IDC AI Leadership Summit, 2027 series
Beyond AI transformation.
Reimagining leadership, innovation and value creation in the enterprise.
Partner with IDC's 2027 AI Leadership Summit. Nineteen events across 20 countries, built for the CIOs, CTOs and business leaders who own AI budget and vendor selection.
Every board approved AI spend. Not one has picked a vendor.
Every board has approved an AI line item. Far fewer boards agree on who is accountable for the outcome. Governance, ROI and organizational redesign have replaced “which model” as the questions keeping CIOs and CEOs up at night.
That’s the conversation the IDC AI Leadership Summit series is built around: the boardroom priorities set by the leaders who own AI budget, in the rooms where they are the ones in the seats.
The Five Figures Shaping the 2027 Decision Cycle
IDC FutureScape · By 2028
$2M
Every Global 100 firm will spend at least $2 million annually on unified AI governance — a permanent, material line item on the enterprise P&L.
$700B
Worldwide AI spending in 2027, confirming AI as a structural enterprise cost.
28%
Of organizations rank AI governance as their #2 investment priority for 2026, second only to data quality.
60%
Of G2000 CEOs without a clear AI strategy will face board replacement pressure by 2029.
45%
Of AI apps will fail to progress beyond proof of concept by 2027, pushing CEOs to centralize through AI Centers of Excellence.
Source: IDC’s AI MaturityScape Benchmark Survey, May 2026 (n = 583 EMEA respondents); IDC FutureScape: Worldwide AI and Automation 2026 Predictions.
Pick your format
Every partnership starts with one question. How can our AI Leadership series help your business? Choose the outcome and we build the format around it.
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Own the stage
Take the plenary stage with a thought-leadership keynote, a fireside chat, or co-host the AI Leadership Recognition ceremony. You get an agenda briefing so your session sits inside the event storyline, speaker promotion across IDC newsletters, social, website and email, and your corporate video on screen. -
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Fill the pipeline
Get into the conversations that move deals. Moderate a client roundtable, host a private breakfast or executive dinner, and take up IDC-facilitated 1:1 meetings with delegates matched to your targets. Every engagement returns a post-event report with the attendee and lead lists. -
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Meet buyers where they are
Engage with senior tech and business leaders on the exhibition floor, showcase your platform onsite plus capture leads for post-event follow-up afterwards. -
The IDC Luminary AI Honours
A brand-new recognition programme presented at select summits across the 2027 series. IDC invites organizations to submit AI project nominations, an analyst panel reviews them against four qualifying criteria, and qualifiers are showcased on stage with a trophy, address and photo — host and strategic partners co-host the ceremony and present the top award.
Why IDC
Worldwide results
1,600+
Sponsorships delivered across regions
800+
Unique sponsors engaged globally
23K+
Senior decision-makers worldwide
59%
C-level and senior executives worldwide
119
Cities where we hosted on-site events
Why this series, why now
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Personas built in, not bolted on
Every summit is built around defined personas — CXO, IT & Data Leadership, Risk & Governance, HR Leaders and AI Practitioners.
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Agenda mapped to IDC research
Topics are directly mapped to IDC’s current AI research priorities — not generic AI content.
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Access the decision-makers, not just the audience
This isn’t a general tech crowd — it’s the CIOs, CTOs and business leaders who own AI budget and vendor selection.
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Borrow institutional credibility
IDC’s research is the benchmark buyers already use to validate their decisions.
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CXO panels & award-nominated case studies
Live peer-to-peer CXO panels and real-world implementation case studies from organizations nominated for the IDC Luminary AI Honours.
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Convert visibility into pipeline
Beyond brand exposure, every partnership is structured to generate qualified, sales-ready engagement.
2027 events calendar
70+ multi-sponsored events across five global regions
The full IDC events portfolio for 2027 spans over 70 multi-sponsored events across five global regions. The AI Leadership Summit series accounts for 19 of them — download the full summit calendar, with regions, dates, cities and audience commitments for every stop.
YOUR NEXT MOVE
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