9 & 10 September 2026 | London
Agenda
Day 01
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
12:00 PM
- 12:45 PM
- 12:45 PM
Location: Victoria Foyer
12:45 PM
- 12:55 PM
- 12:55 PM
12:55 PM
- 1:15 PM
- 1:15 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- AI adoption gaps across roles, functions, and industries
- The shift in how organisations measure productivity and the value of work
- What ISG's data reveals now, and what to watch heading into 2026
1:20 PM
- 1:50 PM
- 1:50 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- How a new kind of cold war is emerging, defined not by physical borders but by control over data, infrastructure and intelligent systems
- Why AI and agentic systems are becoming instruments of national power, accelerating the fragmentation of the internet
- Weaponised cybersecurity, bifurcated supply chains and what it means to operate across region
- How to secure systems, manage data flows and future-proof operations in a digital economy that is no longer unified, but contested
1:55 PM
- 2:25 PM
- 2:25 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why similar AI investments are delivering dramatically different business outcomes—and what top-performing enterprises do differently
- Lessons from 100+ engagements across CFO, Procurement, and Front-Office functions on aligning AI strategy with execution
- The Data4AI Readiness Index 2026 and the four faculties of a Thinking Enterprised
- A live demonstration of Agentic Finance, with practical guidance on where enterprises should start
2:25 PM
- 2:45 PM
- 2:45 PM
Location: Beatrice Suite
Recharge, connect, and spark new ideas as you mingle with peers and industry leaders.
2:45 PM
- 2:55 PM
- 2:55 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why many organisations can't defend AI ROI, and how weak baselines are the root cause
- How early AI value is quietly being captured by suppliers, not the enterprise paying for it
- Moving beyond cost and productivity metrics toward transparency, value-for-money, and business enablement
- Closing the gap with better baselining, scenario modeling, and aligning AI to end-to-end services
3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why AI adoption alone doesn't create impact
- ROI comes from prioritisation, not proliferation
- The maturity gap is organisational, not technical
- Scaling what works, retiring what doesn't
3:35 PM
- 4:05 PM
- 4:05 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- AI has changed the way software is built and how people work together to build it
- How clients are using AI powered tools to move faster from idea to delivery within the new environment
- Real-world examples addressing how AI can support discovery, testing, and validation, while also highlighting success among current challenges
4:05 PM
- 4:25 PM
- 4:25 PM
Location: Beatrice Suite
Recharge, connect, and spark new ideas as you mingle with peers and industry leaders.
4:25 PM
- 4:35 PM
- 4:35 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why AI sovereignty has moved from data residency to board-level control of the entire AI value chain
- The critical control points that matter the most: data, models, infrastructure, and decisions
- How to classify AI workloads and apply proportionate sovereignty controls based on risk and business impact
- A practical path from regulated pilots to scalable hybrid ecosystems combining UK-controlled and global capabilities
4:40 PM
- 5:10 PM
- 5:10 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- What “sovereign control” really looks like across data, compute, models, operations and legal jurisdiction
- How to decide which AI workloads require sovereign controls—and when building, partnering, or buying makes more sense
- Why contracts and hosting claims are not enough: the technical, operational and audit evidence that proves genuine control
- How leading organisations are preparing for model changes, service disruption and vendor lock-in without slowing innovation
5:15 PM
- 5:45 PM
- 5:45 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- How will AI change infrastructure behaviour, and what business consequences will that create?
- How can you spot performance degradation earlier, before it hits the business?
- What are peers doing to manage inconsistency and disruption?
- What does a modern framework for predictable outcomes look like in complex environments?
5:50 PM
- 6:15 PM
- 6:15 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
Entrepreneurs behind innovative solutions will each present pitches on why their technology is best and how it will add the most value to business. After some tough questions from our judges, the audience will have their chance to vote on which technology they are more likely to implement within their own organisations. Who should win this startup challenge?
