Agenda

Agenda

Thursday, June 4, 2026

All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time.

AI & Data Summit San Francisco

One Day Event

8:30 am

Check-In & Badge Pickup

Pre-registration required to attend, please pick your badge up at the Registration Desk. The first 50 attendees to check in will receive an exclusive IDC gift.

9:30 am

Welcome Remarks from IDC

Our host welcome you to the AI & Data Summit San Francisco. Setting the stage for the program, they’ll provide an overview of the strategic insights and tech trends you can expect to hear about during the day.

Daniel Saroff

Daniel Saroff

Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC

9:40 am

Agentic AI at Scale: Accelerating Innovation While Managing Risk

Agentic AI is unlocking new levels of enterprise innovation by enabling autonomous decision-making and adaptive workflows at scale. Balancing this potential with robust risk management is essential for ensuring trust, compliance, and sustainable value as organizations operationalize agentic systems across critical functions.

Alessandro Perilli

Alessandro Perilli

Vice President, Enterprise AI Strategies, IDC

10:10 am

From Vision to Value: A Practical Guide to Deploying AI in the Enterprise

AI is not just an IT tool; it’s rapidly becoming a core driver of business value across industries.  This session will share Dell Technologies’ and NVIDIA’s perspective regarding the repeatable methodologies, use cases, lessons learned that early adopters have leveraged to deploy AI, on premises. Specific focus areas will include: Strategy & Preparation, Development and Piloting, Deployment and Scaling.

Helen O’Sullivan

Helen O’Sullivan

AI Solutions, Dell Technologies

Matt Hausmann

Matt Hausmann

Product Marketing, NVIDIA

10:35 am

Scaling AI from Pilot to Enterprise-Wide Deployment

Sharing lessons from U.S. early adopters on operationalizing AI beyond proof-of-concept.

10:50 am

Lightning Insights powered by Synopsys

Prith Banerjee

Prith Banerjee

Senior Vice President, Synopsys Innovation Group

10:55 am

Networking Break

11:10 am

Hosted Discussion Groups

Vision to Value: Deploying AI in the Enterprise, Hosted by Dell | NVIDIA

Discussion Table, Hosted by EMA

Optimizing AI Hardware for Training and Inference at Scale, Hosted by Synopsys

Scaling AI in the Enterprise, Hosted by PWC

Agentic AI: Is Your Data Ready to Scale?, Hosted by Strategy

Agentic AI Readiness, Hosted by Syncari

11:50 am

Data as a Strategic Asset

Data is emerging as a core driver of enterprise strategy, fueling innovation, operational excellence, and competitive differentiation. Organizations that treat data as a strategic asset are positioned to unlock new value, enable intelligent decision-making, and build resilient, future-ready business models.

Tim Law

Tim Law

Research Director, AI & Automation, IDC

Geeta Pyne

Geeta Pyne

Senior Managing Director and Chief Architect, TIAA

12:15 pm

Your AI Is Only as Trusted as Your Data

Most enterprise AI initiatives stall. Not because the models are wrong, but because the data underneath them is fragmented, ungoverned, and inconsistent. In this session, we share how global organizations like Pfizer are scaling AI across 27 markets and 15,000 users by investing first in a governed, unified data foundation. You’ll leave with a practical framework for building the AI-ready data infrastructure that turns pilots into enterprise-wide transformation.

Aidan Reilly

Aidan Reilly

Director of AI, Strategy

12:30 pm

Sustaining AI Value at Scale

Creating value from AI is not just about implementation. It is about sustaining performance, maintaining quality, and managing the capability over time. This fireside chat will explore how organizations can move from innovation to long-term value by putting in place the processes, ownership, and operating discipline needed to scale AI successfully.

Rani Radhakrishnan

Rani Radhakrishnan

Principal, PWC

Daniel Saroff

Daniel Saroff

Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC

12:45 pm

Networking Lunch & Exhibit

1:45 pm

Trustworthy AI – Ethics, Bias & Transparency in Practice

Building trustworthy AI requires embedding ethics, bias mitigation, and transparency into every stage of the AI lifecycle. Organizations that operationalize these principles not only strengthen compliance and stakeholder trust but also position themselves for responsible innovation and long-term success.

Kathy Lange

Kathy Lange

Research Director, AI, Data, and Automation Software, IDC

Jane Gong

Jane Gong

Director of Emerging Technologies, City and County of San Francisco

Priti Sabadra

Priti Sabadra

Software Leader, Genetic Science Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:10 pm

Faster Technicians Today. Smarter AI Tomorrow

Lightning Insights: As IT leaders explore AI and agentic workflows, the real opportunity starts with process: capturing how work gets done, turning expert actions into reusable knowledge, and reducing manual burden on technicians. This brief discussion by ScreenMeet CEO/Co-Founder, Ben Lilienthal, will explore how remote support data can help teams improve productivity today while building the foundation for smarter, AI-driven service operations tomorrow.

