Overview
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to influence every aspect of our lives, its transformative power offers promise and complexity. AI complements human ingenuity, enabling new opportunities in scientific discovery, content creation, product design, personalization, and software development. Yet, the rise of Agentic AI raises critical questions:
– How much agency should we entrust to algorithms?
– When do we engage autopilot, and when do we take back control?
– How do we balance efficiency and authenticity, automation and accountability?
We are living in an age of hyper-automation, where decisions once made by humans are increasingly delegated to intelligent systems. AI is no longer a futuristic buzzword, it’s becoming a cornerstone of modern business. As organizations adopt AI-driven tools, we must examine its impact on trust, control, and the essence of decision-making.
– How much agency should we entrust to algorithms?
– When do we engage autopilot, and when do we take back control?
– How do we balance efficiency and authenticity, automation and accountability?
We are living in an age of hyper-automation, where decisions once made by humans are increasingly delegated to intelligent systems. AI is no longer a futuristic buzzword, it’s becoming a cornerstone of modern business. As organizations adopt AI-driven tools, we must examine its impact on trust, control, and the essence of decision-making.
Why This Matters Now
Agentic AI introduces profound challenges. While it accelerates operational processes and enhances decision-making, it also presents ethical dilemmas:
– Are some decisions too important to leave to machines?
– How do we balance machine reasoning with human judgment?
– What does an Agentic Augmented Organization look like?
The rise of AI mirrors historic transformations during industrialization, reshaping power dynamics between individuals, organizations, and communities. Today, we face similar stakes as AI systems grow smarter, faster, and more pervasive. This isn’t just about technology—it’s about preserving humanity and maintaining meaningful human connections in a world increasingly dominated by automation.
– Are some decisions too important to leave to machines?
– How do we balance machine reasoning with human judgment?
– What does an Agentic Augmented Organization look like?
The rise of AI mirrors historic transformations during industrialization, reshaping power dynamics between individuals, organizations, and communities. Today, we face similar stakes as AI systems grow smarter, faster, and more pervasive. This isn’t just about technology—it’s about preserving humanity and maintaining meaningful human connections in a world increasingly dominated by automation.
State of the Art sessions
To RPA, or Not to RPA: Agentic AI and the Next Wave of Automation
Bot scripts still click buttons, but agentic AI weighs options, argues constructively, and fixes ugly edge cases RPA can’t handle. In this rapid-fire showdown we map where old-school RPA still shines and where autonomous agents crush it on cost, speed, and resilience. Watch an agent swarm run through a real-world scenario—policy checks, exception handling, ethics rules—with minimal human intervention. Leave with a simple decision matrix and guardrails for swapping brittle bots with self-directed doers when it really matters.
Inside the Agentic Squad: Humans x AI Teaming
Code reviews at 2 a.m.? Your AI teammate already handled them—and filed the Jira tickets. Step into an agentic squad where product owners, engineers, and autonomous agents plan, code, test, and deploy side-by-side. We’ll demo how bots mine backlogs for hidden dependencies, refactor legacy services to cloud-native, and guardrail every merge with self-tuning quality gates. Expect battle-tested patterns for spinning up AI-augmented feature teams, measuring uplift, and keeping human creativity in the driver’s seat while the agents grind through the grunt work.
Lessons From Gen AI Adoption at Scale
Why do some teams reach production in weeks while others abandon after months of pilots? What separates organizations that find sustainable value from those stuck in endless experimentation? After implementing Gen AI across multiple organizations, patterns emerged about what actually determines success—and it’s not all about the technology. We share the engineering reality behind consistent outputs, the threshold that predicts value, and why human roles transform in unexpected ways.
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Andrew Keen
Autopilot yes/no
Andrew Keen is one of the world’s best known and controversial commentators on the digital revolution. His nickname: the Antichrist of Silicon Valley. He is the author of many books on the digital culture. Many of the predictions he made in his books have come true. Andrew runs a popular podcast called ‘Keen on America’ and he will share his view on the latest technological events.
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James McQuivey
James tracks and predicts behavior change, whether among consumers or employees. In his tenure at Forrester, he successfully forecast the rise of online shopping in 1998 and more recently predicted the arrival of Amazon’s Echo platform before it existed. His models succeed because he focuses on an understanding of core human needs and motivations, using that foundation to predict why, when, and how people will try new things.
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Marco Schmid
AI Jesus
The initiator is theologian Marco Schmid, who builds a bridge between the church as an institution and the local community with his many art projects in the St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne.
Patrick Morely
Professor at the Universities of Applied Sciences Leiden, the Netherlands
Patrick Morley graduated with bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering (Cum Laude) and a master’s degree in electronic engineering from Trinity College Dublin.
Throughout his career he has been involved in technology innovation primarily around ICT and new strategy development and implementation.
He is a long serving member of the advisory commission of Sogeti and a frequent advisor to Industry and Government on issues related to information technology, telecom and innovation strategy. Since 2012 Patrick has been a lecturer in the Universities of Applied Sciences in Leiden and Delft teaching: Computer Science, Statistics, Logic and Sensor Technology.
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Throughout his career he has been involved in technology innovation primarily around ICT and new strategy development and implementation.
He is a long serving member of the advisory commission of Sogeti and a frequent advisor to Industry and Government on issues related to information technology, telecom and innovation strategy. Since 2012 Patrick has been a lecturer in the Universities of Applied Sciences in Leiden and Delft teaching: Computer Science, Statistics, Logic and Sensor Technology.
Ray Wang
Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc.
R “Ray” Wang is the CEO of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc., He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode and blogs at www.raywang.org. Ray is an expert on AI, Web3, and software. His ground-breaking best-selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray’s recent best selling book Everybody Wants to Rule The World was released in 2021. Wang is frequently quoted and interviewed by media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, BBC, Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg.