6:15 PM
- 6:20 PM
- 6:20 PM
6:30 PM
- 9:15 PM
- 9:15 PM
Location: Flight Club Victoria
Day 02
Thursday, September 10, 2026
8:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
- 9:00 AM
Location: Victoria Foyer
9:00 AM
- 9:10 AM
- 9:10 AM
9:10 AM
- 9:40 AM
- 9:40 AM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why real AI impact requires redesigning how work, decisions, and accountability flow across the enterprise
- Aligning human-AI decision-making, incentives, operating models, and data foundations for measurable outcomes
- A practical framework to scale AI beyond pilots and deliver ROI that stands up in the boardroom
9:45 AM
- 10:15 AM
- 10:15 AM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Organisations have chased digital transformation for over a decade, now everyone wants AI transformation. Is it actually so different?
- Why transformation may not be an either/or choice, and what that means for how you approach it
- The differences, similarities and key factors to consider when setting your organisation up for a successful transformation
10:15 AM
- 10:35 AM
- 10:35 AM
Location: Beatrice Suite
Recharge, connect, and spark new ideas as you mingle with peers and industry leaders.
10:35 AM
- 10:45 AM
- 10:45 AM
Location: Victoria Suite
- How AI is reshaping cost structures, productivity, and outcome-based business models
- Measuring ROI in a world of variable, consumption-based AI costs
- Moving beyond pilots to scale AI and capture real enterprise value
- Redesigning workforce and operating models to compete in an AI-driven economy
10:50 AM
- 11:20 AM
- 11:20 AM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Work that never paid off before is suddenly viable, and competitive moats are shifting fast
- AI exposes the bill enterprises have been avoiding: security gaps, tech debt, compliance blind spots
- Dynamic, autonomy-driven pricing is rewriting how software and outcomes get bought and sold
- What European leaders should be modelling now to stay ahead of the next economic shift
11:25 AM
- 11:55 AM
- 11:55 AM
Location: Victoria Suite
- How can a four-question test help you separate justified autonomy premiums from unproven vendor promises?
- Why are most enterprise RFPs selecting the riskiest provider in the room? How do you help yourself?
- What are six concrete moves you can make in the next 90 days, regardless of the platform you choose?
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Location: Edward Suite 2-7
1:00 PM
- 1:10 PM
- 1:10 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
1:10 PM
- 1:40 PM
- 1:40 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why hedging with lots of small pilots is expensive and leaves you late, with nothing compounding
- Why financial constraint, used deliberately, is an advantage: fewer bets, clearer value cases, honest stop decisions
- How to build a self-funding portfolio and decide what to build, buy, or defer
- How to tell spend that compounds from spend that evaporates, and measure realised value, not adoption
1:45 PM
- 2:15 PM
- 2:15 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
Leading companies will take the stage to share strategic insights and showcase innovations, ideas, and approaches driving transformation across the enterprise.
2:20 PM
- 2:30 PM
- 2:30 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Why enterprise data quality remains the same challenge it was 15 years ago, now amplified by AI
- Balancing rigorous quality for critical data with a lighter touch for everything else
- How AI can surface insights from data that was never "perfect" to begin with
- Alternate approaches to data readiness that scale with the business, not against it
2:35 PM
- 3:05 PM
- 3:05 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
- Which legacy data problems AI can finally work around, and which it dangerously amplifies
- New challenges AI introduces: probabilistic outputs, opaque decisions, and ungoverned paths
- Where to leverage AI's ability to interpret and infer imperfect data, and where to constrain it
- Where governance must still draw hard lines to protect trust, accountability, and the business
3:05 PM
- 3:20 PM
- 3:20 PM
Location: Victoria Suite
You’ve absorbed ideas, insights, and inspiration—now it’s time to put them to work. ISG will provide guidance on your next steps!
3:20 PM
- 4:20 PM
- 4:20 PM
Location: Beatrice Suite