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IDC AI & Data Summit Spain 2026

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Spain is emerging as one of Europe's most dynamic AI markets, combining strong government leadership under the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (ENIA) with a vibrant ecosystem of enterprises and research institutions. The IDC AI & Data Summit Spain 2026 brings senior technology and business executives together at the luxurious Hotel Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid for a full day of strategic insights and practical frameworks aligned with Spain's digital priorities.

Designed specifically for CDOs, Heads of Data, and AI and innovation leaders, this premier event addresses the most pressing challenges facing organizations accelerating AI adoption: ensuring compliance with the EU AI Act, modernizing legacy data infrastructures, and bridging data silos across public and private sectors. IDC research reveals that 29% of European enterprises cite data quality and availability as their top barrier to realizing AI's value, while over 90% share data externally but only 30% do so strategically.

Key Themes and Strategic Focus

The summit explores six critical areas shaping Spain's AI and data landscape:

Data Value Reinvention in the Age of AI — Organizations are shifting from "using AI" to "leveraging data for AI value," integrating data maturity practices like cataloging, lineage, and observability to fuel model performance and business impact.

Scaling AI: From Pilot to Enterprise Deployment — Moving beyond experimentation, leaders will explore robust MLOps pipelines, governance frameworks, and change strategies to embed AI into core operations at scale with sustainability and reliability.

Trust, Transparency and Responsible AI — Sessions focus on embedding fairness, bias mitigation, auditability, and explainability across the AI lifecycle to build user confidence and regulatory alignment.

Data Sovereignty, Governance and Interoperability — Balancing data residency, regulatory constraints, and cross-border flow requires hybrid cloud strategies, shared governance models, and interoperable architectures that meet business needs while safeguarding ethics, transparency, and national sovereignty.

Generative and Agentic AI: The Next Frontier — As generative and agentic models go beyond assistance, the summit addresses guardrails, cost/risk trade-offs, hybrid model design, and alignment with existing AI systems.

People, Culture and AI Readiness — Success requires preparing teams with AI

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