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Business Architecture Innovation Summit 2027 – Call for Abstracts:

The Business Architecture Guild® (“Guild”) is pleased to issue this call for presentation abstracts for the fifteenth 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 sessions preferred. The Summit will take place on March 16-18, 2027.

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 business architecture tool or service vendors co-submit and co-present with a practitioner or executive from a client organization.

Suggested abstract topics along with submission instructions are provided below. If you have alternative topics, particularly case studies, please submit them. If you 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 Business Leaders
  • Business Architecture & Artificial Intelligence
  • 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
  • Root Cause Analysis Using Business Architecture
  • Scaling an Enterprise-wide Business Architecture Practice
  • Organizational Change Management Using Business Architecture
  • Business Architecture’s Role in Digital Twin Deployment
  • Using Reference Models to Accelerate Business Transformation

Abstract Submission Instructions:

Note that you must be signed in as a Guild member to access the member submission form. Suggested deadline for submissions is October 16th.  Later submissions may be submitted, but we cannot guarantee their review. 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. Secondary speakers will be able to register for the event at a discounted rate.

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and not include bullet points. Bios for primary and, where applicable, secondary speakers should not exceed 200 words each.   

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