For this main stage session we will discuss MCP servers and how they WILL change the AI Game. AI won’t scale on a pile of bespoke integrations. Model Context Protocol (MCP) turns tools and data into a reusable platform capability; so multiple agents and Copilots can safely use the same catalog with shared policies, audit, and SLAs. This keynote explains MCP in business terms: how standardized tool access cuts integration cost, accelerates time-to-value, improves governance, and future-proofs your stack against vendor churn. We’ll outline the operating model (ownership, versioning, permissions, SLOs), the economics (from one-offs to amortized reuse and portfolio ROI), and the risk posture (centralized auth, least-privilege scopes, observability, rollback). You’ll leave with an adoption roadmap, funding rules tied to reuse and payback, and the roles your organization needs to make MCP real.