Overview

Europe’s Foremost Independent Enterprise Architecture Conference

Co-located with the
Business Process Management Conference Europe 2018

The call for speakers has now been issued with a deadline of 22 April to submit – click here for guidelines and to apply online.  Selected speakers will be entitled to attend the event free of charge (if there are two speakers on the session then the second speaker would have to pay a highly reduced registration fee).

Proposals are now being accepted from potential speakers. We are looking for speakers who can provide information, insights and experiences on topics related to Enterprise Architecture. Do you have a subject you wish to discuss with an informed audience? Is there a member of your team who has some interesting experiences to share? Could you or anyone in your team offer a presentation that would provide an interesting contribution to the conference? If so, we invite you to submit a presentation proposal.

The conference programme will be published in May/June 2018 – please click here to request a copy.

Sponsorship and Exhibit opportunities

There are sponsorship and exhibit opportunities available at the conference. If you wish to discuss these further, please contact Shane McGlynn at shane@irmuk.co.uk.

You can view the 2017 conference programme here

Why Attend This Event in 2018:

  • Europe’s only co-located conferences on Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture and BPM. This event provides a unique opportunity to discover the latest approaches and innovative ideas to both BPM, EA and Business Architecture and benefit from the synergies between them. Choose to attend 1, 2, 3 or 4 days of the event. Delegates can attend sessions at both conferences.  The event includes a track devoted to Business Architecture.
  • Designed by Practitioners for Practitioners. Being neither analyst nor vendor-led, the conferences provide diverse and wide-ranging perspectives on and Enterprise Architecture and BPM, informed by practical experience.
  • Case studies and contributors to these co-located conferences in 2017 included: Shell International, Prudential, Bayer, Centrica, Zurich Insurance, Southern Scottish Electric, Travelex, European Investment Bank, Capita Transformation, Reckitt Benckiser Group,  Canada Life, Orange Poland, NFU Mutual, Yorkshire Building Society, Crown Prosecution Service, National Treasury  Management Agency, KPMG Norway, Henley Business School, Cambridge Assesment, KCOM, City of Malmö – Sweden, Lørenskog Municipality-Norway, Victoria Public Services, Tatra Banka, Jordão Cooling Systems, HU University of Applied Science Utrecht, McKinsey & Company, IRM Sweden, Vesta Corporation
  • Excellent mix of vision, theory and implementation. Discover new approaches and innovative ideas, while at the same time learning from organisations who have benefited from implementing world-class EA and BPM approaches and solutions.
  • Established, recognized and respected conferences. These conferences have brought practitioners, experts and thought-leaders together from around the world for many years, uncovering strategies for success in delivering world-class products, services, processes and systems.
  • Conference Workshops. Choose from an unparalleled range of workshops on specific topics to get you quickly up-to-speed or fine tune your performance on the first and the last day of the event.
  • Exhibition and Networking Opportunities. Network with an outstanding group of EA and BPM delegates and speakers.  BPM and EA solution providers will be available during the conference days to demonstrate the latest in software and services available and give you the benefit of their insights.
  • Get Value for Money. Choose from more than 70 sessions, with 2 tracks on Enterprise Architecture, 2 tracks on BPM and 1 track exclusively on Business Architecture. Whether you are just getting started or looking for more advanced knowledge you will find sessions that address issues you are facing and people who can advise you.
  • Attendee Satisfaction.Of those that replied, 99% of the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 attendees said they would recommend attending this conference to a colleague.

Testimonials

"Great event! Excellent combination of practical information, theory and fun."

Sender Meyer

Team Lead Architecture, Dutch Railways

"Superb, as a new business architect, lots of value in how to 'sell' position
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Calum Greer

Business Architect, Elsevier

"Excellent. Provided good mix of theoretical & practical implementation of EA concepts.

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Ryszard Jedrzejewski

Enterprise Architect, National Australia Group

"Very good to listen to and meet some of the industries gurus and talk to people who are 'in the same boat'.
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John Lucas

Change Management Consultant, Norwich union

"Speakers overall great, consistent, interesting and passionate about the subject.
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Andy Holloway

IT Manager, Ernst & Young

"I was pleased with the event as it enabled me to place much of the stuff I was doing in a taxonomy.
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Glenn Fitzgerald

Senior Solutions Architect, Fujitsu

"This is an excellent conference, and I would want to attend it next year. Extremely informative and useful for organisation implementing EA."

