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AI Strategy, Governance, and Agentic IT to Take Centre Stage at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona

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AI-focused programming at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona will help CIOs and IT leaders address the strategy, governance, deployment, and security challenges shaping enterprise AI adoption. Taking place 22 to 23 September 2026 at the Grand Hyatt Barcelona, the event will bring together technology leaders from across Europe and beyond under the theme Agentic IT: From Hype to Value.

LONDON, ON, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AI is rapidly shifting from experimentation to enterprise execution, putting new pressure on CIOs to define where it creates value, how it should be governed, and how it can be scaled securely. Info-Tech Research Group will address these priorities through dedicated AI-focused programming at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona, taking place 22 to 23 September 2026 at the Grand Hyatt Barcelona.

AI has quickly moved from isolated pilots and productivity experiments to a board-level priority, but many organisations are still working to define where AI creates the most value, how it should be governed, how regulatory expectations should be addressed, and what capabilities are required to support adoption at scale. As agentic AI introduces new opportunities for automation, orchestration, and decision support, technology leaders must ensure their AI strategies are connected to business priorities, supported by secure data and architecture foundations, and guided by clear accountability.

Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona will address these challenges through AI-focused keynotes, workshops, and sessions that examine the practical realities of enterprise AI adoption. The agenda will cover topics including agentic IT, AI strategy and roadmap development, AI governance, deployment optimisation, and the security considerations emerging as generative and agentic AI become more embedded in business and IT workflows.

“AI value will not come from experimentation alone,” says Michelle Van Wijk, Senior Executive Counselor at Info-Tech Research Group, UK. “CIOs and technology leaders need to make deliberate choices about where AI belongs, how it will be governed, how risk will be managed, and what operating capabilities are needed to scale it responsibly. The AI-focused programming at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona is designed to help leaders move from ambition to execution with the discipline required to create measurable business value.”

Preliminary AI Agenda Highlights at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona

The AI agenda at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona will focus on helping IT leaders understand where AI can create value now while preparing their organisations for the next wave of agentic transformation. Featured AI sessions on the preliminary agenda include:

Agentic IT: From Hype to Value
A theme-setting session focused on helping CIOs and senior IT leaders move from AI experimentation to measurable value while navigating emerging technology decisions, delivery pressure, and board-level expectations.

Inside the Agentic Enterprise: Moving From AI Ambition to Execution
This session explores what it takes to prepare the enterprise for agentic AI, focusing on addressing process ambiguity, data fragmentation, and decision complexity while strengthening the orchestration, integration, governance, and decision-making structures needed to support AI-enabled workflows at scale.

Build Your AI Strategy and Roadmap
Designed to support strategic AI planning, this session examines alignment with organisational goals, use case prioritisation, maturity, risk, and the roadmap decisions needed to guide AI investment. 

Scale and Optimise Your AI Deployment
Focused on the practical challenges of moving AI beyond early pilots, this session explores execution readiness, stakeholder expectations, operational change, capability gaps, measurement, and the planning needed to support responsible deployment at scale.

Establish Effective AI Governance
This keynote examines how organisations can approach AI governance as an adaptive enterprise capability, with attention to principles, accountability, risk, regulatory expectations, lifecycle oversight, and governance models that support responsible innovation. 

Secure Generative and Agentic AI
This session addresses the new security realities created by generative and agentic AI, including how IT leaders can think about emerging risks, prioritise security controls, and guide the right conversations with security teams as autonomous systems begin to reason, plan, and act across the enterprise.

The AI sessions reflect a central message of Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona: the next phase of AI adoption will be defined by responsible execution. Organisations that want to capture AI value must connect strategy to action, establish governance early, secure emerging AI environments, and build the operating capabilities required to scale with confidence.

Beyond the AI agenda, Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona will feature keynote presentations, peer-led sessions, industry roundtables, workshops, networking opportunities, and Analyst Alley, where attendees can meet one-to-one with Info-Tech analysts to discuss priorities, validate strategies, and gain expert guidance tailored to their organisations.

