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        • Wednesday, June 24, 2026
        • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
        • Zoom
        • 31
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        As organizations continue to invest in cloud, digital transformation, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies, many remain constrained by aging applications, complex technology stacks, legacy infrastructure, and years of accumulated technical debt. While modernization initiatives are often viewed as strategic priorities, balancing innovation with the realities of maintaining business-critical systems remains a significant challenge for technology leaders.

        At the same time, increasing demands for agility, scalability, security, integration, and operational efficiency are placing additional pressure on enterprise architecture and technology teams. Organizations are evaluating how best to modernize legacy environments, rationalize application portfolios, reduce technical complexity, manage modernization risk, and align technology investments with long-term business objectives while continuing to support day-to-day operations.

        In this highly interactive, member-driven working session, the event moderators will facilitate a structured, open exchange where all attendees are expected to actively contribute to the group conversation - sharing what is working, what is not, and to engage in a candid, group problem-solving dialogue around the most pressing challenges facing technical debt, modernization, and enterprise architecture initiatives.

        Please Note: This is not a passive event. Throughout the event, all attendees are expected to actively participate in the discussion and contribute real-world challenges and solutions.

        Topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:

        • Identifying, measuring, and prioritizing technical debt across complex technology environments
        • Legacy modernization strategies, approaches, lessons learned, and common pitfalls
        • Application portfolio rationalization and reducing unnecessary technology complexity
        • Balancing modernization initiatives with ongoing operational, security, and business requirements
        • Modernization approaches involving cloud migration, re-platforming, refactoring, and system replacement
        • Enterprise architecture strategies for improving scalability, agility, maintainability, and long-term technology sustainability

        Moderator: Jay Dhar, AI & Process Transformation Leader & Architect, U.S. BANK

        Moderator: Sudipta Dey, Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Lead, ELSEVIER

        Moderator: Sai Krishnan Mohan, Vice President, Data & Analytics, BAJAJ AUTO

        Moderator: Ezhil Vendhan, Former APAC Director & Head of Enterprise Data Strategy & Platform Transformation, HSBC

        • Thursday, June 25, 2026
        • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
        • Zoom
        • 114
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        An Unfiltered Conversation with Enterprise Technology Leaders

        An “Open Network” public virtual event, hosted by the IA FORUM.

        Presented by Doug Shannon, in association with the IA FORUM

        About this Podcast

        As fraud tactics continue to evolve alongside advances in artificial intelligence, organizations are facing new challenges around trust, identity verification, risk management, and fraud prevention. In this candid discussion, Doug Shannon and SriHarsha Pushkala will explore how enterprise leaders are navigating the rapidly changing fraud landscape, the opportunities and risks AI is introducing, emerging threat trends, and practical strategies organizations are implementing to strengthen fraud detection, prevention, and trust across the enterprise.

        About the Podcast Series

        Enterprise AI and technology leaders are navigating one of the most significant technology shifts in modern business history. Yet behind the headlines, product announcements, and market hype are the real-world experiences of the executives, architects, engineers, and transformation leaders responsible for operationalizing these technologies inside complex enterprise environments.

        The Enterprise Tech Exchange podcast series, hosted by Doug Shannon, in association with the IA FORUM, was created to provide a candid, in-depth, and conversational look into how enterprise leaders are approaching AI, automation, data, infrastructure modernization, governance, organizational change, and large-scale transformation initiatives in real-world production environments. Each podcast features an in-depth one-on-one conversation between Doug Shannon - an IA FORUM Advisory Board and community member who’s also a globally recognized top thought leader in the space - and a featured IA FORUM member speaker.

        Throughout each podcast discussion, the conversation will explore the featured guest’s professional background, technical expertise, leadership perspectives, enterprise challenges, lessons learned, industry observations, and strategic outlook on a given technology industry topic - as Doug Shannon also digs deeper by providing his insights throughout the candid conversation.

        Host: Doug Shannon, Global Intelligent Automation & GenAI Thought Leader & Global Intelligent Automation Manager, GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

        IA FORUM Member Guest Speaker: SriHarsha Pushkala, Director, Fraud Strategy & Analytics, ATLANTICUS

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        Who Can Attend

        Attendance is open to all IA FORUM members, their internal and external colleagues, peers, professional contacts, and industry friends - as well as other technology and business professionals interested in the featured topic.

        Please Note: This podcast series is open to IA FORUM members, yet also to the public - and will take place live as scheduled IA FORUM events - in turn being video-recorded for ongoing distribution through the IA FORUM’s public YouTube channel, IA FORUM Magazine, and related promotional platforms. To maintain the integrity and production quality of the recording, attendees will not be permitted to appear on camera or actively participate during the live broadcasts.

