AI Summit 2026

Agenda

The agenda

Wednesday, 20.05.26
19:00

Arrivals & Welcome Dinner

In the city centre of Valencia

Thursday, 21.05.26
8:30 - 9:15

Registration & Refreshments

9:20 - 9:35

Opening: The Transformation Trifecta

The value of transforming your people, organisations, and products altogether.

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Killian O'Connor

MD of Growth, Zartis

9:40 - 10:20

Keynote: The Agentic Revolution

Why and what the enterprises pulling ahead are doing that others are not

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Ralph Ramos

Applied AI, Anthropic

10:20 - 10:35: Networking & Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:30

Keynote: The Legible Organisation - Closing the Gap Between Plausible and Permitted

Zartis's technical vision for AI-native product development & the architecture and engineering decisions behind building AI-first products

Adrián Sánchez, Head of AI at Zartis

Adrián Sánchez

Head of AI & Innovation, Zartis

11:35 - 12:25

Panel: The Practitioner's Playbook

How has AI actually changed the way you build software, your process, your flow, and your numbers?

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host: Phil Thomas

VP of Engineering and AI Transformation, Zartis

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Stephanie Sheehan

Sr. Director of Platform Engineering, Workhuman

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Jonathan Grey

Founder and CEO, Ovation Incentives

Kana Butkovic ai summit speaker

Kana Butkovic

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Softco

12:30 - 13:30: Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:10

Keynote: Redesigning Your Organisation for AI

Insights from restructuring a company's operating model to move AI from experiment to operational default.

Katharine Biddle, female ai summit speaker

Katharine Biddle

Director of Applied AI, Evotix

14:15 - 15:00

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?

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Host: Ricky Hill

MD of Financial Services, Zartis

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Andrew Bourg

Co-Founder, Development Capital

Niall Jones male ai summit speaker

Niall Jones

Head of Listing Ireland & UK, Euronext

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Yuri Mikhalev

Partner, Inflexion

15:00 - 15:15: Networking & Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:55

AI & People → Agentify the C-Suite

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.

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Padraig Coffey

CEO, Zartis

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Phil Thomas

VP of Engineering and AI Transformation, Zartis

15:55 - 16:00

Closing Remarks

20:00

Tapas & Drinks

Wrap up the day with the amazing Atenea rooftop restaurant and bar, in great company

Friday, 22.05.26
13:00

Seaside Lunch

If your return fligts allow, we'd love to meet for a mediterranean lunch by the coast, at La Pepica