Governance & Admin Forum

Airtable Governance & Admin Forum SF

Learn how enterprise teams govern, scale, and operationalize Airtable with proven frameworks, tools, and admin systems.

Date

May 21, 2026

Time

8:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT

Location

Airtable San Francisco Office, San Francisco, CA

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About this event

The San Francisco edition of the Airtable Governance & Admin Forum brought enterprise Airtable admins and IT leaders together at Airtable's San Francisco office. Sessions covered scaling Airtable across the enterprise, admin visibility and governance, building a Center of Excellence with Airtable Field CTO Jan Sassmannshausen, and how Autodesk's Javy Lopez approaches internal ownership and outside support.

What you'll learn

How enterprise teams govern Airtable usage, manage risk, and maintain visibility across hundreds or thousands of users
The role of a dedicated Airtable admin and how to establish the function internally
Governance bases including admin dashboards, COE hubs, and approval workflows
Applying Airtable's maturity model to assess readiness and plan next steps
How organizations evaluate Airtable alongside other tools and consolidate workflows

Agenda

8:30 AM Arrival and breakfast
9:15 AM Scaling Airtable Across the Enterprise
9:45 AM Governance Foundations and Admin Visibility
10:30 AM Building a Center of Excellence, Jan Sassmannshausen (Airtable Field CTO)
11:15 AM Governance Templates and Approval Workflows
12:00 PM Scaling Airtable: Internal Admins and External Support, Ben Green (Optimize IS) and Javy Lopez (Autodesk)
12:45 PM Airtable Maturity Model and Next Steps
1:30 PM Lunch and networking

Speakers

Ben Green

CEO

Optimize IS

Javy Lopez

Enterprise IT Leader

Autodesk

Jan Sassmannshausen

Field CTO

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