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      Friday, May 29, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: DATA STRATEGY - ALIGNING ENTERPRISE DATA INVESTMENTS TO AI REVENUE & BUSINESS OUTCOMES
      Wednesday, May 27, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: DOING MORE WITH LESS: TALENT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF AI DISRUPTION
      Wednesday, May 20, 2026 PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE: LLM & GEN-AI SECURITY, GUARDRAILS & GOVERNANCE AT SCALE
      Friday, May 15, 2026 PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE: FROM AGENTIC AI HYPE TO ENTERPRISE REALITY - SOLVING THE HARDEST PROBLEMS IN PRODUCTION
      Wednesday, April 29, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: BEYOND RPA - THE RISE OF AGENTIC AI
      Sunday, April 26, 2026 WORKSHOP: THE QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT OF GOVERNANCE, RISK & TECHNOLOGY
      Tuesday, April 14, 2026 NETWORKING SOCIAL MIXER
      Thursday, April 09, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: ALIGNING IA & AI TOOLS TO FINANCE USE CASES & OUTCOMES
      Wednesday, April 08, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: LEVERAGING ENTERPRISE DATA & ANALYTICS TO MAXIMIZE BUSINESS VALUE
      Saturday, March 07, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: AI TO ENHANCE RETAIL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
      Friday, March 06, 2026 “WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
      Thursday, March 05, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: CONVERTING FRAGMENTED DATA INTO INTELLIGENT BUSINESS DECISIONS
      Friday, February 27, 2026 NETWORKING & SOCIAL MIXER POWER HOUR
      Thursday, February 26, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: ENTERPRISE IT THAT ENABLES GROWTH, AGILITY & VALUE CREATION
      Friday, February 20, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: DATA ENGINEERING SYSTEMS TO DRIVE ENTERPRISE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OPTIMIZATION & ENHANCED BUSINESS OUTCOMES
      Friday, February 13, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: BEYOND THE BUZZ: HOW ENTERPRISES MAKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY WORK
      Thursday, February 12, 2026 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MIT REPORT: 95% OF GENERATIVE AI PILOTS AT COMPANIES ARE FAILING
      Saturday, February 07, 2026 WORKSHOP: DESIGNING HIGH-TRUST API SYSTEMS FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - SECURITY, SPEED & SCALABILITY
      Friday, February 06, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: CHAT AI IN BFSI - BALANCING INNOVATION, COMPLIANCE AND CUSTOMER TRUST
      Saturday, January 31, 2026 LECTURE: QUANTUM COMPUTING - REDEFINING COMPUTATION IN THE AGE OF HYBRID INTELLIGENCE
      Friday, January 30, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: THE MEDALLION ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINT - BUILDING AI-READY DATA ECOSYSTEMS IN ENTERPRISES
      Thursday, January 29, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: CONNECTING THE DOTS - ENSURING CUSTOMER DATA INTEGRITY WITH GRAPH DATABASES
      Saturday, January 24, 2026 LECTURE: BUILDING DATA AS A PRODUCT IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      Thursday, January 22, 2026 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: ON-DEVICE AI FOR TRUST, PRIVACY AND REAL-TIME DECISIONS IN NEXT GEN FINTECH
      Wednesday, January 21, 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION: DRIVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE INTO THE ENTERPRISE WITH HYPERAUTOMATION & CONVERGED AUTOMATION PLATFORMS
      Thursday, November 20, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: SELECTING THE RIGHT INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION TOOLS FOR OPTIMIZED BUSINESS CASE IMPACT
      Thursday, November 13, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING TRUSTED & SCALABLE ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS WITH GENERATIVE AI
      Thursday, November 06, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO KEEP TEAMS ENGAGED, MOTIVATED & PRODUCTIVE DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES
      Saturday, October 25, 2025 HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: BUILDING & SHOWCASING YOUR WORK PROJECT PORTFOLIO - A MUST-HAVE CAREER TOOL FOR EVERY TECH PROFESSIONAL
      Friday, October 24, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING CO-PILOT AT SCALE - ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE, INTEGRATION, AND VALUE REALIZATION
      Thursday, October 23, 2025 COLLABORATION ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: OPERATIONALIZING AGENTIC AI - FROM PILOT TO ENTERPRISE REALITY
      Thursday, October 16, 2025 FIRESIDE CHAT: SCALING INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION - FROM PROCESS EFFICIENCY TO ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
      Wednesday, October 15, 2025 NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Saturday, September 27, 2025 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: STRATEGIES TO ENSURE JOB SECURITY & STRATEGIC RELEVANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERS AMID CORPORATE RE-ORG & DOWNSIZING
      Thursday, September 25, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE - WHAT TO ADOPT & AVOID AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
