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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

Sunday, Oct. 1
Check in at the Thompson Hollywood, and join us for an evening Welcome Reception at the hotel’s rooftop lounge, Bar Lis.
Monday, Oct. 2
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.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
Enjoy a morning packed with real-life success stories and practical insights, then a final lunch with your peers before departure.
Sunday, Oct. 1

Check in at the Thompson Hollywood, and join us for an evening Welcome Reception at the hotel’s rooftop lounge, Bar Lis.

Monday, Oct. 2

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.

Tuesday, Oct. 3

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

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

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.

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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.

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Anaf Durrani

VP of Product Engineering

Grainger

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Jeremy Forman

Executive Director Data Strategy, Data Science, & Data Platforms

Seagen

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Amy Grace

Director

Military Engines Digital Strategy

Pratt & Whitney

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Omar Khawaja

Head of Business Intelligence

Roche Pharmaceuticals

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Sean McCormack

Chief Information Officer

First Student, Inc.

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Darren Smith

Chief Technology Officer

MYOB

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Knut Talman

VP IT – Logistics & Services

OTTO

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Matthias Wlaka

VP IT – OTTO Marketplace

and CTO – OTTO Payments

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Yewande Ige

Capability Strategist

Thoughtworks

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Rachel Laycock

CTO

Thoughtworks

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Mike Mason

Chief AI Officer

Thoughtworks

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Joe Murray

Head of Customer Experience,

Product and Design,

North America

Thoughtworks

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Ryan Murray

Executive Technical Director,

Client Solutions

Thoughtworks

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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.

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Look for a confirmation email with more details soon. We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles.

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

Engineering culture: The secret to Spotify’s success

Austin Lamon

Head of Backstage

Spotify USA

Augmenting product creation with AI

Joe Manton

Senior Director & Global Lead of Modelling & Simulation

Mondelēz

Jonne Heikkinen

Managing Director

Thoughtworks Finland

Start small, scale fast: A blueprint for global success

Nico Ackermann

Portal Owner for One Touch Retail

Mercedes-Benz AG

Accelerating transformation with Data Mesh and AI

Sanjeevan Bala

Group Chief Data & AI Officer

ITV

Danilo Sato

Head of Data and AI Services UK

Thoughtworks

Systems thinking and responsible tech: The hard parts

Chad Wathington

Chief Strategy Officer

Thoughtworks

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