The AI X Leadership Summit | San Francisco 2026

Co-located with ODSC AI West Conference.

A dedicated space for 250 exclusive enterprise leaders to validate governance, operationalize agentic automation, and scale AI strategy under intense ROI pressure.

The AI X Leadership Summit is a co-located event with the ODSC AI West Conference, taking place in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Why Attend?

• Close the Gap: Bridge the divide between high-level C-suite objectives and granular technical realities to accelerate execution.

• Stay Ahead of Disruption: Gain the latest insights on emerging AI trends, LLMs, and disruptive tech to position your organization at the forefront of innovation.

• Accelerate Team Alignment: Achieve unparalleled internal alignment and rapid decision-making by attending with your core strategy team.

• Peer Validation: Validate your roadmap with 250+ VP-level leaders and practitioners in a private, non-competitive setting.

2026 Featured Speakers

Learn from the architects of the modern AI landscape. Our speakers represent the intersection of elite academia, venture-backed builders, and cutting-edge AI research:

• Thomas Dohmke, PhD – Co-founder & CEO, Entire

• Babak Hodjat, PhD – SVP, Chief AI Officer, Cognizant

• Dr. Jon Krohn – Host & Co-Founder, SuperDataScience Podcast | Y Carrot

• Chip Huyen – Author, AI Engineering

• Peter Norvig – Researcher, Recursive

• Michael I. Jordan, PhD – Researcher & Professor Emeritus, Inria | UC Berkeley

• Deepak Pathak, PhD – Co-Founder & CEO, Skild AI

• Charu Maheshwari – Product Finance & Strategy, Anthropic

• Alex Graveley – Director, Comet, Perplexity AI

• Nouha Dziri, PhD – Senior Research Scientist, Cohere Labs

• Sinan Ozdemir – Head of AI Developer Education | AI & LLM Advisor | Author, Fireworks AI | Tola Capital

• Diogo Almeida – CEO & Co-Founder, TypeSafe AI

• Marius Hobbhahn – CEO & Founder, Apollo Research

• Cal Al-Dhubaib – Principal Technologist, Rubrik

• Rocky Yu – Founder & CEO, AGI House

Speakers are announced every week - https://odsc.ai/west/speakers/

The Agenda: Key AI Topics

• Work in the Age of AI: Navigate the impact on workforce roles and skills while cultivating growth.

• Generative AI: Harness the potential to automate content, design, and executive decision-making.

• AI Adoption: Master the strategies for effective integration, efficiency, and competitive edge.

• AI Strategy: Develop data-driven plans for enhanced customer experiences and operational ROI.

• Ethics & Governance: Chart a course for responsible AI, mitigating bias, and building enterprise trust.

• Agents & Automation: Discover transformative LLM-driven agent systems for intelligent automation.

Your Role. Your Action Plan.

• Enterprise AI Strategist: CDOs, Chief AI Officers, VPs of Data & Analytics

• Product Innovators: CPOs, Directors of Innovation, AI Product Leads, VC Leads

• Operations & Infrastructure: COOs, CTOs, VPs of AI Infrastructure, Regulation & Ethics Leads

• Technical-Leadership Bridge: AI Architects, MLOps Leads

Logistics & Details

• Date: October 27–29, 2026

• Location: Hyatt Regency | Burlingame, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

​Useful Links

• Free Training: Ai+ Training Platform

• Insights: ODSC AI Blog

• Standards: Code of Conduct