We are excited to announce that Charlie Dai, Vice President, Principal Analyst from Forrester will be providing the second keynote speech on:
Data Driven to Knowledge Driven: Building Trusted Agentic AI on Modern Data Management and Context Engineering
at the 2026 BIIA Conference, which will be taking place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Manila, Philippines from June 17th to June 19th.
In his role at Forrester, Charlie offers strategic advice and guidance to clients in areas such as cloud computing, data and knowledge management, AI, IoT, blockchain, quantum computing and open source software.
In his keynote speech, Charlie will explore how modern data management that delivers trusted data, combined with context engineering that produces trusted knowledge, reshapes how enterprises build and operate agentic AI, setting the scene perfectly for our subsequent discussions at the conference on our theme of:
Trusted Data and Applied Intelligence – the Foundation for Resilience and Growth
For more detail on the conference programme please click here.
To register to attend the conference and hear from Charlie and other industry leaders, click here.
BIIA has negotiated a special discounted rate for attendees who wish to stay at the Grand Hyatt Hotel where the conference is being held. For more information on the hotel and to book your accommodation at the preferential rate please click here.
We are currently working on completing the speaker line up for the panel sessions following the keynote and will be announcing these over the next two weeks. In the meantime, should you have any suggestions of possible speakers we would be happy to hear from you.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank those members who have already agreed to support the conference by being a sponsor. Should your organisation also be interested in supporting this recognised industry leading event, you can find out more about the packages that are available clicking here or by contacting me via email @ munroen@biia.com.
We look forward to seeing you in Manila in June. In the meantime, we suggest you keep an eye on your inbox for further announcements of senior leadership speakers at the event.
The BIIA Team