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R “Ray” Wang is the CEO of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc., He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode and blogs at www.raywang.org. Ray is an expert on AI, Web3, and software. His ground-breaking best-selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray’s recent best selling book Everybody Wants to Rule The World was released in 2021. Wang is frequently quoted and interviewed by media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, BBC, Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg.
Sander Duivestein
Senior Analyst
Sander Duivestein is a highly acclaimed and top-rated researcher and trend watcher, an influential author and keynote speaker. His main focus is the impact of new technologies on people, businesses, and society. He is specialized in internet culture and is fascinated by the way how technology is used to shape GenZ business models and how conspiracies can take over rational thought. Sander is co-author of management best seller ‘Real Fake: playing with reality in times of AI’ and is seen regularly on Dutch television responding on the latest trends. Recent reports Sander has been working are ‘The Intelligent Interface’, ‘The Great AI Experiment’ and ‘The Rise of the Experience Ecology’.
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Thijs Pepping
Tech-Philosopher
Thijs Pepping is a techno-philosopher @ Research Institute SogetiLabs. He focuses on the relationship among people, the planet, and technology. His special interest lies in the art of living and the experiences of nature, time, and reality. He co-authored the book Real Fake (2021) on generative AI and is now working on the follow up Real Smart.
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Dr Franziska Kohlt
AI Lessons from the history of Automata
Franziska Kohlt, researcher at the Universities of Leeds and Los Angeles reflects on ancient ‘Automata’ as a mirror for artificial intelligence. Automata are mechanically moving devices and images of people that had a magical effect on citizens in society.
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Joost Fledderus
Autopilot in Life Sciences Research
Joost Fledderus is Director of Technology and Infrastructure at Utrecht University. His lab conducts research on personalized medicine (based on stem cells). He outlines the role of AI, both now and in the future, within the research lab.
Moran Cerf
Professor of neuroscience and business (Columbia University)
Moran Cerf is a professor of neuroscience and business (Columbia University) and the Alfred P. Sloan professor of screenwriting (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
In his recent work, he helps leaders (namely, the U.S. government) implement key lessons from decision science and neuroscience in critical choices (i.e., the nuclear launch protocols).
Prior, Prof. Cerf’s main work involved studying patients implanted with neural devices during brain surgery to decode decisions and dreams. His work gave rise to some contemporary advances in neuroscience and applications (i.e., advances in brain-machine interfaces).
Cerf spent a decade working in the Israeli cybersecurity space as a hacker and had an extensive career in the tech industry.
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In his recent work, he helps leaders (namely, the U.S. government) implement key lessons from decision science and neuroscience in critical choices (i.e., the nuclear launch protocols).
Prior, Prof. Cerf’s main work involved studying patients implanted with neural devices during brain surgery to decode decisions and dreams. His work gave rise to some contemporary advances in neuroscience and applications (i.e., advances in brain-machine interfaces).
Cerf spent a decade working in the Israeli cybersecurity space as a hacker and had an extensive career in the tech industry.
Patrick Naef
Managing Partner at Boyden Executive Search & founder and CEO of ITvisor GmbH
Patrick Naef is Managing Partner at Boyden Executive Search and also founder and CEO of ITvisor GmbH, a boutique consulting firm specialised on advising organisations in their digitalisation journey. He also serves on the board of directors of Franke Group, a globally operating manufacturing company headquartered in Switzerland, and is chairman of the board of directors of UpGreat AG in Switzerland. Patrick is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. He advises and supports several technology start-ups and sits on advisory boards of technology companies and VC firms. From 2006 to June 2018, Patrick was CIO at Emirates Airline & Group in Dubai and during this time, non-executive director on the board of SITA. In the late 1990s he was founding member and CTO of the start-up Beyoo, the first European on-line travel agency. In 2011 the German “CIO Magazin” and IDG honoured him with the prestigious “CIO of the decade” award. Patrick Naef holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, and an Executive MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Sally Epstein
Chief Innovation Officer
Sally is Chief Innovation Officer at Cambridge Consultants.
Sally is a renowned innovation expert, leveraging her extensive deep tech knowledge to create transformative solutions. With a robust background in AI and deep tech, she has successfully led Cambridge Consultants’ deep tech incubator, driving investments in quantum technologies, human-machine understanding, and photonics.
Sally is committed to pioneering new methodologies and advocating for talent diversity while steering strategic technology investments. Her vision is to utilize cutting-edge technologies to address complex global challenges and foster a sustainable future.
She holds a Mathematics degree from Oxford University and a PhD from King’s College London.
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Sally is a renowned innovation expert, leveraging her extensive deep tech knowledge to create transformative solutions. With a robust background in AI and deep tech, she has successfully led Cambridge Consultants’ deep tech incubator, driving investments in quantum technologies, human-machine understanding, and photonics.
Sally is committed to pioneering new methodologies and advocating for talent diversity while steering strategic technology investments. Her vision is to utilize cutting-edge technologies to address complex global challenges and foster a sustainable future.
She holds a Mathematics degree from Oxford University and a PhD from King’s College London.
Sandra Matz
Sandra Matz is the author of ‘Mindmasters’ and Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. As a computational social scientist with a background in psychology and computer science, Dr. Matz studies human behavior by uncovering the hidden relationships between our digital footprints and our inner mental lives. Her goal is to make data relatable and help individuals, businesses and policy makers use data in more effective and ethical ways. Her work has frequently been covered by many major news outlets, including the Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Business Insider. Dr. Matz has won numerous awards for her research and teaching, including ’Best 40-Under-40 MBA professors, Top 30 Thinkers Under 30; and DataIQ’s 100 Most Influential People in Data.
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