Dinner & Wine Tasting @ The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse, Palo Alto
Tuesday, April 14th
@ 5:30 – 8:00 PT
Operationalizing AI at Scale:
The Enterprise AI Factory Playbook
Operationalizing AI at Scale: The Enterprise AI Factory Playbook
Dinner & Wine Tasting @ The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse, Palo Alto
Tuesday, April 14th
@ 5:30 – 8:00 PT
Dinner & Wine Tasting @ The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse, Palo Alto
Join us to gain fresh perspectives, build valuable connections, and leave inspired to lead your organization into the future of data and AI.
Moderator & Panel
Chad Smykay
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tarik Hammadou
NVIDIA
Mitalee Gujar
Amazon
Sriram Madhavan
Applied Materials
Patrick McQuillan
Visa
About the Content
Most enterprises now have dozens of AI initiatives but few have a repeatable way to move from pilot to production at scale. As AI becomes embedded in core business processes, leading organizations are shifting from project-based experimentation to a standardized enterprise AI factory operating model.
This peer discussion explores how large enterprises are designing AI factories that balance speed, governance, and reliability—using shared infrastructure, validated architectures, and clear operating models to deliver AI outcomes consistently across the organization.
Discussion Topics
- Why AI Pilots Don’t Scale—and What the Factory Model Changes – Common failure patterns in enterprise AI programs and how standardized pipelines and environments break the cycle.
- What Belongs in the AI Factory (and What Doesn’t) – Defining the right level of standardization across infrastructure, data access, tooling, governance, and workflows.
- Separating Innovation from Production Without Slowing Either – How enterprises create fast experimentation lanes while maintaining strict controls in production environments.
- Operating the AI Factory: Ownership, Governance, and Accountability – Who owns what across IT, data, security, and the business, and how operating models evolve as AI scales.
- Measuring Success Beyond Models and Accuracy – Metrics executives actually care about: time-to-value, reliability, reuse, cost efficiency, and business impact.
Agenda (in PT)
5:30 Registration and Networking Reception
6:00 Welcome Remarks
6:05 Wine Tasting
6:30 First Course & Networking
7:00 Moderated Industry Panel, Q/A, Dinner, Dessert, and Coffees
8:00 Event Concludes
5:30
Registration & Networking Reception
6:00
Welcome Remarks
6:05
Wine Tasting
6:30
First Course & Networking
7:00
Moderated Industry Panel, Q/A, Dinner, Dessert, and Coffee
8:00
Event concludes
Who's Attending
An invitation-only group of enterprise technology, data, and AI leaders from major companies in the Bay Area.
Objectives
- Gain actionable insights from industry experts on how to operationalize AI across the enterprise.
- Exchange ideas with peers facing similar challenges and uncover innovative solutions.
- Enjoy an exquisite, private dining experience that sets the stage for meaningful networking and collaboration.
About the Venue
The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse, Palo Alto
4269 W El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306
The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse is the Bay Area’s premier seafood dining destination. Prepared with modern technique and flair, the restaurant distinguishes itself by focusing on rich scrumptious morsels from the sea. Chef YuMin Lin blends contemporary cuisine with Japanese sensibility and ingredients to transform The Sea’s menu into the extraordinary.
The Sea By Alexander’s Steakhouse Site
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Sponsors
Unlock your boldest ambitions with HPE, your essential partner for the AI era. HPE uses the power of AI, cloud, and networking to help you move faster, work smarter, and achieve more. With deep expertise and bold ingenuity, we empower organizations to turn data into foresight, elevate performance, and drive real-world impact—at scale. Rooted in decades of innovation, we focus on helping companies adapt, grow, lead, and challenge the limits of what’s possible. www.hpe.com
NVIDIA is a full‑stack, accelerated computing company that delivers the AI infrastructure and software powering the world’s most demanding enterprises, from cloud to data center to factory floor. We combine industry‑leading GPUs, high‑performance networking, and optimized software into integrated platforms that enable you to build, deploy, and scale generative AI, digital twins, and advanced analytics with unmatched performance and efficiency. As the engine behind many of the world’s largest clouds and AI initiatives, NVIDIA helps organizations transform their data into a competitive advantage, modernize their core systems, and accelerate innovation while reducing total cost of ownership and time to value.
Organizer
Business Development Institute (BDI) is an award-winning event marketing agency specializing in producing invitation-only, thought leadership driven, custom events on the most impactful topics. BDI’s programs create an interactive peer learning experience while providing a rare networking opportunity for like-minded leaders. Learn more at bdionline.com.
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