21 October 2026
Cloud & AI Conference
9th edition | Crowne Plaza, Bucharest
Free to attend · Registration required
From AI Pilots to the Enterprise Operating Model: Sovereign AI, Agent Systems, and Adoption at Scale
The premium Cloud & AI business event for leaders and builders who are already on the AI journey – and need to move forward faster, with more control.
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Participants
Full Day
Live
DEMOS ON STAGE
Most companies we work with are past the “should we use AI?” question. What they ask now is practical: how do we put agents into real processes, how do we keep control of our data, and how do we get past the first two or three use cases?
We’ve spent the last year helping dozens of customers do exactly this. The 9th edition is built on what we learned along the way, including the parts that didn’t go as planned.
/ Speakers /
The first confirmed names. More coming as we finalize the agenda.
/ Why Attend /
Last year the conversation was about sovereign AI. This year it’s about actually building and running these systems inside your company.
Grounded in Delivery, Not Theory
Content built on dozens of real AI agent implementations — what breaks, what scales, and what gets blocked internally.
From Copilots to Agent Systems
How teams are moving from chat assistants to agents that automate whole processes, and how they keep them under control in production.
Sovereign AI in Practice
On-prem, private cloud, public models: when each makes sense, what it costs, and where keeping everything in-house is simply not worth it.
Getting Past the Pilot
Most AI initiatives stall after the pilot. We’ll talk about why that happens and what the organizations that got further did differently.
A Senior Room
CIOs, CTOs, heads of AI, architects, and senior engineers. People who face the same decisions you do, which makes the coffee breaks worth it.
One Focused Day
A single track, a full day, no filler. You’re back at work the next morning with notes you can actually use.
/ What Attendees Say /
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Cloud & AI Conference brings clarity to this extraordinary potential through real-life business applications – and the people directly involved in digital transformation.
Violeta Luca, General Manager, Czech Republic & Slovakia
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The most professional conference I have ever attended, with people very passionate about what they are doing, and how they present.
Alin Vînă, DevOps Engineer
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It’s refreshing to see a Cloud conference made by people who make Cloud seriously.
Zoli Herczeg, Consultant IT
/ Agenda /
21 October 2026
Welcome to the 9th edition
08:45 - 09:30
Registration, networking & welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:40
Why and How AI Now: From Experiments to Enterprise Capability
Why AI now—and what it takes to move beyond experiments.
An executive introduction to AI as an enterprise capability, with the focus on business value, control, governance and the systems required to move beyond isolated experiments—not model hype.
Mihai Tătăran
09:40 - 09:55
The AI Enterprise: Innovation Within Trusted Boundaries
Scaling AI innovation on secure, trusted foundations.
A Microsoft perspective on scaling AI responsibly: secure platforms, copilots and agents, governed data and organizational readiness, with easurable business value as the objective.
Gabriela Popescu
09:55 - 10:25
The AI Enterprise of the Future: Governance Engineered for Speed
Build the governance and operating model for AI at scale.
Explore the enterprise foundations behind AI: identity, networking, data governance, security, observability, FinOps and accountability. The session examines how centralized controls can support decentralized delivery without losing oversight.
Mihai Tătăran
10:25 - 10:55
The Story of Building a House: Preparing an Organization for AI at Scale
Before AI agents, build the foundations for AI at scale.
Using the analogy of building a house, Tomasz draws on his experience developing AI capabilities inside a growing technology organization. He covers data and knowledge, security and governance, ownership, AI operating models, cost management and observability, and organizational adoption—offering a framework for scaling AI safely beyond isolated pilots.
Tomasz Siemek
10:55 - 11:20
Copilots in the Enterprise: From Chat to Custom Agents
Choose the right Copilot and agent-building approach.
Compare the roles of Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and Foundry. Explore grounding, connectors, permissions and adoption guardrails when moving from chat experiences to custom agents.
Denis Chiurtu
11:20 - 11:45
Sovereign AI: From Principle to Architecture
Translate sovereign AI principles into architecture choices.
Explore infrastructure and architecture across data, knowledge, models, runtime and operations. The session looks at public, private, local and disconnected environments, and at preserving portability, governance and provider choice across the AI stack.
Tiberiu Radu
11:45 - 12:15
Coffee break and networking
12:15 - 12:40
From AI Ambition to Adoption: The Executive Operating Model
Turn AI ambition into a practical adoption model.
Explore how leaders can prioritize use cases, establish ownership and value, redesign processes, enable people and govern the AI lifecycle. The session also previews the AI Executive Workshop.
Radu Ștefan
12:40 - 13:05
WingCore in Action: Live Platform Demo
See WingCore in action in a live platform demo.
Wing Leading Edge will demonstrate WingCore live, walking participants through how the platform works and showing its capabilities in practice.
Cristian-Ioan Gîlmeanu – WLE
13:05 - 14:15
Lunch and networking
Lunch and time to connect.
Meet other participants and continue conversations with speakers and sponsors over lunch.
14:15 - 14:40
AI Agents: The work around the model
What AI agents need beyond the model to reach production.
Based on enterprise project experience, explore trusted data, safe tool access, workflow state, identity and permissions. The session covers single- versus multi-agent setups, orchestration, human approvals, retries, evaluation and tracing, with examples of what worked—and what did not.
Petru Jucovschi
14:40 – 15:05
PwC
15:05 - 15:50
Panel Discussion – From Pilots to Production: Control, Governance and Business Value
A panel on moving AI from pilots to production.
Discuss why pilots stall and what changes in production, including sovereignty trade-offs, governance versus speed, build-versus-buy decisions, ROI and practical lessons from deployment.
Mihai Tătăran (moderator) + speakers to be confirmed
15:50 - 16:15
Ask the Leaders and Architects
Your questions, answered by the speakers.
An interactive question-and-answer session drawing on questions submitted in advance and raised live by the audience.
16:15 - 16:30
Five Decisions to Take Back to Your Organization
Five concrete decisions to take back to your organization.
Recap decisions around use cases, platforms, sovereignty, governance and enablement, and identify potential next steps through a workshop or assessment.
Radu Ștefan + Mihai Tătăran
16:30 – 16:45
Closing: Build the Better System Around AI
Closing reflections on building enterprise-ready AI.
Revisit the conference’s three pillars—sovereignty, governance at scale and agent systems—and close with practical next steps for the organization.
Mihai Tătăran
Sessions and timing may still change as we confirm speakers. Attendance is free, registration required.
/ Who It's For /
This isn’t an introduction to AI. It’s for people who already carry responsibility for making it work.
Executives
CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs who answer for AI direction and results.
Adoption Leaders
Heads of AI, transformation, and data running company-wide programs.
Architects & Engineers
The people designing and running AI platforms and agent systems.
Product Leads
Teams putting AI into the products their customers use.
AI Program Owners
Anyone accountable for adoption, governance, and business impact.
Medium to large organizations · Public sector
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