Future: Enterprise & AI 2026 (Brussels)

Future: Enterprise & AI 2026 is a closed-door executive conference held 17-18 November 2026 at CARDO Brussels, Autograph Collection, in Brussels, Belgium, under the theme 'Leading in the new age of intelligence'. Day 1 is reserved for The Conference Board's member-only Council meetings, confidential function-specific peer sessions that close with a private dinner, while Day 2 opens to all registered participants and runs two parallel tracks: 'Redesigning Work for the AI Era' and 'Governing AI in an Uncertain World'. Keynotes include 'The 7 Deadly Sins That Will Make Your AI Projects Fail', 'Trust as Infrastructure' and 'The Human Spark: Beyond AI', alongside a panel comparing Silicon Valley, Shenzhen and European approaches to speed versus accountability. Afternoon breakouts convene the Global Business Services, HR, Legal, Corporate Resilience, Women in Leadership, Innovation, Privacy, Data Governance and Chief Audit Councils, each led by named Conference Board council directors.

Date

November 17–18, 2026

Location

CARDO Brussels, Autograph Collection, Belgium

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

The Conference Board

Added

Jul 17, 2026

Updated

Aug 9, 2026

• ✓CEO
• ✓Board Member
• ✓CTO
• ✓COO
• ✓Chief Compliance Officer
• ✓Chief Audit Executive
• ✓General Counsel
• ✓Data Protection Officer
• ✓Head of Innovation
• ✓Head of Transformation

For a CxO responsible for an AI programme in Europe, this is a decision forum rather than a technology showcase. The two tracks map onto the two things that actually stall enterprise AI - redesigning work around it, and governing it under EU rules - and the afternoon Council breakouts put you in a closed room with peers holding the same brief in legal, audit, privacy, HR and shared services. You leave with named contacts across those functions, a read on how comparable European operators are sequencing governance against speed, and case material you can take to a board that has already asked why the pilots have not scaled.

• ✓Track 1: Redesigning Work for the AI Era
• ✓Track 2: Governing AI in an Uncertain World
• ✓Keynote: 'The 7 Deadly Sins That Will Make Your AI Projects Fail'
• ✓Keynote: 'Trust as Infrastructure'
• ✓Keynote: 'The Human Spark: Beyond AI' with Christian Kromme
• ✓Panel: 'Speed vs. Accountability - Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, Europe'
• ✓Member-only Council day on 17 November closing with a private dinner
• ✓Breakout: Privacy, Data Governance and Chief Audit Councils
• ✓Opening 'Audience Pulse' session built on delegates' own AI challenges

• ★Closed-door and explicitly non-commercial: there is no exhibition floor and no vendor pitch slot, and Day 1 is restricted to The Conference Board's member Councils.
• ★Council structure rather than a speaker track: the afternoon convenes eight named executive Councils in parallel (Global Business Services, HR, Legal, Corporate Resilience, Women in Leadership, Innovation, Privacy and Data Governance, Chief Audit).
• ★Framed for global companies operating in Europe, so governance is handled against EU regulatory reality rather than as an appendix to a US deployment agenda.
• ★Deliberately small and senior: the audience is CEOs, board members and CxOs in a single Brussels hotel venue, not a multi-thousand-seat expo.
• ★Run by a member research organisation, so the material is peer-tested working practice from named companies rather than vendor benchmarking.

The Conference Board does not publish a rate card on its own event page. Registration runs through InvitePeople, which lists a Summer Promotion of EUR 600 excluding VAT for bookings made before 31 August 2026. Registration covers Day 2 (18 November) only; the Day 1 Council meetings are member-only and require an approach to the organiser.

When is Future?

Future takes place November 17–18, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium.

Where is Future held?

Future is held in Brussels, Belgium. The event format is in-person.

How much does Future cost?

Future is paid. The Conference Board does not publish a rate card on its own event page. Registration runs through InvitePeople, which lists a Summer Promotion of EUR 600 excluding VAT for bookings made before 31 August 2026. Registration covers Day 2 (18 November) only; the Day 1 Council meetings are member-only and require an approach to the organiser.

Who should attend Future?

Future is aimed at CEO, Board Member, CTO, COO, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Audit Executive, General Counsel, Data Protection Officer, Head of Innovation, Head of Transformation.

What topics does Future cover?

Future covers AI Governance, Scaling AI Responsibly, AI Risk and Ethics, Workforce Readiness, Human-AI Collaboration, Measuring AI ROI, Privacy and Data Governance, Corporate Resilience.

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1. 1.conference-board.org — future enterprise and aivendor
2. 2.invitepeople.com — future enterprise and ai 2026
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