How Enterprises Are Adopting AI - Roundtable

How Enterprises Are Adopting AI - Roundtable What is this event? A candid roundtable discussion featuring AI consultants, builders, community leaders, and enterprise practitioners sharing real experiences from AI adoption inside organizations. This is not a sales pitch or product demo. It is an open conversation about what is actually working, what is failing, and where organizations are struggling today. Why should you join? • Learn why many AI initiatives stall after the initial excitement • Understand the challenges enterprises face when implementing AI • Hear perspectives from consultants, builders, and community leaders working directly with organizations • Discover what successful AI adoption looks like in practice • Meet people working on AI implementation, workflow optimization, and enterprise transformation • Join an interactive discussion and ask your own questions •Connect with AI consultants, founders, builders, and enterprise practitioners in Tokyo About the Discussion Everyone is talking about AI. But inside enterprises, adoption is often much harder than the headlines suggest. Across conversations with enterprise teams, AI consultants, founders, and software vendors in New York, one theme keeps appearing: The technology is moving faster than organizations can adopt it. This roundtable brings together practitioners from different sides of the ecosystem to discuss what is actually happening inside organizations today. Topics include: • Why enterprise AI adoption is still difficult • Common implementation and change-management challenges • The gap between software vendors and enterprise users • AI workflow discovery and internal education • What successful adoption looks like in practice • Lessons learned from real deployments Speakers Adam Russin George Reed Organized by Kaori Rei Agenda: 5:30 PM — Doors Open & Networking 6:00 PM — Welcome & Introductions 6:10 PM — Panel talk 6:30 PM — Open Discussion 7:00 PM — Networking 8:00 PM — Event Ends Key Questions We'll Explore • Why do so many AI initiatives stall after the pilot stage? • What separates successful AI adoption from failed experiments? • How should enterprises identify the right AI use cases? • What role do consultants, startups, and internal champions play? • What can Tokyo learn from enterprise AI adoption trends in New York?