Databricks Data & AI Summit 2026

From data to agents: governing what comes next

As AI shifts to autonomous agents, traditional governance is breaking. Hear from Shayan Mohanty (Chief Data & AI Officer, Thoughtworks) and David Nasi (Director of Product Management, AI and Agentic Platform, Databricks) as they unpack how governance must evolve to support an agent-driven world.

In this session, Databricks and Thoughtworks introduce a unified approach to AI governance built on a data-centric foundation. Learn how to extend governance from data to models, agents, and tools using Unity Catalog, consistent identity-based controls, and end-to-end observability.

Speakers: Shayan Mohanty (Chief Data & AI Officer, Thoughtworks) and David Nasi (Director, Product Management, Databricks AI and Agentic Platform)

Building on Thoughtworks’ legacy of Evolutionary Database Design, this talk explores a revolutionary capability: database branching. Historically, branching databases like code was impossible. Lakebase changes this. Its copy-on-write tech creates full-fidelity, governance-aware production clones in one second with zero initial storage. 

Speakers: Pramod Sadalage (Thoughtworks) and Kevin Hartman (Databricks)

In this closed-door, 90 minute sessions., we’ll be having a candid conversation about how Lakebase changes the application and agent development equation for partners: where the product is headed, what’s working in the field, and what still needs to be built. 

Date and Time: June 16, 2026 at 2:30 - 4pm 

In part one of their blog series, Cameron Casher, Senior Engineer at Thoughtworks along with Kevin Hartman, Partner Solutions Leader, Databricks share how the "Lakebase" concept turns database state into a low-cost, forkable artifact.

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