• What is the role of the Enterprise Architect now and in the future and how do you increase your visibility within the wider business?
• What skills does an Enterprise Architect require?
• Discussing the concept of change vs. transformation

Frank Somers will share his recent learnings around the challenges and opportunities of implementing a robust EA framework within the AA, and will discuss: 

• Strategies that organisations, or all shapes and sizes, can embrace when starting or rebuilding EA programmes to enable an enterprise-wide alignment of business strategy and technology
• Platforms and solutions that can be deployed to foster stakeholder engagement, maintain relationships, and ensure the implementation of new tools and applications fit within enterprise-wide digital strategies
• Understanding what is needed to ensure EA programmes are focused on the goals of the organisation, and that architects can become agents of change in the business
• Developing and selling a value proposition to your organisation and the importance of creating an ‘empathy exchange’ between the business and IT