Enterprise AI Adoption Management Summit 2026

The Blindspots of
AI Adoption

AI is no longer an innovation challenge. It is a governance challenge. As enterprises deploy hundreds of models, agents, and SaaS apps, the question isn’t whether AI delivers value, but whether you can govern it responsibly, securely, and profitably.

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A first look at the summit.

Why we are convening CIOs, CFOs, CISOs, and Heads of AI around the blind spots of AI adoption, and what you leave with.

A short introduction to the Enterprise AI Adoption Management Summit 2026

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The Framework

The five governance failures behind enterprise AI.

88% of organizations use AI. Only 36% can govern it. That gap is where value leaks, through five recurring failures. You cannot govern what you cannot see.

01
Shadow AI
02
Runaway Token Costs
03
Silent Failures
04
Real-Time Risk
05
Stalled Returns
The Evidence

Adoption is universal. Governed returns are not.

88%
use AI in at least one business functionMcKinsey, State of AI 2025
39%
see measurable EBIT impact at the enterprise levelMcKinsey, State of AI 2025
95%
of GenAI pilots show no measurable P&L returnMIT NANDA, 2025
42%
abandoned most AI initiatives before production, up from 17%S&P Global, 2025
The Real Problem

Enterprises don’t fail for lack of AI. They fail when AI outgrows governance.

Shadow AI spreads. Model and SaaS spend turn invisible. Agents gain access without oversight. Compliance loses sight, FinOps can’t attribute cost, and security finds risk only after deployment.

Governance, not adoption, is now the defining challenge of enterprise AI.

Every AI initiative creates technical debt, financial debt, or governance debt. Executive teams must decide which they are willing to carry.
39%
see enterprise-level financial impact from AI, even as 88% use it. Adoption isn’t the constraint; governing it into returns is. McKinsey, 2025
20%
have been breached through shadow AI, at roughly $670K higher cost per incident. Ungoverned AI is a measurable liability. IBM, 2025
40%
of agentic-AI projects will be canceled by 2027, Gartner forecasts, driven by cost, unclear value, and weak controls. Gartner, 2025
Why 2026

The turning point: from adopting AI to governing it.

Pilots are becoming enterprise deployments. Agents are making decisions. Model costs rise, regulation accelerates, and boards want accountability. The teams that govern AI now will outperform those still chasing adoption.

The Compounding Gap

Only 39% of adopters see enterprise financial impact. Each quarter without a governance and FinOps model widens the distance to the leaders.

Agents Now Make Decisions

As agents act autonomously, cost and risk multiply. Gartner expects over 40% of agentic-AI projects to be canceled by 2027.

Trust Is Eroding

Worker trust in company GenAI fell 31% in a single quarter. Adoption is won through change management, not tool mandates.

Regulation Has Arrived

EU AI Act enforcement and sector frameworks are now real. Ungoverned AI is a compliance liability, not just an operational one.

Boards Demand Accountability

Boards now ask for AI ROI attribution, not roadmaps. Buying time with strategy decks and pilot announcements is ending.

Model Costs Keep Rising

Foundation-model and token costs keep climbing. Without financial governance, AI spend scales faster than the value it creates.

Governance is becoming the operating system of enterprise AI.

Agenda

Two keynotes. Four panels. Every blind spot on the table.

Thursday, 13 August 2026 · 11:00 AM ET to 2:30 PM ET. All times listed are Eastern Time (ET) and are subject to change.

Hosted by Alice Stein 3.5 hours, live 2 keynotes · 4 panels · 1 live demo All times in ET
11:00 AM ETto 11:05 AM ET
Welcome 5 min

Opening Remarks and Agenda Walkthrough

How the next three and a half hours are structured, what you leave with, and an introduction to our first keynote speaker.

Alice Stein Alice Stein Host Founder & Managing Principal, STEIN+PARTNERS
11:05 AM ETto 11:25 AM ET
Keynote 01 20 min

“10x, Not 10%: Rewiring Innovation for the AI Era”

Why incremental thinking caps AI returns, and how leaders rewire innovation for step-change outcomes.

Ravi Reddy Ravi Reddy Keynote Chairman & CEO, Sunera Group
11:25 AM ETto 11:45 AM ET
Keynote 02 20 min

“Intelligence to Integration: The Third Wave of Digital Transformation”

What changes when intelligence stops being a feature and becomes the operating layer of the enterprise.

Shailesh Kumar Shailesh Kumar Keynote Chief Data Scientist, AI/ML CoE, Jio | Dean, Jio Institute
11:45 AM ETto 12:15 PM ET
Panel 01 30 min

Shadow AI

Where ungoverned AI actually enters the enterprise, how to find it, and what to do once you can see it.

