eWEEK TweetChat, January 28: Agentic AI Trends and Best Practices

Join eWeek at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, for a lively, in-depth discussion of the emerging technology of agentic AI as eWeek Senior Editor James Maguire moderates our next monthly TweetChat on the X platform (formerly Twitter).

A panel of industry experts will discuss and debate all aspects of agentic AI, a technology that enables AI bots to perform a wide array of tasks. Our aim is to offer thought leadership that enables companies to more effectively strategize as agentic AI plays an ever greater role in the workplace.

Here’s what you need to know to participate in the eWeek TweetChat.

Expert Panelists: Agentic AI

The list of experts for this month’s TweetChat currently includes the following:

• Evan Kirstel, Chief Digital Evangelist, eVIRa Health
• Zeus Kerravala, Principle Analyst, ZKast Research
• Bernard Golden, Executive Technical Advisor, VMware
• Andi Mann, Global CTO and Founder, Sageable
• James Maguire, Senior Editor, eWeek [moderator]

Please check back for additional expert guests.

TweetChat Questions

The questions we’ll tweet about will include the following:

1. What’s your sense of the rate of agentic AI’s adoption in the workplace: is it still in the future, nascent but growing, or already seeing rapid adoption?
2. Do you think executives fully understand the potential of agentic AI? What advice would you give them?
3. What trends do you see affecting agentic AI in 2025?
4. For companies that want to use agentic AI, what best practices do you recommend? 
5. What are typical challenges that companies encounter with agentic AI, and how do you advise companies to address them?
6. What should executives know about the costs of agentic AI? Is the ROI usually relatively fast, or is this a long-term process?
7. What are the security concerns around agentic AI?
8. For companies seeking a vendor to provide agentic AI, how should they go about selecting the best provider for their needs?
9. Last question: what other highly important considerations should companies be aware of as they grow their agentic AI deployment?

How to Participate in the TweetChat

The chat begins promptly at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific on January 28. To participate:

1. Open X in your browser. You’ll use this browser to post your replies to the moderator’s questions.

2. Open X in a second browser. On the menu to the left, click on Explore. In the search box at the top, type in #eweekchat. This will open a column that displays all the questions and all the panelists’ replies.

Remember: You must manually include the hashtag #eweekchat for your replies to be seen by the TweetChat panel of experts.

That’s it—you’re ready to go. Be ready at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific to take part. Note that there is sometimes a few seconds of delay between when you tweet and when your tweet shows up in the #eweekchat column.

TweetChat Schedule for 2025*

January 28: Agentic AI Trends and Best Practices
February 25: Data in 2025: Optimizing Data for Competitive Edge
March 25: How to Select an AI Vendor
April 29: Future Cloud: New Directions in Cloud Computing
May 27: AI and Cybersecurity
June 24: The Costs of Tech: Data, Cloud, AI

*All topics subject to change

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