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Beyond the AI Hype: Turning Enterprise Ambition into Adoption, Alignment, and Value

Name: Beyond the AI Hype: Turning Enterprise Ambition into Adoption, Alignment, and Value
Start: 2026-12-04T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-12-04T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Virtual

AI investment is accelerating, but turning ambition into measurable business value remains a challenge. Join Blend, SAP and Hitachi Digital Services for an exclusive virtual roundtable exploring how organizations can prioritise high-impact AI use cases, overcome data and skills gaps, demonstrate ROI and drive meaningful adoption across the enterprise.

Virtual

December 4, 2026

to December 4, 2026

11:00 am

- 12:30 pm

About this event

AI investment is accelerating, but for many organizations the path from experimentation to measurable value remains unclear. Business leaders are being asked to identify meaningful use cases, demonstrate ROI and move quickly, often while navigating fragmented data, resource constraints and an organization that may not yet understand how AI fits into the way work actually gets done.

For organizations running or modernizing SAP environments, those challenges are particularly interconnected. Data quality determines what AI can reliably understand. Skills and resources determine what can realistically be implemented. And even a technically successful use case delivers little value if employees don’t trust it, adopt it or understand how it improves the decisions and processes they’re responsible for.

Join Blend, SAP and Hitachi Digital Services for an intimate virtual roundtable exploring how leaders can cut through the AI noise and build a practical path toward adoption and value. Through candid peer discussion, we’ll examine where organizations should begin, how to prioritize use cases, what needs to be true about the underlying data, how to build the right skills and support, and, most importantly, how to bring the people who will actually use AI along on the journey.

Our speakers

Colin Cosell

Head of New York & Boston Community | Blend

Colin Cosell is a professional emcee, announcer, and executive communications expert with more than 25 years of experience across television, radio, film, stage, and corporate events. When he’s not at the lectern or moderating executive panels, Colin serves as the Public Address Announcer for the New York Mets, Army Football, the Premier Lacrosse League, and numerous other professional and collegiate teams. Over the course of his career, Colin has earned three Emmy Awards and has announced to more than 30 million attendees worldwide. His greatest source of pride, however, are his wife, Julia, and their little girl, Eloise.

Kimberley Reid

SAP Delivery Solutions Leader | Hitachi Digital Services

Kimberley Reid leads the US SAP Mid-Market Practice, guiding manufacturers and distributors through business transformation programs, from best-practice transitions to complex, multi-vendor migrations. With 11 years of experience as a chemical engineer and 27 years in SAP solution delivery, she brings a deep understanding of both business processes and the systems that support them. Her project reviews, assessments, and health checks help clients reduce risk and maximize value from their SAP investments. She brings extensive industry experience across chemicals, food and beverage, consumer products, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, automotive, and aerospace & defense.

Key themes & discussion topics

Prioritising AI Use Cases That Deliver Business Value
Identify meaningful AI opportunities that solve real business challenges, align with strategic priorities and move beyond experimentation to measurable outcomes.

Building the Right Data Foundations for AI Success
How data quality, fragmentation and business context impact AI readiness, and how organisations can address these challenges without delaying innovation.

Demonstrating AI ROI and Scaling Adoption
How to measure the value of AI initiatives, balance experimentation with executive expectations and establish shared accountability between technology and business teams.

Bridging the Skills Gap and Driving Organisational Change
How leaders can build AI capabilities, empower employees, overcome resistance and create the trust needed to embed AI into everyday workflows.

Event agenda

Welcome remarks

11:00 – 11:15 AM ET

Guided group discussion

11:15 – 12:15 PM ET

Closing thought & group reflection

12:15 – 12:30 PM ET

Why should you attend?

Discover practical approaches to identifying high-impact AI opportunities, demonstrating ROI and moving beyond experimentation to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Explore strategies for addressing data challenges, skills gaps and organizational resistance to accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise.

Exchange insights and real-world experiences with fellow executives navigating AI transformation, business alignment and adoption challenges.

Gain actionable insights into aligning people, processes and technology to scale AI initiatives and embed lasting AI capabilities across your organization.

Who should attend

This event is designed for C-suite executives and senior leaders across IT, Data, AI, Digital Transformation, ERP, Operations, Finance, Manufacturing and Supply Chain responsible for turning AI investment into measurable business outcomes.

The discussion will be particularly valuable for executives in manufacturing, aerospace & defense, automotive, chemicals, consumer products, food processing and wholesale distribution.

Venue

Virtual

N/A

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