Constellation's AI Forum September 2026

September 24, 2026
Sponsorships Open
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Sept 23, 6:00pm
Harvard Club New York
Constellation AI Forum attendees are invited to join Veltris for an intimate evening of wine pairing, cocktails, dinner and meaningful conversation at the Harvard Club of New York.
The gathering offers an opportunity to connect with fellow executives, investors and technology leaders in a relaxed setting, exchange perspectives and build new relationships ahead of the AI Forum the following day.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please use this link for more information and to register HERE
Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00am - 9:10am, September 24

Your co-hosts, Dr. David Bray, Mark Minevich, Michael Ni, and R "Ray" Wang, will welcome the pioneers, practitioners, and policy shapers to the AI Forum. Catch the latest trends and insights in this fast-moving market, and don't forget to take the latest AI survey!

Hosts

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research
Principal Analyst and Founder
Constellation Research
9:10am - 9:20am, September 24

Join us in welcoming the newest class of AI150

Hosts

Principal Analyst and Founder
Constellation Research
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

Vice President, Enterprise AI Platforms
Tractor Supply Company
COO
GlobalGiving Foundation, Inc.
Senior Director
Worth.ai
CDTO
Catalyst Brands
Dr. Kamal Pandey
Solutions Architect - AI ,Cloud, Digital workplace & Automation
Rivian Automotive Inc
CEO
GODOT
9:40am - 10:00am, September 24

Agents being trusted to scale need business meaning, operational state, policy, permissions and context. Explore what data, AI, and IT leaders are donig with their emerging enterprise architectures and what choices they can make today to drive trusted AI execution.

Hosts

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

Professor of the Practice, Partner, Chairman
North Carolina State University, RTP Venture Studio, Cloud Pharmaceuticals
Chris Hallenbeck
SVP and GM of AI & Platform
Boomi
VP AI Strategy & Transformation
Soul of the Machine
10:00am - 10:20am, September 24

AI can increasingly recommend, decide, and act—but that doesn't mean every decision should be automated. Explore how leaders determine which decisions can be moved to autonomous decisioning, where humans remain essential, and how organizations balance speed, economics, risk, and trust.

Hosts

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

Managing Partner
Ancilla
CEO
City Strategies LLC
10:55 am - 11:15am, September 24

As AI moves from recommendations toward actions, responsibility becomes less clear. Explore how the Boards/C-suite should divide ownership of AI outcomes, risk and governance.

Hosts

Chief Distiller, Board Advisor
Constellation Research

Guests

Founder
The Circle
Board Member
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Head of Operations, Data and Quant Technology
Lazard Asset Management
11:15am - 11:35 pm, September 24

This year's managers will be the last to manage only humans, needing to span managing people, agents, and automation together. Explore the implications for roles, accountability, skills and organizational design.

Hosts

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

COO
GlobalGiving Foundation, Inc.
Corporate Vice President - Growth and Innovation, Enterprise AI
Fortive
11:55am - 12:15pm, September 24

AI has become an issue of national competitiveness, infrastructure and sovereignty. Explore what geopolitical competition means for enterprise technology strategy, risk and control.

Hosts

Principal Analyst and Founder
Constellation Research

Guests

CEO
data.org
Chief of Digital Government Branch
United Nations
2:20pm - 2:45pm, September 24

Explore how AI is connecting demand, pricing, inventory, fulfillment, and supply decisions into increasingly autonomous commerce balanced by decisions on where you still need to insert humans to decide, monitor, and/or intervene.

Hosts

Vice President & Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

Head, CX and Transformation
Firstsource
Head of AI and Services Transformation
Tata Consultancy Services
2:40pm - 3:00pm, September 24

Healthcare and pharma are becoming proving grounds for high-stakes AI, revealing what every enterprise can learn about balancing automation, human judgment, trust, and measurable outcomes as AI moves from advising to acting.

Hosts

Chief Distiller, Board Advisor
Constellation Research

Guests

Anand Iyer
Chief AI Officer
Welldoc
Managing Partner
BayLink Capital
EVP and Chief Clinical Officer
Centurion Health
3:35pm - 3:55pm, September 24

AI is changing more than content creation. It is reshaping production, personalization, distribution, audience management, and the economics of entertainment. Leading entertainment CIOs share where AI is creating real value today and where the hype is ahead of the studio reality.

Hosts

Vice President & Global Head, Digital Manufacturing
Körber Stellium

Guests

Vice President Product
Schneps Media
3:55pm - 4:15pm, September 24

Explore why the combination of physical AI, operations, measurable outcomes, and rich operational data may be turning industrial enterprises into one of AI's clearest proving grounds for ROI.

Hosts

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Guests

CEO
Intellect
Vice President & Global Head, Digital Manufacturing
Körber Stellium
4:35pm - 4:55pm, September 24

Data-rich, decision-intensive, and relentlessly measurable, financial services has fast become the proving ground for assigning explicit decision rights to AI ... and showing every industry how to balance autonomy, human judgment, risk and competitive advantage.

Hosts

Chief Distiller, Board Advisor
Constellation Research

Guests

Douglas Benalan
CIO
CURE Insurance, NJ PURE & Silver Rock Risk Solutions
Managing Director, Head of Conversational AI & Search
JPMorganChase
Associate Director of Technology
CURE Auto Insurance