ENTERPRISE TECH THOUGHT LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE EVENT SERIES
Real-World Enterprise Technology Conversations. Expanded Industry Visibility.
An “Open Network” virtual event, hosted by the IA FORUM
The IA FORUM's Enterprise Tech Thought LeadershipExchange event series provides members with unique opportunities to strengthen their industry visibility, expand their professional presence, enhance their professional brand, and share their expertise through candid discussions surrounding AI, intelligent automation, technology, operational excellence, and digital & business transformation.
The event series helps participating members expand their thought leadership exposure within the IA FORUM community - but most notably - throughout the broader technology and business community.
The Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange event series serves as an IA FORUM member thought leadership accelerator program, helping participating members strengthen their visibility, industry presence, professional brand, and thought leadership exposure.
The event series features candid, experience-driven conversations with enterprise technology leaders actively driving real-world transformation initiatives within their organizations. Each event explores the speakers' experiences, lessons learned, leadership perspectives, enterprise challenges, implementation strategies, and industry observations surrounding one of today's most pressing technology and business topics.
The monthly events are open to both IA FORUM members and the public as scheduled IA FORUM live virtual events. Each event is video recorded and promoted through the IA FORUM's public YouTube channel, IA FORUM Magazine, LinkedIn networks, website, and related marketing channels. This creates ongoing visibility, industry exposure, professional branding opportunities, and long-term thought leadership positioning for participating member speakers.
This event isn’t just another community event. It’s an IA FORUM member visibility platform.
Why Should Members Participate
The most successful enterprise leaders are continuously:
Strengthening their professional visibility
Expanding their industry presence
Sharing their expertise and experiences
Building credibility within their areas of focus
Creating opportunities before they need them
The IA FORUM Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange event series helps make that possible.
Who Can Participate
Event speaker opportunities are available exclusively to IA FORUM members.
Potential speakers are evaluated based upon:
Professional Background
Subject Matter Expertise
Leadership Experience
Industry Perspectives
How the IA FORUM’s Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange Event Series Delivers Member Value
Thought Leadership Visibility - Participating members gain opportunities to showcase their expertise, professional experiences, and industry perspectives before a broader audience of technology and business professionals.
Public Industry Exposure - The events are promoted and made publicly available through the IA FORUM's public YouTube channel, IA FORUM Magazine, website, and LinkedIn networks - and other marketing channels - providing visibility beyond the IA FORUM community itself.
Professional Branding - Member speakers strengthen their professional profile by contributing meaningful industry insights, implementation experiences, lessons learned, and strategic perspectives to broader industry conversations.
Industry Credibility - Participating members gain additional opportunities to position themselves as experienced practitioners, transformation leaders, subject matter experts, and trusted industry voices.
Long-Term Visibility - The Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange events remain available for ongoing viewing, promotion, sharing, and discovery.
The Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange Event Series Format
Each event includes a candid, unfiltered, and unscripted group conversation - rather than a traditional Q&A format - featuring:
An IA FORUM Member Moderator
Three (3) IA FORUM Member Speakers
Discussions are designed to be conversational, practical, and experience driven.
Topics of discussion include, yet are not limited to:
AI & Agentic AI
Engineering & Architecture
Data & Data Governance
IT & Technology
Intelligent Automation
Digital & Business Transformation
CoE, GBS & Shared Services
Process Improvement & Operational Excellence
“It Takes a Village” - Grassroots Member’s Event Promotional Efforts & Thought Leadership Exposure
The IA FORUM's Enterprise Tech Thought Leadership Exchange series is designed to elevate the visibility, professional presence, and thought leadership exposure of participating members. In addition to the IA FORUM’s event promotional efforts, the success of this IA FORUM member thought leadership accelerator program depends upon the featured member speakers promoting their events - and their fellow community members also assisting with the grassroots event promotional efforts.
Featured Member Speakers: Supporting Your Event’s Promotional Efforts & Thought Leadership Exposure
Participating member speakers are required to actively support the promotion of their event by:
Posting your event’s promotional postcard, information, and registration hot link via your LinkedIn account and network - and other social media and professional channels
Inviting your internal/external colleagues and peers, professional contacts, and industry friends to attend your event
Bringing at least one (1) confirmed non-member guest to your event, and additional guests whenever possible
Commenting and re-posting on the IA FORUM’s event promotional posts done for your event
All Other IA FORUM Members: Supporting Your Fellow Members Events & Thought Leadership Exposure
All members are highly encouraged to help support the visibility and success of their fellow members’ events and thought leadership exposure by:
Attending their fellow members’ events whenever possible
Inviting their internal/external colleagues and peers, professional contacts, and industry friends to attend their fellow members events
Bringing at least one (1) confirmed non-member guest to their fellow members’ events, and additional guests whenever possible
Commenting and re-posting on the IA FORUM’s event promotional posts done for their fellow members’ events
Help elevate a fellow member's visibility, thought leadership exposure, and professional brand today. Tomorrow, the opportunity may be yours.
