September 9-10, 2026 | Virtual summit
The world's largest summit for AI innovators
The world's
largest summit
for AI innovators
Better AI won't win you the next decade. Rebuilding your company will.
Your people got faster. The impact on your P&L still isn’t showing.
Three years since the breakthrough. Billions deployed. A developer ships 50% faster, then waits in the same review queue. A team prototypes in days, then waits weeks for sign-off. The work got faster. The company didn’t.
Welcome to AUTONOMOUS, BOI’s flagship summit for the boldest thinkers and builders in AI. We bring leaders together to close that transformation gap, and discover what it takes to build an AI-native organization.
For two thousand years, organizations have run on one operating system: a hierarchy with humans as the coordination layer. AI is the first technology strong enough to break it. The companies pulling ahead aren’t running better AI than their rivals. They’re becoming a different kind of company. Flatter. Faster. Deciding in real time.
In its 5th edition, AUTONOMOUS continues to set the AI-in-business agenda: the frameworks, the real transformation stories, and the roadmaps that actually move the P&L.
Join us to redesign the structures, processes, and coordination layers quietly killing every AI investment you’ve made.
Fully virtual. Join from anywhere. Brought to you by BOI (Board of Innovation).
sectors
Speakers who have joined us on stage
Join us. Redesign your business for AI and become autonomous.
AI made your people faster. Time to rebuild the company.
IMPACT FOCUSED
Roadmaps to impact
You've deployed AI. You've got agents in production. Now make it matter. Keynotes, frameworks, and transformation stories that close the gap between AI spend and real results.
THE REAL WORK
Structures, not tools
Multi-agent systems, autonomous workflows, flatter org charts, decisions at the edge. The structures and processes that turn AI from a faster workforce into a faster company.
THE FULL TABLE
CEOs, CTOs, transformation leads, builders
The leaders setting strategy and the people making it real, in the same room. If you're rebuilding how your company runs, you belong here.
Agenda
AUTONOMOUS is built around the redesign of the business.
Less about which model to buy. More about the company you have to become to make any of it pay off.
If you’re rewiring how your business runs, this is the room. Ten themes, two days, no theory for theory’s sake.
The AI transformation gap
Why personal productivity isn’t translating to enterprise performance and how to make AI transformation stick (and matter)
The autonomous organization
What an AI-native company actually looks like and how to build it, end to end. Not a department with agents. A different shape of company.
From copilots to agents to autonomous workflows
The realistic 24-month progression. What to deploy now, what to wait on, and how the stages actually connect.
Decisions at the edge
Flatter structures. Collapsed roles. Authority moved to where the work actually happens, in real time, without losing the thread. The hard, practical work of taking layers out without breaking the business.
What survives, what disappears
What survives, what transforms, and what disappears. The conversation most companies are too nervous to have out loud.
Agentic operations in practice
Insights from operators who have already cut cycle time by 10x. What changed, what broke, and what they’d do differently.
The AI-native talent model
New roles, new skills, and the end of the traditional career ladder.
What AI makes worth paying for
A redesigned company doesn’t just cost less to run. It can sell things the old one couldn’t. AI is shifting what customers will pay for, and the companies that rethink the offer set the terms for everyone else. Where the next growth comes from once the structure changes.
Governance and trust in a company that runs itself
Speed and accountability at the same time. How leading orgs build guardrails for autonomous systems without slowing them to a crawl.
The CEO agenda
Sequencing 18 months of AI transformation without breaking the company. The order of operations for redesigning an organization while it keeps shipping.
AUTONOMOUS
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Applications close July 31
Leaders joining us on stage
AUTONOMOUS brings the leaders rebuilding their companies into one room. Founders of AI-native disruptors, alongside the CEOs, COOs, and transformation leads reinventing the enterprise.
The real work, from the people doing it now. A snapshot of the kinds of companies that join us on stage. Full 2026 lineup announced soon.
Speakers at
AUTONOMOUS 2025
Across keynotes, masterclasses, demos and panel discussions, learn from the industry pioneers, thought leaders and disruptors who are transforming their industries.
Learn how these leaders are leveraging AI to create new markets, disrupt existing ones, and drive exponential growth.
More speakers announced continuously.
Rohit Patel
Director in Meta Superintelligence Labs, Meta
Dave Glick
SVP, Enterprise Business Services, Walmart
Béatrice Dautzenberg
Global Director of Beauty Tech Services, L'Oréal
Eric Simons
CEO & Founder of bolt.new
Angella Tapé
Lecturer, Pratt SVP Group Strategy Director, Havas Group
Dimitris Bountolos
Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial
Dominik Heinrich
Global Head of AI Design, Coca-Cola
Martin Reeves
SVP, BCG Chairman, BCG Henderson Institute
Josh Lovejoy
Probabilistic UX, Amazon Prime Video
and many more...
