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Connect:AI Chicago 

Hosted by Informatica and MuleSoft

October 15, 2026

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT

Connect:AI Chicago is where integration and data leaders gather to solve the real blocker in enterprise AI: making sure agents run on connected, trusted data. Uniting MuleSoft's Agent Fabric and automation platform with Informatica's trusted, AI-ready data foundation, this summit gives leaders and their teams a practical playbook: real architecture, governance patterns, and customer stories for scaling AI agents without losing control.


Why attend
See how Informatica, Agent Fabric, and MuleSoft work together to overcome two of AI’s biggest barriers: disconnected data and rising compute costs, backed by real customer results, not theory.

  • How enterprises connect apps, data, and agents at scale
  • MuleSoft's Agent Fabric + Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud in action
  • Customer stories on moving from AI pilots to production


Who should attend
Directors and senior leaders in integration, architecture, data management, and IT strategy driving enterprise AI.


What you'll get

  • Architecture patterns for connecting systems and governing agents
  • A framework for trusted, audit-ready AI
  • Direct access to experts and peer networking
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Build your foundation for actionable AI.

Connect:AI Chicago is where integration and data leaders gather to solve the real blocker in enterprise AI: making sure agents run on connected, trusted data. Uniting MuleSoft's Agent Fabric and automation platform with Informatica's trusted, AI-ready data foundation, this summit gives leaders and their teams a practical playbook: real architecture, governance patterns, and customer stories for scaling AI agents without losing control.


Why attend
See how Informatica, Agent Fabric, and MuleSoft work together to overcome two of AI’s biggest barriers: disconnected data and rising compute costs, backed by real customer results, not theory.

  • How enterprises connect apps, data, and agents at scale
  • MuleSoft's Agent Fabric + Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud in action
  • Customer stories on moving from AI pilots to production


Who should attend
Directors and senior leaders in integration, architecture, data management, and IT strategy driving enterprise AI.


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9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Arrival / Badge Pick-up / Breakfast

Check-in opens at 9:00 a.m. — come early to get settled and enjoy refreshments and pastries.


10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Keynote: The Foundation for Agentic AI 

The teams winning with AI aren't just moving fast — they're moving confidently. See what's new across the Informatica, MuleSoft, and Agent Fabric portfolio so you can connect your systems, get your data ready for AI and govern and manage agents acting on your behalf. Together, they're what it takes to build a real agentic enterprise.

Location: Sauganash Ballroom


11:15 - 11:35 a.m.

Customer Fireside Chat

Join industry leaders and Salesforce executives for a candid conversation on what it takes to build a trusted data foundation, empowering agents to act on a single source of truth and deliver real, measurable business value.

Location: Sauganash Ballroom


11:35 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Ask the Experts

You have the floor! Our experts will take real-time audience questions, digging deeper into the day's most critical topics around trust, data, governance, and security.

Location: Sauganash Ballroom

Location: Blue Room

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch and Demos

Enjoy a catered lunch and explore live demos of the latest innovations from Informatica and MuleSoft, including Agent Fabric. 

Location: Sauganash Ballroom & 14th Floor Foyer

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Innovation Spotlight: What's New, What's Next

The pace of AI innovation demands a platform that keeps up. See what's new from Informatica, MuleSoft, and Agent Fabric — connecting systems, governing data and AI, and achieving real, measurable business outcomes for every team building agents.

Location: Western Stage House

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Agent Fabric: See, Control, and Govern Every Agent

AI agents are multiplying, but 94% of enterprises lack ROI. Agent Fabric gives you one AI control plane to turn AI into business action, govern agents safely, and align costs to value.

Location: Shakespeare Hotel 

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Stop Token Waste: Fix Your Data, Not Your Model

Leaky data pipelines quietly burn through AI budgets because of messy, duplicate, and ungoverned data. When your data is AI-ready and your agents are governed, you cut token spend by up to 30x. Learn a practical framework for auditing waste and turning AI spend into measurable ROI.

Location: Mechants Hotel

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Agentic Data Engineering: Automating Trusted Data for AI

Creating AI-ready data is often the biggest barrier to AI success. Learn how agentic data engineering automates integration, quality, governance, and delivery of trusted data for AI.

Location: Steamboat Hotel

Location: Blue Room

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

Secure By Design: The Agentic Enterprise Foundation

Go deep on securing agents at scale with Agent Fabric: guardrails, scanning across your AI estate, budget enforcement, and identity. Secure every agent, MCP, and API without rebuilding your stack.

Location: Shakespeare Hotel

Location: Blue Room

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

Turn AI Into Business Action: From Prompt to Production

Build integrations easily using AI prompts in MuleSoft Vibes. Manage them headlessly across Slack, Claude, and more, and rely on Agent Fabric for governance and orchestration.

Location: Western Stage House

Location: Blue Room

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

Build Trusted Context for AI with Agentic MDM

AI can't automate on messy data. Learn how Informatica's Agentic MDM unifies siloed records and grounds your agents with authoritative data to safely drive measurable business transformation.

Location: Steamboat Hotel

Location: Blue Room

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

How to Power Agents With Trusted, Governed Data

Give agents a trusted data foundation and your whole business moves faster. Learn the proven steps enterprises are taking to go from zero to AI-ready data.

Location: Mechants Hotel

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Enterprise Architect Consultations

Sign up at the Registration Desk for a 30 minute technical whiteboard session with our consultants on one of the following topics:

  • Accelerate your Agentforce journey with MuleSoft, Interoperability and Trusted Context
  • Governance in the World of AI

Location: Blue Room

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Interactive Demos

Informatica Headless, Master Data Management, AI & Data Governance, Agent Fabric, Omni Gateway, MuleSoft Headless, Connected Context

Location: 14th Floor Foyer

Location: Blue Room

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Come together as we recap what's possible when Informatica and MuleSoft come together — connecting your systems, trusting your data, and governing your agents so you can build a real agentic enterprise with confidence.

Location: Sauganash Ballroom

Location: Blue Room

2:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Networking Happy Hour

Relax and network with peers and the Informatica and MuleSoft teams. Enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

Location: 14th Floor Foyer

Location: Blue Room

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8:30 - 9:30 a.m. ET

Arrival / Badge Pick-up / Breakfast

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9:30 - 10:30 a.m. ET

Welcome / Keynote / Mulesoft First Call Slides

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10:30 - 10:50 a.m. ET

Customer Fireside Chat

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10:50 - 11:45 a.m. ET

Product Roadmap & Deep Dive

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11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET

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12:00 - 12:45 p.m. ET

Morning Content Ends | Customer Success & Networking Lunch | CIO Lunch

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12:45 p.m. ET

Lunch Ends

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4:30 p.m. ET

Networking Happy Hour

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Karuna Mukherjea

CMO MuleSoft

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Kaiser Larsen

CMO, Informatica

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Nick Dobbins

VP Solutions Engineering

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Matt DeTroia

EVP, AMER

Data Foundation

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Sumit Bafna

Global Field CTO

Data Foundation

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