Bizzdesign Unify: An AI-native platform for faster, better transformation decisions.
Bizzdesign Connect North America
September 17, 2026
9:30AM CDT / 10:30AM EDT
Virtual Event
Where AI Meets the Moment of Decision
Enterprise Architecture is becoming more strategic, more intelligent, and more central to how organizations operate. The question is whether yours is keeping pace.
By the time enterprise context enters the conversation, the window to influence direction has already closed. Priorities are locked in. Investments have moved. Risks are no longer hypothetical.
Bizzdesign Connect North America 2026 is where we confront those challenges. Bringing CIOs, transformation executives, and architecture leaders together to see how leading organizations are putting trusted enterprise context at the center of decision-making in real time, while it still matters.
- Shift architecture from documentation to strategic driver
- Turn early ideas into architecture-informed scenarios through AI-native collaboration
- Make EA and portfolio intelligence accessible to every decision maker, not just architects
- Explore whether AI replaces the enterprise architect or redefines what the role can become
You'll leave knowing exactly how to make enterprise architecture a real-time driver of transformation, not an afterthought.
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Event Opens
10:30AM - 10:35AM EDT
A welcome message and opening remarks from Bizzdesign
Keynote Session
10:35AM - 11:05AM EDT
Andy Neill
The AI-Native Enterprise: From Repository to Decision Engine
AI is transforming Enterprise Architecture from a documentation discipline into an intelligence-led function that powers business outcomes. As agentic AI, composable architectures, and automated governance become the new standard, organizations must rethink how architecture enables decision-making, innovation, and scale. This session explores the trends shaping the AI-native enterprise and what leaders must do to prepare for the future.
Key Takeaways:
- Transform EA from static documentation to real-time decision support
- Build the architectural foundation for scalable AI and agentic workflows
- Accelerate innovation through composability, automation, and intelligent governance
The future of EA isn't documenting the enterprise, it's helping run it.
Bizzdesign Spotlight
11:05AM - 11:25PM EDT
Daniel Hebda
Bringing Architecture Into the Moment of Decision
Transformation leaders are making high-impact decisions on priorities, investments, and delivery paths without a clear view of dependencies, risks, or enterprise impact.
This session explores how to bring trusted enterprise context into the moment of decision-making, using visual collaboration and AI-native capabilities to make EA insights more accessible so architects spend less time translating and more time driving strategic outcomes.
Key Takeaways:
- Bridging the gap: EA data is siloed from the workflows where critical decisions are made
- AI-native collaboration: Early ideas evolve into architecture-informed scenarios using trusted EA data
- Architect as strategist: EAs influence direction earlier before plans are locked in
- Architecture as a transformation driver: Moving beyond documentation into a proactive, strategic role
Panel Discussion
11:25AM - 11:55AM EDT
Moderated by Grant Ecker
Does AI replace the role of EA?
AI can map complexity, generate models, and surface insights at a scale no human team can match. So where does that leave the Enterprise Architect?
Customers, thought leaders, authors, and practitioners from across industries come together to explore one of the most pressing questions facing the architecture profession today examining where AI's capabilities end and where human judgment, organizational context, and strategic thinking still define the role.
Gain perspectives from these organizations:
Closing Remarks
11:55AM - 12:00PM EDT
Reflect on key takeaways as Bizzdesign Circle North America 2026 comes to a close.
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