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# AI-Ready? What Enterprise Transformation Actually Takes


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 14:10–14:40 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100087-ai-ready-what-enterprise-transformation-actually-takes)

## Description

Every enterprise is running AI pilots. Very few are actually transformed. The gap between a successful proof of concept and an organization that has genuinely changed how it operates is where most companies get stuck - and it has almost nothing to do with the technology. The real barriers are data governance, change management and business process redesign. This panel brings together leaders who have lived both sides of that gap - those building the transformation from the inside, those enabling it from the outside, and those who have seen enough enterprise AI journeys to know exactly where and why they fail. The conversation will cut through the noise of announcements and demos to address what enterprise AI transformation actually requires: organizational courage, the right infrastructure decisions, and a clear-eyed understanding that this is also very much a human challenge, not only a technical one.

## Speakers

### [Florian Deter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@florian-deter)

General Manager EMEA Strategic Partner Sales at Microsoft
### [Mei Dent](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@mei-dent)

Chief Product and Technology Officer of TeamViewer
### [Oliver Krizek](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@oliver-krizek)

CEO and Founder of NAVAX
### [Stefan Lemke](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@stefan-lemke)

CIO of SIGNAL IDUNA Group
### [Uli Irnich](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@uli-irnich)

CIO Advisor EMEA at Salesforce


## Related talks at this congress

- [When AI Runs the Business: The Reality of Enterprise-Wide Automation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1140-when-ai-runs-the) — Axel Schell, Michael Ameling, Ines Erker
- [The AI-Fluent Team: A Playbook for Driving Enterprise AI Transformation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1072-the-ai-fluent-team-a) — Avani Prabhakar
- [AI That Fits Your Business, Not the Other Way Around](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1157-ai-that-fits-your) — Anshul Jindal, Cansu Kavili Örnek
- [The AI-Ready Workforce: Upskilling Lessons from the Real World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1316-the-ai-ready) — Bernd Datler, Laura Thorson, Mark Pollok, Hendrikje Rudnick