Agenda
Thursday, June 4, 2026
All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time.
AI & Data Summit San Francisco
One Day Event
Registration and Networking
Pre-registration required to attend, please pick your badge up at the Registration Desk. The first 50 attendees to check in will receive an exclusive IDC gift.
IDC Welcome Remarks
Allice Shandler
Sr. Director, Events – Americas, IDC
Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk
Agentic AI is unlocking new levels of enterprise innovation by enabling autonomous decision-making and adaptive workflows at scale. Balancing this potential with robust risk management is essential for ensuring trust, compliance, and sustainable value as organizations operationalize agentic systems across critical functions.
Alessandro Perilli
Vice President, Enterprise AI Strategies, IDC
The Rise of the AI Workforce: From Automation to Autonomous Enterprise Operations
AI is transforming enterprises from task automation to autonomous operations, reshaping leadership, workforce models, and value creation. Strategic adoption of AI-driven autonomy is emerging as a critical differentiator for innovation, resilience, and sustained competitive advantage.
Helen O’Sullivan
AI Solutions, Dell Technologies
Scaling AI from Pilot to Enterprise-wide Deployment
AI is not just an IT tool; it’s rapidly becoming a core driver of business value across industries. This session will share Dell Technologies’ and NVIDIA’s perspective regarding the repeatable methodologies, use cases, lessons learned that early adopters have leveraged to deploy AI, on premises. Specific focus areas will include Strategy & Preparation, Development & Piloting and Deployment & Scaling
Networking Break
Hosted Discussion Groups
Scaling AI in the Enterprise topic, Hosted by PWC
Vision to Value: Deploying AI in the Enterprise, Hosted by Dell | NVIDIA
Data as a Strategic Asset
Data is emerging as a core driver of enterprise strategy, fueling innovation, operational excellence, and competitive differentiation. Organizations that treat data as a strategic asset are positioned to unlock new value, enable intelligent decision-making, and build resilient, future-ready business models.
Tim Law
Research Director, AI & Automation, IDC
Geeta Pyne
Senior Managing Director and Chief Architect, TIAA
From Data to Decisions: The Next Era of Enterprise Intelligence
Enterprises are entering a new era where advanced analytics and AI transform raw data into actionable intelligence, driving faster, more informed decisions. Organizations that harness this evolution are poised to achieve greater agility, innovation, and sustained competitive pipeline advantage.
Sustaining AI Value at Scale
Creating value from AI is not just about implementation. It is about sustaining performance, maintaining quality, and managing the capability over time. This fireside chat will explore how organizations can move from innovation to long-term value by putting in place the processes, ownership, and operating discipline needed to scale AI successfully.
Rani Radhakrishnan
Principal, PWC
Daniel Saroff
Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC
Networking Lunch & Solutions Showcase
Trustworthy AI – Ethics, Bias & Transparency in Practice
Building trustworthy AI requires embedding ethics, bias mitigation, and transparency into every stage of the AI lifecycle. Organizations that operationalize these principles not only strengthen compliance and stakeholder trust but also position themselves for responsible innovation and long-term success.
Kathy Lange
Research Director, AI, Data, and Automation Software, IDC
Jane Gong
Director of Emerging Technologies, City and County of San Francisco
Why Agentic Enterprise Now
Your AI strategy is moving fast, but legacy data infrastructure may be holding it back. Join Syncari co-founders Nick Bonfiglio and Neelesh Shastry for a fireside chat on the gap between AI ambition and operational readiness. The discussion explores why agentic AI cannot succeed on fragmented, stale, or siloed data, and how Syncari Agentic MDM™ helps create a unified, governed, and real-time foundation of trusted master data across enterprise systems.
Nick Bonfiglio
CEO and Co-Founder, Syncari
Neelsh Shashtry
CTO, Syncari
The Human Side of AI and Data
As AI and data reshape the enterprise landscape, human insight, adaptability, and collaboration become critical differentiators. Organizations that prioritize culture, upskilling, and ethical engagement empower their workforce to thrive alongside intelligent technologies and drive sustainable transformation.
Cybersecurity Meets AI and Data
The convergence of cybersecurity, AI, and data is redefining how organizations anticipate, detect, and respond to evolving threats. Leveraging intelligent automation and advanced analytics, enterprises can strengthen defenses, accelerate incident response, and build more resilient security postures in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
Responsible AI in Practice
Operationalizing responsible AI requires embedding ethical frameworks, governance, and accountability into every stage of the AI lifecycle. Organizations that implement these practices at scale not only mitigate risk and ensure compliance but also unlock sustainable innovation and stakeholder trust.
Digital Sovereignty and Data Governance
Digital sovereignty and robust data governance are becoming critical imperatives as organizations navigate regulatory complexity, cross-border data flows, and evolving digital ecosystems. Leaders who prioritize control, transparency, and compliance in their data strategies will be best positioned to safeguard assets, build stakeholder trust, and drive sustainable growth in a rapidly shifting global landscape.
Lightning Insights
Reimagining Enterprise Operations in the Age of AI
3:30 pm – 3:35 pm
Networking Break
From Data Chaos to Trusted AI: Closing the AI Pilot to Production Gap
This session moves past the AI hype to tackle this Pilot to Production Gap. Attendees will learn about the three critical data infrastructure requirements to deliver trustworthy AI in production, and how to help Data, AI and Business teams alike collaborate more effectively to achieve AI success more quickly. We will also show some examples of these principles in action, through customers that have achieved measurable results in production.
Dominic Sartorio
Vice President of Product Marketing, Denodo Technologies Inc
AI & Data in 2030 – What Leaders Must Prepare For
AI and data will fundamentally redefine competitive dynamics, business models, and workforce expectations. Leaders must anticipate disruptive technological shifts, invest in adaptive strategies, and cultivate organizational resilience to harness the full potential of an AI-driven future.
Marlanna Harrington
Research Analyst, Data, Analytics, AI, and Automation, IDC
Michael Makstman
CIO and Head of Department of Technology, City & County of San Francisco
Closing Remarks
Networking Reception
Enjoy more food and drinks with our partners and new contacts
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