Overview

Optimizing Today for the Next Wave of Business Tomorrow

The Next Wave is coming and your actions today will position you to be either on it or under it. The volatility of today's economy and resulting turbulence in government, industry and markets requires a steady hand to steer the course for the management of information technology. Inextricably linked to business, IT investments today can enable or inhibit your positioning in changing industry models. At this critical point in the business cycle enterprise architect must move to drive cost optimization today, while repositioning for the inevitable return to growth tomorrow. Historically recessions have been seminal periods where financial pressures create opportunities for entirely new business models to become established and grow. The key question for all business leaders is: "What will this industry look like when economies return to growth?" Tomorrows leaders will focus on both - cost optimization today while repositioning for tomorrow.

Track 1: The Essential Architect
The essential architect speaks directly to the heart of what being an architect is about: pragmatic, action oriented, and facilitating change in their business. It's not about the basics, it's about the foundational elements of what it takes to select, create, and implement all viewpoints of enterprise architecture. All practitioners are not just looking to plan the future state; they're looking to deliver the right things that have an impact today. This track embodies the knowledge that all practitioners rely upon.

Track 2: The Business Driver
Enterprise architecture must be applied to have value. Enterprise architects need to understand the leading trends on Gartner's radar that will drive technology and business change in the next few years. This track looks at the emerging opportunities for organizations from optimizing business processes to leveraging the cloud, this track is about the practical application of enterprise architecture to drive business change.

Track 3: The Emerging Innovator
The emerging innovator is tomorrow's EA leader today, applying new approaches and styles of EA under varying business conditions. This track will not only look at new trends but will look at some of the anti-trends in EA such as the revolt against frameworks, and the need to scale back EA programs and how to avoid death by architecture.

Advisory Board

We are delighted to introduce the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit Advisory Board. This select group of senior individuals from end user organizations have kindly agreed to provide us with feedback and input on the subject of Enterprise Architecture in order to help us ensure the Summit meets the information needs of our delegates.