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Track 1: Transforming Technology for an AI World
Dive into the role of AI in strategic decision-making and competitive insights, plus discuss how it will change leadership and investment planning in 2025 and beyond.
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Subtrack A: Completing the Agentic Journey
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Intro: Completing the Agentic Transformation
Kick things off with a look at AI spending forecasts and the massive change opportunity that lies ahead in an Agentic future.
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Group Vice President, Worldwide Research, IDC
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Capitalizing on Agentic Workflows to Enable New Work Models
Agent-driven work is changing how we imagine technical and business processes. It challenges our thinking on using SaaS applications and how people get work done. This session will cover key drivers for the shift to agentic enabled processes, strategies for and barriers to success, along with exploring the battle between traditional and new ways of working.
Speaker:
Research Vice President, Future of Work, IDC
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Taming Agentic Fleets to Unlock Value
Hear about the future of agents in the enterprise, including the vision for building and managing agents that operate across traditional enterprise silos. The session will explore today’s requirements, how to prepare for a future where AI agents play a prominent role in the enterprise, and what barriers to anticipate.
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Senior Research Director, AI, IDC
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Delivering Agentic Services Requires Inference at Scale
Successful completion of the Agentic journey depends upon the delivery of inference at a greater scale and lower cost than is possible today. In this session, IDC will dig deeper into the challenges and opportunities for tech providers as they address the three fundamental challenges of inference delivery: diversity, consistency, and control.
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Group Vice President, Worldwide Research, IDC
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Fireside chat: Agentic Impact: An Industry Perspective
Sit down with three leading analysts as they examine the implications and opportunities of AI agents and agentic workflows in the retail, financial services, and manufacturing industries.
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Research Director, WW Media and Entertainment Digital Strategies, IDC
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Research Director, Risk, Financial Crime, and Compliance, IDC
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Research Director, Manufacturing IT Strategies, IDC
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Subtrack B: IT Industry Disruption
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IT Industry Disruption
Transformation is no longer just a buzzword - it's essential to business continuity. In this track, you'll learn about the state of IT today, the markets ripe for AI-driven disruption, and how to turn that disruption into opportunity.
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Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications, Data Intelligence, Services, and Industry Research, IDC
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AI-Driven Services: Reimagining Value in the Age of Automation
As AI and automation become more infused into delivery models, is the services industry in an existential crisis, or at the cusp of a powerful growth opportunity? In this session, hear IDC’s views on how advancements in AI will impact the ways services providers deliver value to customers, plus our recommendations for how to help your organization thrive in the evolving market.
Speaker:
Senior Research Director, Enterprise Intelligence Services, IDC
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Who’s Coming After Your Business
Innovate and adapt…or get left behind. This session will give you the inside scoop from a leading venture capitalist on the AI-based start ups securing funding for models looking to disrupt your business.
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Special Guest
Coming soon!
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Platform Economy : Redefining Application Software in the Agentic Era
Is SaaS dead, on life support, or making way for a new generation of UI that is more intelligent, connected, and adaptive to specific user needs? Learn more about the seismic changes in how people interface with systems and data as well as how to thrive in the critical transitional period where SaaS applications co-exist with agent systems.
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Research Vice President, SaaS, Business Platforms, and Industry Cloud, IDC
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Fireside Chat: Tech Disruption in Critical Industries
Join leading industry analysts as they examine how AI and other technology trends are changing the face of operations in the life sciences, hospitality, and legal sectors.
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Group Vice President, IDC
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Senior Research Manager, Hospitality and Travel Digital Transformation Strategies, IDC
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Research Director, Privacy and Legal Technology, IDC
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Subtrack C: Rebuilding the Tech Stack
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Rebuilding the TechStack
Is your tech stack ready to support an AI-Fueled enterprise? This track explores recent research and insights on how to retool cloud apps, infrastructure, and security to foster your organization's vision for AI.
Speaker:
SVP, WW Research, IDC
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Future-Ready Infrastructure: Accelerating AI with Fit-for-Purpose Computing
Discover the many ways computing technologies, platforms and systems can be used for a diverse set of AI workloads and use cases. Business leaders can learn about the importance of taking a fit-for-purpose approach with distributed, heterogeneous and when needed, accelerated computing.
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Group Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Infrastructure Research, IDC
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Cloud Platforms: The Foundation for AI-Driven Innovation
Learn how cloud platform providers are creating competitive differentiation by expanding service portfolios, deployment options, and partner ecosystems to become the critical foundation for AI-driven innovations.
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Research Vice President, Cloud and Edge Services, Worldwide Infrastructure Research, IDC
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Modern Data Management: Building the Foundation for Responsible AI
Explore key components of modern data management, including the evolution of structured and unstructured data platforms, the significance of open data formats, and the creation of valuable data products to fuel responsible AI. This session will also cover crucial aspects such as inference, embedding, streaming, and the role of agents in data management, as well as how data collaboration and intelligence can support robust data governance practices.
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Vice President, Data Intelligence and Integration Software, IDC
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AI Security: Protecting the New Frontier
Learn how GenAI is forcing cybersecurity leaders to reframe their approach to security, specifically when it comes to third-party applications, first-party application, and internally developed models.
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Group Vice President, Security & Trust, IDC
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Track 2: Transforming CIO Strategies for an AI World
See how successful IT leaders are navigating – and leveraging - AI to modernize infrastructure, optimize investments, and drive innovation.
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Chairperson Intro
Tom will set the stage for an insightful and interactive track specially tailored to the goals, challenges, and leadership strategies of today's CIOs and IT leaders.
