AtScale Announces Agenda and Registration for 2026 Semantic Layer Summit

Fifth annual virtual event on May 20 will feature enterprise leaders from Vodafone, Carrefour, Blue Yonder, and more, with sessions focused on open semantics, agentic analytics, and making AI reliable at scale.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtScale, the leading provider of the Universal Semantic Layer for enterprise AI and analytics, today announced the full agenda and opened registration for its fifth annual Semantic Layer Summit, taking place virtually on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Semantic Layer Summit brings together over 8,500 data and analytics leaders, architects, engineers, and AI practitioners to explore how semantic layers are becoming essential infrastructure for modern analytics and enterprise AI.

As organizations move AI from experimentation to production, one challenge is becoming increasingly clear: AI is only as reliable as the business context that supports it. This year’s summit will focus on how leading enterprises are using semantic layers and open semantics to deliver governed, consistent, and trustworthy AI and analytics at scale.

“The biggest hurdle for enterprise AI in 2026 is not the AI, it is the meaning,” said David P. Mariani, Co-Founder and CTO of AtScale. “Without a semantic foundation, AI systems lack the business context needed to produce reliable, trusted answers. This year’s summit is designed to show how leading organizations are building context-aware architectures that make AI trustworthy, governed, and useful at enterprise scale.”

The 2026 agenda features enterprise case studies, technical sessions, and industry discussions focused on agentic analytics, open semantics, and the architectural foundations needed to scale AI in production environments.

Confirmed speakers for the 2026 Semantic Layer Summit include:

• Brian Jones, Senior Director, Data Services, Papa Johns
• Nicolas Treanton, Head of Enterprise Analytics, Data Governance, Carrefour
• Jeremy Arendt, Senior Director, Analytics Engineering, Blue Yonder
• Michael Skariah, Senior Director of Engineering, Data, SlickDeals
• Cornell Lee, Data Management, Data Platforms & Engineering, TELUS
• Sean Francis, Head of Transformation & Data Engineering, Group Data & Analytics, Vodafone
• Jamie Davidson, Co-Founder, Omni
• Josh Klahr, Vice President of Product Management, Snowflake
• Daniel Gray, Vice President, Solutions Engineering, AtScale
• Ted Kwartler, Managing Director, Americas Practice Lead for Advanced AI, Accenture
• Juan Sequeda, Principal Data Strategist & Research, ServiceNow
• Sanjeev Mohan, Principal, SanjMo
• Jessica Talisman, Founder, Ontology Pipeline

Sessions will explore topics including:

• How to provide business logic and governed context to AI agents
• The growing role of open semantics and interoperability in the modern data stack
• Real-world semantic architectures from global enterprise leaders
• Best practices for building trusted analytics and AI systems at scale

The one-day virtual event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Registration is now open and free at semanticlayersummit.com.

About AtScale

AtScale delivers the Universal Semantic Layer for enterprise AI and analytics. By creating a single, governed layer of business meaning across AI applications, BI tools, and cloud data platforms, AtScale helps organizations keep metrics, logic, and definitions consistent everywhere they are used. Unlike proprietary semantic layers locked inside a single platform, AtScale is universal, open, and built to serve enterprise-scale AI and analytics. For more information, visit www.atscale.com.