Bogdan Vrusias

With a rich background in research, academia, startups and at AWS, Bogdan joined The Economist to do something bold: build AI infrastructure where none existed. In this session, he shares how he's helped transform a landscape of fragmented ideas into a functioning AI platform - reducing model deployment time from six months to minutes, automating ML workflows, and preparing the organisation to responsibly integrate generative and agentic AI. It’s not just about models - it’s about people, processes and a culture that can evolve as fast as the tech.

• Operationalising GenAI: moving from experimentation to production-ready infrastructure

• Building sustainable, scalable AI workflows that balance agility with governance

• Managing culture change: enabling teams without rushing into every shiny new tool