Agenda
Tuesday Aug 19
Registration & General Breakfast
Forrester Women's Leadership Program
Join us as we focus on how to help women leaders in your organization break down barriers and overcome challenges. Learn from your peers on advancement strategies for women leaders and participate in a conversation about how to develop meaningful relationships with women leaders in technology, data, & security.
All are welcome to join this in-person event!
The Forrester Women’s Leadership Program will:
- Build Community
- Inspire Change
- Foster Allyship and Individual Empowerment
- Facilitate Meaningful Connections
Speakers:
Jinan Budge, VP, Research Director, Forrester
Welcome to Country & Opening Remarks
Gods, Machines, & Kaos: High-Performance IT (Because Prayer Isn’t A Strategy)
When divine intervention fails — and it will — tech leaders must turn to something a little more reliable. Enter high-performance IT (HPIT): the pragmatic, battle-tested response to a world run by chaos, machines, and budget cuts. Drawing from myth, machines, and the madness of modern leadership, this session shows how HPIT emerges as a hero’s weapon for leaders — a tool built to not just survive the storm but tame it. You’ll learn how to:
- Lead with clarity when everything’s on fire.
- Architect systems that absorb shock without breaking.
- Replace wishful thinking with resilient tech strategy.
Speakers:
Sam Higgins, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Guest Keynote
Details coming soon.
Coffee Break & Networking
Connect with your peers and partners over coffee and refreshments.
Analyst-Led Roundtables
Expertly curated by our analysts, these 20-minute roundtables foster vibrant discussions among peers on trending topics. Held during breaks, they offer a prime opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing. Details coming soon.
Case Study
Hear real-world stories, solutions and insights leveraging the best in today’s technologies and services.
AI Wakes The Sleeping Giant: Continuous, Agentic, Intelligent Transformation
For decades, the modern enterprise has moved with force — but not with agility. Vast, complex, and powerful, it has been a sleeping giant: capable of much but slow to awaken. That time is over. We are entering a new era — not just of automation but of agency. Generative AI is no longer merely a tool to execute tasks; it is becoming a participant in the business itself. Intelligent agents are navigating the digital nervous system of the firm, surfacing insights, making decisions, and, increasingly, acting with intent. The business is growing a cognitive layer — a dynamic, adaptive system built from data, relationships, and meaning. Join us in this session to:
- Understand how cutting-edge developments in AI, graph technology, and systems thinking are the building blocks of the new learning enterprise.
- Move beyond dashboards and workflows to orchestrate living systems of intelligence.
- Explore how leadership, strategy, and governance must evolve in a world where machines think alongside us — and, sometimes, ahead of us.
Speakers:
Charles Betz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Networking Lunch
Enjoy lunch while networking with your peers and partners.
Executive Leadership Exchange (Invite-Only): Exclusive Lunch — Breaking Down Silos
- Learn how to break down silos and foster cross-industry collaboration.
- Share insights and tackle challenges in a fast-paced, tech-driven world.
- Build valuable connections and exchange knowledge with top leaders across sectors.
Speakers:
Charles Betz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester
John Brand, VP, CIO Exec Partner, Forrester
Case Study
Hear real-world stories, solutions and insights leveraging the best in today’s technologies and services.
Address 2025 Cyber Threats With Preparation And A Steady Hand
- Deconstruct and anticipate the top current and emerging threats.
- Learn how to act decisively to protect your organization.
- Work with your stakeholders to respond with wisdom and agility.
Speakers:
Jinan Budge, VP, Research Director, Forrester
Forrester’s 2025 Technology Awards
Speakers:
Frederic Giron, VP, Senior Research Director, Forrester
Coffee Break & Networking
Connect with your peers and partners over coffee and refreshments.
Analyst-Led Roundtables
Expertly curated by our analysts, these 20-minute roundtables foster vibrant discussions among peers on trending topics. Held during breaks, they offer a prime opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing. Details coming soon.
Case Study
Hear real-world stories, solutions and insights leveraging the best in today’s technologies and services.
Meet The 2025 Technology Award Winners
Speakers:
Frederic Giron, VP, Senior Research Director, Forrester
Leadership In The Agentic Era
- A clear view of how AI agents are reshaping work, teams, and decision-making.
- Insight into how leadership and change management must evolve in AI-driven environments.
- Practical guidance for developing adaptive, AI-literate leadership capabilities.
Speakers:
Leslie Joseph, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Closing Comments
Reception
Join us for an evening reception full of networking, fun, food and refreshments.
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