Two days of executive roundtables, keynotes, and networking focused on how AI is reshaping web hosting — and what hosting and security leaders must do about it.
Each roundtable block runs two parallel tracks — Hosting and Security — with AI as the connecting thread across every session, keynote, and conversation.
All times shown in Iceland local time (GMT)
AI, Strategy & The Future Hosting Stack
| Time | Type | Session Details |
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10:00 – 10:30 | networking | Arrival & Networking Coffee Open networking
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10:30 – 11:00 | keynote | The Next Web: When Machines Browse, Build, and Buy Gamlabio Theater Machines now generate more internet traffic than humans. AI agents are browsing, shopping, and transacting on our behalf, while AI tools are building more of the web than ever before. This keynote explores what the internet of tomorrow could look like, how businesses need to rethink their websites for a machine-majority world, and why trust may become the web's most valuable — and most profitable — commodity. |
11:15 – 12:30 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 1: Meeting the AI-First Customer Petersen Suite How AI is rewriting buyer expectations and the threat landscape at the same time. Attendees select one of the two parallel tracks below to join. Hosting Track Customer Expectations in an AI-First Market — what buyers now expect from hosting providers, how AI is reshaping sales conversations, support, and onboarding, and where providers are winning or losing trust. Security Track The Secure Upsell — selling security isn’t just a checkbox in the shopping cart. This roundtable will explore how hosting providers can package protection customers understand, identify the right moments to introduce it, and equip sales and support teams to have credible security conversations—building trust, improving adoption, and growing revenue without relying on fear tactics or technical overload. |
12:30 – 14:30 | break | Networking Lunch2-hour networking lunch |
14:30 – 15:45 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 2: Defending the Stack Petersen Suite Governance, guardrails, and Zero Trust — two foundational shifts every hosting executive must navigate in 2026. Attendees rotate to a new track of their choice. Hosting Track Building Agentic AI Workflows with Governance & Guardrails — using the A.G.E.N.T. model to audit existing workflows, gauge risk and readiness, engineer practical AI automation, navigate governance requirements, and track outcomes as hosting companies move from AI experiments to real operational workflows. Security Track Securing AI Agents Across the Hosting Fleet — how hosting providers can prevent AI agents, automation tools, and connected workflows from accessing sensitive infrastructure, exposing credentials, or enabling data exfiltration at scale. This roundtable will explore practical guardrails for identity, permissions, secrets management, logging, and tenant isolation as AI-powered operations become deeply connected to production environments. |
15:45 – 16:00 | break | Afternoon Break |
16:00 – 17:00 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 3: Operating at the Edge of Risk Petersen Suite Closing Day One with the operational realities of running an AI-era hosting business. Attendees pick the track most relevant to their role. Hosting Track Customer Support & Success in an AI-First Hosting Business — where AI agents help, where they create new failure modes, and how to redesign support org structures and SLAs around them. Security Track WordPress Under Siege — securing the world's most targeted CMS in an era of AI-accelerated exploit development, mass scanning, and six-hour-to-exploit windows. |
17:00 | event | Networking Party Rooftop Terrace |
Open networking
Machines now generate more internet traffic than humans. AI agents are browsing, shopping, and transacting on our behalf, while AI tools are building more of the web than ever before. This keynote explores what the internet of tomorrow could look like, how businesses need to rethink their websites for a machine-majority world, and why trust may become the web's most valuable — and most profitable — commodity.
How AI is rewriting buyer expectations and the threat landscape at the same time. Attendees select one of the two parallel tracks below to join.
Customer Expectations in an AI-First Market — what buyers now expect from hosting providers, how AI is reshaping sales conversations, support, and onboarding, and where providers are winning or losing trust.
The Secure Upsell — selling security isn’t just a checkbox in the shopping cart. This roundtable will explore how hosting providers can package protection customers understand, identify the right moments to introduce it, and equip sales and support teams to have credible security conversations—building trust, improving adoption, and growing revenue without relying on fear tactics or technical overload.
2-hour networking lunch
Governance, guardrails, and Zero Trust — two foundational shifts every hosting executive must navigate in 2026. Attendees rotate to a new track of their choice.
Building Agentic AI Workflows with Governance & Guardrails — using the A.G.E.N.T. model to audit existing workflows, gauge risk and readiness, engineer practical AI automation, navigate governance requirements, and track outcomes as hosting companies move from AI experiments to real operational workflows.
Securing AI Agents Across the Hosting Fleet — how hosting providers can prevent AI agents, automation tools, and connected workflows from accessing sensitive infrastructure, exposing credentials, or enabling data exfiltration at scale. This roundtable will explore practical guardrails for identity, permissions, secrets management, logging, and tenant isolation as AI-powered operations become deeply connected to production environments.
Closing Day One with the operational realities of running an AI-era hosting business. Attendees pick the track most relevant to their role.
