When AI reduces the cost of execution, the constraint shifts from building to deciding. Approval bottlenecks, misaligned funding cadence, and governance structures designed for slower cycles become visible faster, and at greater cost.
This roundtable brings together CIOs and senior IT leaders from large enterprises to examine where AI enablement actually breaks down, which structural signals to watch for, and how organizations that get this right are scaling AI without sacrificing control. Practical, peer-level, and deliberately off the record.
This is a closed roundtable in Nürnberg for enterprise CIOs, bringing together senior leaders to discuss what it actually takes to scale AI in complex organisations — beyond the pilot, beyond the hype.
We’ll explore three questions that matter right now:
Our speakers will introduce a practical framework for reading the signals inside your organisation — identifying where flow breaks down, where decisions pile up, and where AI can genuinely accelerate delivery versus where it will amplify existing problems.
The core principle: change doesn’t have to be a big bet. The framework guides leaders through small, deliberate, and reversible experiments — building AI capability in proportion to confidence, so that each move generates real learning before the next one is made. The goal is momentum that compounds, not risk that accumulates.
The ideas presented here have been shaped through experience across multiple large-scale delivery environments, including regulated financial services, telecommunications, and retail. You can download the ‘AI in the SDLC Transformation’ whitepaper to learn more before the event.
Dave Sammut is a technical architect who believes in staying hands-on. Bridging business and technical gaps, he works across all levels — from senior stakeholders to development teams. His toolkit includes DDD, TDD, C4 architecture, and Infrastructure as Code, with a focus on delivering value quickly and evolving through data-driven iteration.
Harald Greiner is a former CIO of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and now works as a Fractional CIO and independent advisor. He is a member of the CIONET Germany Advisory Board and organizes senior executive formats at the intersection of technology leadership, AI, and digital transformation.
Karen Funk is a freelance IT journalist and moderator, and the co-founder of the editorial network CIOmatch and the C-level network Women Leading Technology. During her 25-year tenure as a Senior Editor for CIO-Magazin and COMPUTERWOCHE, she spent nearly two decades leading the prestigious “CIO of the Year” award.
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