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General Manager and Group Vice President, IDC EMEA, IDC
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Strategic Imperatives for CIOs to Transform Business in an AI World
As we accelerate the AI adoption journey and enter the new era of Agentic AI, new strategic imperatives arise for the CIO. Software architectures will be reassessed as AI becomes the new UI - and AI Agents are seamlessly incorporated into conversational interfaces and workflows. Strategic sourcing and vendor management become increasingly critical. Understanding emerging AI pricing models will have an major impact on keeping AI cost models within 2025 IT budgets that are coming under additional scrutiny from the rest of the C-Suite.
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GVP/GM, Tech Buyer Digital Platform Research, IDC
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The Future of Sourcing and Vendor Management
While AI is transforming industries, the way companies’ source and select software has remained largely unchanged for a decade. Today, the average software decision takes six months, involves over 20 stakeholders, and demands significant time and resources. But in an AI-driven world, can businesses afford to wait those six months to make a confident software sourcing decision? Join three visionary CIOs for a discussion on the future of software sourcing and selection—one of the most critical levers for business transformation.
Speaker:
Jim Spare
SVP & GM IDC TechMatch, IDC
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Special Guest
Coming soon!
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Connect Round: Creating 3 Critical Success Factors for the CIO
Making connections and learning from fellow technology leaders validates, inspires and ultimately, drives success. In this Connect Round, you will engage with your peers to develop three critical elements for transformational success which you will be able to share with the CIO community in the feedback session.
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Matt Egan
Global Editor & Editorial Director, Foundry
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Zac Miller
CIO Executive Council Director, IDC
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Empowering CIOs: Leading Through AI-Driven Transformation
The CIO holds a key role to enable, govern and innovate as organizations chart their journeys through the phase of AI-Driven Transformation. Expectations are high if you want to succeed. As AI and other technologies become more prevalent, CIOs will need to ensure these tools, along with data-drive decision making, are effectively integrated to enhance business operations and customer experiences. In this session, hear how experienced CIOs are addressing vision, implementation, governance, collaboration, talent and change management to harness AI's full potential to drive growth and competitive advantage.
Speaker:
Lee Rennick
Executive Director CIO Communities, Foundry
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The Future CIO of the Agentic Organization
Agentic AI will accelerate as we move through 2025. However, many organization struggle with understanding the best starting point, investment needed and resulting ROI. But best practices already exist: strategic prioritization of use cases with clear metrics and, in an ideal scenario, organizations should look for interoperability to drive scale between apps and agents. Hear from a forward-thinking CIO what to watch for as you look to implement your Agentic AI strategy.
Speaker:
Matt Egan
Global Editor & Editorial Director, Foundry
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Special Guest
Coming soon!
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Track 3: Transforming Marketing for an AI World
Explore how AI is transforming brand strategy and engagement, plus gain key insights on how to evolve your marketing programs to meet changing customer needs and industry dynamics.
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Intro and Welcome
Gain a deeper understanding of what's important to enterprise tech buyers and how their needs are transforming in an AI world. This track will over research-based insights and practical guidance on how to evolve your marketing programs to best meet these new dynamics.
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Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research, IDC
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Preparing for the Biggest Marketing Trends for 2025 and Beyond
With tech buyer behavior changing and Gen AI bursting, how marketers approach the work of marketing is quickly evolving. During this session, the latest IDC research will unveil new buyer experience expectations and the global priorities for tech CMOs in 2025.
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Group Vice President, Executive Insights and Leadership Services, IDC
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Marketing's New Remit: The Emergence of the Chief Market Officer
The role of marketing and the CMO is strategically elevated. Now the CMOs' remit is expanding into responsiblity for integrated go-to-market across marketing and sales. A panel of tech CMOs will discuss how they are adjusting to orchestrate the full journey, barriers they're facing, and successes they have achieved.
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Group Vice President, Executive Insights and Leadership Services, IDC
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The New World of AI: Changing Digital Experiences and Marketing's Playbook
Buyers expect a more interactive and immersive content and brand experience. Powered by AI, marketers now have the ability to orchestrate engagement, that is personalized to individual needs, blending digital and human-led engagement across the whole journey. This session will enable marketers to prioritze and take steps to modernize their playbook.
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Research Manager, CMO Advisory Practice, IDC
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Senior Research Director, Digital Experience, IDC
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Is Your Data Platform Ready for Marketing's AI Era?
Marketing is as good as the data it runs on. Without solid master customer data, even the most advanced AI algorithms will falter at enabling marketing teams' ability to harness the benefits. Learn what data maturity and governance is needed for marketing in the era of AI.
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Research Director, Customer Data Platform, Intelligence and Analytics, IDC
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Buyer Insight for Marketers: The C-Suite Perspective on Top Business & Technology Challenges
The emphasis on business outcomes and value from technology providers is under increasing scrutiny by the C-suite, particularly the CEO. Simultaneously, CEOs are becoming more involved in technology decisions and AI. This session will present highlights from IDC’s C-Suite Tech Agenda program and offer compelling insights for marketers from the 2025 CEO Study.
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Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research, IDC
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Fireside Chat: The Importance of Marketing's Perspective at the C-Suite and Board Level
Join IDG Chief Marketing Officer, Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek and CEO of Athena, Coco Brown, for an interactive session on how to speak in the language of the business and how to get more CMOs placed at the C-level and in board positions.
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Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek
CMO, IDG
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Coco Brown
Founder & CEO, The Athena Alliance
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