Achieving AI ROI with Agentic AI: From Data Foundations to Enterprise Deployment
Webinar Speaker: Fern Halper, TDWI VP Research, Senior Research Director for Advanced Analytics
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
Many organizations are beginning to explore agentic AI to automate tasks and operationalize workflows. TDWI research finds that at least one-third of organizations we survey are already investigating agentic AI. Yet for most enterprises, the bigger challenge is not the agents themselves, it is understanding the end-to-end process required to deliver agentic AI applications that are trustworthy, scalable, and capable of driving real business value.
Join TDWI VP of research, Fern Halper, and Snowflake’s senior director, product marketing - AI, Santiago Giraldo, as they examine what it actually takes to build and operationalize transparent agents in the enterprise. The discussion will focus on the foundational work that enables AI ROI, including how organizations procure and prepare data, eliminate silos, and build reliable data pipelines through modern data engineering practices.
Topics include:
- The current state of agentic AI
- The end-to-end workflow for delivering agentic AI applications, from data procurement to business deployment
- How data engineering, pipelines, and semantic layers underpin scalable and explainable agents
- What it takes to operationalize agentic AI responsibly and realize measurable business value
Date: January 22, 2026
Time: 9:00 am PT
Fern Halper, Ph.D.