May 19–21, 2026 · Tokyo, Japan
Where Enterprise AI Agents Meet the Boardroom
Three days. Three Tokyo venues. Enterprise leaders from the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and France on what it actually takes to put AI agents to work.
About
The Agentic Enterprise Summit brings together enterprise leaders from the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and France for three days across three Tokyo venues — a first-hand account of how AI agents are actually being deployed: the shift in mindset, the industry-specific playbooks, and the failures nobody puts in the press release. Every session is archived here, searchable and answerable in natural language.
This summit has concluded. Every transcript from all three days is archived here — use AI to organize, search, and research trends across the full record.
Agenda
Day 1 — Why Now
2026-05-19 · Tokyo International Forum — Hall B7
Why Now — the mindset shift
| 09:30 | The Agentic Mandate: Why Every Enterprise Needs an AI Operating Model Keynote — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics | |
| 10:30 | The Agentic Beginning: A Japanese Enterprise's Philosophy of AI Decision-Making Keynote — Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真） · Kaname Telecom | |
| 11:30 | Beyond the Pilot: The Psychology of Cross-Border Rollout Panel — Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie; Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷） · Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技） | |
| 13:30 | Where Trust Ends: The Boundaries of AI Agents in Finance Fireside — Priya Ramanathan · Meridian Capital Trust | |
| 14:30 | The Agent as Junior Associate: A Philosophy of Legal Collaboration Case Study — Jean-Baptiste Moreau · Cabinet Moreau & Associés | |
| 15:30 | From Assembly Line to Knowledge Line Keynote — Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics | |
| 16:30 | Closing Panel: Resistance, Experiment, Internalization Panel — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics; Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真） · Kaname Telecom; Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie; Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷） · Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技）; Priya Ramanathan · Meridian Capital Trust; Jean-Baptiste Moreau · Cabinet Moreau & Associés; Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics |
Day 2 — How
2026-05-20 · Toranomon Hills Forum
How — industry deep dives (parallel tracks)
| 09:30 | Track A | Predictive Agents in Semiconductor Manufacturing: From Yield to Succession Case Study — Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷） · Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技） |
| 09:30 | Track B | Self-Healing Agents for Telecom Network Operations Case Study — Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真） · Kaname Telecom |
| 10:30 | Track A | The Distributed Grid: An Energy Utility's Experiment in Agentic Decision-Making Case Study — Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie |
| 10:30 | Track B | Compliance-First Agent Design for Asset Management Case Study — Priya Ramanathan · Meridian Capital Trust |
| 11:30 | Track A | Robotics × LLM: The Next Collaborative Production Line Case Study — Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics |
| 11:30 | Track B | Automating Legal Due Diligence: From Six Weeks to Six Hours Case Study — Jean-Baptiste Moreau · Cabinet Moreau & Associés |
| 13:30 | Track A | The Organizational Psychology of Agent Adoption Case Study — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics |
| 13:30 | Track B | Eating Our Own Dog Food: Three Years of Internal Agentification Case Study — Tsai-Jung Lin（林采蓉） · Inkstone Software（硯谷科技） |
| 14:45 | Cross-Industry Roundtable: The Failures Nobody Puts in the Press Release Roundtable — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics; Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真） · Kaname Telecom; Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie; Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷） · Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技）; Priya Ramanathan · Meridian Capital Trust; Jean-Baptiste Moreau · Cabinet Moreau & Associés; Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics; Tsai-Jung Lin（林采蓉） · Inkstone Software（硯谷科技） | |
| 16:00 | Workshop: From POC to Production — Designing a Governance Framework Workshop |
Day 3 — What's Next
2026-05-21 · Roppongi Academyhills
What's Next — challenges & ethics
| 09:30 | What Comes After the Agent? The Next Decade of Enterprise Knowledge Keynote — Priya Ramanathan · Meridian Capital Trust | |
| 10:30 | The Ethical Edge: Who Owns an Agent's Decision? Panel — Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真） · Kaname Telecom; Jean-Baptiste Moreau · Cabinet Moreau & Associés; Tsai-Jung Lin（林采蓉） · Inkstone Software（硯谷科技） | |
| 11:30 | Case Clinic: Small-Group Diagnostic Workshop (registration required) Case Clinic — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics; Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics; Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷） · Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技）; Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie | |
| 13:30 | Closing Fireside: From Tokyo to the World — H2 2026 Outlook Fireside — Marcus Whitfield · Ironclad Dynamics; Mai Sato（佐藤舞） · Kurogane Robotics | |
| 14:30 | Closing Keynote & Summit Wrap-Up Keynote — Élodie Bernard · Voltane Énergie |
Speakers
Marcus Whitfield
Chief AI Officer
Ironclad Dynamics
United States · Industrial Automation
Leads enterprise-wide agent rollout across 40 manufacturing sites.
Yuma Takahashi（髙橋悠真）
CTO
Kaname Telecom
Japan · Telecommunications
Built Kaname's self-healing network agent platform from the ground up.
Élodie Bernard
VP, Digital Transformation
Voltane Énergie
France · Energy
Runs distributed-grid agent pilots across Voltane's regional networks.
Wei-Ting Chen（陳威廷）
COO
Sharpcrystal Semicon（銳晶科技）
Taiwan · Semiconductor Manufacturing
Oversees predictive-agent deployment across Sharpcrystal's fabs.
Priya Ramanathan
Head of AI Governance
Meridian Capital Trust
United States · Finance
Designs compliance-first agent frameworks for asset management.
Jean-Baptiste Moreau
Managing Partner
Cabinet Moreau & Associés
France · Legal
Cut due-diligence turnaround from six weeks to six hours with agents.
Mai Sato（佐藤舞）
VP, Robotics Innovation
Kurogane Robotics
Japan · Robotics
Pairs LLM agents with collaborative robots on the production line.
Tsai-Jung Lin（林采蓉）
VP Engineering
Inkstone Software（硯谷科技）
Taiwan · Enterprise Software
Led Inkstone's three-year internal agentification of its own engineering org.
Venues
| Day | Venue | District | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | Tokyo International Forum — Hall B7 | Yurakucho, Chiyoda | Why Now — the mindset shift |
| 2026-05-20 | Toranomon Hills Forum | Toranomon, Minato | How — industry deep dives (parallel tracks) |
| 2026-05-21 | Roppongi Academyhills | Roppongi, Minato | What's Next — challenges & ethics |
2026-05-19
Tokyo International Forum — Hall B7
Yurakucho, Chiyoda
Why Now — the mindset shift
2026-05-20
Toranomon Hills Forum
Toranomon, Minato
How — industry deep dives (parallel tracks)
2026-05-21
Roppongi Academyhills
Roppongi, Minato
What's Next — challenges & ethics
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