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Grounding Agentic AI in Enterprise Reality

Name: Grounding Agentic AI in Enterprise Reality
Start: 2026-11-04T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-04T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Smith & Wollensky | London

Join Blend, Google Cloud and SAP for an executive dinner exploring how organizations can ground agentic AI in enterprise reality, connecting intelligence with the data, systems and processes needed to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Smith & Wollensky | London

November 4, 2026

to November 4, 2026

6:00 pm

- 9:00 pm

About this event

Organizations have made remarkable progress adopting AI, but many are discovering that intelligence alone doesn’t create business value. The next frontier isn’t simply generating better insights – it’s connecting AI directly to the operational systems, processes, and decisions that drive the enterprise.

As organizations deploy AI agents across business functions, they face a new challenge: ensuring those agents have the context, governance, and operational understanding required to act responsibly and deliver measurable outcomes. Generic AI may answer questions, but enterprise AI must understand the unique processes, data, and systems that power the business. Success will depend on bridging the gap between intelligence and execution.

Join Blend, Google Cloud, and SAP for an executive dinner exploring how leading organizations are grounding agentic AI in enterprise reality. Through candid peer discussion, attendees will examine how AI can move beyond isolated recommendations to orchestrate meaningful business actions across finance, supply chain, operations, and customer experiences – while maintaining trust, governance, and flexibility.

Our speakers

Julia Belle

Head of London Community | Blend

Julia is a broadcaster, political commentator, corporate event host and business trainer. She has been covering news, current affairs and entertainment for BBC Three for three years and before this she featured weekly on BBC 5 Live – discussing the newspaper headlines and the latest breaking news.

She hosted a BBC election show, diving into key voter topics, as well as a TED Talk titled “The Secret to Being Right” which was instantly selected amongst TED’s “Editor’s Picks.”

She has interviewed some of the most influential figures in politics and business, on a range of topics from general elections to generative AI.

She runs the London community of Blend as well as the members’ exclusive Blend Book Club, interviewing prolific business authors and sharing key learnings from a range of titles covering topics like leadership, negotiation, DEI, productivity and handling difficult issues.

Key themes & discussion topics

From Intelligence to Action
What it takes to move AI beyond generating insights and recommendations to actively participating in core business workflows and driving operational outcomes.

Grounding AI in Enterprise Context
How trusted enterprise data, systems of record and operational context can give AI agents the understanding required to make useful, responsible decisions at scale.

Reimagining Enterprise Processes
Where agentic AI could fundamentally transform how work gets done across finance, operations, supply chain and customer experiences — rather than simply automating existing tasks.

Balancing Autonomy with Accountability
How organizations can give AI greater operational autonomy while maintaining governance, transparency, accountability and appropriate human oversight.

Event agenda

Cocktails & networking

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Welcome remarks

6:30 – 6:45 PM

Workshop session #1

6:45 – 7:15 PM

Dinner & table discussions

7:15 – 8:15 PM

Workshop session #2

8:15 – 8:45 PM

Desserts, event wrap-up & closing remarks

8:45 – 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Move AI from insight to impact. Explore how agentic AI can evolve from an intelligent assistant into an operational capability that delivers measurable business outcomes.

Learn how to build trust in AI-driven action. Discuss the data, context and governance AI needs before it can be trusted to influence critical enterprise decisions.

Discover where agentic AI could create the greatest value. Examine opportunities to rethink processes and connect intelligence across finance, operations, supply chain and customer experiences.

Exchange perspectives with fellow senior leaders. Join Blend, Google Cloud and SAP for candid peer discussion on what it will take to successfully embed agentic AI into the everyday enterprise.

Who should attend

This event is designed for senior executives responsible for enterprise AI, digital transformation, business operations, and data strategy. The discussion will be particularly valuable for leaders looking to embed AI into core business processes while balancing innovation, governance, and measurable business value. Together, we'll explore what it takes to transform AI from an intelligent assistant into an operational capability that drives measurable business outcomes.

Venue

Smith & Wollensky | London

1-11 John Adam St.
London
WC2N 6HT
United Kingdom

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