AI & Data Summit

4 Jun 2026

San Francisco

AI & Data Summit

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Overview

The IDC AI and Data Summit is the premier event for senior technology and business executives driving artificial intelligence and data strategies across the region. Designed for CDOs, Heads of Data, and AI and innovation leaders, this full-day event delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies focused on organizations’ top priorities: scaling AI adoption, ensuring data quality and governance, and navigating complex digital regulation and readiness.​

As organizations accelerate investment in AI and data-driven transformation, many face a readiness gap: while 89% have revamped their data strategies to support Generative AI, only 26% have deployed these solutions at scale, and a mere 12% feel their infrastructure is ready for autonomous AI workflows. Further, the growth of unstructured data (projected at ~22% CAGR) underscores that quality and context a cross all data types is now mission critical. ​

These challenges demand that leaders transform data into a trusted strategic asset while embedding ethics, transparency, and resilience into AI initiatives.​

IDC’s analysts and industry experts will guide you on how to build future-ready data architectures, operationalize AI responsibly, and drive measurable business impact. Through keynote sessions, panels, and collaborative discussions, this event provides Europe’s leaders with the tools and frameworks to transform AI and data into a foundation for innovation, resilience, and growth.

Artificial Intelligence and Data Management are at the heart of the digital transformation journey. Organizations are under pressure to innovate quickly while navigating complex regulatory landscapes that emphasize data privacy, security, and ethical AI. IDC forecasts that global spending on artificial intelligence will reach $570 billion in 2026, reinforcing how critical investment in AI infrastructure and services has become. Success demands not only speed, but trust, resilience, and strong governance.​

These challenges highlight why effective data management is a critical foundation for realizing AI’s potential.​

Join senior data, AI, and technology executives alongside IDC analysts for a day of high-level sessions designed for business and IT leaders. You’ll gain practical frameworks, strategic insights, and leadership tools to unlock the value of AI, strengthen data management capabilities, and drive responsible, innovation-led growth:

  • Build trustworthy, sovereign data infrastructures.​
  • Overcome data quality and governance challenges.​
  • Embed compliance, ethics, and transparency into AI.​
  • Translate AI and data initiatives into measurable business value.
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Expert Perspectives

Hear from global thought leaders, visionary CIOs, and celebrity speakers redefining technology, leadership, and innovation across the region.

IDC Keynote: Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

How organizations are deploying agentic AI to drive rapid innovation, while navigating complex regulator requirements around data privacy, security, and ethical AI

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Event Highlights & Key Topics

Data Value Reinvention in the Age of AI

Organizations are shifting from thinking about “using AI” to “leveraging data for AI value,” integrating data maturity practices like cataloging, lineage, and observability to fuel model performance and business impact.

Scaling AI: From Pilot to Enterprise Deployment

Moving beyond experimentation, leaders create robust MLOps pipelines, governance frameworks, and change strategies to embed AI into core operations at scale with sustainability and reliability.

Trust, Transparency and Responsible AI

Embedding fairness, bias mitigation, auditability, and explainability across the AI lifecycle helps build user confidence, regulatory alignment, and long-term trust in intelligent systems.

Data Sovereignty, Governance and Interoperability

Balancing data residency, regulatory constraints, and cross-border flow requires hybrid cloud strategies, shared governance models, and interoperable architectures that meet business needs.

Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier

As generative and agentic models go beyond assistance, leaders focus on guardrails, cost/risk trade-offs, hybrid model design, and alignment with existing AI systems

Infrastructure Evolution: Edge, Cloud and AI Platforms

Deploying AI at scale depends on modern, flexible infrastructure spanning edge and cloud, optimized for latency, throughput, cost, sovereignty, and workload distribution.

Business Value and ROI from AI & Data

Translating AI and data experiments into measurable business outcomes demands clear KPI frameworks, strong business cases, and scalable use cases tied to financial value.

People, Culture and AI Readiness

Success requires preparing teams with AI literacy, reskilling, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership that navigates resistance and embeds data-driven habits into daily workflows.

Ecosystems, Partnerships and Innovation Models

Advancing AI and data at scale entails co-innovation via startup alliances, consortia, vendor collaborations, open data spaces, and shared platforms that accelerate adoption.

Future Regulation and Strategic Foresight

Anticipating evolving global AI regulations, embedding compliance early, and running scenario planning for regulatory shifts helps organizations stay ahead in a dynamic policy landscape.

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Venue

Address: 5th floor buyout, 40 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

Convene 100 Stockton is located in the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood.

Convene 100 Stockton – Union Square

The location celebrates the city’s illustrious weather phenomenon “Karl, the Fog”” with an etherial statement light fixture as well as reflective art and decor. The design is reminiscent of the surrounding landmarked architecture and coastal contemporary elements, including dramatic natural light, stonework, warm woods, and lush greenery. Convene 100 Stockton provides a white box space allowing for client and event branding opportunities, in-house catering with customization options and dining private to each event, in-room A/V technology supported by an on-site team, and dedicated hospitality resources.

The location is conveniently adjacent to several paid parking garages and is easily accessible via public transportation.

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Testimonials That Tell the Story

Discover what past delegates have to say about their experience. From insightful sessions to meaningful connections that made the event truly worthwhile.

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“All the sessions I attended added some value and insight with the current security and leadership landscape. Very insightful informative sessions. I will attend this event again as soon as it is available.”

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“FutureIT by CIO | IDC empowers IT industry professionals to unite under a shared vision, forging a common perspective that drives the future of innovation.”

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