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    World AI Week — Official Event

    World AI Week · World Exec Summit

    Where strategy is set. Never staged.

    One Executive Strategy Day during World AI Week — four 45-minute WES Exchanges, twelve executives at each table, no stage.

    Amsterdam 5–9 October 2026

    Alongside World AI Week

    A room, not an audience.

    World Exec Summit runs four Executive Strategy Tables across a single day of World AI Week. Each is a WES Exchange: twelve people including the moderator, small enough that everyone speaks and nobody presents.

    Each table opens on a set of Executive Questions rather than a deck — the questions leaders are already asking privately. Three are cross-industry; one goes deep on financial services. Networking, a buffet and coffee run between tables.

    One ticket covers the full day. Seats are assigned on seniority and relevance to the topics.

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    Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

    The venue

    EyeFilmmuseum

    All four Exchanges are held inside Eye Filmmuseum, on the IJ waterfront directly across from Amsterdam Centraal — the architectural landmark hosting World AI Week. Executive Strategy Tables sit in the museum's multi-purpose rooms, with panoramic windows over the river and direct access to the waterside.

    IJpromenade 1, 1031 KT Amsterdam
    The IJ waterfront in Amsterdam with Eye Filmmuseum on the north bank and a ferry crossing

    Executive Strategy Tables

    Tuesday 6 October

    1:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Open the Executive Questions on any table to see what the room will actually be asked.

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    011:00 PM – 1:45 PM

    Building Trusted AI at Enterprise Scale

    Cross-Industry Exchange

    The question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to deploy it responsibly, securely and at scale. Leaders from every sector on data readiness, governance, cybersecurity, regulatory expectation and enterprise-wide adoption.

    Executive Questions
    1. 01What makes an AI system trustworthy enough for enterprise deployment?
    2. 02How much governance is necessary before it slows innovation?
    3. 03Is your data foundation ready for AI at scale?
    4. 04How should organisations manage the cybersecurity risks AI introduces?
    5. 05What level of transparency should leaders expect from AI systems?
    6. 06How do you prepare for changing regulation without rebuilding your AI strategy?
    7. 07How should organisations measure trust, risk, and business value together?

    At the table

    1. 01Building trusted AI systems
    2. 02Data readiness and governance
    3. 03AI cybersecurity and emerging threats
    4. 04Human oversight and accountability
    5. 05Regulatory readiness across markets
    6. 06Transparency and traceability
    7. 07Scaling AI securely across functions
    8. 08Managing enterprise AI risk
    9. 09Measuring trust alongside business value
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    022:00 PM – 2:45 PM

    Governing Autonomous AI

    Cross-Industry Exchange

    How organisations stay accountable as AI systems begin making increasingly autonomous decisions. Covers governance operating models, decision traceability, human oversight and the structures required to scale AI safely.

    Executive Questions
    1. 01How much decision-making should an autonomous system be allowed?
    2. 02Who is accountable when AI makes the wrong decision?
    3. 03Can governance scale without slowing innovation?
    4. 04What does “human oversight” actually mean in production?
    5. 05How should boards measure AI risk?
    6. 06Where should enterprises draw the line between automation and autonomy?

    At the table

    1. 01AI governance operating models
    2. 02Decision accountability
    3. 03Human-in-the-loop vs human-on-the-loop
    4. 04Auditability and traceability
    5. 05Responsible AI
    6. 06Regulatory compliance
    7. 07Enterprise AI risk
    8. 08Board oversight
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    033:15 PM – 4:00 PM

    Reinventing Financial Services with AI

    Industry Exchange

    AI is reshaping customer engagement, risk, lending, compliance, operations and investment decisions. Leaders from banking, insurance, fintech, asset management and financial infrastructure on moving past experimentation into core strategy.

    Executive Questions
    1. 01Where is AI delivering measurable value in financial services today?
    2. 02How are institutions balancing innovation with regulation and risk?
    3. 03Which functions are being transformed first, and why?
    4. 04How should financial organisations modernise legacy technology for AI?
    5. 05What role will AI play in customer trust and competitive differentiation?
    6. 06How do leaders scale AI beyond isolated use cases?
    7. 07What capabilities will define the next generation of financial institutions?

    At the table

    1. 01AI strategy for financial institutions
    2. 02Intelligent automation across operations
    3. 03Risk, governance and regulatory readiness
    4. 04Fraud and financial crime prevention
    5. 05AI-driven customer experience
    6. 06Modernising legacy infrastructure
    7. 07Data foundations for enterprise AI
    8. 08Lending, underwriting and investment decisions
    9. 09Cybersecurity and resilience
    10. 10Measuring business value from AI
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    044:15 PM – 5:00 PM

    Work and Organisation Design

    Cross-Industry Exchange

    AI is changing more than individual roles — it changes how organisations are structured, how decisions are made, and how work is coordinated. On operating models, leadership practice, workforce capability and culture.

    Executive Questions
    1. 01How should organisations redesign work as AI capabilities mature?
    2. 02Which decisions should remain human, and which can be delegated to AI?
    3. 03What leadership capabilities will matter most in AI-enabled organisations?
    4. 04How are organisations preparing their workforce for continuous change?
    5. 05How should teams be structured to integrate AI effectively?
    6. 06What cultural barriers are slowing enterprise AI adoption?
    7. 07What does an AI-ready organisation look like five years from now?

    At the table

    1. 01Designing AI-enabled organisations
    2. 02Leadership in the age of AI
    3. 03Human and AI collaboration
    4. 04Workforce transformation and capability
    5. 05Operating models
    6. 06Change management and cultural adoption
    7. 07Decision-making in AI-enabled enterprises
    8. 08Reskilling and future talent strategy
    9. 09Productivity and employee experience

    Four Exchanges.One afternoon.

    The day in order

    1. 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
      01Building Trusted AI at Enterprise ScaleCross-Industry Exchange
    2. 1:45 PM – 2:00 PMCoffee break
    3. 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
      02Governing Autonomous AICross-Industry Exchange
    4. 2:45 PM – 3:15 PMNetworking & buffet
    5. 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
      03Reinventing Financial Services with AIIndustry Exchange
    6. 4:00 PM – 4:15 PMCoffee break
    7. 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
      04Work and Organisation DesignCross-Industry Exchange

    One ticket, the full day

    Includes all four Executive Strategy Tables, plus networking with buffet and coffee.

    €280

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