ISG Event to Focus on Enterprise Transformations that Deliver AI Success
Information Services Group (Nasdaq: III) will hold its AI Impact Summit New York on October 28–29, 2026, focusing on enterprise AI execution.
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How enterprises can close that AI value gap and build the operating models, governance, economics and technology foundations needed to scale AI will be explored by leaders from AstraZeneca, Humane Intelligence, University of
“ISG research finds AI performing above expectations in functionality and adoption but falling short on business outcomes,” said Shafqat Azim, partner, ISG, and host of the ISG AI Impact Summit New York. “Turning AI investment into sustainable business value requires more than successful pilots. To move AI from isolated experimentation into daily workflows, organizations need to rethink their operating models, accountability, economics and technology foundations.”
Jason Mars, University of
Jorge Reis-Filho, chief of AI for Science Innovation, AstraZeneca, will follow with a keynote presentation on “The Execution Decade: Turning AI Ambition into Enterprise Advantage,” on why execution discipline, organizational practices and enterprise-wide operationalization are the new competitive advantages.
The “Proving the Return: Closing the Gap Between AI Spend and Business Value” panel discussion will include Anantha Ramakrishnan, senior director, Optum Advisory, UHG-Optum, and Srinivas Mudireddy, corporate vice president, New York Life Insurance, discussing how to balance innovation ambitions with financial discipline, prioritization and sustainable business outcomes.
As AI moves deeper into enterprise workflows, the summit will explore issues of governance and accountability required when people and intelligent systems share responsibility for work and decisions.
“ISG research finds fully autonomous work is expected to nearly double by the end of 2027, from 6.8 percent to 13 percent,” Azim said. “As AI takes on more work, people will increasingly manage context, exceptions and outcomes. Enterprises need operating models that make accountability clear while allowing AI to create value at scale.”
Corey Bucher, vice president, AI Enablement & Workforce Transformation, Beebe Healthcare, and Fred Tanzella, CIO advisor, Agentic AI, Kyndryl, will join the “Who Governs the Agents? Accountability When AI Acts on Its Own” panel discussion, examining how to define accountability when humans and AI share decision-making and what governance structures enable innovation while managing risk.
Day one will conclude with the ISG Startup Challenge, with Anatoliy Kochnev, co-founder of security compliance software company Kanonik; Cassio Melo, co-founder and CTO of AI compliance system Meilynx, and Eli Portnoy, CEO of customer knowledge solution BackEngine. Judges will question the challengers, and the live audience will vote for the solution they are most likely to implement in their own organizations.
Rumman Chowdhury, former
The changing economics of AI will be explored in “AI Didn’t Just Reduce Costs – It Broke the Enterprise Cost Model.” Justin Gress, chief operating officer, HDI Global, will discuss how organizations are redesigning operating models, workforce structures and service delivery to create entirely new forms of enterprise leverage and economic advantage.
Tom Cochran, advisor and former technology leader with the White House,
The data contextualization, integration, trust, auditability and explainability required for autonomous decision-making will be the topic of the “Production-Ready Data: Bridging the Gap Between Insight and Action” panel discussion, with Ipshita Chakraborty, director, Data Science & Applied AI, HelloFresh, and Sabrykrishnan Loganathan, senior director, AI Engineering, Peloton Interactive.
Other sessions at the ISG AI Impact Summit New York will examine how enterprises can redesign operating models as intelligence becomes an operating layer; why functioning AI systems still fail to produce expected ROI; how to build effective human-AI workforce models; how FinOps must evolve to manage AI alongside the broader technology estate; how enterprises should approach build-versus-buy decisions, and how organizations can build security into enterprise AI by design.
The ISG AI Impact Summit New York is sponsored by Wipro Limited, Stefanini Group, Kyndryl, NTT DATA, Compucom, Linc AI, Mechanical Orchard, Myota, Accenture, Daily AI Brief, AllConfsBot, the TBM Council and TechInsyte.
Additional information and registration are available on the event website.
About ISG
ISG (Nasdaq: III) is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data and research, in-depth knowledge and governance of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,500 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.
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