Technology & Innovation
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As the IT singularity reshapes how organizations operate, leading technology executives are confronting new questions around governance, workforce design, and AI adoption. Learn how guest speakers from SailPoint, Applied Materials, Moeve, and EssilorLuxottica are navigating these challenges and turning AI investments into business value.

AI adoption is accelerating, but too many organizations remain focused on deployments and efficiencies rather than customer value. Learn why the most successful AI adopters build customer-focused strategies that drive trust, differentiation, and business outcomes.

Architecture and delivery leaders are expected to modernize platforms, accelerate delivery, enable AI, strengthen governance, and demonstrate business value, often with limited time and resources. Discover the sessions at Technology & Innovation Forum Central that can help you advance platform transformation, enterprise architecture, AI readiness, and delivery performance.

Networking is more than a side benefit at Technology & Innovation Forum Central. Explore the programs, roundtables, and leadership communities designed to help technology leaders connect, learn, and grow alongside their peers.

AI agents are reshaping how work gets done, blurring the line between human and machine capabilities. A cognitive operating model provides a framework for designing, governing, and orchestrating shared cognitive skills across people, AI agents, and hybrid teams to unlock more adaptive, scalable, and effective ways of working.

The fastest way to accelerate AI execution is to align the people responsible for making it happen. Discover five ways Technology & Innovation Forum Central helps technology, architecture, data, and operations leaders build shared understanding, navigate trade-offs, and move from AI experimentation to business outcomes.

Heading to Technology & Innovation Forum Central in Austin? Discover coffee shops, restaurants, cultural attractions, and local experiences near the JW Marriott that can help you recharge, connect with peers, and make the most of your time at the event.

Technology executives can maximize their time at Technology & Innovation Forum Central by focusing on the sessions and moments that matter most to their role. Prioritized recommendations highlight what to attend and where to invest time to drive real AI outcomes.

As AI becomes embedded everywhere, turning ambition into outcomes is the challenge. Learn how workshops and certifications at Technology & Innovation Forum Central help leaders build actionable strategies, test decisions, and leave with a clear plan in the IT singularity.

The IT singularity is already here — and traditional IT operating models can’t keep up with an always-on, AI-driven world. Learn how technology leaders are adapting now and what it takes to turn disruption into real business advantage at Forrester’s 2026 Technology & Innovation Forums.

Forrester’s report, “The State Of Quantum Computing, 2026,” shows that quantum computing is advancing faster than expected, making business utility and Q-day security risks plausible by 2030.

GenAI is already reshaping software development — but not primarily through chatbots or code autocomplete. The most consequential shift is the emergence of agentic software development (ASD): a new way of building software in which AI systems do real development work, not just assist humans.