About the Event

Sopra Steria is joining Digital Leaders AI Week 2026 with an insightful session led by Gary Craven and Susannah Matschke, exploring how organisations can build the foundations needed to scale AI successfully and create long-term business value.

As AI adoption accelerates, a growing divide is emerging between organisations that simply consume AI tools and those that develop the capability to shape, govern, and scale AI across their business. The organisations gaining a competitive advantage are not just implementing new technologies, they are creating the data foundations, governance models, workforce skills, and operating structures that enable AI to deliver measurable outcomes.

This session will explore how organisations can move beyond disconnected pilots and point solutions to build a sustainable AI ecosystem. Using the Lab, Factory and Campus model, Gary and Susannah will share practical approaches for experimenting with purpose, industrialising what works, and embedding AI across the organisation in a way that balances innovation with trust, control, and compliance.

Key Takeaways:

• How to identify and prioritise the AI opportunities that will deliver the greatest impact.
• Ways to accelerate innovation while maintaining trust, governance, and compliance.
• How to move from fragmented AI initiatives to a scalable operating model.
• Practical approaches for building workforce readiness, confidence, and AI skills.
• How to turn AI investment into sustainable business value and competitive advantage.
• The role of the Lab, Factory and Campus model in scaling AI across the organisation.

About the Speakers

Gary Craven

Gary Craven is a senior leader within Sopra Steria, helping organisations harness emerging technologies to drive transformation, innovation, and business value. He works with organisations to develop practical strategies for scaling AI, building organisational capability, and delivering measurable outcomes through responsible adoption.

Susannah Matschke

Susannah Matschke is a digital transformation and AI leader at Sopra Steria, supporting organisations as they navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI adoption. Her expertise spans workforce transformation, organisational change, AI strategy, and creating the foundations required for successful, sustainable AI implementation.