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Engineering the AI Era

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Created in partnership with Nearform, Engineering the AI Era brings CIOs, CTOs and engineering leaders together to modernise software delivery and turn AI into measurable business impact.

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The AI era needs a new engineering model

AI-assisted development can help smaller teams move faster, but tools alone will not fix legacy platforms, delivery bottlenecks or growing complexity. Leaders need to rethink how teams, architecture and governance work together.

Get involved through peer conversations, expert insight from Nearform, events and experiences. Connect with leaders redesigning software delivery, learn what is working and explore how AI-native engineering can enable faster, safer change and measurable business outcomes.

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Connect with CIOs, CTOs and engineering leaders exploring the future of software delivery through dedicated conversations, events and experiences

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CIO | CISO

AI agents at scale: Where value and governance meet

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CIO | CISO

Security at machine speed: Where does the human sit?

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CIO

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Security’s existential threat: Pragmatic defence through frontier and zero-day risk

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The ultimate trade-off? Balancing trust, risk, and growth in 2026

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CIO

HotTopics Global CIO 100 Celebration

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When AI rewrites the organisation, who owns the software?

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CMO

Where B2B marketing creates competitive advantage now

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The hidden cost of reactive IT

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CISO

A Taste of Quantum Aboard Sunborn

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CMO

Marketing's operating system: What should humans still own?

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From agents to outcomes: Who is accountable for customer trust?

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CIO

The tech leader’s next directive: Service excellence

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CMO

Everyone wants pipeline. What actually creates demand?

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See, predict, respond: Building resilient supply chains in an era of constant disruption

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CISO

The resilience mindset: Getting CEOs, CIOs and CISOs on the same page

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CISO

Future CISO 100 celebration: Are you ready for the C-Suite?

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Adaptive defence: Rewiring security controls for AI’s velocity

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AI’s paradox: Innovation or governance

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The hidden value of trust: Strategic safeguards for agentic AI success

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CDO

HotTopics Global CDO 100 Celebration

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CISO

CISO 100 celebration: Keeping up with external threats, internal expectations

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Beyond efficiency: What happens when risk is left behind?

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What technology leaders need before they trust recovery

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Agents and behavioural risk: You don’t know what you can’t see

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CMO

AI, pipeline generation and marketing’s false-positive problem

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What should the IT function stop doing?

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Designing a new operating model for agentic security operations

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The AI control question hanging over technology leaders

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HotTopics Studio Nashville

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CIO | CISO

Building the security operating model for an agentic future

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CIO

The Trust Gap: Why Brittle Data Foundations are the Silent Killer of Agentic AI - London

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Securing agents in highly-regulated industries

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C-suite culinary experience at the Langham

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The agentic SOC: Rethinking security operations

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CIO | CISO

5 ways to build cyber resilience into business strategy

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Managing the lifecycle of AI agents

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The compliance gap: Governing AI agents in the enterprise

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CISO | CIO

Reimagining security operations for the agentic era

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HotTopics Studio Amsterdam

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Calendar_whiteCalendar_pink_purple 19 Nov 2026

CIO

The Trust Gap: Why Brittle Data Foundations are the Silent Killer of Agentic AI - Amsterdam

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Calendar_whiteCalendar_pink_purple 19 Nov 2026

CMO

HotTopics Studio London (B2B Marketing Leaders)

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HotTopics Studio London

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HotTopics Studio New York

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CMO

HotTopics Studio London (B2B Marketing Leaders)

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CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio London

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HotTopics Studio London

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HotTopics Studio Sydney

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HotTopics Studio Munich

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