Tamara Sipes of Serene Intelligence

The era of AI as a mere conversational assistant is officially over. In 2026, we have transitioned from "Chatbots" and “AI Assistants” to "Digital Colleagues"—autonomous agents capable of interacting with computers exactly like humans do: by viewing the screen, moving the cursor, and navigating complex user interfaces. This presentation explores the seismic shift from AI as a co-pilot to Computer-Use AI, where agents graduate from offering advice to executing end-to-end workflows.

We will examine the core pillars of this new paradigm:

• The Rise of the Workflow Architect: Why the industry is moving past prompt engineering toward "Context Engineering"—defining the boundary conditions and success criteria for autonomous action.

• Breaking the API Barrier: How modern agents (like OpenAI’s Operator and Anthropic’s evolved capabilities) navigate legacy applications and ERP forms that were previously "un-automatable."

• The New Operating Model: Integrating humans, RPA, and AI agents into a unified environment focused on Service as a Software.

• Enterprise Readiness: A deep dive into the non-negotiables of 2026—AI governance, security, and observability—to ensure "Agentic ROI" moves beyond the demo and into production.

Join us to learn how the language of clicks, scrolls, and visual intent is redefining the modern enterprise and why the most valuable skill today is no longer talking to the machine, but architecting the way it works.

Biography:

AI and Generative AI leader with a breadth of experience in maximizing the business impact of AI, Generative AI and Agentic AI in healthcare, biotechnology, science, space, energy and other domains. A big proponent of moving companies forward on their AI Maturity journey. 

Over twenty years of AI leadership and innovation, with an exceptional track record in envisioning, managing, and deploying AI products at scale, including effective ways of delivering Multi-Agent Systems and Computer-Use AI.  Former Chief Data Scientist of UnitedHealth Group and CIO and Co-Founder of CureMetrix.

Inventor of novel Machine Learning methods, several patent applications, AI/ML instruction, published research, and public speaking engagements.