Customer Support & Success in an AI-First Hosting Business — where AI agents help, where they create new failure modes, and how to redesign support org structures and SLAs around them.
WordPress Under Siege — securing the world's most targeted CMS in an era of AI-accelerated exploit development, mass scanning, and six-hour-to-exploit windows.
AI Operations, Compliance & What's Next
| Time | Type | Session Details |
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10:00 – 10:30 | networking | |
10:30 – 11:00 | keynote | AI Fireside Chat Gamlabio Theater AI, Regulation & Resilience: The New Rules of Digital Infrastructure
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11:15 – 12:30 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 4: From Infrastructure to Strategic Partnerships Petersen Suite How hosting providers are evolving beyond infrastructure sales into solution partnerships — and how the security foundations of the industry must advance in parallel. Attendees select one of the parallel tracks. Hosting Track From Hosting Provider to Solution Partner — how hosts can move beyond selling plans and infrastructure, package real business outcomes, and compete with platforms like Shopify, Squarespace, and service-led website providers. Security Track AI-Powered Supply Chain Attacks — defending against the new frontier of threats targeting hosting providers, their software dependencies, and their customers. |
12:30 – 14:30 | break | Networking Lunch |
14:30 – 15:45 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 5: Building & Securing AI-Native Hosting Petersen Suite What it actually takes to host and protect AI workloads at scale — from product packaging to multi-tenant isolation. Attendees choose one track. Hosting Track AI Search Visibility for Hosting & Infrastructure Companies — winning discovery in the era of LLM-driven search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews); structuring technical content, schema, and brand signals so AI engines cite your platform when buyers ask which provider to choose. Security Track AI-Driven Threat Detection in Production — moving past vendor hype to what actually works in real hosting environments: tooling choices, false-positive realities, staffing models, and integration with existing SOC workflows. |
15:45 – 16:00 | break | Afternoon Break |
16:00 – 17:00 | roundtable | Executive Roundtables – Block 6: The Future Hosting Business Petersen Suite Closing the summit with the strategic shifts defining the next 24 months of hosting. Attendees select the final track of their choice. Hosting Track M&A in the New Hosting Era — how AI-driven company creation, shifting valuations, tighter capital markets, and changing buyer expectations are reshaping hosting acquisitions, rollups, and exits. This roundtable will explore what makes a hosting company valuable now, what acquirers are really looking for, and how leaders should prepare for the next wave of consolidation. Security Track Who Controls the Stack? Open-Source Governance and Resilience in the AI Era — AI may be reshaping the technology landscape, but it still runs on infrastructure built from Linux and interconnected open-source projects. Who governs that foundation—and what happens when a critical dependency, vendor, or community fails? This roundtable examines how hosting providers can evaluate governance, supply-chain risk, security response, long-term stewardship, and vendor concentration while building AI platforms designed for resilience, transparency, and choice. |
17:00 – 17:30 | session | Summit Closing Session Gamlabio Theater What Comes Next for AI-Era Digital Infrastructure
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AI, Regulation & Resilience: The New Rules of Digital Infrastructure
How hosting providers are evolving beyond infrastructure sales into solution partnerships — and how the security foundations of the industry must advance in parallel. Attendees select one of the parallel tracks.
From Hosting Provider to Solution Partner — how hosts can move beyond selling plans and infrastructure, package real business outcomes, and compete with platforms like Shopify, Squarespace, and service-led website providers.
AI-Powered Supply Chain Attacks — defending against the new frontier of threats targeting hosting providers, their software dependencies, and their customers.
What it actually takes to host and protect AI workloads at scale — from product packaging to multi-tenant isolation. Attendees choose one track.
AI Search Visibility for Hosting & Infrastructure Companies — winning discovery in the era of LLM-driven search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews); structuring technical content, schema, and brand signals so AI engines cite your platform when buyers ask which provider to choose.
AI-Driven Threat Detection in Production — moving past vendor hype to what actually works in real hosting environments: tooling choices, false-positive realities, staffing models, and integration with existing SOC workflows.
Closing the summit with the strategic shifts defining the next 24 months of hosting. Attendees select the final track of their choice.
M&A in the New Hosting Era — how AI-driven company creation, shifting valuations, tighter capital markets, and changing buyer expectations are reshaping hosting acquisitions, rollups, and exits. This roundtable will explore what makes a hosting company valuable now, what acquirers are really looking for, and how leaders should prepare for the next wave of consolidation.
Who Controls the Stack? Open-Source Governance and Resilience in the AI Era — AI may be reshaping the technology landscape, but it still runs on infrastructure built from Linux and interconnected open-source projects. Who governs that foundation—and what happens when a critical dependency, vendor, or community fails? This roundtable examines how hosting providers can evaluate governance, supply-chain risk, security response, long-term stewardship, and vendor concentration while building AI platforms designed for resilience, transparency, and choice.
What Comes Next for AI-Era Digital Infrastructure