Chief Architect Summit April 11-12 2024
Hello Chief Architects! An invitation only place where leaders of architecture work together to shape the profession. Only accepted CAF LCP members may register!
The Global Stage for Innovation
We will be delighted if you can attend and participate. Coming April 11th and 12th!
Imperatives
- Learn from our peers
- Develop our talent
- Advance our profession
- Build our networks
Rules
- We are architects
- Our company badge stays at the door – No selling
- We contribute
- We don’t delegate our membership seat
Membership Criteria
- Leading an architecture practice at a Fortune 500
- Leading the equivalent of 10 direct architect FTE
- Interested in active participation
Join Us
We are excited about this year’s progress, and I look forward to our continued collaboration, building our industry voice for the profession together!
Agenda
- 7:00 PM – Portuguese Fusion and Art Show: We have a special dinner planned for those who arrive to the CAF event the day before. There is an amazing restaurant and art exhibit near Amsterdam Central Station!
- 8:00 – 9:00: Breakfast and Podcast Interviews
- 9:00 – 9:30: Paul Preiss on 2024 in CAF and the Profession
- 9:30 – 10:15: Oliver Cronk, Sustainability in Architecture
- 10:15 – 11:00: Automation, Development and Integration Converge to Orchestrate The AI-enabled Composable Enterprise, Massimo Pezzini
- Break
- 11:15 – 12:00: AI in Healthcare – Smarter Health, Gar Mac Criosta, Chief Architect Ireland Healthcare System
- 12:00- 13:00: Chief Architects Global Reach lunch with Grant Ecker
- 13:00 – 13:45: Information, AI and Value, Jonathan Howells
- Break
- 14:00 – 15:00: Executive Leadership, Isabel Moll, Country General Manager, Dell
- In Room Discussions
- 15:30 – 17:30: Virtual CAF. Engages in a series of enlightening sessions:
- 15:30 – 15:35 Welcome with our CAF mission
- 15:35 – 16:00 Activating our top priority CAF topics
- Choose from 13 breakout rooms to define our 2024 collaboration goals / approach:
- AI, Business Architecture, Cloud, Data and Analytics, Delivery Excellence, Digital Transformation, Federated Architecture, Governance, Innovation, Publishing Articles, Product Agile Architecture, Standards Open Source, Sustainability
- 16:00 – 16:15 IASA platform vision
- 16:15 – 17:00 Keynote: Neal Sample, CIO Walgreens Boots Alliance Architecting Success: Leading by Influence (with 15 mins Q&A)
- 17:00 – 17:30 Fireside Chat with Bryan MacDonald, CEO/Founder The Digital Board Executive search advice for Chief Architects (with integrated Q&A)
- a. Mentoring and Coaching Programs
- b. Topic activation (ex: Book)
- c. Local Communities
- d. Emerging CAF
- e. IASA Platform activation
- f. Invite your friends to join CAF
- 18:00 – 22:00: Boat Cruise, Dinner and Speakeasy Party at Miro: Join us for a memorable night out and about in Amsterdam with a BIG surprise at the end!
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast and a podcast recordings .
- 9:00 – 9:30: Women in Architecture
- 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: CAF Workshops with Attendees
- Breakouts by Selection – Pick Topics
- Working Groups
- Facilitated and Summarized
- Attendee Driven
- BREAK
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Practice Summary and Future Plans
- Final Lunch
Propose a Topic
The Venue
Dell Netherlands
Transformatorweg 38-72, 1014 AK Amsterdam
Dell Headquarters
85%
Product Quality Index
92%
Energy Generation
