Abstract: Agentic AI marks a pivotal shift from traditional, supervised AI to autonomous agents capable of pursuing complex goals with minimal input. This session introduces the core principles of Agentic AI, its differences from conventional models, and its growing role in enterprise automation. The discussion will feature real-world examples from healthcare, finance, and customer service to showcase how AI agents are streamlining operations and enhancing human productivity and will feature emerging innovations like Google Cloud’s Agentspace and Salesforce’s Agentforce 2.0. It also highlights key challenges—such as trust, ethics, and accountability—along with the guardrails needed for safe deployment. The session concludes with a look at research shaping the future of adaptive, collaborative AI agents. Speaker(s): Subbarao Pydikondala Room: ECS 401, Bldg: University of Denver Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, 2155 E Wesley Ave, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80208