Infrastructure—not innovation—is the largest barrier to AI at scale

Why your AI strategy is only as good as your infrastructure

HotTopics Food for Thought In partnership with 

Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating across every industry, but many organisations are discovering that innovation is only as strong as the infrastructure beneath it. As AI workloads expand across increasingly fragmented hybrid environments, technology leaders are confronting a growing challenge: weak data foundations, operational complexity, governance gaps, and resilience concerns are becoming major barriers to scalable AI value.

This moderated executive roundtable will bring together senior technology leaders to examine what true AI readiness looks like beyond pilots and experimentation. The discussion will explore whether organisations are modernising with intent rather than speed to support trusted AI at scale, how resilient data environments are becoming critical to business performance, and why leadership alignment is now as important as technology investment.

Event details

📍 Location: HMS Belfast, London

🗓 Date: 8th July 2026

🕛 Time: 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

👥 The Hosts: Peter Stojanovic, Editor, HotTopics

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