The Global Stage for Innovation
We will be delighted if you can attend and participate. It starts Oct 5th at 12 pm CDT and ends at 1 pm the 6th!

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
- 8:00 PM – TBD: Dinner for locals and early arrivals, near the airport.
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast and a podcast session with Jim Wilt.
- 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Paul Preiss on “Iasa as a Platform.”
- 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Kim Skanson, C-Suite Exec at Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) “Going from EA to the C-Suite”
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM: Anthony Sneed on “Making Microservices Work.”
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: CAF Introduction over lunch with Grant Ecker.
- 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Justin Wright on “Cloud Migration and Modernization.”
- 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM: In-depth practices session with one-page slides distribution.
- 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Steve Arsenault, CIO APi Group “Everyone is a Leader”
- 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Randy Potter TBD awesomeness
- 4:30 PM – Departure: Jim Wilt on “Fragility.”
- 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Join us for a memorable night at the ranch.
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast and a podcast featuring Randy (TBC).
- 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Engage in a series of enlightening sessions:
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- Grant takes us through the CAF journey.
- Archana Jain shares insights as the CIO of Zurich – Open EA Sr. Leader Search.
- Thomas Drummond-Hay, an Executive Recruiter, delves into “Active Search/Senior Leader Profile” – also seeking to fill a Sr EA Leader Role.
- Stephen Cohen on “Helmets and Hats.” TBC
- Steve Kaufman on “AI and Large Language Models.”
- Paul summary: “IASA as a platform.”
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Practice and Future Plans
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The Venue
Thomson Reuters
610 Opperman Dr Eagan, Minnesota 55123
United States

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