2026 Agenda
8:30AM
OPENING ADDRESS:
Opening Remarks
8:40AM
KEYNOTE:
Agentic Transformation at Global Scale: Lessons from the Frontier
9:00AM
PANEL DISCUSSION:
From Pilots to Production: Making AI Deliver Real Value
With 95% of AI pilots stalling after the pilot phase, this session examines what stops AI from scaling and how agentic workflows change the equation. When AI shifts from something teams use to something that quietly runs the work, leaders must rethink operating models, accountability, and decision-making so AI can deliver value at scale.
9:30AM
KEYNOTE:
AI-Led by Design or by Disruption
Every organisation will become AI-led. The only question is whether it happens deliberately, or because competitors, customers, employees and vendors force the change. This session looks beyond pilots and productivity tools to the bigger shift: how cheap, scalable intelligence changes decisions, operating models, governance, IP and value creation. Mike will share a practical enterprise perspective on what it takes to move from isolated AI use cases to a business that learns faster, decides faster and compounds value over time.
10:00AM
PANEL DISCUSSION:
The Agent Shift: Rethinking Enterprise Software
Enterprise software is at an inflection point as AI agents move from supporting users to running workflows end to end. This panel explores whether traditional enterprise platforms are giving way to more composable, agent driven models and how decisions around build versus buy change when software becomes autonomous, and deeply embedded.
10:30AM
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition Viewing
11:00AM
The Art of the Possible
An interactive demo session which will shatter assumptions about what AI can do today. Attendees will leave with a clearer idea of what is possible which they can draw on when generating AI transformation strategy in their organisations
11:00AM
Modern GTM Playbook: Scaling in a Transforming Economy
Growth is harder to manufacture than ever. Go‑to‑market is quickly becoming an engineering problem: systems, signals and loops, not just decks and headcount. In this session, we’ll explore what’s actually separating high-growth companies from the rest. Drawing on real data and examples, you’ll learn why most teams fall into the “AI productivity trap” and how top performers are building GTM engines that are leaner, faster, and more adaptive.
11:00AM
More Than a PDF: AI Strategy That Actually Ships
Most AI strategies live in pretty PDFs and never change how the business runs. This session looks at how CEOs are turning AI strategy into a live roadmap tied to revenue, cost and risk metrics the board cares about. You’ll see how they pick a small number of bets, fund them like products, and create feedback loops that keep value compounding over time.
Speaker:
12:00PM
Networking Lunch
1:00PM
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Making AI Work for Ireland
This discussion will highlight how AI can strengthen public services, boost innovation, and support economic growth while ensuring trust, ethics, and inclusion remain central. Attendees will gain insights into national priorities, emerging opportunities across key sectors, and the collaborative role of government, industry, and academia in shaping an AI‑enabled future that delivers real benefits for Ireland.
1:30PM
PANEL DISCUSSION:
AI Ethics Meets Reality: Planning, People and Productivity
AI ethics is no longer abstract — it’s shaping real business decisions, public policy and how work gets done. As AI spreads across organisations, responsibility is shared between government, industry and the workforce itself. This conversation explores how improving AI literacy and setting clear accountability could unlock productivity, trust and long‑term prosperity for businesses across the Irish economy.
Speakers:
2:10PM
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Doing to Directing: Redesigning the Human Role
As AI takes on more of the writing, coding and analysis, the real leverage for leaders moves upstream to choosing the right problems and allocating effort. This session explores how CEOs are reshaping roles, incentives and org charts so people and AI amplify each other instead of competing. You’ll leave with a clearer picture of what an AI‑shaped leadership team looks like over the next three years.
2:40PM
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Ireland’s Big Bet: Where Do We Stand in the New AI Power Game?
As AI becomes the next layer of global infrastructure, the fight for control, sovereignty and strategic independence is accelerating. Every nation is deciding whose technology to trust, what risks to accept and how much lockin they can live with. This closing discussion asks where Ireland should place its bet in a world splitting into competing AI blocs—and what choices today will shape the country’s influence, resilience and upside in the decade ahead.
3:00PM