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# AI-Enabled Organisations: From Strategy to Practice


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 17:30–18:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100171-ai-enabled-organisations-from-strategy-to-practice)

## Description

Plenty of organizations have an AI strategy on paper; far fewer have it genuinely working. This panel is about closing that gap, with leaders who have moved from ambition to results. A practical conversation about making AI real across a business.

## Speakers

### [Benedikt Höck](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@benedikt-hock)

Head of AI at KPMG
### [Chris Daden](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-daden)

CTO and Head of AI of Criteria
### [Lars Rogge](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@lars-rogge)

Chief Operating Officer of Generali Deutschland 
### [Damiana Casile](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@damiana-casile)

Director of People Business Partners at Dow Jones


## Related talks at this congress

- [AI in High-Stakes Industries: Lessons Learned](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1284-ai-in-high-stakes) — Alexandre Guenoun, Jaipal Singh, Nicolò Robba, Tomislav Tipurić
- [THE HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM: Why Organizational Adaptability Will Be the Real Competitive Advantage o](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1272-the-human-operating) — Christian Wastlhuber, Cole Groom, Daniel Mühlbauer, Jessie Schofer, Ute Neher
- [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
- [The integrated AI experience: A New Paradigm in an Agentic World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1088-the-integrated-ai) — Loredana Crisan, Markus Rautert, Stefan Ostwald, Anna Heim