Thrive 2026 AI Playbook: Build Confidence With AI—From Basics to Hands-on Workshops

Thrive 2026’s AI breakout sessions on October 1 in Los Angeles are built around three questions organizations are actually asking now: how do we govern AI so it can scale safely, how do we build with intention, and how do we prove it’s delivering measurable value? The lineup includes governance-focused sessions, hands-on AI Builder workshops where attendees will build a real app or agent live, a session on turning real-time operational data into actionable intelligence with IoT and edge computing, and a session focused on connecting AI activity to ROI. The AI conversation has changed shape. A year ago, the dominant question inside most organizations was which AI tools to try. Today, the stakes are higher, and the questions are more consequential: How do we govern AI so it can scale safely? How do we build with intention? And how do we connect AI to measurable business outcomes? That shift is driving this year’s AI breakout lineup at Thrive 2026. Eight of the planned 20 breakout sessions are built around AI, organized into three themes: Read on for a deeper…