Monday, June 8, 2026: Workshop Day

8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:10 am SSON Workshop Welcome

9:10 am - 10:40 am Workshop #1: Building a Framework for Use Case Selection and Risk Mitigation

Unlock the true potential of your agentic AI initiatives by mastering the art of selecting the right use cases and assessing associated risks. This hands-on workshop guides you through a strategic framework designed to pinpoint where your AI investments will deliver the cleanest, most measurable ROI. Learn to identify high-impact opportunities, avoid pitfalls related to unclear time savings, and develop a risk-aware approach that aligns with your broader enterprise strategy. Walk away with practical tools to build, measure, and scale AI projects that drive sustainable business value.
Key Takeaways:
  • Understand how to prioritize use cases that generate clear, quantifiable ROI and align with business goals
  • Learn to recognize and avoid use cases where productivity gains don’t translate into real value
  • Develop a risk assessment framework to evaluate and mitigate implementation challenges early
  • Build an investment roadmap that balances broad strategic objectives with targeted, outcome-driven projects
  • Gain tools and methodologies to measure success rigorously and scale proven initiatives confidently 

10:40 am - 11:10 am Networking Break

11:10 am - 12:40 pm Workshop #2: Data Readiness and Pitfall Prevention for Agentic AI: From Audit to Action

Walk through the critical steps of preparing enterprise data for successful agentic AI deployment, while spotlighting common pitfalls to avoid. You’ll learn how to audit existing data silos, assess data quality, and develop actionable plans to unify and ready your data foundation. Through interactive discussions and real-world case studies, explore frequent challenges such as undocumented processes, hidden biases, and data inconsistencies and discover practical strategies to mitigate these risks. Leave with a clear roadmap to build a robust, trustworthy data environment that empowers autonomous agents and drives sustainable AI value.
Key Takeaways:
  • Techniques for auditing and consolidating siloed enterprise data
  • Identification and mitigation of common data pitfalls in AI projects
  • Strategies to document and standardize data and decision frameworks
  • Approaches to detect and address hidden biases and quality issues
  • Actionable roadmap for ongoing data governance and improvement
 

12:40 pm - 1:40 pm Networking Lunch

1:40 pm - 3:10 pm Workshop #3: Building Smart Automation with Human Judgment, Feedback, & Culture Readiness

Organizations are racing to automate but human-in-the-loop design isn’t a safety net; it’s a performance engine. Explore how to architect systems where humans and AI agents work together seamlessly, improving accuracy, trust, and business outcomes while enabling scale. Together we will define the right intervention points, build feedback loops that strengthen models over time, and design workflows that empower, not bypass, human expertise. Beyond the technical mechanics, we’ll cover the cultural and change-management components required to build an AI-augmented workforce that thinks critically, challenges outputs, and stays in control.
Key Takeaways:
  • Establish the right guardrails: when AI leads vs. when humans step in
  • Build feedback loops that improve agent performance and trust
  • Define exception-handling frameworks & intervention triggers
  • Upskill teams for AI-supported decision-making vs. AI reliance
  • Drive change management: build confidence, clarity, and accountability
  • Create culture conditions for critical thinking & AI collaboration  

3:10 pm - 3:10 pm Close of Workshop Day