Resilience Conference 2026

Enterprise AI Trends and Adoption

Moving beyond the Hype

January 14, 2026 | Virtual Event

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Building AI-Ready Resilient Enterprises

Build AI Ready Teams

Strategic approaches for workforce transformation, breaking resistance and creating organizational alignment around change and AI adoption.

Work with Startups & Tech

Learn how others navigate vendor selection, integrate AI with legacy systems and build partnerships that deliver results at scale.

Spend Smart

Discover strategic frameworks for measuring ROI, budgeting effectively and separating real value from marketing noise.

Sessions

(Scheduled times are PST)

8:00-08:15 | Opening Briefing | Building Resilient Continuity in an AI World

8:15-8:50 | Breaking the Resistance with Middle Management

8:50-9:25 | From Pilot to Production: Scaling AI Across the Enterprise

9:25-9:35 | Coffee Break

9:35-10:10 | From Recruitment to Reskilling: Building the AI Ready Workforce

10:10-10:45 | Integration Hell: Making AI play nice with Legacy Systems

10:45-11:15 | Procuring AI Solutions: How to Vet, Trust & Deploy

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-12:00 Foundational Models vs. Specialized Startups: Building your AI Stack

12:00-12:25 | Enterprise AI Investment Trends

12:25-12:50 | ROI and Budgeting for AI Projects: What’s worth the Spend

1:00-1:10 | Coffee Break

1:10-1:40 | Running Successful Projects with AI Startups

1:40-2:00 | Closing Remarks, Enterprise AI Adoption Survey Findings

Contributors from

Speaker Lineup

  • Sena Zorlu

    Ant Venture Partners

    General Partner

  • Earnest Sweat

    General Partner

  • Margaret Laffan

    Intel

    Agentic AI GTM

  • Balaji Gopinath

    Kubera Venture Capital

    General Partner

  • Amber Illig

    The Council Capital

    General Partner

  • Ray Taylor

    Carat Venture Partners

    General Partner

  • Heidi Jaros

    EnableWork Consulting

    Owner & Principal Consultant

  • Prof Mohammad Zoualfaghari

    Global Head of Emerging Technologies

    AWS Telecom

  • Adam O'Donnel

    The Founder Initiative

  • Didem (Hande) Altop

    Treeco VC

    General Partner

  • Ibrahim Gokcen

    Public Company Board Director

    Senior AI & Tech Executive, AI Consultant

  • Jila Azimipour

    Ant Venture Partners

    Venture Partner

  • Kriti Krishna

    HearstLab

    Venture Director

  • Aysegul Ildeniz

    Board

  • Shannon Yavorsky

    Orrick

    Partner

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