      Wednesday, September 24, 2025 ADVISORY BOARD MEETING & NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Friday, September 19, 2025 FIRESIDE CHAT: RAG VERSUS CAG FRAMEWORK - CHOOSING THE RIGHT ARCHITECTURE FOR ENTERPRISE AI
      Wednesday, September 17, 2025 NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Friday, September 12, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: GENERATIVE AI & LLM SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE - NAVIGATING THE RISK LANDSCAPE OF ENTERPRISE AI ADOPTION
      Thursday, August 21, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: AGENTIC AI - DESIGNING, DEPLOYING, AND MANAGING MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS FOR ENTERPRISE SCALE
      Friday, August 15, 2025 FIRESIDE CHAT: THE AUTONOMOUS ENTERPRISE - BUILDING A SELF-DRIVING BUSINESS WITH AI & INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
      Wednesday, August 13, 2025 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION & ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MAXIMIZING CLOUD VALUE - FROM STRATEGY TO SCALE THROUGH RESILIENCE & INNOVATION
      Friday, August 08, 2025 ALL MEMBERS NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Thursday, July 31, 2025 TECHNICAL WORKSHOP: HOW TO DESIGN & DEPLOY AN AGENTIC AI AGENT
      Tuesday, July 29, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILD OR BUY? DETERMINING THE BEST DIRECTION TO ADDRESS BUSINESS CHALLENGES & LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES
      Friday, July 25, 2025 “WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY” ADVISORY BOARD MEETING & NETWORKING HUDDLE
      Thursday, July 24, 2025 LECTURE: FROM IDEA TO IMPACT - EVALUATING AUTOMATION PROJECT FEASIBILITY
      Wednesday, July 23, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: GOVERNING GENERATIVE AI & LLMs - CONTROL, COMPLIANCE & ARCHITECTURE AT SCALE
      Thursday, July 17, 2025 LECTURE: STRATEGIC DISCOVERY - A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING HIGH-VALUE AI USE CASES
      Tuesday, July 15, 2025 ADVISORY BOARD MEETING & NETWORKING HUDDLE
      Thursday, July 10, 2025 ALL MEMBERS NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Thursday, June 26, 2025 HANDS-ON SHOWCASE: FUTURE OF AGENTIC & AI AGENTS IN ENTERPRISE - A STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR INTEGRATION
      Tuesday, June 24, 2025 C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION: NAVIGATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/DATA ETHICS - BALANCING INNOVATION, COMPLIANCE & TRUST
      Thursday, June 19, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: HARNESSING IA & AI TO EMPOWER HUMAN POTENTIAL
      Thursday, June 12, 2025 WORKSHOP: LEVERAGING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE JOURNEY MAPPING TO FORMULATE A LEAN PRODUCT ROADMAP FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
      Wednesday, June 11, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW GENERATIVE AI IS TRANSFORMING ENTERPRISE DATA ANALYTICS FOR SPEED, SCALE & STRATEGY
      Thursday, June 05, 2025 ALL MEMBERS NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Wednesday, May 28, 2025 NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Wednesday, May 21, 2025 “WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION & NETWORKING HUDDLE
      Tuesday, May 20, 2025 LECTURE: HUMAN “ON” THE LOOP VS. “IN” THE LOOP - REDEFINING CONTROL IN THE AGE OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
      Thursday, May 15, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: HALLUCINATING AT SCALE - WHAT ENTERPRISE LEADERS MUST KNOW ABOUT GENERATIVE AI’S BLIND SPOTS
      Wednesday, May 14, 2025 USE CASE: AI-ENABLED WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS - STRATEGIES FOR NEXT-GEN SUPPLY CHAINS
      Thursday, May 08, 2025 NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Tuesday, April 22, 2025 LECTURE: DATA FIRST, AI NEXT - A ROADMAP FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
      Thursday, April 17, 2025 NETWORKING POWER HOUR
      Thursday, April 10, 2025 IA FORUM "ADVISORY BOARD" MEETING & NETWORKING HUDDLE
      Wednesday, April 09, 2025 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: UNLOCKING AI’S FULL POTENTIAL IN BFSI - INNOVATION, RISKS & REAL-WORLD IMPACT
      Monday, April 07, 2025 “C-SUITE COUNCIL” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
      Friday, April 04, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION: MASTERING DATA ANALYTICS FOR ENTERPRISE-WIDE IMPACT
      Wednesday, March 26, 2025 HANDS-ON SHOWCASE: AI - UNLOCKING THE POWER OF AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
      Monday, March 24, 2025 LECTURE: GOVERNING DATA AT SCALE - ENSURING TRUST, VALUE & RESILIENCE
      Friday, March 21, 2025 USE CASE: PLAYBOOK TO WIN IN AN AI AGE - AN ENTERPRISE USE CASE VIEW
      Tuesday, March 18, 2025 PANEL DISCUSSION & NETWORKING HUDDLE: LEVERAGING IA & AI TO DRIVE ENHANCED BUSINESS VALUE
      Friday, March 14, 2025 NETWORKING DINNER PARTY
      Wednesday, March 12, 2025 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION & NETWORKING HUDDLE: BEST PRACTICES FOR BUILDING AND SCALING AN IA & AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
      Tuesday, March 11, 2025 “C-SUITE COUNCIL” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION