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ParadigmShift | October 1-3
With limitation comes opportunity. The opportunity for a much-needed pause to reevaluate your organizational goals. The chance to reshape your business and technology strategies, and to align your investments accordingly. The space to examine your risk appetite, technical debt and mindsets; reprioritizing your portfolio to turn challenges into triumphs.
Our industry-leading speakers will empower you to harness emerging technology trends, unlocking maximum value for your business. You will leave with practical insights into cultivating strong foundations in product, data, and engineering to make a real impact.
An immersive, invite-only event for courageous leaders, ParadigmShift connects business and tech executives with thought-provoking global speakers to discover, discuss, and inspire new ways of thinking about the future.
October 1-3
Thompson Hollywood and Citizen News
Los Angeles
October 1-3
Thompson Hollywood and Citizen News
Los Angeles
Agenda
Check in at the Thompson Hollywood, and join us for an evening Welcome Reception at the hotel’s rooftop lounge, Bar Lis.
Begin the day with breakfast and a full day of thought-provoking content from industry leaders. Connect with your fellow attendees at Monday evening’s not-to-be-missed Signature Event.
Enjoy a morning packed with real-life success stories and practical insights, then a final lunch with your peers before departure.
Download a more detailed agenda here.
Speakers
Our diverse line-up of expert speakers will explore value-focused leadership, creating powerful engineering organizations, and how to manage complexity at scale.
Kara Swisher
In conversation with Kara Swisher
Considered the top reporter in the tech game, Swisher has been reporting on the industry since the early 1990s. She was there when Amazon was looking for its first headquarters in Seattle, when Google was in its garage and when Netflix was just a small startup. Once called Silicon Valley’s most feared but revered journalist by New York Magazine, Swisher has established herself as the oracle of the tech world with unrivaled access to the industry’s most significant leaders.
Allie K. Miller
How leading businesses are leveraging AI - and how you can too
Allie Miller is a top artificial intelligence leader, advisor, and investor who has led large global AI initiatives at two of the five largest cloud providers in the world. Allie was most recently the Global Head of Machine Learning for Startups & Venture Capital at Amazon Web Services (AWS). She is a National Ambassador for AAAS and was named a LinkedIn Top Voice for the last five years, Chief in Tech’s Top 100 Women in Tech to Watch, Award Magazine’s Top 50 Women in Tech, and ReadWrite’s Top 20 AI Speakers in the World.
Kirstin Ferguson
Head & Heart: The art of modern leadership
Kirstin Ferguson is an award-winning leadership expert, best-selling author and columnist. Kirstin’s career includes three decades of leadership experience including as a military officer, CEO of a global consulting company and Acting Chair and Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She holds a PhD in leadership and she has been recognized as one of the top 30 ‘Thinkers to Watch’ in the world. Her latest book, Head & Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership, has been recognized as one of the 10 best new books in management in 2023.
Anaf Durrani
VP of Product Engineering
Grainger
Jeremy Forman
Executive Director Data Strategy, Data Science, & Data Platforms
Seagen
Amy Grace
Director
Military Engines Digital Strategy
Pratt & Whitney
Omar Khawaja
Head of Business Intelligence
Roche Pharmaceuticals
Sean McCormack
Chief Information Officer
First Student, Inc.
Darren Smith
Chief Technology Officer
MYOB
Knut Talman
VP IT – Logistics & Services
OTTO
Matthias Wlaka
VP IT – OTTO Marketplace
and CTO – OTTO Payments
Yewande Ige
Capability Strategist
Thoughtworks
Rachel Laycock
CTO
Thoughtworks
Mike Mason
Chief AI Officer
Thoughtworks
Joe Murray
Head of Customer Experience,
Product and Design,
North America
Thoughtworks
Ryan Murray
Executive Technical Director,
Client Solutions
Thoughtworks
John Spens
Director of Data and AI,
North America
Thoughtworks
Check back for more exciting speaker announcements soon.
Workshop offer:
Generative AI power session for executives
We are offering ParadigmShift attendees an exclusive opportunity to register for our Generative AI power session for executives. This 90-minute interactive workshop will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively leverage and implement Generative AI capabilities within your organization.
You can expect rich discussions with fellow leaders and our Generative AI SMEs and will walk away with a comprehensive toolkit to identify, evaluate and capitalize on Generative AI opportunities for your business.
Due to the interactive and immersive nature of the workshops, places are limited to 15 attendees per session, so register today to avoid disappointment.
Available sessions:
- Sunday, October 1st, 4-5:30 pm
- Tuesday, October 3rd, 12:30-2 pm
Please ensure that you have registered for ParadigmShift below, then email us at paradigmshift@thoughtworks.com with your preferred workshop date to secure your spot.
Register today
2022 Executive summary
In April 2022, executive leaders from around the world convened in New York for ParadigmShift, an invite-only event hosted annually by Thoughtworks. This year’s theme, The power of togetherness, saw industry leading speakers from Spotify, Mercedes-Benz, ITV and Mondelēz, among others, sharing how we must come together in new and powerful ways to succeed in a much-changed world.
Over the course of two days, we explored how organizations are blending technologies, products, capabilities and talent to invent new opportunities for extraordinary impact and value creation.
2022 speaker talks
Austin Lamon
Head of Backstage
Spotify USA
Joe Manton
Senior Director & Global Lead of Modelling & Simulation
Mondelēz
Jonne Heikkinen
Managing Director
Thoughtworks Finland
Nico Ackermann
Portal Owner for One Touch Retail
Mercedes-Benz AG
Sanjeevan Bala
Group Chief Data & AI Officer
ITV
Danilo Sato
Head of Data and AI Services UK
Thoughtworks
Chad Wathington
Chief Strategy Officer
Thoughtworks