TAG AI Summit: The AI-Powered Enterprise

About this event

AI is moving from experiment to operating reality.

The TAG Data Science & AI Summit 2026 is a full-day Atlanta experience connecting executive strategy with applied implementation. Designed for executives, technical leaders, practitioners, and academics, the summit brings together Georgia’s AI ecosystem to explore what it takes to move AI from ambition to measurable business impact.

The morning focuses on AI leadership, governance, and building an AI-ready organization . The day opens with a keynote on AI as the next competitive advantage, followed by two concurrent tracks:

• LEAD — For executives and business leaders focused on AI strategy, organizational readiness, governance, and building the AI-powered enterprise.

• BUILD — For practitioners and technical leaders focused on applied analytics, data science, and putting AI into production.

The morning concludes with an executive panel examining trust, governance, and AI risk .

The afternoon shifts from strategy to execution, exploring the analytics, data science, and AI systems that turn decisions into measurable business outcomes . The program features industry roundtables over lunch spanning financial services, healthcare, travel and transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, and retail. The afternoon continues with a panel on moving from AI investment to business results, three interactive working sessions, and a closing keynote exploring the next wave of enterprise AI.

The summit brings together perspectives from organizations including Equifax, Delta Air Lines, Southern Company, AIG, FIS, Elevance Health, Synchrony, Honeywell, AT&T, IntellaQuest, Intuitive.ai, and Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business .

The day concludes with an invite-only AI Leadership Reception , bringing together senior leaders and innovators from across Georgia’s AI community.

Optional Executive Experience: Executive Roundtable Breakfast

Amit Patel Founder & CEO, Perform

Welcome to the AI-Powered Enterprise

Beverly Wright VP Data & AI Strategy, Intuitive.ai

Opening Keynote: The Next Competitive Advantage: Building the AI-Powered Enterprise

Ankur Manake Forge Data and AI Leader, Honeywell

Track A | LEAD

Jasmina Chhabra Global Head of Digital and AI Delivery, AIG

Jeff Dugger Distinguished Data Scientist, Equifax

Kevin McKenzie VP & CISO, Ferguson

Ravi Shankar Dangeti Senior Director, Head of Data & AI Ecosystems Tech, FIS

Track B | BUILD

Shalmali Joshi Senior Advanced Analytics Analyst, Carelon

Amin Lalani Delta Air Lines

Elizabeth Lester Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Equifax

Josh Raglin Chief Sustainability Officer, Norfolk Southern

Executive Panel: Trust, Governance & AI Risk

Ankit Agrawal Chief Technology Officer, USIS, Equifax

Kenneth Viciana VP, Global Data & Analytics Products, FIS

Impact Panel: From AI Investment to Business Impact

Dr. Matthew Alberts Manager of Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Southern Company

Dr. M Ramona Bryson VP, Strategic Programs, Synchrony Financial, Georgia State University

Venkat Swaminathan Senior Director AI Architecture, Honeywell

Devesh V. Tripathi Senior Engineering Manager - AI & Platform Engineering, Equifax

Keynote: What's Next? Preparing for the Next Wave of Enterprise AI

Junda Zhu Director of Artificial Intelligence, Honeywell

Spotlight: AI Across the Generations and the Next-Gen AI Workforce

Sarah Margaret O'Brien Data Scientist, Southern Company

Interactive Working Session: Curiosity to Capability: Making AI Work at Scale

Jonathan Flower AI Engineer & Co-Founder, Workplace Labs

Interactive Working Session: The Enterprise AI Playbook

Ash Kamdar Chief Growth Officer, Intuitive.ai

Interactive Working Session: David Has AI. Goliath Has Meetings.

Santiago Angulo VP of AI Transformation, Waystar / Juliver.ai

Closing Remarks: Reflections, the Future, and the Importance of Being Human

Ron McMurtrie Chief Marketing Officer, previously at Honeywell

Savneet Singh Global Policy Enforcement and Enablement lead, Trust & Safety, Google

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor

Thank you to our Event Host

Thank you to our Annual TAG Data Science & AI Society Sponsors

A TAG Data Science & AI Society Signature Event

Online registration will close by 5:00 PM on November 11th. On-site registration is available after this time. On-site registration will have a price increase for Non-Members.

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