Dive into the Deep
New Roads for Success in the Age of AI Transformation
Yuma AI Summit
Wednesday, 14 October 2026 | Elisabeth Center Antwerp
The rules have changed. Has your organization?
Artificial Intelligence is transforming every industry. Yet technology alone is no longer the competitive advantage. Join us for an exclusive full-day executive AI summit. Throughout the day, you'll discover practical frameworks, real-world experiences, and strategic insights that help leaders move beyond isolated AI initiatives and build organizations that thrive in the Age of AI.
Whether you're defining your AI strategy, scaling successful initiatives, or preparing your organization for the next wave of transformation, this event will give you a clear roadmap for what comes next.
This is not another AI event about tools or hype. It's a day dedicated to the future of leadership, organizational transformation, and the new ways humans and AI will work together to create lasting competitive advantage.
» Date
14 October 2026
09h00 - 17h00
» Location
A Room with a ZOO - Darwin Hall
Koningin Astridplein 20-26
2018 Antwerp
» Admission fee
Free
Agenda
Five chapters. One day. A new perspective on leading in the Age of AI.
- 08h30 - 09h00: Registration & Coffee
- 09h00 - 09h20: Welcome
- 09h20 - 10h20: Not Just a Tool: Why the Rules Have Changed
- 10h20 - 10h40: Coffee Break
- 10h40 - 12h00: Starting the Journey: How Leaders Define Direction
- 12h00 - 13h00: Lunch
- 13h00 - 14h00: Designing the Unknown: Designing AI That Designs Us
- 14h00 - 15h00: Surviving the Implementation: Making AI Transformation Work
- 15h00 - 15h20: Coffee Break
- 15h20 - 16h20: Living with AI: Building the Organization of Tomorrow
- 16h20 - 17h00: Closing Keynote 'AI Transformation Needs Vision'
Throughout the day, every session includes time for Q&A and interactive discussion. You'll have the opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow executives, learn from real-world customer experiences, and network with leaders who are shaping the future of AI Transformation.
For who?
- Senior executives, business leaders and decision-makers responsible for shaping their organization's AI strategy
- CIOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers and Chief Innovation Officers driving digital and AI transformation
- Business and technology leaders looking to move beyond AI experimentation and create measurable business value
- Enterprise architects, transformation leaders and AI strategists designing the future of their organizations
- Executives responsible for leading organizational change, innovation and business transformation
If you're responsible for strategy, innovation, technology or transformation, this summit is for you.
Please note: this is an executive event focused on leadership, strategy and organizational transformation. It is not a technical conference about coding, prompt engineering or AI development.
Meet the Speakers
Michel Herquet
Michel Herquet is Managing Partner AI Transformation at Yuma and co-author of Dive into the Deep – New Roads for Success in the Age of AI Transformation. With extensive experience helping organizations navigate complex digital and AI transformations, he advises executive teams on turning AI into sustainable business value.
Michel is a recognized thought leader on organizational transformation, helping leaders move beyond technology adoption to build future-ready organizations where humans and AI work together effectively.
Mihailo Backović
Mihailo Backović is Managing Partner AI at Yuma and co-author of Dive into the Deep – New Roads for Success in the Age of AI Transformation. Passionate about the intersection of technology, business and human potential, he helps organizations harness AI to drive innovation and long-term transformation.
Combining deep expertise in AI strategy with a pragmatic approach to implementation, Mihailo works with executive teams to turn emerging technologies into real business impact while preparing organizations for the future of Human + AI collaboration.
Vincent Boucher
Vincent Boucher is Managing Partner at Yuma, where he helps organizations turn Artificial Intelligence into practical business value. With a background in physics and a PhD in cosmology, he combines deep scientific expertise with extensive experience in AI strategy, enterprise AI architecture and sovereign AI.
Vincent advises executive teams on designing AI solutions that are innovative, pragmatic and secure, enabling organizations to accelerate transformation while maintaining control over their most critical assets.
About the book
Dive into the Deep. New roads for success in the Age of AI transformation
It won't come as a surprise to you: Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world at an unprecedented pace. While most organizations are eager to adopt AI, many are struggling to translate that ambition into meaningful business value.
In Dive into the Deep (New Roads for Success in the Age of AI Transformation), Michel Herquet and Mihailo Backović offer a bold vision for the age of AI. AI Transformation forces organizations to rethink strategy, governance, leadership, design, and the relationship between human and machine intelligence.
Expect thought-provoking ideas, practical frameworks, real-world examples, and refreshing insights to help you answer some of the most important questions organizations face in the age of AI:
Why should we embrace AI in the first place?
How can we create lasting value beyond isolated pilots and proofs of concept?
What does effective human-AI collaboration look like?
How can organizations remain resilient, relevant, and competitive in a world where intelligence itself is becoming a commodity?
From Transformation Compasses and AI Playgrounds to collaborative intelligence, agentic systems, and new governance models, this book offers a fresh lens on AI Transformation. Through novel concepts and perspectives, it challenges conventional thinking and invites leaders to reconsider how intelligence creates value.
The future doesn't belong to organizations that use AI. It belongs to those courageous enough to transform with it. Are you in?
Please register below
before 21 September 2026