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Cloud Architecture: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois

Strategies for building and refining the architecture.

September 18, 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

Once your organization’s business needs have been established, you can then create a plan that integrates infrastructure and platform strategy with the supporting cyber resilience.

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn:

  • Cloud-Native Architecture: Maximizing Performance and Agility
  • Building Resilient Cloud Architectures for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
  • Cloud Security Architecture: Integrating Security into Every Layer
  • Designing Scalable and Flexible Cloud Architectures for the Future
  • Hybrid Cloud Architectures: Balancing On-Premise and Cloud Resources
  • Cloud Architecture Best Practices: Learning from Successes and Failures (Panel Discussion)

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Rethinking Cloud Architecture for Today’s Enterprise

Cloud adoption has matured, but architectural challenges remain. This session sets the stage by examining how cloud architecture has evolved and what organizations must rethink to meet today’s demands.

Includes:

  • How cloud architecture expectations have changed
  • Common architectural assumptions that no longer scale
  • Aligning cloud architecture with business priorities

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Refreshment Break

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Designing Cloud Architectures for Change, Not Perfection

Change is constant in the cloud. This session focuses on architectural approaches that prioritize adaptability over rigid “perfect” designs.

Includes:

  • Designing for evolution instead of fixed end states
  • Managing architectural tradeoffs over time
  • Supporting new services, teams, and workloads

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Platform Thinking: Building Shared Cloud Capabilities

As cloud usage grows, shared platforms become essential. This session explores how platform-oriented cloud architecture improves consistency, speed, and operational clarity.

Includes:

  • Platform vs. project-based architecture
  • Enabling self-service with guardrails
  • Reducing duplication and architectural sprawl

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Data, Integration, and Cloud Architecture Decisions

Data movement and integration heavily influence cloud design. This session examines how architects account for data, APIs, and integrations when designing cloud environments.

Includes:

  • Data gravity and architectural impact
  • Designing integration patterns that scale
  • Supporting analytics and AI workloads

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Refreshment Break

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Cloud Architecture and Operational Reality

Architecture decisions directly affect how systems are operated. This session connects cloud design choices to reliability, observability, and day-to-day operations.

Includes:

  • Designing for operability and supportability
  • Architecture choices that reduce operational burden
  • Aligning architecture with SRE and operations teams

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Panel: Cloud Architecture Lessons from the Field

Panelists will include Enterprise Identity Executives sharing the strategies, tactics, and lessons learned.

Experienced architects and leaders share real-world lessons from designing, evolving, and correcting cloud architectures in complex environments.

Includes:

  • What worked — and what didn’t
  • How architectures change at scale
  • 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.