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Business Architecture Innovation Summit 2025 – Call for Abstracts:

The Business Architecture Guild® (“Guild”) is pleased to issue this call for presentation abstracts for the thirteenth annual Business Architecture Innovation Summit™. The Summit is planned as a hybrid event with a mix of virtual and in-person delivery, located in Reston, Virginia, USA. Speakers may deliver their session virtually or in-person, with in-person presentations preferred. The Summit will take place on March 18-20, 2025.

The Guild is seeking business architecture presentation abstracts from corporations, government agencies, non-profits and academic institutions. Sessions should be generally targeted at business executives as well as practitioners. Presentation windows will be 45 minutes, including Q&A. The Guild requests that submitting service or business architecture tool vendors co-submit and co-present with an industry practitioner or executive from a client organization. In the absence of a practitioner co-submitter, vendor submissions will be deprioritized.

Suggested abstract topics along with submission instructions are provided below. If you have alternative topics, particularly case studies, please submit them. If you do not see your favored topic but have an exciting story to share from a practitioner or an executive perspective, we want to hear that as well.

Suggested Abstract Topics:

• Launching a Practice: Key Learnings & Pitfalls to Avoid
  
• Communicating Business Architecture’s Value to Peers & Business Leaders
• Business Architecture & Artificial Intelligence
• Insights into the Evolving World of Business Architecture
• Strategy Execution Using Business Architecture   
• Improving Customer Experience with Business Architecture
• Role of Business Architecture in Risk Management
• Business Architecture’s Role in Product Management
• Role of Business Architecture in Data Architecture
• Business Architecture’s Role in Software Design
• Leveraging Business Architecture with SAFe and Agile Approaches
• Role of Reference Models in Deploying Minimally Viable Business Architecture Baseline
• Root Cause Analysis Using Business Architecture
• Scaling an Enterprise-wide Business Architecture Practice
• Organizational Change Management Using Business Architecture 

Abstract Submission Instructions:

Note that you must be signed in as a Guild member to access the member submission form.
Member speakers holding CBA® status will receive 10 CEU credits in addition to any attendee credits they receive.
All primary speakers for a session will receive a free pass to the entire Summit. speakers will need to purchase a pass. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and not include bullet points. Bios for primary and, where applicable, secondary speaker should not exceed 200 words each.

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Business Architecture Innovation Summit Overview

Over the past decade, the Business Architecture Innovation Summit has been the premier event dedicated to delivering success stories, industry advancements and key learnings from all corners of the globe. Presenters from an ever-growing number of industries and geographies have shared their experiences in leveraging business architecture across a wide range of business scenarios. As the discipline has evolved, so too have the presentations and discussions. The event will include presentations, open discussion, panels and other interactions with fellow travelers in this incredible journey.

The Guild, along with its partner OMG, look to continue and expand upon the success of the 2025 Innovation Summit. Holding past Summits as hybrid in-person / virtual events, which allow in-person and virtual presenters and attendees to share topics, engage in questions, network and more, has expanded the ability to continue to expand business architecture’s impact as a globally accepted discipline. The 2025 Summit will provide the opportunity to engage an ever-growing list of organizations, individuals, scenarios and industries. Please submit your abstract so we can hear your story, or join us online or in-person in Reston, VA on March 18-20, 2025.