Nidhi Kapoor Nidhi Kapoor Moderator President, RK Management Consultants, Inc.
Scott Brinker Scott Brinker, CISM Senior Director Analyst, Gartner
Manny Singh Manny Singh CISO, Federal Signal Corporation
Shyam Kumar Shyam Kumar CEO, CloudNuro Corp
12:15 PM ETto 12:45 PM ET
Panel 02 30 min

Measure the Adoption

The signals that prove real usage and real value, beyond seat counts and license reports.

Khan Tran Khan Tran Moderator Chief Information Officer & Chief AI Officer, Captivix
Stuart Appley Stuart Appley Founder, Bay Tech Advisors
Anand Bora Anand Bora VP of Engineering & Delivery
Jesse Carrillo Jesse Carrillo Founder & Principal, Carrillo Advisors LLC · Former CIO, Hines
12:45 PM ETto 1:15 PM ET
Panel 03 30 min

Govern and Optimize

Policy, guardrails, and token economics that keep AI spend attributable and risk contained.

Alice Stein Alice Stein Moderator Founder & Managing Principal, STEIN+PARTNERS
Balakrishna Reddy Balakrishna Reddy Chief Data Scientist, AI/ML CoE, Jio | Dean, Jio Institute
Steven Pae Steven Pae Chief Information Officer and Executive Director, Ascend
Pratul Patel Pratul Patel Chief Product Officer, CloudNuro
1:20 PM ETto 2:00 PM ET
Panel 04 40 min

From Pilot to Production

CIO truths on AI’s everyday blind spots: what breaks on the way to production, and the calls they would make again.

Ravi Reddy Ravi Reddy Moderator Chairman & CEO, Sunera Group
Jay Smith Jay Smith Technology Advisor & Board Member, AEG Fuels
Sarma Malladi Sarma Malladi Chief Information Officer, Private Equity Bain Capital Portfolio
Soma Venkat Soma Venkat, Ph.D. SVP and Chief Information Technology Officer, Cooper Standard
2:00 PM ETto 2:25 PM ET
Sponsored Demo 25 min

AgentNuro.ai

A live walkthrough of agentic AI in production: how agents are deployed, monitored, and optimized.

Pratul Patel Pratul Patel Presenter Chief Product Officer, CloudNuro
2:25 PM ETto 2:30 PM ET
Close Out 5 min

Closing Remarks and Thank You

Where to find the session recordings and the executive operating assets.

Alice Stein Alice Stein Host Founder & Managing Principal, STEIN+PARTNERS

Alice Stein introduces every session and panel line-up, with contingency buffers built between sessions to keep the summit on time. All times are Eastern Time (ET).

Who Should Attend

Built for the leaders accountable for AI outcomes.

Every decision is framed for the executive team, not the engineering team. No technical background required. Join 100+ enterprise leaders governing AI at scale.

CIOs
CTOs
Chief Data Officers
CISOs
CFOs
Heads of AI
Transformation Leaders
Enterprise Architects
What You Leave With

Leave with the operating assets, not the notes.

Every attendee leaves with the frameworks to govern AI: blueprints, checklists, and scorecards you can operationalize immediately.

Enterprise AI Governance Blueprint

A reference architecture to standardize how AI is governed across models, agents, and SaaS, with a shared language for the five failures.

AI Operating Model Framework

Define who governs AI, who owns spend, and how decisions are made. The operating model that scales past pilots to 2030.

AI Financial Governance Checklist

Attribute every dollar of token and model spend to an outcome, and operationalize FinOps for AI. Built for CIOs and CFOs.

Executive AI Scorecard

Measure adoption, ROI, risk, and governance maturity on one board-ready page, so you can answer the questions boards ask.

AI Policy & Risk Framework

Institutionalize acceptable-use, access, and compliance controls for shadow AI and agents. Governance that enables speed.

90-Day Pilot-to-Production Plan

A practitioner-built plan to move from experimentation to governed, enterprise-wide deployment. From teams that have done it.

Why Join Us

The conversations shaping enterprise AI governance, in the open.

  • Benchmark with 100+ enterprise leadersCIOs, CFOs, CTOs, CISOs, and Heads of AI working through governance, economics, adoption, and ROI.
  • Evaluate how leading companies govern AIReal operating models for shadow AI, agents, and real-time risk, not slideware.
  • Decide the five questions that govern AI budgetsEach framed as an executive decision, with cited research and a practitioner walkthrough.
  • See real-time AI governance in actionA live walkthrough of how CloudNuro governs AI in real time and optimizes token and model spend.

The next generation of enterprise advantage will come from governing AI, not simply deploying it. Governance is becoming the operating system of enterprise AI.

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