the Crossroads of Technology and Transformation

• Driving alignment across innovation, operations, and data to accelerate growth and deliver tangible business results
• Selecting emerging technologies that create measurable value and support strategic priorities
• Building agile, resilient organizations and cultures that adapt and thrive in a digital-first world

Jonathan Chan

Head of IT and Security

Episource

Maria Latushkin

Group Vice President, Technology and Engineering

Albertsons Companies