Virtual

Houston CIO Community

Town Hall

February 18, 2026 | 11:00am CST

February 18, 2026
11:00am CST

The AI Reality Check – Operationalizing for Business Value

Participate with your CIO peers in the Houston community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.

Join fellow CIOs in the Houston community to discuss:

Shaping the new agentic enterprise

Balancing market, organizational, and stakeholder pressures

Scaling AI quickly to value

Discussion Leaders

Members of the Houston CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Tiago Azevedo

OutSystems

Chief Information Officer

Presenter

Agenda

February 18, 2026

11:00am - 12:00pm  CST

The AI Reality Check – Operationalizing for Business Value

There has never been a megatrend as transformative as AI. 2023 unlocked new possibilities, 2024 brought new proof of concepts and 2025 was the year to prove the ROI and business value generation of AI. 2026 is the year of the AI reality check and organizations that successfully operationalize AI to drive concrete efficiency and measurable impact will be the ultimate winners.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Adopting lean approaches to AI transformation that scale quickly to value
  • Balancing market, organizational, and stakeholder pressures in the roadmap to business outcomes
  • Shaping the new agentic enterprise as you move from experimentation to operationalization

Your Community Sponsor

Key Sponsor

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Jacob Alves

Community Program Manager

jacob.alves@gartner.com