UPCOMING EVENTS
Enterprise Architecture – Strategies That Enable Technology Trends: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare)
For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.
September 9, 2026
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 conference, content that will be covered includes:
- Enterprise Architecture Enabling Digital Business Transformation
- An Enterprise Architecture Innovation Framework
- Become Indispensable: Strengthen Your Enterprise Architecture Practice by Producing Valuable Business Outcomes
- How to Modernize Your Architecture
- EA Governance, Projects Management and Continuous Improvement – How to get it right?
- Creating a Value Proposition for a Business-Outcome-Driven EA Program
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 10:00am: Enterprise Architecture Enabling Digital Business Transformation
Enterprise architecture provides the foundation for successful digital transformation. This session explores how EA connects business strategy, technology decisions, and execution to enable sustainable transformation.
Includes:
- The role of EA in digital business initiatives
- Aligning architecture decisions with strategic objectives
- Avoiding disconnected or fragmented transformation efforts
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM — Sponsor & Networking Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: An Enterprise Architecture Innovation Framework
Innovation requires freedom — and structure. This session introduces EA frameworks that support experimentation with new technologies while maintaining architectural coherence.
Includes:
- Balancing innovation with standardization
- Creating architectural guardrails for emerging technologies
- Enabling innovation without increasing complexity
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Becoming Indispensable: Strengthening the EA Practice Through Business Outcomes
EA teams deliver the most value when they focus on outcomes, not artifacts. This session helps attendees reposition EA as a critical contributor to business success.
Includes:
- Shifting EA from documentation to value delivery
- Building credibility with business leaders
- Measuring EA success through business impact
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch & Exhibits
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: How to Modernize Your Architecture
Modernization is a continuous effort, not a one-time project. This session focuses on practical approaches to evolving architecture while supporting existing systems and operations.
Includes:
- Identifying modernization opportunities
- Managing technical debt incrementally
- Modernizing architecture at the pace of the business
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM — Sponsor Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: EA Governance, Project Management, and Continuous Improvement – Getting It Right
Effective governance enables better decisions without slowing delivery. This session explores how EA governance, project management, and continuous improvement work together.
Includes:
- Governance models that support speed and accountability
- Integrating EA into project and portfolio decisions
- Using feedback to continuously refine architecture
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Panel: Creating a Value Proposition for a Business-Outcome-Driven EA Program
Panelists will include Enterprise Identity Executives sharing the strategies, tactics, and lessons learned.
This interactive panel brings together EA leaders to discuss how they demonstrate value, influence decision-making, and keep EA relevant as technology trends evolve.
Includes:
- Communicating EA value to executives
- Lessons learned from real-world EA programs
- Audience Q&A
Conference Price: $349.00 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.