Executive Summit

AI is everywhere, but true value remains elusive for many organisations. Often, it’s the human side of the equation rather than technology readiness that lags behind, leading to stalled adoption and unrealised ROI. Tech leaders must look beyond deployment to address the human barriers that determine success. Join Rob O’Donohue, VP Analyst at Gartner, as he shares strategies for driving AI adoption that put people at the centre. 

Hear more on: 

• Why AI initiatives fail when leaders overlook human factors and focus only on technical deployment
• How using human-first language and co-creation with employees can drive cultural change
• How to overcome AI’s perfection paradox and manage behavioural byproducts to unlock sustainable value

Frontier AI and emerging agentic systems are reshaping enterprise risk faster than traditional governance can respond. CIOs and CISOs now face an attack surface defined not only by external threats but by internal, autonomous AI workflows deployed at speed—often without visibility, guardrails, or accountability. Frontier‑class models can be used not just defensively but diagnostically, continuously probing an organisation’s AI landscape to expose governance gaps, shadow systems, and unsafe autonomy. Leaders can blend data‑driven oversight with culture‑driven responsibility to build governance that keeps pace with AI’s velocity.

Join this session to learn:

• How advanced models uncover hidden agentic workflows and governance gaps before attackers do
• How to replace slow, periodic reviews with real‑time, AI‑driven validation of controls and identity boundaries
• Building a culture where every employee strengthens your AI‑driven security posture

As CIOs seek to encourage innovation and democratise technology, many face the same challenge: how do you give teams flexibility while maintaining enterprise-wide standards and governance? In this session, Christopher Tollnert, Group CIO & Head of Digital Innovation at GSF, will share how the company created a network of ‘digital relays’ embedded across the business, enabling local teams to develop solutions while remaining aligned to central IT. He will also explore how this model is evolving through low-code technologies and agentic AI. 

Join to hear how IT leaders can: 

• Balance enterprise standards with local innovation
• Democratise technology while maintaining governance and control
• Evolve IT operating models to support business-led innovation at scale

PagerDuty research shows 74% of French companies are already integrating AI into live operations. More code, shipped faster by autonomous agents, means more can break, and major outages can cost over $300K per hour. 

Yet agents cannot fix themselves. Reliability now demands both resilience to recover fast and prevention to stop incidents before they start. Join this roundtable to explore the shift from reactive to preventative operations by:

• Positioning resilience as a board-level investment, not an IT cost

• Putting AI agents on the front line of system reliability, with clear guardrails and human accountability

• Preparing for the moment AI fails. Even the leaders building frontier AI need to detect, diagnose, and recover when their own agents break

CISOs have moved beyond AI experimentation. Now, executives ask: Are 2026’s investments actually reducing risk? The challenge is how to operationalise AI against evolving threats — particularly the rise of sophisticated social engineering attacks — and prove its value. Join this session to discuss: 

• Reducing high-risk incidents — from fraud to emerging human-centric threats
• Embedding AI into core security operations for proactive defense
• Demonstrating measurable security improvements with actionable metrics

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Security operations centres (SOCs) are facing a new reality - attackers are leveraging AI to automate multi-step attacks, outpacing human-driven response and overwhelming traditional workflows. Organisations must reimagine their SOCs to operate at machine speed, integrating AI-driven detection, orchestration, and remediation. How should CIOs and CISOs transform their SOCs to empower security teams to hunt and contain threats faster and reduce business risk?

Join this session to learn:

• Integrating AI-driven detection and automated response workflows
• Operationalising continuous red teaming for proactive threat hunting
• Accelerating containment and remediation to reduce business risk

Experience a realistic cyber crisis simulation where an AI-enabled attack disrupts operations, technology, and critical business services. Designed for business and technology leaders, this interactive session explores the strategic decisions that shape organizational resilience, from maintaining continuity and stakeholder trust to orchestrating recovery and returning to a trusted operating state in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

• AI-enabled threats and their business impact

• Balancing resilience, recovery, and business continuity

• Leading through crisis while maintaining stakeholder trust

Digital sovereignty is rising up the executive agenda as organisations navigate growing dependencies across software, cloud and digital services. CIOs and CISOs are increasingly being asked how they can maintain control, strengthen resilience and reduce strategic risk without slowing innovation.

Join this session to discuss: 

• What digital sovereignty means in practice for enterprise technology leaders
• Where organisations need greater visibility, control and transparency
• How technology leaders are approaching digital sovereignty discussions with the board

AI-powered phishing, deepfakes and shadow AI are evolving faster than annual training. Yet most programmes are still judged on completion rates: they look clean on a dashboard, but say little about whether employees actually behave securely, or what to show the board.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Adapting human risk strategies to keep pace with emerging threats
• Gaining meaningful visibility into workforce security behaviours
• Demonstrating measurable improvements in security posture to the board