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The AI Value Realization Workshop: How Leading Organizations Turn AI Adoption into Business Outcomes

AI adoption is accelerating, but realizing measurable business value remains a challenge. Join Blend, IBM, and Microsoft for a hands-on executive workshop exploring the dependencies, operating models, and organizational foundations required to turn AI investments into sustainable business outcomes at scale.
Event Location
Dallas, TBD
Event Date
September 24, 2026
to September 24, 2026
Event Time
12:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
About this event

Organizations are investing heavily in AI, with many already deploying Microsoft Copilot and related technologies across the enterprise.

Yet implementation is only the beginning.

The real challenge lies in turning AI adoption into measurable business outcomes. Success depends not only on the AI itself, but on the operational foundations surrounding it: integration, automation, governance, process design, and organizational readiness.

Hosted by Blend in partnership with IBM and Microsoft, this interactive executive workshop brings together technology, operations, finance, and transformation leaders to examine what it truly takes to realize value from AI investments at scale.

Through peer discussion, collaborative exercises, and practical working sessions, attendees will explore how leading organizations are addressing AI dependencies, removing operational friction, and creating the conditions for sustainable AI-driven transformation. 

Our speakers
Speakers to be announced

Details coming soon

Key themes & discussion topics

AI Value Realization Beyond Deployment
Many organizations have successfully deployed AI tools, but achieving measurable business outcomes requires a stronger focus on operational execution, process transformation, and long-term value realization.

Identifying and Removing AI Dependencies
From data access and governance to security, skills, and executive alignment, organizations must address a range of interconnected dependencies that can slow AI adoption and limit impact.

Designing an Effective AI Operating Model
As AI becomes embedded into everyday business processes, leaders must establish the right frameworks for governance, accountability, trust, automation, and human oversight.

Scaling Sustainable AI Transformation
Organizations are exploring how to create the conditions for lasting AI-driven transformation by aligning technology, operations, funding, risk management, and organizational change around shared business goals.

Event agenda
01
Welcome drinks & networking

12:00 – 1:00 PM

02
Opening remarks & welcome address

1:00 – 1:15 PM

03
Workshops

1:15 – 2:45 PM

04
Event wrap-up & group reflection

2:45 – 3:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Learn how leading organizations are moving beyond AI deployment to achieve measurable business outcomes and sustainable value from their investments.

Benchmark your approach against peers and uncover the technical, operational, and organizational dependencies that often slow AI success.

Participate in interactive discussions and workshop exercises designed to help identify the biggest barriers to AI value realization within your own organization.

Leave with practical insights into AI operating models, governance frameworks, and transformation strategies that can help accelerate adoption at scale.

Who should attend
This event is designed for enterprise technology and data leaders, as well as CIOs, CTOs, and CAIOs, who are responsible for their organizations AI transformation.
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