AI Powered Enterprise Reinvention
How does a major enterprise move AI from isolated projects to the core of its business strategy? Arnab Chakraborty, Co-CEO of the Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture and Chief Responsible AI Officer at Accenture, and Dayle Stevens, Co-CEO of the Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture and Executive for Data & AI at Telstra, detail their landmark joint venture to accelerate Telstra’s AI reinvention. Discover their strategic roadmap for fusing technology, talent, and business value.
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How does a major enterprise move AI from isolated projects to the core of its business strategy? Arnab Chakraborty, Co-CEO of the Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture and Chief Responsible AI Officer at Accenture, and Dayle Stevens, Co-CEO of the Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture and Executive for Data & AI at Telstra, detail their landmark joint venture to accelerate Telstra’s AI reinvention. Discover their strategic roadmap for fusing technology, talent, and business value.
The world is in a transformative era, with AI revolutionizing industries, reshaping innovation, and unlocking opportunities once thought impossible. Its vast potential inspires optimism for a future where technology drives progress across industries, governments, NGOs, and society as a whole. However, with this promise comes significant responsibility. Concerns over bias, inequitable access, safety vulnerabilities, and ethical uncertainties highlight the urgent need for a guiding framework. RISE (Responsible, Inclusive, Safe and Ethical) AI fulfills this role, ensuring that AI technologies are developed and applied responsibly, inclusively, and ethically.
The RISE AI Conference provides a unique platform to explore how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to tackle complex societal and contemporary challenges while upholding the principles of RISE. The inaugural RISE AI Conference took place from October 6-8, 2025 at the University of Notre Dame, and was hosted by the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society.
For more information, please visit the RISE AI Conference website.
MoreMeet the Speaker: Arnab Chakraborty
As chief responsible AI officer at Accenture, Arnab Chakraborty oversees the company’s strategy, market-leading capabilities, C-suite client engagements, as well as technology ecosystem relationships and research partnerships related to responsible AI. Arnab has recently taken on the role to lead the Telstra-Accenture JV on Data & AI and is the CEO of the JV. Arnab is a regular contributor to important conversations on AI regulation, including speaking to the U.S. Senate AI Insight Forum to address the impact and implications of AI on the workforce. He also led discussions on responsible AI at the World Economic Forum.
With 25+ years of experience, Arnab has led data-driven transformation for Fortune 100 companies and holds 10 patents in machine learning solutions for business challenges. Throughout his career, he has built diverse, global teams to deliver high performance. Arnab is a member of the advisory board of Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He also serves as the Accenture national sponsor of Upwardly Global, providing support and mentorship for immigrants and refugees to restart their careers in the U.S. Arnab is a regular speaker and author with Fortune, Forbes, WSJ, MIT and Stanford. Prior to this, Arnab led the Data and AI business in North America and set up the Data & AI practice in Silicon Valley. Before his time in the US, Arnab served as the Accenture Data and AI lead for Austria, Switzerland and Germany across industry groups. He has been instrumental in rapidly scaling Accenture’s Data & AI business with clients in Europe and North America as well as developing innovative AI solutions. Arnab holds an MBA in Industrial Management and a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has relocated recently from Chicago and is based in Melbourne.
Meet the Speaker: Dayle Stevens
Dayle Stevens has a 30-year career in technology, she loves solving big problems and enabling potential. Dayle is the Executive Director for Data & AI at Telstra. Dayle has previously been the Chief Data Officer at AGL Energy, Divisional CIO and other roles at National Australia Bank, and as an IT consultant with PWC working all over the world helping businesses transform through the adoption of new technologies. Dayle is a non-executive director at Beyond Blue, Australia’s most well-known and trusted mental health organisation.
Dayle has long championed diversity in STEM, as an Ambassador at Girl Geek Academy and a non-executive director at Robogals, both being global organisations aimed at encouraging women to participate in STEM. Dayle’s work has been recognised with multiple industry and professional awards, including being named in the CIO50 list of the best CIOs in Australia, the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, and being awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to information technology and to women.