Building the Right Data Platform and Tech Stack for AI Success

About this session

What does a modern, AI-ready data platform actually look like? This panel will cover the full set of architectural choices executives need to understand, spanning cloud vs. hybrid approaches, data lakehouses, metadata and feature stores, governance layers, and real-time pipelines. Panelists will share how leading organizations design for both flexibility and scalability, ensuring that data platforms can handle experimentation today while powering production AI systems tomorrow. Discussion will also highlight vendor selection strategies, integration with existing enterprise systems, and cost/performance trade-offs that matter at scale. Walk away with a clear blueprint for building or modernizing a data platform that can unlock AI success across the business.