Ben Lilienthal

Ben Lilienthal

Co-Founder and CEO, ScreenMeet

2:15 pm

Why Agentic Enterprise Now

Your AI strategy is moving fast, but legacy data infrastructure may be holding it back. Join Syncari co-founders Nick Bonfiglio and Neelesh Shastry for a fireside chat on the gap between AI ambition and operational readiness.
The discussion explores why agentic AI cannot succeed on fragmented, stale, or siloed data, and how Syncari Agentic MDM™ helps create a unified, governed, and real-time foundation of trusted master data across enterprise systems.
Nick Bonfiglio

Nick Bonfiglio

CEO and Co-Founder, Syncari

Neelsh Shashtry

Neelsh Shashtry

CTO, Syncari

Daniel Saroff

Daniel Saroff

Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC

2:25 pm

Guided Networking Exercise

Build professional connections during this stress-free guided networking time and learn about your fellow event attendees. Expect to find some of our speakers joining you during this time to network and answer questions candidly from your seat.

Daniel Saroff

Daniel Saroff

Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC

Allice Shandler

Allice Shandler

Sr. Director, Events – Americas, IDC

2:35 pm

Powering applications, data, and AI to move your business forward

A unified technology platform enables organizations to extend existing systems, integrate applications and business processes, and build AI-supported solutions across the enterprise. Serving as the foundation for modern business operations, it unlocks the full potential of your applications, data, and AI.
Discover how to leverage an integrated platform approach to accelerate business agility, drive innovation, and future-proof your organization for whatever lies ahead.
Ian McCallum

Ian McCallum

AI Strategy Advisor, SAP

2:40 pm

From Data Chaos to Trusted AI: Closing the AI Pilot to Production Gap

This session moves past the AI hype to tackle this Pilot to Production Gap. Attendees will learn about the three critical data infrastructure requirements to deliver trustworthy AI in production, and how to help Data, AI and Business teams alike collaborate more effectively to achieve AI success more quickly. We will also show some examples of these principles in action, through customers that have achieved measurable results in production.

Dominic Sartorio

Dominic Sartorio

Vice President of Product Marketing, Denodo Technologies Inc

2:45 pm

The Human Side of AI and Data

As AI and data reshape the enterprise landscape, human insight, adaptability, and collaboration become critical differentiators. Organizations that prioritize culture, upskilling, and ethical engagement empower their workforce to thrive alongside intelligent technologies and drive sustainable transformation.

3:00 pm

When AI fails: who owns AI reliability?

Enterprise AI adoption is no longer limited by deployment, but by what happens when agents make mistakes: inaccurate planning, failed tool use, knowledge gaps and loss of trust. This Lightning Insight shows recent techniques to turn errors, escalations and expert interventions into governed memory, operational reliability and continuous performance improvement.

Giorgio Barnabò

Giorgio Barnabò

CEO and Co-Founder, Syllotips

3:05 pm

Lightning Insights powered by CodeRabbit

3:10 pm

Networking Break

3:25 pm

Hosted Discussions

Real-World AI Outcomes: What’s Working on the Front Line, Hosted by ScreenMeet

Who teaches AI agents after they go live?, Hosted by Syllotips

Discussion Table, Hosted by Denodo

Discussion Table, Hosted by CodeRabbit

Discussion Table, Hosted by SAP

Discussion Table, Hosted by HP

4:05 pm

AI & Data in 2030 – What Leaders Must Prepare For​

AI and data will fundamentally redefine competitive dynamics, business models, and workforce expectations. Leaders must anticipate disruptive technological shifts, invest in adaptive strategies, and cultivate organizational resilience to harness the full potential of an AI-driven future.

Marlanna Harrington

Marlanna Harrington

Research Analyst, Data, Analytics, AI, and Automation, IDC

Michael Makstman

Michael Makstman

CIO and Head of Department of Technology, City & County of San Francisco

Subrat Sharma

Subrat Sharma

Chief Technology Officer, California Department of Housing & Community Development

4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Hear a full summary of the days’ takeaways and what’s to come during these final remarks from our Event Host.

Daniel Saroff

Daniel Saroff

Group Vice President Research and Consulting, IDC

5:10 pm

Networking Reception

Enjoy more food and drinks with our partners and new contacts

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