AI Summit 2026
Valencia
20-22 MAY
AI Summit
at a glance
The fourth edition of the AI Summit will take place on May 21st, in the beautiful city of Valencia, Spain.
The focus of this year’s summit is AI Transformation; helping tech companies understand how to integrate AI at scale, redesign workflows, and turn emerging technologies into long-term competitive advantage.
What to Expect from AI Summit 2026
Inspiring Keynotes
Expert Panels
Interactive Sessions
Real Connections
Connect with tech leaders driving AI Transformation across their organisations to modernise operations and services
Turn AI Transformation into your competitive advantage
Strategic Guidance
How-To Support
The agenda
Arrivals & Welcome Dinner
In the city centre of Valencia
Registration & Refreshments
Opening: The Transformation Trifecta
The value of transforming your people, organisations, and products altogether.
Killian O'Connor
Keynote Speech TBD
Ralph Ramos
Panel: The Practitioner's Playbook
How has AI actually changed the way you build software, your process, your flow, and your numbers?
host: Phil Thomas
VP of Engineering and AI Transformation, Zartis
Stephanie Sheehan
Sr. Director of Platform Engineering, Workhuman
Jonathan Grey
Founder and CEO, Ovation Incentives
Kana Butkovic
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Softco
AI & People → Agentify Your CEO
How AI is reshaping roles, skills, and leadership expectations, as well as lessons learned from embedding AI agents into a daily operating rhythm as CEO.
Padraig Coffey
CEO, Zartis
Keynote: Redesigning Your Organisation for AI
Insights from restructuring a company's operating model to move AI from experiment to operational default.
Katharine Biddle
Director of Applied AI, Evotix
Panel - The Investor's Lens on AI
How are investors evaluating AI transformation across their portfolio and what separates the companies doing it correctly form the rest?
Host: Ricky Hill
Andrew Bourg
Co-Founder, Development Capital
Niall Jones
Head of Listing Ireland & UK, Euronext
Keynote - Building AI-First Products
Zartis's technical vision for AI-native product development & the architecture and engineering decisions behind building AI-first products
Adrián Sánchez
Closing Remarks
Tapas & Drinks
Wrap up the day with the amazing Atenea rooftop restaurant and bar, in great company
Seaside Lunch
If your return fligts allow, we'd love to meet for a mediterranean lunch by the coast, at La Pepica
Know-how from industry experts
the 2026
SPEAKERS
Padraig Coffey
Andrew Bourg
Stephanie Sheehan
Adrián Sánchez
Katharine Biddle
Phil Thomas
Ralph Ramos
Kana Butkovic
Jonathan Grey
Niall Jones
Killian O'Connor
Ricky Hill
Insights from quality discussions
Last Year's
Highlights
Knowledge-sharing among tech leaders
AI Insights from
the Previous summit
Whitepaper
An Analysis of the Zartis AI Application Development Experiment
This whitepaper presents the key learnings from an internal Zartis prototype aimed at building an end-to-end AI application for processing complex Merger & Acquisition documents.
Whitepaper
Advanced Techniques for Managing Hallucination and Determinism in LLMs
Only 5% of companies report ROI from genAI and true control lies in managing the main challenges: hallucination and non-determinism.
Whitepaper
AI Solutions: Moving From POC to Production
This “pilot to production gap” is where countless hours and investments disappear. Discover insights from a panel of industry leaders, who shared their learnings at the 2025 Zartis AI Summit.
Whitepaper
AI-Driven M&A Integration: Unlocking Post-Merger Success
Explore the best practices for successful post-merger integration drawing from discussions with tech leaders, and our insights on providing tech solutions in this sector.
