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Enterprise Architecture – Strategies That Enable Technology Trends: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois
For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.
November 21, 2024
9:00am-5:00pm
7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded
Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois
Overview
For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.
What You Will Learn
In this one day conference attendees will learn:
- Leveraging AI/ML- How EA Can Help Business Enable New Capabilities
- Inferential Models Implementation Considerations
- Adapting Enterprise Architecture for Digital Transformation
- How to Blueprint & Evaluate New Technologies for Your Enterprise Architecture?
- Accelerating Business Transformation with Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture for Business-IT Alignment (Enterprise IT Panel Discussion)
Conference Price: $299.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 10:00am: Accelerating Business Transformation with Enterprise Architecture
Tom de Ridder, Product Manager, ValueBlue
Tony Sina, Sales Engineer, ValueBlue
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, we must adapt quicker, manage increasingly complex IT landscapes, all while ensuring projects are delivered on time and in budget. By harnessing the power of Enterprise Architecture through Solution Design, we can significantly enhance the success of business transformations.
De Ridder Sina
10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
10:30am – 11:30am: Inferential Models Implementation Considerations
Logan Chung, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix
Inferential AI refers to the process where trained AI models, typically deployed on edge devices or cloud infrastructure, perform real-time decision-making or predictions based on incoming data. This stage is critical as it requires low latency to ensure prompt responses, especially in applications like manufacturing processing, hospital ERP, and airport operations. The trade-offs between latency , infrastructure, and costs are key considerations—while high-performing AI models can deliver accurate inferences, they may require significant energy and processing resources, leading to model drift and failures. Only about 28% of models are successfully deployed today.
Key Takeaways:
- Strategically placing AI at the edge to decrease latency for applications/AI performance.
- Trends on data storage and unification at the edge and cloud, including security
- Inferential AI and AI model training infrastructure deployment to increase success rates at the edge
Chung
11:30am – 12:30pm: User-Centric Data Integration & Data Products for Scalable Business Insights
Terry Dorsey, Sr. Data Architect and Evangelist for North America, Denodo
With the rapid growth in data demand, organizations today need data solutions that aren’t just powerful but intuitive and accessible. We’re at a moment where AI has revealed the possibilities of data-driven insights—though it’s also made clear that robust data management is critical. The traditional ways of managing data, from ad-hoc analysis and planning to real-time analytics and machine learning, need rethinking. Business users now have unprecedented demand for access to data, allowing them to drive innovation and growth. However, this shift requires a data approach that balances accessibility with control, enabling users while ensuring data security and quality.
For data architects, this means embracing systems that connect data across different sources—whether in databases, data lakes, or the cloud—and ensure it’s easy to find, access, and use in the tools they’re already familiar with. Today’s technologies, from faster databases to automated data pipelines, address pieces of this puzzle, yet they’re not the whole picture. When we prioritize user experience, we create data solutions that don’t just meet technical demands but truly serve people—empowering them to use data effectively across the organization. This perspective offers a framework for rethinking data management: building flexible systems that adapt to changing business needs and support data-driven success.
Dorsey
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch & Exhibit Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm: How to Blueprint & Evaluate New Technologies for Your Enterprise Architecture (Fireside Chat)
Praveenkumar Ambhore, Senior Enterprise Architect, Panduit
Ambhore
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Leveraging AI/ML- How EA Can Help Business Enable New Capabilities
Di Wang, Head of Enterprise Architecture, NORC at the University of Chicago
Wang
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Enterprise Architecture for Business-IT Alignment (Enterprise IT Panel Discussion)
The key to a successful enterprise architecture strategy lies in its alignment with business objectives. This session focuses on building EA frameworks that enable business-IT alignment, ensuring that technology investments support strategic goals. Case studies will demonstrate how to use EA to improve decision-making, foster collaboration between business and IT stakeholders, and create a unified vision for the future.
Key Takeaways:
- Aligning EA initiatives with business objectives
- Facilitating collaboration between business and IT
- Using EA as a tool for strategic decision-making
Moderated by: Dan Horwich, President & Executive Director, CAMP IT Conferences
Panelists will include:
- John Barnett, Enterprise Architect, Large Enterprise Company
- Sugato Bose, Senior Director, IT Architecture, Medline Industries
- Christopher Coats, Sr. Enterprise Architect, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Rajitha Gangishetty, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect, Hilton
- Shaye Robeson, Sr. Director of Enterprise Architecture, US Cellular
- Other Enterprise Architecture Executives sharing, strategies, and tactics learned
Horwich Barnett Bose Coats Gangishetty Robeson
Conference Price: $299.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
Exhibits
As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.
