Yum! hosts AI Summit 2026

The Yum! AI, Data and Analytics (AIDA) team poses for a group photo in the lobby of the Plano RSC.

Yum! Chief Digital & Technology Officer Jim Dausch delivers opening remarks on the importance of AI in the “Raise the B.A.R.” strategy​.

Manoj Saxena, founder and chairman of The Responsible AI Institute, delivers the opening keynote on how companies scale AI safely, how responsible AI turns into ROI and the emergence of agentic workforces.

Roger Kenyanya, vice president of Data & AI Innovation at Lowe’s, delivers a presentation on how the company adopts a fail fast mentality in AI innovation to win more team member and customer experiences​.

Yum! Chief Data & AI Officer Cameron Davies, Yum! Chief Technology Officer Matt McDole, Yum! Chief Information Security Officer Ethan Steiger and Yum! Vice President of GETS Phillip Stuecker discuss the next AI evolution at the company.