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Make this the year AI moves from promise to performance

Join OZ Digital and Microsoft for an action-packed day of insights, real-world successes, and strategies you can use to turn your AI ambition into impact, pilots into production, and hype into hyper-practical results.

AI Future Summit 2026 — Secure Your Spot

It’s time to tackle the hard questions: How do you move AI from pilots to production? What AI governance frameworks protect your organization from risk? How do you operationalize AI — at scale? This summit offers practical guidance to technology and business leaders who are ready to take AI from experimentation to execution.

Adam McCullough

Adam McCullough

Principal Technical Program Manager

Microsoft

Mainstage keynote

Adam McCullough is a Principal Technical Program Manager at Microsoft where he leads global AI and cloud initiatives within the Industry Solutions Engineering organization and drives transformation at scale. He partners with engineering, product, and field teams to turn ambitious business goals into secure, cloud-native architectures across Microsoft Cloud spanning edge-to-cloud AI, IoT, robotics, and autonomous systems. With over 20 years across aerospace, defense, government, and Fortune Global 500 organizations, he has delivered mission-critical programs across five continents. Prior to Microsoft, he has also supported NASA Space Shuttle operations, advancing national-security and cybersecurity initiatives while leading multi-billion-dollar defense programs. Today, he helps organizations solve their hardest challenges through innovation, precision, and trust.

Speaker lineup

Hear from leading voices in AI strategy and implementation

Juan Bernal

Juan Bernal

Senior Cloud

Solutions Architect

Microsoft

Bruno Capuano

Principal Cloud

Advocate


Microsoft

Michael Pelonero

Michael Pelonero

Director, Cloud &

AI Retail

Microsoft

Lalo-Steinmann

Lalo Steinmann

Partner Technology

Manager - Apps & Infra

Microsoft

Timothy

Timothy D. Shields

AI Compliance

Attorney and Partner

Kelley Kronenberg 

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey

Senior Director, Global

Practice Leader

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Jason Milgram

Jason Milgram

Chief Technology Officer

and 15-time Microsoft MVP

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Murray Izenwasser

Murray Izenwasser

SVP – Chief AI Evangelist and

Strategic Client Advisor

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Chris Microsoft MVP

Chris Pietschmann

Senior Manager, Cloud

Operations and Microsoft MVP

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Carlos Solis

Carlos Solis

Senior Consultant and

Microsoft MVP

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Ian Jenks

Ian Jenks

Consultant, Azure

Infrastructure & Security

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Amjad Shamim

Amjad Shamim

Chief Executive Officer

& Co-Founder

OZ Digital

5 reasons to attend

This summit is about getting AI done, and done right — for your business, your customers, and your future.

5 reasons to attend
What you’ll learn

What you’ll learn

Connect with AI experts, network with peers, and come away ready to turn these discussions into measurable business outcomes.

Agenda highlights

8:00 a.m.

Welcome &
networking

9:00 a.m.

Welcome keynote
by OZ CEO
Amjad Shamim

9:05 a.m.

Introduction to the AI Future Summit 2026 by OZ Chief AI Evangelist Murray Izenwasser

9:30 a.m.

Mainstage keynote by Microsoft Principal Technical Program Manager Adam McCullough

10:00 a.m.

Introduction to the OZ AI for Good program

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10:30 a.m.

Customer solution demo #1: Insurance (Publicly traded)

11:00 a.m.

Latest Microsoft AI technology showcase by Microsoft Principal Cloud Advocate Bruno Capuano

11:30 a.m.

Customer solution demo #2: State Government (Finance and Administration)

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1:00 p.m.

Customer solution demo #3: Entertainment (Music Label)

1:30 p.m.

AI Governance is Your Job Now! by Timothy D. Shields, Partner at Kelley Kronenberg

2:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion with Microsoft AI Experts moderated by OZ CTO and 15-time MVP Jason Milgram

3:15 p.m.

Q&A session

3:45 p.m.

Wrap up and closing by OZ Chief AI Evangelist Murray Izenwasser

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Elvis Clemetson
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              The OZ team put on a highly valuable and insightful session. Time well spent. I am excited about the next steps in our AI journey together.”

— Elvis Clemetson, SVP and Chief Information Officer, SBA Communications

Ready to move AI from pilots to production?