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Enterprise Architecture – Strategies That Enable Technology Trends: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare)

For businesses to adopt new technologies in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.

March 5, 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 next generation technologies in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference, content that will be covered includes:

  • Enterprise Architecture in the Age of AI: Driving Measurable Business Value
  • Human-AI Collaboration: Reimagining EA Workflows with Generative Intelligence
  • Architecting for Zero-Trust & Privacy-Centric Systems
  • Data Strategy Beyond Silos: Unified Semantic Layers & Mesh-Fabric Synergy
  • EA in Practice: Real World Architecture Case Studies & Pitfalls
  • Shaping the Future of Enterprise Architecture: Leadership, Strategy & Innovation

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.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

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

9:00am – 9:50am: Enterprise Architecture in the Age of AI: Driving Measurable Business Value

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how enterprises operate, compete, and innovate—but without strong architectural guidance, AI initiatives can quickly become fragmented and costly. This session examines how Enterprise Architecture enables organizations to harness AI responsibly and strategically, aligning AI investments with business outcomes. Topics include architecting AI-ready platforms, integrating AI into existing business capabilities, governing data and models at scale, and defining value metrics that resonate with executive leadership.

Key Takeaways:

  • How EA provides structure and coherence to enterprise-wide AI initiatives
  • Architectural patterns for scaling AI across business domains
  • Linking AI capabilities to measurable business value and outcomes
  • Governance considerations for data, models, ethics, and risk
  • The evolving role of the Enterprise Architect as an AI strategic advisor

9:50am – 10:20am: Refreshment Break

10:20am – 11:10am: Human-AI Collaboration: Reimagining EA Workflows with Generative Intelligence

Generative AI can accelerate architectural decision-making, automate pattern discovery, and enhance artifact generation—but it also introduces risks like bias and opaque reasoning. This session covers real use cases of AI-assisted design, governance frameworks, and emerging skills like prompt engineering.

11:10am – 12:00pm: Architecting for Zero-Trust & Privacy-Centric Systems

As enterprises face expanding threat surfaces and stricter privacy mandates, EA leaders must design architectures that embed security and privacy into all layers. Topics include zero-trust models, secure data fabric design, encryption strategies, and privacy-by-design governance.

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch and Exhibit Break

1:00pm – 1:50pm: Data Strategy Beyond Silos: Unified Semantic Layers & Mesh-Fabric Synergy

This session tackles advanced data architecture practices where semantic layers unify business context with decentralized domains, and mesh-fabric models balance governance with domain autonomy. Attendees will learn practical patterns to improve data discoverability, analytics quality, and cross-enterprise insights.

1:50pm – 2:20pm: EA in Practice: Real World Architecture Case Studies & Pitfalls

A hands-on, lessons-learned session where senior architects share pragmatic experiences: aligning architecture with business outcomes, handling legacy modernization, managing technical debt, and driving cross-functional adoption of architectural standards and artifacts.

2:20pm – 2:50pm: Refreshment Break

2:50pm – 3:40pm: Sustainability & ESG by Design: Embedding Environmental Goals into EA

With sustainability becoming a strategic priority, this session focuses on how EA leaders can embed ESG principles into architecture decisions. Learn approaches to model carbon footprint, align IT services with regulatory requirements, and leverage architectural frameworks to support responsible operations.

3:40pm– 4:30pm: Shaping the Future of Enterprise Architecture: Leadership, Strategy & Innovation

A moderated panel featuring Chief EA and Senior EA leaders from multiple industries. They discuss the strategic direction of EA in 2026 and beyond, leadership challenges, value metrics, talent development, and how EA teams can stay influential while navigating disruption.

Areas that will be covered include:

  • Defining EA’s role in enterprise strategic planning
  • Measuring architecture value beyond outputs
  • Enabling architecture adoption across distributed teams
  • Balancing innovation with governance and risk
  • Preparing EA talent for the future

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.