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title: ABBYY Ascend 2026 · Online
description: At ABBYY Ascend, discover how purpose-built Document AI turns business-critical documents into trusted, actionable data — powering intelligent automation, informed decision-making, and next-generation AI use cases.
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# ABBYY Ascend Online - Turning Complexity into Clarity
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November 10, 2026
1:00 PM ET | 10:30 AM CET | 11:00 AM SGT
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This year, enterprises are moving beyond AI experimentation. Results now matter. At ABBYY Ascend, join us online to see how purpose-built Document AI turns business-critical documents into trusted, actionable data, powering intelligent automation, informed decision-making, and next-generation AI use cases.
Join from anywhere and experience a virtual event designed to turn complexity into clarity. Connect with peers, spark new ideas, and build a solid foundation to lead your organization into the future of enterprise AI.
### Why you should attend?
As a Business Strategy Leader, C-Suite, VP, Operation, Automation
\> Achieve measurable ROI from AI driven document workflows
\> Reduce processing time, cost, and risk
\> Improve accuracy, compliance, and auditability
\> Move from automation pilots to scaled outcomes
As a Technical Leader, Architect, Developer, Engineer
\> Build scalable Document AI using SDKs, APIs, and containers
\> Combine purpose built AI with LLMs to boost accuracy
\>Architect end to end ingestion and extraction workflows
\>Standardize document data with DocTags
As an Innovation Leader
AI, Digital Transformation, COE
\>Enable true agent autonomy with semantic document understanding
\>Explore adaptive, self adjusting AI workflows
\>Balance LLM innovation with deterministic AI reliability
\>Design a human centric agentic future
## Agenda: What to expect throughout the event
#### Intelligence That Works — Document AI in the Era of Agentic Automation
Enterprises are moving beyond generic AI toward solutions that deliver reliable, measurable results—especially in the document-heavy workflows that power their business. In this keynote, we introduce how ABBYY’s purpose-built Document AI models and domain-specific VLMs enable agents to read, interpret, and act on business-critical documents with accuracy and confidence. We will share the latest market trends, customer outcomes, and the rapidly growing need for standards-based, trustworthy extraction as the foundation for safe and scalable agentic automation. Attendees will see how high-quality document intelligence is transforming workflows across finance, operations, compliance, and customer experience, and why “intelligence that works” begins with getting your documents right.
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**Max Vermeir**, Vice President, AI Strategy
#### The Hybrid Approach: Making GenAI Production-Ready
Generic LLMs promise flexibility but often fail on accuracy, predictability, and cost control in document-heavy workflows. In this session, we demonstrate how ABBYY’s hybrid approach—combining purpose-built Document AI with our GenAI portfolio —delivers fast wins and production-grade performance. Learn how zero-shot extraction, auto-labelling, improved user experience, and domain-specific optimization unlock measurable impact across finance, compliance, operations, and customer onboarding.
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**Slavena Hristova**, Director of Product Marketing
**Nick Carr**, Director Pre-Sales
#### The Essential Context Layer in Your AI Infrastructure
Every AI system that reasons over documents depends on the same thing: structured, reliable context. The difference between an AI pilot that impresses in a demo and one that holds up in production almost always comes down to whether that context layer was built to scale, or bolted together and hoped for the best. Learn how ABBYY delivers that essential context layer through FineReader Engine and FineParser: containerized document conversion built for the precision and scale that agentic automation demands. Whether you are an engineering team architecting the infrastructure for your next wave of agentic automation or a business leader ensuring your AI investments are built on solid foundations, this session gives you the blueprint: structured, AI-ready output in DocLang and JSON, flexible Docker deployment with no cloud dependency, and a context layer your entire AI stack can depend on.
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**Max Vermeir**, Vice President, AI Strategy
**Nick Carr**, Director Pre-Sales,
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## Meet our speakers
###### Max Vermeir
Vice President, AI Strategy, ABBYY
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###### Max Vermeir
Vice President, AI Strategy, ABBYY
With a decade of experience in product and technology, Maxime is an entrepreneurial professional with a passion for creating exceptional customer experiences.
As a leader, he has managed global teams of innovation consultants and led large enterprises' transformation initiatives. Creating insights into new technologies and how they can drive higher customer value is a key point in Maxime’s array of Subject Matter Expertise. He is a trusted advisor and thought leader in his field, guiding market awareness for ABBYY's technologies.
###### Slavena Hristova
Director of Product Marketing, ABBYY
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###### Slavena Hristova
Director of Product Marketing, ABBYY
Slavena Hristova is a seasoned product marketing leader specializing in AI-powered intelligent document processing, OCR, and business process automation. As Director of Product Marketing at ABBYY, she drives the global strategy for the Document AI product line, shaping its market positioning, go-to-market execution, and customer adoption.With deep expertise in product marketing and management, Hristova bridges the gap between technology and business needs, enabling organizations to harness AI-driven automation for smarter document workflows. Passionate about innovation and the evolving role of AI in enterprise automation, she brings a strategic and results-driven approach to transforming how businesses process and extract value from their data.
###### Nick Carr
Director Pre-Sales, ABBYY
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###### Nick Carr
Director Pre-Sales, ABBYY
Nick Carr, Director of Pre-Sales EMEA at ABBYY, helps organisations streamline document-driven operations with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) and intelligent automation. With more than 15 years’ experience spanning operations and technology transformation, he brings a hands-on understanding of how to turn automation into real business impact. His recent work includes exploring how LLM-driven innovation can enhance IDP performance and customer outcomes.
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