David Kwok

Assistant CIO for EA, Ministry of Defence Singapore

"Good opportunity to 'benchmark' others experience with ours. Well organised, aligned with today's and tomorrow's issues.
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Gert Eijkelboom

, De Nederlandsche Bank

"This was my first step on a long journey - but I now know what direction I should be going in!

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Steve Rees

Architect, SAS

"The Conference was very good and had a fantastic time catching up with so many great names in the industry.

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Gleuto Serafim

Infrastructure Solutions Architect, Tecala Australia

"Perfect event if one wants to feel the pulse of EA. Excellent learning and networking forum.
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Amitabh Apte

Enterprise Architecture Group, SITA

"Well organised and provided a good insight on EA. Will really benefit and add values for implementing an Enterprise level architecture across the Enterprise
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Ali Manzoor

Project Manager, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

"A very interesting and thought provoking event - my first visit and I would want to return.
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Charlie Anderson

Senior Manager IT Services, Fife Council

"Terrific content, speakers and organization. High quality content. Impressive speaker list.
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Duncan Niblett

Dep. Director of Govt. Ops,

"Best EA conference I know. Leading view on EA.
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Bart de Bijl

Manager IT & Ops,

"Excellent content and value for money. Great selection of experts and hands on practitioners
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Kay Stock

Manager - IT&C, , Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust

"Good, thought provoking, wide range of topics
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Vincent Van der Stap

Business Process Architect, Shell P&T

"One of the best conferences I have attended
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Jurgen Jung

Head of Business Modelling, DHL Global Management GmbH

"The workshop days are very valuable. All the gurus gathered in one place.
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Elizabeth Strand

Enterprise Architect, PFA Pension

"Excellent event. I hope to return next year! It has been an excellent opportunity to network with vendors and organisations in the BPM space.
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Shane Start

Business Change Project Manager, The British Library

"Wonderful event to bring energy, experience and insight to BPM. It is a hard concept to achieve change but the IRM event continues to inspire me. Thank You.
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Janine Snodgrass

Business Process Architect, John Lewis

"Great conference, good speakers. My colleagues attended last year. Their recommendation led to our manager sending all the architects."

Line Saele

Enterprise Architect, Helse Vest IKT AS

"The best conference on BPM and Enterprise Architecture. The information I received will be very useful for my job. Thank You!

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Michael Mainville

Lecturer, HEC Montreal

"My first time attending an EA conference, and will be coming back. This conference has helped me understand the whole Enterprise Architecture from a business prospect."

Raj Kumar

Demand Analysis, GlaxoSmithKline

"Great event. Challenging & informative"

Dave Wardell

Chief Enterprise Architect, Yorkshire Building Society

"The best EA conference for networking, collaborating & sharing ideas."

Roger Evernden

Enterprise Architect , Trainer, Mentor & Coach

"Excellent and inspiring. Food for thought."

Thomas Larsen

Chief Enterprise Architect, Danish Defence

"First time attending this conference and I absolutely loved it!! Having speakers who share their real life insights is the best part rather than being talked to. “Collaborative, Engaging & Disruptive” I would attend again & speak again."

Harminder Duhra

Business Architect, Prudential

"It is the best EA Conference I know"

Kasper Randrup

Enterprise Architect, Futurerocks

"A really useful all round event bringing together a wide range of experts in their fields and industry practitioners. A great opportunity to rework."

Richard Frost

Lead Enterprise Architect, Yorkshire Building Society

"Very useful insights & expertise and experience"

Roger England

IT Architect, MBNL

"Very enjoyable with some great speakers who gave interesting insight & offered practical tools & methodology."

John Lamswood

Business Architect, NFU Mutual

"This is my second time participating in this event. It has become very valuable to my competence for doing my job. I look forward to next year’s event."

Terje Voyenti

Senior Advisor, Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management

"Well run, lots of different subject areas. Nice to hear real case studies as brings theory to life."

Sandra Sheppard

Lead Business Analyst, BBC

"High quality content, with real cases identified for use in my organisation"

Richard Soanes

Solution Architect, Elsevier

"Being largely vendor independent its hugely valuable. A good range of perspectives.
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Mark Melton

Business Architect, Elsevier

"Good speakers, interesting topics and really valuable discussions with other attendees.

