COMMUNITIES

The IA FORUM is a highly curated peer community designed to enable members to engage within a structured ecosystem of communities - delivering targeted peer connections, real-time collaborations, and highly relevant knowledge sharing - ensuring alignment with their job roles, responsibilities, and areas of focus.

Core Community

All IA FORUM members are part of the Core community.

Primary & Sub-Primary Communities

• Core Community - Designed for enterprise C-Suites and senior-level technology and functional area executives.
• Surge Community - Comprised of accomplished professionals and rising leaders below Director level.
• Team Community - Designed for Core members’ direct reports and team members.

Supplementary Communities

• Advisory Boards - Exclusive, invitation-based groups comprised of enterprise C-Suites and senior-level technology and functional area executives that provide strategic guidance, industry perspectives, and thought leadership across the IA FORUM.
• C-Suite Council - Designed for members with “Chief” in their technology or functional area job titles - enabling highly targeted, peer-level engagement among the most senior-level executives.
• Women In Technology - A dedicated community for female members across all career levels - fostering connections, collaborations, and the advancement of women in technology.

All primary, sub-primary, and supplementary communities are interconnected - enabling members to collaborate, engage, and access content across the broader IA FORUM ecosystem.

Focus & Specialty Communities

The IA FORUM’s focus and specialty communities enable members to engage with peers with similar interests, priorities, and challenges - creating highly targeted environments for deeper discussions, collaborations, niched benchmarking, and specialized knowledge exchange.

Members are encouraged to participate across multiple focus and specialty communities.

• IA, AI & Digital Transformation
• Technology & IT
• CoE (Center of Excellence), GBS & Shared Services
• Cybersecurity, Risk & Governance
• Operations & Process Improvement
• Procurement, Supply Chain & Vendor Management
• HR & Talent Management
• Employee & Customer Experience
• Marketing & Sales
• Finance & BFSI (Banking, Finance & Insurance)
• Healthcare, Medical & Pharma Technology
• Government, Higher Ed & Public Sector
• IA Council (Thought Leaders, Authors, Academics & Industry Experts)
• IA Guild (for members “in-transition”)