Enterprises are moving beyond AI experiments and copilots for individual productivity toward the next stage: the Agentic Enterprise, where AI agents drive insights, decisions, and workflows at scale. In this session, Sendur Sellakumar, CEO of Dremio, will outline the enterprise AI maturity journey and show why most organizations are still stuck between prototypes and production outcomes. Through live demos and real-world use cases, you will see how Dremio’s open lakehouse platform provides the intelligent data foundation needed to advance. It delivers semantic consistency, zero ETL federation, autonomous optimization, and built-in governance. Learn how organizations can progress from isolated AI pilots to enterprise-wide impact, and why rethinking data architecture is essential for making AI deliver real business value.

Merlin, the “fourth global major” in music rights, represents 15% of the recorded music market and manages over a petabyte of data from 40+ digital service providers. With fewer than 50 employees, the team processes billions of royalty transactions monthly and delivers timely insights to 600+ members worldwide.

In this session, Gary Watson, Director of Data Operations, will share how Merlin uses Dremio’s lakehouse to accelerate royalty verification, uncover anomalies, and power self-service analytics—all without costly data warehouse rebuilds. Learn how a lean team turns massive complexity into agility and scale.

Discover how Genomics England is leveraging Dremio to modernise structured data storage and provisioning for the National Genomic Research Library. We’ll share how Dremio supports the management of data products today, and explore our future plans for enhancing user management, complex access control and enabling scalable, secure research access.