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Jenni Dahlkvist Vartiainen

Enterprise Architect, Jordbruksverket (Swedish Board of Agriculture)

"There is a reason why people keep coming back year after year - great conference (as always).
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Terje Bremnes

Enterprise Architect, Helse Vest, Norway

"Great event! Excellent combination of practical information, theory and fun.
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Sander Meijer

Team Lead Architecture, Dutch Railways

"Possibly the best conference I've ever attended for the insights and ideas it has provided.
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Philip Ainsworth

Business Architect, Student Loans Company

"Excellent and enjoyable. I will be recommending this conference to other architects at Canada Life.
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Dave Pitts

Senior Systems Architect, Canada Life

"This has been one of the better Conferences I have attended. A good and diverse range of speakers from around the world.
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Chris Waters

Enterprise Architect, Hiscox Insurance

"IRM EAC is turning into a must attend EA event for the calendar. Excellent value for time and money invested!
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Amitabh Apte

CTO, Fujitsu

"Would definitely love to attend again."

Piotr Wojtowicz

Principal Business Process Architect, DHL

"Well organised, well planned and well done.  I enjoyed the global perspective and would come again.  There was a lot of really good information.  I walk away with a lot of ideas that I am eager to incorporate into my day to day work."

Theresa Friend

Quality Operational Excellence Principal, Genentech a Member of the Roche Family

"It’s the best independent EA conference in Europe."


Søren Staun Biangslev

Principal Consultant, byBrick Management

"Very informative – adapted to different levels of maturity."

Jeanne-Marie Sauwens

Application Manager, EPO

"Excellent! Quality thought provoking speakers. Well organised. I have been with my company 15 years so this is a great opportunity to find out the latest thinking and catch up with what is happening in other companies."

Amanda Eaton

Process Architect, Fidelity Investments

"A good, informative and well run event."

David Cossey

Senior Business Analyst, Aviva

Sponsors

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Fees

  • 4 Days
  • £1945
  • £1,945 + VAT (£389) = £2,334
  • 3 Days
  • £1595
  • £1,595 + VAT (£319) = £1,914
  • 2 Days
  • £1245
  • £1,245 + VAT (£249) = £1,494
  • 1 Day
  • £795
  • £795 + VAT (£159) = £954
Group Booking Discounts
Delegates
2-3 10% discount
4-5 20% discount
6+ 25% discount
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Venue

  • Radisson Blu Portman Hotel
  • 22 Portman Square
  • London W1H 7BG
  • UK
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Agenda

Fees

  • 4 Days
  • £1945
  • £1,945 + VAT (£389) = £2,334
  • 3 Days
  • £1595
  • £1,595 + VAT (£319) = £1,914
  • 2 Days
  • £1245
  • £1,245 + VAT (£249) = £1,494
  • 1 Day
  • £795
  • £795 + VAT (£159) = £954
Group Booking Discounts
Delegates
2-3 10% discount
4-5 20% discount
6+ 25% discount

UK Delegates: Expenses of travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred whilst attending this IRM UK conference will be fully tax deductible by the employer company if attendance is undertaken to maintain professional skills of the employee attending.

Non-UK Delegates: Please check with your local tax authorities

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be received in writing at least two weeks before the commencement of the conference and will be subject to a 10% administration fee. It is regretted that cancellations received within two weeks of the conference date will be liable for the full conference fee. Substitutions can be made at any time.

Cancellation Liability: In the unlikely event of cancellation of the conference for any reason, IRM UK’s liability is limited to the return of the registration fee only.IRM UK will not reimburse delegates for any travel or hotel cancellation fees or penalties. It may be necessary, for reasons beyond the control of IRM UK, to change the content, timings, speakers, date and venue of the conference.

Venue

  • Radisson Blu Portman Hotel
  • 22 Portman Square
  • London W1H 7BG
  • UK

Accommodation

Hotel Accommodation Details:

IRM UK in association with JP Events have arranged special discounted hotel rates at the venue above and at other hotels nearby.
Email: jane@jpetem.com
Tel: +44(0)84 5680 1138
Fax: +44(0)84 5680 1139
http://www.jpevents-bookings.co.uk/IRM/jp-conflist.asp

Sponsorship and Exhibit opportunities

There are sponsorship and exhibit opportunities available at the conference. If you wish to discuss these further, please contact Shane McGlynn at shane@irmuk.co.uk.

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