Technology & Innovation Summit 2024 - North America | Forrester Research, Inc. | 9 September 2024 | JW Marriott Austin, 110 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701, USA

We are on the precipice of an exciting AI-led technology revolution. Tech and data leaders must seize the opportunity to play a vital role in delivering business results. Success will require an intentional blend of optimism, skepticism, and pragmatism — especially amid continued economic and geopolitical turmoil and rapidly changing customer and business expectations. Now is the time to build and unleash the power of top-notch tech talent and skills, a modern portfolio of established and emerging technologies, and trust through security, privacy, and resilience.

Join us at the summit to:
• Lead and develop the talent you’ll need to secure your firm’s future.
• Define and architect your high-performance IT strategy.
• Power your business with modern tech infrastructure and practices.
• Co-create new offerings with software and partners.
• Amplify innovation and results with AI.
• Transform your business with data and insights.

Who should attend?
• Chief digital officers
• VPs/directors of technology
• Chief analytics/AI officers
• Chief data officers
• Chief information officers
• Chief operating officers
• Chief technology officers
• VPs/directors/managers of data insights, analytics, data strategy, AI, and business intelligence
• Leaders of digital and e-commerce business units

Topics for discussion:
• Emerging technology
• Enterprise architecture and app dev
• Automation, AI, and machine learning
• Cloud computing
• Sustainable technology
• Platform technologies
• Data and analytics organizational roles and processes
• Customer insights and analytics
• Business intelligence

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

George Colony
CEO, Forrester

Matthew Guarini
VP, Research Director, Forrester

Stephanie Balaouras
VP, Group Director, Forrester

John Bratincevic
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Carlos Casanova
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Chuck Gahun
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Mike Gualtieri
VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester

Sharyn Leaver
Chief Research Officer, Forrester

Fiona Mark
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Julie Mohr
Principal Analyst, Forrester

Brandon Purcell
VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester

Monty Bedi
EVP and CIO of ALM, Capital Markets, Finance and Risk Technology, PNC Bank

Kevin Sturlaugson
Associate Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Sean McCormack
Chief Information Officer, First Student

Meghan Condon
Senior Vice President, Digital Transformation & Operating Officer, Best Buy

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Dr. Brita Andercheck
Chief Data Officer, City of Dallas

Monty Bedi
EVP and CIO of ALM, Capital Markets, Finance and Risk Technology, PNC Bank

Vishal Bhalla
SVP, Chief Experience Officer, Advocate Health

Greg Bowles
Senior IT Manager, UFCU

Meghan Condon
Senior Vice President, Digital Transformation & Operating Officer, Best Buy

Chuck DeVries
SVP and Technology Officer, Vizient

Peter Faseun
Principal Enterprise Architect, Humana

Kimberly Floss
Senior Director - Global Cloud Platform Enablement & Migrations/Cloud Financial Management, PepsiCo

Dr. Brian Gardner
Chief Information Officer, City of Dallas

Aaron Levie
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Box

Manoj Mathew
Head of Enterprise Architecture, Scotiabank

Sean McCormack
Chief Information Officer, First Student

Heidi Norman
CIO and Director, Dept of Innovation & Performance, City of Pittsburgh

Kevin Sturlaugson
Associate Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Hernan Tabah
Global Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Suntory Global Spirits

Sunita Uthra
VP and Head of Technology, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Jeff VanBemmel
Executive Director, End User Operations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

China Widener
US Consulting Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte

FORRESTER SPEAKERS:

Stephanie Balaouras
VP, Group Director

Gordon Barnett
Principal Analyst

Charles Betz
Research Director

John Bratincevic
Principal Analyst

Bobby Cameron
VP, Principal Analyst

Carlos Casanova
Principal Analyst

Jayesh Chaurasia
Analyst

Naveen Chhabra
Principal Analyst

Joe Cicman
Principal Analyst

Craig Le Clair
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Christopher Condo
Principal Analyst

Elizabeth Cullen
Researcher

Rowan Curran
Senior Analyst

Madeline Cyr
Researcher, Digital Retail

Devin Dickerson
Principal Analyst

Brent Ellis
Senior Analyst

Boris Evelson
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Chuck Gahun
Principal Analyst

Chris Gallacher
VP, Principal Consultant

Angelina Gennis
Senior Analyst

Christopher Gilchrist
Principal Analyst

Mike Gualtieri
VP, Principal Analyst

Matthew Guarini
VP, Research Director

Liz Herbert
VP, Principal Analyst

Kim Herrington
Senior Analyst

Andrew Hewitt
Principal Analyst

Brian Hopkins
VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio

Linda Ivy-Rosser
VP, Research Director

David Johnson
Principal Analyst

Zeid Khater
Analyst

Andre Kindness
Principal Analyst

Sharyn Leaver
Chief Research Officer

Kate Leggett
VP, Principal Analyst

Akshara Naik Lopez
Senior Analyst

Sudha Maheshwari
VP, Research Director

Fiona Mark
Principal Analyst

Bill Martorelli
Principal Analyst

William McKeon-White
Senior Analyst

Allie Mellen
Principal Analyst

Julie Mohr
Principal Analyst

David Mooter
Principal Analyst

Joe O’Brien
VP, CIO Executive Programs TL

Chioma Onwuanibe
VP, CIO Executive Partner

Michele Pelino
Principal Analyst

James L. McQuivey, PhD
VP, Research Director

Jeff Pollard
VP, Principal Analyst

Brandon Purcell
VP, Principal Analyst

Jonathan Roberts
Senior Analyst

Ted Schadler
VP, Principal Analyst

Srividya Sridharan
VP, Group Director

Betsy Summers
Principal Analyst

Lee Sustar
Principal Analyst

Katy Tynan
VP, Principal Analyst

Alla Valente
Senior Analyst

Margo Visitacion
VP, Principal Analyst

Tracy Woo
Principal Analyst

Julie Young
Manager, Senior Consultant

Noel Yuhanna
VP, Principal Analyst

Aldila Yunus
Researcher

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Mural

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Airia
• Camunda
• Credo.Ai
• Data Robot
• Domo
• Globant
• Reltio
• SoftRoad

SILVER SPONSORS:
• 1e
• Acceldata
• Agile Dream Team
• Aisera
• Atlassian
• Box
• Brandwatch
• ValueOps
• Creatio
• Incode
• Kyndryl
• Manobyte
• Servicenow
• TransUnion
• Treasure Data
• Workgrid
• ZenOptics

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Appsmith
• Automox
• Fivetran
• Grid Dynamics
• Instinctools
• Licensing Data Solutions
• Redgate
• Software Improvement Group
• Testkube
• Tiger Analytics
• VinkOs
• Whatfix