IDC & Avanade Executive Dinner
ERP as the Foundation of the Autonomous Enterprise
From System of Record to System of Action
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ERP has quietly become the proving ground for enterprise AI. IDC research shows that 80% of ERP organizations already use AI assistants and agents within their ERP, with frequent users saving 30-90 minutes per person per day.
Roughly 40% of the ERP market is already assistant-enhanced, with agent-led capabilities spreading fast. Yet ambition is outpacing readiness: 77% of European CIOs are prioritizing AI scaling in 2026, but only 6% say their data and infrastructure are truly ready, and just 28% are confident in the quality of the data feeding their AI.
For IT leaders, this is the defining question of the next 24 months: what does a modern ERP actually look like today, and how do you evolve it into an agentic ERP, one where autonomous agents run discrete processes across finance, supply chain, and operations rather than simply recording them?
A peer-to-peer roundtable dinner
This exclusive dinner offers a confidential setting for peer-to-peer exchange among cross-industry IT decision-makers, with perspectives from IDC, Avanade, and Microsoft on how Nordic enterprises can close the gap between agentic ambition and agentic readiness and chart a practical path to the agentic ERP.
Speakers
Bo Lykkegaard
Associate Vice President, Software Research
IDC
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Bo Lykkegaard
Bo Lykkegaard is associate vice president for the enterprise-software-related expertise centers in Europe. His team focuses on the $172 billion European software market, specifically on business applications, customer experience, business analytics, and artificial intelligence. Specific research areas include market analysis, competitive analysis, end-user case studies and surveys, thought leadership, and custom market models.
Based in Copenhagen, Lykkegaard joined IDC’s European Software Group as a senior research analyst in November 2002. Before joining IDC, he worked as a sales specialist at IBM in Denmark, selling software solutions to large accounts. Prior to this, he set up a software sales unit for GBM (IBM distributor) in Honduras and worked as an ERP consultant at Capgemini in Denmark. During 2018–2020, he took time off from IDC to work on several software start-ups.
Lykkegaard has an MSc in business administration and technology management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, which included a semester at Brandeis University, Boston.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:00 pm
Summary of discussions and key takeaways
One Day Event 5:50 pm
IDC & Avanade Welcome Address
Karin Falkenström Loo
Director, Sales lead
Avanade
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Karin Falkenström Loo
Agenda
IDC & Avanade Executive Dinner
One Day Event
Welcome Reception
Guest arrival with welcome drinks and networking
IDC & Avanade Welcome Address
Bo Lykkegaard
Associate Vice President, Software Research, IDC
Starter Courses – First Discussion Topic
Main Course – Second Discussion Topic
Dessert – Third Discussion Topic
Summary of discussions and key takeaways
Bo Lykkegaard
Associate Vice President, Software Research, IDC
Thank you for today
Host Partners
Avanade
Avanade is the world’s leading expert on Microsoft. We help organizations of all sizes reach their full potential by unlocking the power of Microsoft.
Microsoft
Microsoft technology is fundamental to business success today. It boosts productivity, fuels innovation, and secures your critical data. With thousands of new capabilities released each year, Microsoft continuously advances what is possible — helping organisations modernise, optimise, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape