In this keynote, Allie K. Miller broke down what it takes to become an AI-first business. Drawing on her work advising the world's leading companies, she showed how AI is transforming three core areas of every organization: people, process and product, with concrete, real-world examples.

Attendees got a deep understanding of the shifts defining the next era, from assistants to autonomous agents, and how to stay ahead of the competition.

The first wave of AI raised a provocative question: would agents make enterprise software obsolete? This panel looked beyond that initial disruption narrative to explore what's actually changing.

Leaders from Anthropic, AWS, NVIDIA, Kernel Foods and Teneo discussed how AI is reshaping the way software is built, bought, operated and consumed. From durable horizontal platforms and regulated enterprise data to agentic workflows, production-ready products, infrastructure and commercial models, the conversation examined where legacy systems remain essential - and where new interfaces and operating models are emerging.

There was an honest discussion of the hard questions: Are organizations trading predictable SaaS subscriptions for volatile AI costs? Can agents preserve the governance and reliability enterprises depend on? And what does it now take to turn an idea into a scalable product?

AI has made outputs abundant, but it also made judgement scarce and value complex to track. If tokens were free tomorrow, many AI projects wouldn’t be any closer to ROI.  Alexander Moore  shared real-world, proven patterns that are common to organizations enjoying compounding returns with AI.  Modeling the action layer, owning the learning loop, and iterating on delegation of authority for agents are key capabilities required to recognize enduring returns with AI. Together, we explored how to make the most of your scarcest resource: executive judgement.

After lunch, the agenda belonged to the attendees. Martin Fowler hosted an afternoon 'unconference' – a participant-driven event experience rooted in Open Space principles. There were no keynotes, formal presentations or pre-set speakers. Instead, the participants proposed the discussion topics that matter most, focusing on real-world challenges, shared experience and forward-looking ideas. 

The sessions followed the Chatham House Rule, creating space for open discussion without attribution.