Roundtable III brings together everything we've learned from our previous sessions and grounds it in something concrete: working systems, real results, and lessons learned from the field.

This edition, we open with Stephan Hartgers-Rus, our CEO and author of The Agentic Organisation. After 25 years working across organisations, Stephan has seen the same pattern repeat: models built, pipelines deployed, dashboards live, and yet, somewhere between the data team and the boardroom, the impact disappears. His conclusion? The bottleneck was never the technology. The gap between a proof of concept and real company-wide impact is a leadership problem, not a data problem.

"This is the largest paradigm shift since the industrial revolution. Treating it as another software rollout is the single most expensive mistake a leadership team can make."

His talk sets the stage for everything that follows, grounding our roundtable in the organisational reality that most AI conversations skip over.

Before the discussion kicks off, we take a look inside the kitchen. Xomnia experts walk you through a set of real-life use cases from companies across industries, what was built, what worked, and what didn't. No names, just the lessons.

From there, the discussion is guided by a set of sharp statements built around the themes that matter most right now:

• AI Governance: How do we stay in control as our AI landscape scales?
• Agentic AI at enterprise level: What does it take to build and govern an agentic platform that works across your organisation?
• The roles of tomorrow: What skills and capabilities do you need to thrive in an agentic world?
• Buy vs. build: How do you make the right call with (Gen)AI investments?

Stephan Hartgers-Rus opens the conversation
Our CEO and author of The Agentic Organisation kicks things off with the core ideas behind his book, a framework that shifts the question from "how do we build better models?" to "how do we build organisations that can actually use them?"

A use case showcase
An inside look at real Agentic AI implementations from the field. What was built, why it worked, and what didn't. Anonymised, but honest.

A focused roundtable
Facilitated by Fried Schölvinck, the discussion is built around a set of sharp statements on the decisions that matter most for your organisation in 2026 and beyond.

A room worth being in
Alongside thought leaders and peers from your industry, we work through the practical steps and strategic decisions that will define the AI-ready organisation in 2027. No slides, no sales pitches, just sharp minds working through real problems together.