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