What does the rapid evo­lu­tion of AI mean for util­i­ties — and how should lead­ers be prepar­ing their orga­ni­za­tions for what’s next?

Join Mark LeClair, ASUG CIO in Res­i­dence, and Michael Sul­li­van, Nation­al Vice Pres­i­dent, Renew­able Ener­gy and Util­i­ties, SAP Amer­i­ca, for a fire­side chat explor­ing AI through both an exec­u­tive and indus­try lens. Togeth­er, they’ll look at what util­i­ties are actu­al­ly doing with AI today, where they’re see­ing the great­est oppor­tu­ni­ties, and what lead­ers should be think­ing about as AI con­tin­ues to evolve.

This con­ver­sa­tion will cover:

• Where util­i­ties are see­ing the great­est oppor­tu­ni­ties for AI—from improv­ing oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy and deci­sion-mak­ing to trans­form­ing how employ­ees, cus­tomers, and the broad­er enter­prise inter­act with the business
• What sep­a­rates exper­i­men­ta­tion from mean­ing­ful busi­ness val­ue, and how lead­ers can eval­u­ate which AI use cas­es are worth pursuing
• How data, process­es, and the broad­er tech­nol­o­gy land­scape fac­tor into AI readi­ness, includ­ing the impor­tance of hav­ing the right foun­da­tion in place to scale AI
• What lead­ers are learn­ing as AI moves from pilots and proofs of con­cept toward broad­er adop­tion, includ­ing orga­ni­za­tion­al, work­force, and change man­age­ment considerations
• How AI can sup­port broad­er pri­or­i­ties across the util­i­ty enter­prise, from oper­a­tional resilience and asset per­for­mance to work­force pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and cus­tomer engagement
• How AI fits into larg­er enter­prise trans­for­ma­tion pri­or­i­ties, rather than being treat­ed as a stand­alone tech­nol­o­gy initiative
• What’s next for util­i­ties, includ­ing the ques­tions exec­u­tives should be ask­ing now as AI capa­bil­i­ties con­tin­ue to mature and the indus­try moves toward a more autonomous future

This ASUG Exec­u­tive Exchange and Util­i­ties Com­mu­ni­ty crossover will also pre­view some of the key con­ver­sa­tions con­tin­u­ing at SAP for Util­i­ties, Pre­sent­ed by ASUG, where indus­try peers will explore how AI, data, cloud ERP, and intel­li­gent tech­nolo­gies are shap­ing the future of the util­i­ty enter­prise — and how you can con­tin­ue the dia­logue with peers and indus­try lead­ers in person.

And before you join:

• Join the ASUG Exec­u­tive Exchange Community
• Con­tin­ue the con­ver­sa­tion on ASUG Exec­u­tive Exchange LinkedIn

If you have ques­tions in advance of this Com­mu­ni­ty Con­ver­sa­tion, please reach out to us at communities@​asug.​com.