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Access the past edition
While you wait for this edition, dive into the +60 sessions of the December ’25 edition of AUTONOMOUS and (re)watch the conversations that shaped how leaders are thinking about AI today.
Scaling AI at the World’s Largest Retailer
Dave Glick
SVP, Enterprise Business Services
Walmart
The AI Rocketship: Lessons from Bolt.new’s Rapid Scale
Eric Simons
CEO & Founder of bolt.new
Bolt.new
AI Is Not a Tech Issue to Scale: It’s a Transformation Challenge
Alan Boehme
Former CIO/CTO at P&G, ING, H&M
Generative Design: The Ambiguity Trap
Dominik Heinrich
Global Head of AI Design
Coca-Cola
Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise
Stefano Puntoni
Faculty Co-Director, Wharton Human-AI Research
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What is AUTONOMOUS summit?
AUTONOMOUS is the world’s largest summit for AI innovators, held fully virtual across two days. In its 5th edition, it continues to set the AI-in-business agenda: frameworks, real transformation stories, and roadmaps that actually move the P&L. AUTONOMOUS is built for leaders closing the gap between AI productivity and real business performance. It’s brought to you by BOI (Board of Innovation).
When is AUTONOMOUS 2026?
AUTONOMOUS 2026 takes place on September 9 and 10, 2026, fully online. Sessions run across two days so you can join live or catch the recordings on demand.
Where is AUTONOMOUS held?
AUTONOMOUS is held entirely online. There’s no venue and no travel. You join from anywhere in the world, live or on demand.
Is AUTONOMOUS free to attend?
Early-bird tickets to AUTONOMOUS are free until July 1st. Registration includes access to all sessions, speakers, and recordings.
How do I register for AUTONOMOUS?
Registration is open at autonomoussummit.ai. Sign up with your email to secure your spot and receive access details before the event.
Who should attend AUTONOMOUS?
AUTONOMOUS is built for leaders putting AI at the core of how their company runs, not at the edges. That means CEOs, COOs, and CFOs setting direction; Heads of AI, transformation directors, and CIOs leading the build; and CMOs and growth leaders rewiring how their functions operate. If you’ve already deployed AI and your P&L hasn’t moved, this is the room.
Who is coming to AUTONOMOUS?
AUTONOMOUS brings together the full AI ecosystem: enterprise leaders, founders, the major tech companies, investors, academics, and the brightest AI minds on stage. Attendees include:
- Leadership: Founders, CEOs, CTOs, COOs, CDOs, CFOs, CMOs, and CIOs
- AI and transformation: EVPs, SVPs, VPs, Directors, and Heads of AI, Transformation, Growth, Marketing, Data Analytics, Technology, and Innovation
- Builders: Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Developers
- Academia: Professors, PhD candidates, and students
What topics does AUTONOMOUS cover?
AUTONOMOUS 2026 focuses on closing the AI transformation gap and redesigning the organization to become AI-native. Core themes include the AI transformation, the autonomous organization, the move from copilots to agents to autonomous workflows, redesigning the org chart, agentic operations, the new AI talent model, and the CEO agenda for the next 18 months.
What networking opportunities are available at AUTONOMOUS?
The summit provides a virtual platform for attendees to connect, share insights, and collaborate with fellow pioneers from various industries. It’s a unique opportunity to build valuable connections and foster collaborative innovation.
Tickets include:
- Access to all sessions and speakers
- Roundtable discussions
- AI-powered 1:1 matchmaking, based on your profile
What makes AUTONOMOUS different from other AI conferences?
AUTONOMOUS focuses on org redesign, not tool demos. Other AI events show you what to buy. AUTONOMOUS shows you the company you have to become to make any of it pay off. Every speaker is mid-transformation, sharing what’s working and what’s breaking in real time.
Who speaks at AUTONOMOUS?
UTONOMOUS features operators, builders, and CEOs from leading enterprises and AI companies. Past editions have featured leaders from Walmart, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, AWS, Meta, IBM, L’Oréal, and BCG. The 2026 lineup is announced continuously.
Will AUTONOMOUS sessions be available on demand?
Yes. Every AUTONOMOUS session is recorded and available on demand after the event. Registered attendees access recordings through their email confirmation.
Who organizes AUTONOMOUS?
AUTONOMOUS is organized by BOI (Board of Innovation), an AI transformation studio that redesigns how companies create value – products, pricing, operating models – with AI as the structural foundation, not an add-on. BOI works with companies including ING, Nestlé, Walmart, and Coca-Cola, with offices in New York and Antwerp.
How can I speak at or sponsor AUTONOMOUS?
AUTONOMOUS welcomes speaker and sponsor applications. Reach out to autonomous@boardofinnovation.com to apply or inquire.
AUTONOMOUS – the world’s largest summit for AI innovators.
Brought to you by BOI (Board of Innovation), AI Transformation Studio.
