How to AI is part of the HFS OneCouncil Summit series, events designed for senior enterprise leaders navigating real-world decisions about technology, services, and work.
The HFS OneCouncil is a curated, invitation-led community of enterprise executives who engage with HFS through research, summits, and ongoing peer exchange. OneCouncil summits facilitate on-going peer engagements that explore major leadership themes grounded in research and data, not hype, posturing, or vendor agendas.
Calling this a OneCouncil Summit signals three things:
Who it is for: A focus on senior enterprise practitioners accountable for setting business and IT outcomes
How it is designed: Practical and actionable insights based on research-led, experience-driven, and people-centric
What it avoids: The marketing hype-driven narratives and surface-level AI storytelling
This is a summit built for leaders who want clarity, not noise.
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Attendance at our Summit is complimentary for a limited number of senior executives leading services, procurement, and technology programs in their organizations. However, registering does not guarantee attendance. Space is limited, and we review each registration to ensure the best match of delegates. We will notify you if you have or have not been accepted to attend.
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About the venue
Apella is secluded on the edge of the East River, yet within touching distance of Midtown Manhattan. The venue is located in the Alexandria Center for Life Science, West Tower at 450 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016.
This HFS OneCouncil Summit is focused on Humans at the Helm: The ‘How to’ of AI
The agentic AI conversation continues to shift. The quick accession of AI has led to unparalleled urgency, inflated expectations, nonstop messaging, and unclear ROI or commercial models. Thus, many leaders are experiencing AI fatigue. The promises keep coming, but practical guidance remains scarce. Organizations are still asking the same core questions:
How fast do we really need to move?
Where is the return?
What does responsible, scalable AI look like in practice?
How do humans stay in control as AI becomes embedded everywhere?
How to AI moves the conversation past the “why” and the “what” and squarely into the how.
AI is no longer abstract. it’s operational, organizational, and deeply human. This summit focuses on how leaders are making real-world decisions: pacing investment responsibly, redesigning work and governance, learning from what’s actually working, and avoiding performative transformation. The goal isn’t to move fastest, it’s to move wisest.
What you’ll gain
As part of the HFS OneCouncil Summit experience, you will:
Engage in peer-level discussions with senior enterprise leaders
Gain practical guidance on AI decision-making, prioritization, and ROI
Hear unfiltered perspectives on what’s working—and what isn’t
Leave with frameworks and insights you can apply immediately
Who should attend
This summit is designed for senior practitioners responsible for enterprise-level decisions, including:
C-suite and executive leaders from VP and above – leaders who will make decisions impacting people, processes and technology investments
CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives
Transformation, operations, and functional leaders
Enterprise decision-makers overseeing AI governance and investment
What do past attendees have to say?
Thank you for hosting a great event. Really great content and, as always, a fantastic experience and opportunity to connect. HONESTLY!!
Thank you for the fantastic two days of knowledge enrichment for everyone who was at the HFS Research conference. By far this is the best conference that I have attended in the post-COVID era.
I had an incredible day, meeting numerous leaders in this space. The data presented was very insightful, offering a deep understanding of how large organizations are considering the adoption of generative AI.
I really feel you have these events dialed in extremely well. A great mix of enterprise leaders and tech industry folks with the right level of seniority. These are some of the best conversations I have all year.
Great content, direct and informal—I think that is HFS—keep it that way.
It was a great event and a good networking opportunity to meet the HFS analysts and industry leaders.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
HFS OneCouncil Summits are designed for senior enterprise leaders responsible for making real-world decisions about technology, services, and work. These events convene a curated community of C-suite and VP-level executives from Global 2000 enterprises, along with transformation, operations, and technology leaders.
Sponsorship provides the opportunity to engage directly with decision-makers in a setting built for substantive dialogue and practical exchange. Partners are integrated into the summit experience through moderated discussions, curated networking, and research-led conversations aligned with HFS insights.
This is a focused executive forum where conversations are grounded in data, experience, and implementation.
To explore sponsorship opportunities, contact your HFS account lead or email [email protected].
