CDO Vision Seattle 2026

Registration & Coffee

Welcome & Introductions

Introduction to the CDO Vision Series, its core objectives, and the key themes driving the day's strategic discussions.

The Vision Talk : Government and the Inevitable AI Change

This talk explores how most organizations frame AI as a question of tools, models, or scale, while the practical issue is much deeper—understanding data, setting up processes, and ensuring people can use them proficiently. Without clear governance, defined data limits, and agreement on how things should be used, adoption creates risk instead of benefit and erodes trust. The future of AI depends not on speed of implementation, but on fulfilling the prerequisites that make adoption structured, dependable, and capable of delivering measurable value.

Panel Discussion: The Boardroom Conversation - How CXOs Shape AI Strategy

AI has become a central focus in the boardroom, compelling CXOs to work closely together to lead comprehensive AI strategies that balance innovation, governance, and tangible business outcomes. As AI technologies reshape industries and customer expectations, executive collaboration is vital for aligning AI initiatives with organizational goals, managing risks, and embedding ethical considerations at the highest level. This panel will explore how top leaders are jointly adapting this rapidly evolving digital ecosystem to drive sustainable value.

Networking Break

From Productivity Myths to Boardroom Metrics: The Real Levers of AI ROI with Enterprise Stories

The Vision Awards

Panel Discussion : Transforming Industries with AI: Enterprise Success Stories

As AI adoption expands from experimentation to enterprise-level implementation, understanding sector-spanning success stories becomes essential. This panel will explore how AI drives operational efficiency, smarter decision-making, and personalized experiences at scale. Leaders will discuss methods to align AI initiatives with business goals and address pressing issues around ethics, governance, and workforce adaptation. Panelists will examine methods for turning AI insights into actionable strategies that impact business performance.

The Vision Awards

Panel Discussion: Agentic AI and the Future of Enterprise Growth

The future of enterprise growth is closely tied to the adoption of agentic AI, which offers capabilities far beyond traditional AI by enabling autonomous execution. This panel will examine how agentic AI enables continuous improvement in business processes, drives competitive differentiation through faster innovation cycles, and supports customer experiences. Leaders will discuss how to build resilient enterprise architectures that fully leverage agentic AI’s potential. They will also explore strategies for aligning AI initiatives with organizational goals, addressing ethical and governance considerations, and preparing the workforce for AI-driven transformation.

The Vision Awards

Open Roundtable : Building the AI Native Organization

Becoming an AI-native organisation isn't just about adopting new technology; it's a transformation spanning people, data, and strategy. It starts with culture: shifting AI from a specialist tool to an embedded capability that augments every role. Even with the right mindset, AI is only as powerful as the data beneath it. The real value often lies hidden in the connections between data silos, not within them. Organisations that uncover and reason across these relationships unlock insights that flat, siloed data cannot reveal. Get culture and connected data right, and competitive advantage follows. This roundtable explores the journey from AI adoption to AI-native, examining the cultural shifts required, the data architectures that enable it, and how organisations that master both will outpace the competition.

Lunch & Networking