Simon Asplen-Taylor

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption, organisations are rethinking who should lead the agenda. Is the future owned by the Chief Data Officer, the Chief AI Officer, or a new leadership model altogether? In this keynote debate, senior data and AI leaders will challenge conventional thinking, explore how the role of the CDO is evolving, and discuss what leadership capabilities are needed to turn AI ambition into measurable business value. Key Takeaways Understand how the role of the CDO is evolving as AI becomes a core business capability. Explore different leadership models for data and AI, and the organisational structures emerging across leading enterprises. Gain practical insights into how data leaders can remain strategic, influential and commercially relevant in the age of AI.

AI can enable you to achieve a lot for your business in terms of increased revenue, more efficient operations, and reduced risk. However, most organisations are not getting the traction or the value. We’ll look at how you get traction, moving from concept to value and everything in between. Referring to Generative AI and Agentic AI. You’ll also understand that starting with a project is a mistake and will stop you scaling and growing your capabilities. You’ll get an understanding of a framework for identifying and aligning AI activities to your business strategy. Using a proven approach to enable you to identify and prioritise projects with the best impact and greatest chance of success, which in turn will generate most value for you You’ll also gain an understanding of how you need to organise yourself and manage your data to ensure the success of AI.