# Babak Hodjat

> Chief AI Officer, Cognizant, as Web Summit lists them; 1 session in our programme.

*Source: <https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/people/babak-hodjat/index.html> · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.*

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| | |
|---|---|
| **Name** | Babak Hodjat |
| **Role, as listed** | Chief AI Officer |
| **Organisation, as listed** | [Cognizant](../../companies/cognizant/index.md) |

## At the summit {#summit}

- **15:00** [Be part of history: help build the first pages of the agentic web](../../events/be-part-of-history-help-build-the-first-pages-of-the/index.md) *Thu 12 Nov, until 15:55 · [Developer Lounge](../../places/developer-lounge/index.md)* `Our pick`

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e6276948-d2f7-4565-95e4-9caccd1a5211/be-p](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e6276948-d2f7-4565-95e4-9caccd1a5211/be-part-of-history-help-build-the-first-pages-of-the-agentic-web/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky: Chief AI Officer, Cognizant ([Be part of history: help build the first pages of the agentic web](../../events/be-part-of-history-help-build-the-first-pages-of-the/index.md)).
- [websummit.com/attendees/lis26/f18640a5-8db0-428a-82ad-1abd56cee73e/bab](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/f18640a5-8db0-428a-82ad-1abd56cee73e/babak-hodjat/), read 2026-11-01 by curator@web-summit: Chief AI Officer, Cognizant.

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