Leading with AI: A Strategic Playbook for CEOs and CTOs and Building Sustainable and Secure GenAI Systems

When: Fri Sep 12, 2025 at 18:00 +0400

Where: Online

About this talk

While 71% of organizations have deployed generative AI in at least one business function, fewer than 5% of AI pilots achieve meaningful revenue impact. This gap between experimentation and production success represents both the greatest challenge and opportunity for technical leaders in 2025.

This presentation cuts through the hype to deliver a pragmatic playbook for building sustainable GenAI systems that actually reach production. Drawing from real-world case studies and the latest industry research, we’ll explore why purchased AI solutions succeed 67% of the time while internal builds succeed only one-third as often, how to leverage proprietary business data as your only true AI differentiator, and why the highest ROI often comes from unglamorous back-office automation rather than flashy customer-facing applications.

We’ll also address the elephant in the room: the environmental impact of AI systems, where emissions are projected to nearly double in two years, and present engineering strategies that can reduce carbon footprint by 40% while maintaining performance. From simple LLM integrations that deliver value in weeks to complex agentic systems that transform operations, this talk provides technical leaders with a clear framework for moving beyond pilots to production, measuring what matters, and building AI capabilities that create lasting competitive advantage.