AI to ROI Leadership Series

Agent Mania Is Here: From Fragmented AI to Unified Intelligence

April 16, 2026
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The Big Idea

Every enterprise is swimming in AI agents. HR has one. IT has three. Finance just deployed another. The result? A fragmented landscape of siloed intelligence that creates more confusion than clarity.

This event takes you on a connected journey, from recognizing the chaos of agent proliferation, through the architectural and strategic shifts required to tame it, to a real-world conversation about what it actually takes to get there.

The throughline is simple: Agent mania is real, but the winners will be organizations that stop deploying more agents and start orchestrating the ones they have into a unified intelligence layer.

📅 Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026 | 12 – 4PM EST
📍 Venue: Microsoft Atlantic Yards Office | Atlanta, GA
💜 Hosted by: Xebia and Microsoft 
🎫 Attendance: Limited seating   

Why This Matters

AI agents are multiplying fast across the enterprise. Vendors are embedding them into every platform. Teams are building them independently. Employees are left navigating a growing number of disconnected AI entry points.

The intention is good. The outcome is fragmentation.
  • Inconsistent answers across departments
  • No shared context between systems
  • Duplicate work and wasted investment
  • Increasing security and compliance risks
  • Declining trust in AI systems

When one agent gives a different answer than another, people stop trusting both.
The problem is not AI agents. The problem is unorchestrated AI agents.

A New Operating Model: Unified Intelligence

The competitive advantage is no longer about deploying more AI. It is about orchestrating what you already have. Xebia calls this the Unified Intelligence Layer; a GenAI-powered orchestration layer that:
  • Understands user intent in natural language
  • Routes requests to the right agents, systems, or workflows
  • Delivers a single, unified and governed response
  • Applies identity-first security and access control
  • Provides observability, auditability, and traceability by design

It does not replace your existing agents. It makes them work as one. It also captures how work actually flows across the organization, surfacing where future investments will have the greatest impact.

What You’ll Explore

  • Why enterprises are entering a phase of agent overload
  • The hidden cost of fragmented AI across the organization
  • What a Unified Intelligence Layer looks like in practice
  • How orchestration, governance, identity, and observability fit together
  • The role of tools and skills in building effective AI agents
  • How to move from experimentation to enterprise-wide value

Who is This For?

This event is designed for senior leaders navigating the next wave of AI transformation, including:
  • CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs
  • VP Engineering and VP Product
  • Digital, data, and platform leaders
  • Enterprise architects
  • AI and innovation leaders

Agenda

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch & Networking

Connect with peers, speakers, and enterprise leaders navigating the same AI challenges.
1:00 1:45 PM Keynote: Agent Mania Is Here  From Fragmented AI to Unified Intelligence
by Rocky Lhotka (VP of Strategy, Xebia) 

Most enterprises are now drowning in AI agents deployed without coordination. This session names reality and presents a compelling vision for what comes next.

You will explore:  
• The rapid rise of agent proliferation across departments  
  The real business cost of fragmented AI  
Why “more agents” is not the answer  
What unified intelligence looks like in practice  
How AI becomes an enterprise operating layer  

You will leave with a clear mental model of how to move from fragmentation to orchestration. 

Key message: The problem isn’t AI agents. It’s the lack of orchestration, governance, and shared intelligence. 
2:00 – 2:30 PM Session: Building the Intelligence Layer – Architecture, Tools & Skills 
by Josh Garverick (Enterprise Architect, Xebia)

If the keynote is the “why,” this session is the “how.” This session brings the vision down to earth with practical architectural patterns, designed for business leaders, not just engineers.

Together we’ll explore: 
• Why agents need both tools (to act) and skills (to act effectively)  
• How orchestration layers route work across specialized agents  
• How identity-first design and governance are built in from the start  
• How to leverage existing platforms (like Azure) to build this today  
• How organizations are implementing this without starting from scratch

Rather than theory, this session focuses on real patterns, real decisions, and real outcomes. 

Key message: Unified intelligence is not a product you buy, it’s an architectural pattern you build.
2:45 3.15 PM Panel Discussion: From Vision to Reality: What It Actually Takes Moderated by Ross Shahandeh  
Panelists: Shervin Yazdidoost (Director, Cloud&AI Platforms at Microsoft), Rocky Lhotka (Xebia), Josh Garverick (Xebia)

The panel is the reality check. After the vision and architecture, this session grounds everything in lived experience. 

Discussion topics include:  
• What triggers organizations to move beyond “agent mania”  
How enterprise platforms (like Microsoft Azure) are evolving  
How to design governance without slowing innovation  
The organizational and human side of adopting unified intelligence  
Where leaders should start on Monday morning  

This is a conversational, interactive session with audience participation encouraged. 
3:154:00 PM Drinks & Networking 

Continue the conversation with peers, speakers, and experts from Microsoft and Xebia.

The Throughline 

The afternoon tells one story in three acts:

1. The Keynote names the problem and defines the vision
2. The second session shows how to build it 
3. The Panel tests it against real-world complexity  

“The competitive advantage isn’t more AI agents, it’s one intelligence layer that makes all your agents work as one.”   

Agent mania is real. But the organizations that win will not be the ones deploying the most agents, they will be the ones orchestrating them. 

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