Further updates on Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona will be shared in the coming months. Follow Info-Tech Research Group on LinkedIn and X for updates.

Media Passes for Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona 

Media professionals, including journalists, podcasters, and influencers, are invited to attend Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona to gain exclusive access to research, content, and interviews with industry leaders. For those unable to attend in person, Info-Tech offers a digital pass option, providing access to live-streamed keynotes, select sessions, and virtual interviews with speakers and analysts. 

Media professionals looking to apply for in-person or digital passes can contact pr@infotech.com to secure their spot and cover the latest advancements in IT for their audiences.

About Info-Tech Research Group

Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organisations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organisations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software, and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

Media Contact: Sufyan Al-Hassan, PR Director, Info-Tech Research Group, salhassan@infotech.com | +1 (888) 670-8889 x2418

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OMNICOM TO PRESENT AT THE GOLDMAN SACHS COMMUNACOPIA + TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

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NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) today announced that it will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 in San Francisco, California on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time.  Live and archived webcasts will be available at the investor relations section of omc.com.

About Omnicom
Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) is the world’s leading marketing and sales company, built for intelligent growth in the next era. Powered by Omni and its proprietary data and identity, Omnicom’s Connected Capabilities unite the company’s world‑class agency brands, exceptional talent, and deep domain expertise across media, commerce, consulting, precision marketing, advertising, production, health, public relations, branding, and experiential to address clients’ most critical growth priorities. For more information, visit omc.com

 

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Minister Hodgson highlights Western Canada’s role in Canada’s energy and economic future

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PRINCE GEORGE, BC, Sept. 4, 2026 /CNW/ — Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded a five-day tour across Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, highlighting how provinces, workers, Indigenous partners, researchers and industry are positioning Canada as a global energy superpower with the strongest economy in the G7. Across Western Canada, Canadians are turning global volatility into opportunities for strength: building a more prosperous economy; enhancing our national security; creating good-paying jobs; and unlocking Canadian resources and connecting them to global markets.

In Alberta, Minister Hodgson spent time with Todd Loewen, Alberta’s Minister of Forestry and Parks, visiting forest sector workers in the Grande Prairie region and meeting firefighters who have kept Albertans safe through wildfire seasons. They discussed supporting the forest products sector in the face of unjustified U.S. tariffs, pivoting Canadian industry to domestic and non-U.S. markets, and how Canada and Alberta can work together to keep communities in Alberta safe from wildfire.

The Minister also visited Suncor’s oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, meeting the people whose hard work powers Canada and reinforces our role as a reliable energy supplier amidst volatile global energy markets. Our government is working hard with our Albertan, industry and Indigenous partners to support our energy sector and build Canada into a prosperous, sovereign and sustainable energy superpower, including through the Canada–Alberta Memorandum of Understanding.

In Saskatchewan, discussions focused on the infrastructure, innovation and resources that will help power Canada’s future. Meetings with provincial counterparts, including Minister Chris Beaudry; municipal leaders; industry; and researchers at the University of Saskatchewan highlighted opportunities to strengthen electricity grids, unlock Saskatchewan’s critical minerals advantage and advance major projects. Visits to the Jansen Mine and the Saskatchewan Research Council’s Rare Earth Processing Facility demonstrated Saskatchewan’s and Canada’s growing strength across the critical minerals and nuclear energy sectors, from resource extraction and processing to advanced technologies and exports.

Minister Hodgson also joined the Honourable Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development, to announce nearly $12 million for businesses in Saskatoon, which are standing up against American tariffs by investing, growing and innovating in Canada, creating jobs, diversifying our supply chains and helping our nation become more economically independent.

