New for 2026, the Industry Accelerator sessions at AI Agent & Copilot Summit will demonstrate real-world business transformations from leaders operationalizing AI.
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For CIOs, the shift is from automating steps to automating judgment, with flows controlling each action and agents defining the goal and choosing the path.
Siefert and Bacon discuss how the AI Agent & Copilot Summit has evolved from introducing AI concepts to focusing on real-world, production-ready use cases that deliver measurable business value across industries.
Copilot isn’t inferior to stand-alone chatbots, it’s context bound and that’s the trade-off (as well as the benefit) of embedding it into enterprise apps, where it optimizes for impact.
Universal Commerce Protocol, or UCP, has the backing of major retailers including Walmart, and financial services giants including American Express and Visa. It aims to standardize transactions on an end-to-end basis.
AI-powered checkout and new agents push the retail industry closer to a ‘zero-wait’ state, where approvals and outcomes don’t sit in queue until humans act.
In physical AI use cases, software and robots collaborate and AI systems can execute real-world tasks, not just suggest them, going well beyond the capabilities of GenAI.
Taylor Dorward joins the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast to discuss accessibility in the workplace, and how this brings new value to organizations.
Agent 365 answers the big questions CIOs actually care about: who owns our agents? What systems and data can they access? Governance replaces shadow AI.
With multi-agent systems being rolled out aggressively, customers need to emphasize operational controls, performance analysis, and governance.
Defender enhancements include services, dedicated engineering resources for proactive and reactive threat defenses, as well as strengthening overall security posture for the AI era.
Consulting firm also recommends enterprises move away from specialization to generalists who are comfortable with AI and adept at managing fleets of agents.
Columbus VP, Michael Simms, joins the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast to share what went into selecting the sessions for the 2026 event, and what’s required to successfully adopt AI.
The speakers and sessions for the 2026 AI Agent & Copilot Summit have been announced by event producers, Dynamic Communities and Cloud Wars.
Latest generative coding model from OpenAI delivers greater power for complex development tasks, including enhanced computer vision for turning design mocks into functional prototypes.
Insight Works’ Mark Hamblin shares how AI and agents are impacting the companies processes and products, and gives thoughts on the advancement of AI advancement in recent months and how this impacts adoption.
Anthropic’s donation of MCP spec to Linux Foundation garners broad industry support as vendors embrace interoperability and community development to drive AI forward.
As the availability of raw data for AI decreases, the focus shifts from the quantity of data to the quality and contextualization of the data collected. Businesses need to emphasize the importance of qualitative information.
Agent technology is a critical addition to the Microsoft stack: it keeps everything moving without nudges, reminders, or bottlenecks, resulting in an organization in motion rather than in queues.
Nancie Calder provides insights on the upcoming AI Agent & Copilot Summit, including how attendees can optimize their time at the event.