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From experimentation to enterprise value.
AI is moving beyond the pilot. The challenge now is rewiring how work gets done and proving its impact on the P&L.
Join a select group of enterprise leaders for an intimate, off-the-record evening of candid discussion, a hands-on use-case lab and seated dinner. Explore how to rewire workflows across people, systems and AI, size the return, and turn promising initiatives into measurable outcomes.
WHY ATTEND
An evening for technology leaders taking AI from pilot to P&L, with an independent read on where value stalls, a hands-on use-case lab, and a CFO’s test for AI value.
79% – of technology leaders cite driving business outcomes as their top priority
42% – still report low or no ROI from their AI investments
Source: Deloitte, 2026 Global Technology Leadership Study
Overview
When – Thursday, November 12, 2026 4:30 – 8:15 pm
Where – The St. Regis, San Francisco
Format – Use-case lab and seated dinner
Guests – ~30 executives
Host – UnifyApps
Agenda
4:30 – Arrival and curated introductions
5:00 – Welcome: what your board is asking · ICONIQ
Where AI value is accruing, and how to answer your board in revenue, cost and risk.
5:15 – Analyst briefing: why AI value stalls between pilot and P&L · Independent analyst
Where enterprise AI stands today, and the points where value breaks down before production.
5:30 – Use-case lab · Keynote by Ragy Thomas, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, UnifyApps
A 10-minute keynote on workflow design for outcomes, then a facilitated lab at tables of five: map one use-case across your
systems, human and AI, and size the ROI.
6:45 – Customer fireside: the CFO’s test for AI value · A customer CFO in conversation with UnifyApps
What a CFO counts as AI value, how the business case is built and defended, and what it took to reach production
7:10 – Seated dinner with facilitated table conversation
One question per course, built on the lab. Which of your AI wins would your CFO count?
8:05 – Synthesis and close · Richard Rivera, CRO, UnifyApps
Three patterns from the evening on where AI value lands, and your next step.
8:15 – Dessert, drinks and open networking · Optional, until 9:00
WHAT YOU GET
Following the event, UnifyApps will build a working prototype of the workflow you rewire in the lab.
Speakers:
Rena brings over 20 years of experience to her role as Chief Analyst and Practice Lead for Enterprise Technology & Services, including over ten years with GlobalData. She covers analytics solutions, as well as Systems Integrator strategies and enterprise communications. Her expertise encompasses artificial intelligence, cloud-based AI platforms, systems integration and IT services, digital transformation, and business networking.
- Matthew Jacobson, Partner, ICONIQ – bio needed
- Ragy Thomas, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, UnifyApps
- Waseem Bhatti, Principal Solutions Consultant, UnifyApps
- Margi Lynn, SVP Marketing, UnifyApps
- Richard Rivera, CRO, UnifyApps – bio needed
Richard Rivera
CRO, UnifyApps
Margi Lynn
SVP Marketing, UnifyApps
Waseem Bhatti
Principal Solutions Consultant, UnifyApps
Ragy Thomas
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, UnifyApps
Matthew Jacobson
Partner, ICONIQ
Rena Bhattacharyya
Chief Analyst and Practice Lead, Enterprise Technology & Services at GlobalData
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Agenda
18:00 – Champagne Reception & Networking
18:30 – Guests seated and welcome by FDE
18:50 – Keynote presentations from David Hughes, SVP Quote to Cash & BPO at Xerox, Hitesh Gulati, Alliance Lead at Google Cloud, and Upjit Ghuman, EVP & Global Head of BPO at HCLTech
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20:05 – Dinner is served, informal discussion amongst guests
21:25 – Closing remarks
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