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July 29, 2026 | 2:00pm PDT

July 29, 2026
2:00pm PDT

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Operational Trust in AI — Control, Integrity, and Recovery

Participate with your CIO peers in the Seattle community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.

Join fellow CIOs in the Seattle community to discuss:

Maintain control as AI systems act autonomously

Ensure integrity of data and decisions under real-world conditions

Recover to a clean, trusted state when AI-driven systems fail

Discussion Leaders

Members of the Seattle CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Steve Merkel

Rubrik

AVP, Sales Engineering, Americas

Moderator

Viggo Forde

Snohomish County

CIO & Director, IT

Discussion Leader

Agenda

July 29, 2026

2:00pm - 3:00pm  PDT

Operational Trust in AI — Control, Integrity, and Recovery

AI is scaling faster than organizations can control. As systems act autonomously across data and workflows, the real risk is loss of control, integrity, and recoverability. Establishing operational trust ensures systems are governed, impact is contained and operations are restored when failure occurs.

Join this session to explore how to:

  • Maintain control as AI systems act autonomously
  • Ensure integrity of data and decisions under real-world conditions
  • Recover to a clean, trusted state when AI-driven systems fail

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• Enterprise-wide C-Level or

• Business unit or regional C-Level responsible for:

- Private sector: $500M+ in revenue

- Public sector: 1,000+ employees

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