How to deploy AI and digital technologies while managing cost, energy, risk and impact
As companies move from AI pilots to production, leaders face growing challenges around cost, return on investment, governance and implementation. At the same time, businesses must navigate differing regulatory requirements and the risks associated with increasingly connected and autonomous technologies.
This track examines how organisations can deploy AI and digital technologies effectively, demonstrate business value and manage the costs and risks of adoption.
Discussion topics
AI innovators, datacentre developers, and leading technology providers will discuss four big questions shaping the long-term prospects of AI and advanced technology.
1. How can frontier AI technology move from pilot-to-scale sustainably and profitably?
Scaling emerging AI solutions into market-ready, deployable technologies in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
2. How should AI be deployed to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable operations?
Data governance, threat mitigation and AI oversight strategies to ensure accountability, manage risk and maintain cyber-secure operations.
3. How are AI solutions changing the way end-user customers interact with business?
Rapid advancements in agentic AI, utilising consumer data effectively, and measuring ROI when deploying customer-facing AI solutions.
4. Will emerging robotics and automation capabilities change the way industrial and energy stakeholders do business?
Understanding the new robotics frontier and building a business case for integrating cutting-edge automation capabilities.
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