Make the Future Clear: Applying Strategic Foresight for Developers and Technical Leaders
Friday, Aug 8
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Grand Ballroom C
Description
In today’s fast-paced tech environment—fueled by constant releases, evolving cloud platforms, and emerging AI innovations—leaders and teams often struggle to plan beyond the next sprint. How do you navigate a landscape where tools, methodologies, and business demands shift overnight? Enter the Future Horizons Framework.
This session offers a practical roadmap for any developer, technical lead, or visionary looking to anticipate what’s next. By identifying the critical drivers that could reshape your industry—like rising AI solutions, next-gen cloud architectures, and new DevOps paradigms—you’ll discover how to build resilience into your projects and teams. We’ll delve into four distinct scenarios for the future of software and technology, each highlighting specific risks, opportunities, and real-world examples.
Why attend? By applying strategic foresight, you’ll learn to move beyond guesswork—ensuring that your architecture decisions, code investments, and team roadmaps remain nimble and future-proof. Whether you’re scaling a startup on the latest platform or steering an enterprise through digital transformation, the Future Horizons Framework gives you the clarity to make forward-thinking decisions. You’ll leave equipped with immediate tactics to integrate foresight into your day-to-day workflows—so you can innovate confidently and guide your organization toward sustainable growth, no matter what tomorrow brings.
1. Master Strategic Foresight in Tech: Learn to systematically identify key trends (AI, cloud evolution, DevOps shifts) that could redefine your project or organization’s trajectory.
2. Build Future-Proof Strategies: Explore four possible software and technology scenarios—each with distinct challenges and opportunities—and discover how to align your dev stacks, tools, and teams for each outcome.
3. Drive Resilience & Innovation: Develop actionable strategies that empower you to pivot quickly, maintain code quality, and deliver real value—even under rapid technological change or market upheaval.
This session offers a practical roadmap for any developer, technical lead, or visionary looking to anticipate what’s next. By identifying the critical drivers that could reshape your industry—like rising AI solutions, next-gen cloud architectures, and new DevOps paradigms—you’ll discover how to build resilience into your projects and teams. We’ll delve into four distinct scenarios for the future of software and technology, each highlighting specific risks, opportunities, and real-world examples.
Why attend? By applying strategic foresight, you’ll learn to move beyond guesswork—ensuring that your architecture decisions, code investments, and team roadmaps remain nimble and future-proof. Whether you’re scaling a startup on the latest platform or steering an enterprise through digital transformation, the Future Horizons Framework gives you the clarity to make forward-thinking decisions. You’ll leave equipped with immediate tactics to integrate foresight into your day-to-day workflows—so you can innovate confidently and guide your organization toward sustainable growth, no matter what tomorrow brings.
1. Master Strategic Foresight in Tech: Learn to systematically identify key trends (AI, cloud evolution, DevOps shifts) that could redefine your project or organization’s trajectory.
2. Build Future-Proof Strategies: Explore four possible software and technology scenarios—each with distinct challenges and opportunities—and discover how to align your dev stacks, tools, and teams for each outcome.
3. Drive Resilience & Innovation: Develop actionable strategies that empower you to pivot quickly, maintain code quality, and deliver real value—even under rapid technological change or market upheaval.
