Agentic AI Exchange East
Shifting from AI Delivery to AI Orchestration, Enablement, and Long-Term Value Stewardship
The New Yorker Hotel, NYC | November 4 - 6, 2026
Agenda Day 1
TOOLS & INFRASTRUCTURE
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
OPENING REMARKS AND DELEGATE ORIENTATION
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
CHAIR’S WELCOME DAY ONE
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
ICE BREAKER
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE: The Rise of the AI Factory Model — Building Scalable, Reusable AI Infrastructure
Bharat Bendre -
Senior Vice President of Technology,
Equifax
1:10 pm - 1:40 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: Creating an Effective Orchestration Layer to Move from Single Agent to Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems
Mansoor Basha -
Chief Technology Officer,
Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Venkat Vedam - Head Of Gen AI And Front Office Analytics, Manulife Investment Management
Michael Mocanu - Senior Director of Data Science, Liberty Mutual
Krishna Gade - Founder and CEO, Fiddler
1:45 pm - 2:05 pm
KEYNOTE: Your Customers' Agents Are Coming
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
BUSINESS MEETINGS | concurrent MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm
BUSINESS MEETINGS | concurrent MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
3:50 pm - 4:50 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLES
Chad Aronson -
Global Head of Intelligent Automation,
Uber
Jason McKay - Chief Information Officer & VP of Business Process, Riggs Distler Company
Frederique De Letter - Head of Data Analytics & AI, Plante Moran
1. ROUNDTABLE: Leveraging Agentic AI for Intelligent Automation
Led by Chad Aronson, Global Head of Intelligent Automation COE, Uber
This roundtable discusses how enterprises are leveraging agentic AI for intelligent automation to unlock new levels of productivity and agility. Attendees will exchange practical insights on how they have adjusted their automation strategies, tapped into AI-driven process mining, and revamped their processes to scale AI-driven automation, while addressing governance, interoperability, workforce transformation, and measurable business impact.
2. ROUNDTABLE: Effective Strategies to Tackle Skill Gaps, Increase AI Literacy, and Establish Trust to Drive Adoption
Led by Jason McKay, CIO, Riggs Distler
Think beyond systems, architectures, and deployments and instead confront the human transformation required for agentic AI to succeed. As AI agents evolve into autonomous team members embedded in workflows, decision-making, and operations, the technology roadmap is only half the story. This roundtable looks at the rise of agentic AI through the lens of workforce readiness, exploring how leaders must redesign roles, collaboration models, communication norms, and organizational trust so humans and agents can work side-by-side. Attendees will gain a strategic, people-centric lens on integrating agentic AI at scale, understanding not just how to build agents but how to build a workforce and culture prepared to thrive with them.
3.ROUNDTABLE: Navigating the Changing Tokenomics to Avoid the Million Dollar Day
Led by Frederique De Letter, Head of Data Analytics & AI, Plante Moran
As AI adoption accelerates, the economics of tokens—the units that drive AI usage and cost—are rapidly evolving, creating new opportunities and unexpected financial risks. This executive roundtable will explore how AI leaders can navigate shifting token pricing, consumption patterns, and model choices while balancing performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. Discover strategies to establish effective AI cost governance, optimize token usage, and prevent the "million-dollar day" before it happens.