The tour also featured two landmark moments that underscored Canada’s ambition to build major projects and strengthen long-term economic prosperity, national security and sustainability. In Saskatchewan, Minister Hodgson announced progress achieved at the McIlvenna Bay copper and zine mine since its referral to the Major Projects Office one year ago. In British Columbia, he joined federal, provincial and Indigenous partners for the groundbreaking ceremony of the North Coast Transmission Line, a transformative infrastructure project that will more than double the availability of clean, low-cost electricity on the West Coast; unlock natural resources projects like the Ksi Lisims LNG facility and critical minerals developments in the Golden Triangle; and create $10 billion in new economic activity and nearly 10,000 jobs.

Western Canada is helping drive a new era of Canadian prosperity, sovereignty and sustainability through responsible resource development, made-in-Canada innovation and a world-class workforce. By advancing projects of national interest, the region is unlocking Canada’s full potential and helping us build Canada Strong.

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“In many ways, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are the beating heart of our energy and natural resource sectors. This week, I saw first-hand the people, projects and partnerships that are building Canada Strong amidst the unjustified trade war we are experiencing. From responsible resource development and world-class research to critical infrastructure and energy innovation, Canadians are creating the conditions for long-term prosperity, security, sustainability and sovereignty.”

The Honourable Tim Hodgson
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

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Minister Hodgson toured Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia from August 30 to September 3, 2026.Canada’s natural resources sector is a cornerstone of the national economy, contributing $459 billion (16 percent) to Canada’s GDP in 2024 and supporting 1.8 million direct and indirect jobs across the country.Western Canada is the powerhouse of Canada’s natural resources economy. In 2022, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan together accounted for approximately 62 percent of Canada’s natural resources GDP.

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Surfshark launches beta tester program, inviting users to shape the future of cybersecurity

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Users can now gain exclusive early access to unreleased features and communicate directly with Surfshark’s development team via a dedicated Discord hub.

VILNIUS, Lithuania, Sept. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Surfshark, a cybersecurity company, has officially announced the launch of its updated beta tester program, offering users early access to new features, design changes, and updates before they are released to the general public. Currently available for Windows and Android app users, the program invites community members to play a direct role in testing, refining, and shaping the future of Surfshark’s services.

The importance of user feedback

“Our mission is to build the most beloved security product for everyone – but for that, we need input from our community. Surfshark’s development team and I are genuinely excited to always receive feedback from our users. Oftentimes, we are buried so deep into our product that we don’t see the small details or inconveniences – and that’s why we need users’ input to be a part of how Surfshark services are being shaped,” says Gabriele Sinkeviciute, Head of Product at Surfshark.

The beta tester program creates a collaborative environment where users worldwide can test unreleased tools, report bugs or quirks, and provide real-time feedback. Participant feedback will directly influence feature improvements and the development of new products based on user needs.

Initiative works through a closed Discord group designed for direct, two-way communication between beta testers and Surfshark’s product developers.

“Our updated beta tester program allows us to build features aligned with what our community actually needs,” Sinkeviciute continues. “While early versions may occasionally contain bugs, the insight provided by our beta community is invaluable in helping us fine-tune tools before public releases.”

How to join Surfshark’s beta tester program

Any active Surfshark subscriber on Windows or Android can join the program today:

On Windows: Open the Surfshark app, navigate to Settings > App settings, scroll to Beta Testing, and click Join Beta.On Android: Visit the Surfshark app page in the Google Play Store, scroll to the Join the beta section, and tap Join.

Enrolled participants will be invited to join the private Discord hub to connect with developers and fellow beta testers.

To learn more or sign up today, visit: https://surfshark.com/beta-tester-program

ABOUT SURFSHARK

Surfshark is a cybersecurity company offering products including an audited VPN, certified antivirus, data leak warning system, and a tool for generating an online identity. Recognized as a leading VPN by CNET and TechRadar, Surfshark has also been featured on the FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies ranking. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Surfshark has offices in Lithuania and Poland. For information on Surfshark’s operations and highlights, read our Annual Wrap-up. For more research projects, visit our research hub.

Contact: media@surfshark.com 

 

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