Ecosystems Architecture and AI

Today, many mission critical systems reach out beyond an enterprise's traditional boundaries, which
pushes solutions design well beyond the comfort zone of Enterprise Architecture and into the world
of hyper-enterprise systems. This is a world of complexity and scale where IT systems must evolve
as the context of their environment ebbs and flows. The result is a dynamic, interconnected web of
critical business advantage, balanced against uncertainty and risk, and infused with AI. This is the
world of Ecosystems Architecture.

Phil Tetlow CTO Data Ecosystems, IBM
For the past 21 years Philip Tetlow has worked for IBM as a Technical Architect (CTO Data Ecosystems & Academy of Technology Vice President - Emerging Technology (2019 -2022)) where he helps top 100 companies build really big data and analytics IT Systems. In his spare time he focuses more on the fundamental nature of information at scale.

He' s a qualified Executive IT Architect, an Adjunct Professor of Web Science at the University of Southampton , a Visiting Professor of Practice at Newcastle University and a member of IBM's Academy of Technology Leadership Team. He holds the first PhD in Web Science, is a Chartered Engineer, an Open Group Distinguished IT Architect, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and was an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Computer Science at the York University (2009 - 2012).

He has over 30 years experience in the IT industry and has worked on a number of challenging client facing projects. He specialises in the application of web-based technologies, metadata and transformation techniques at enterprise level. He has participated in the World Wide Web Consortium and coordinated their taskforce on the application of the Semantic Web in Software Engineering as part of the Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group. He has also helped advise the UK Government, the Bank of England and many household name companies on Artifical Intelligence.

He's currently working on Quantum Information, Social Machines, Graph Database, Ecosystems Architecture and his much awaited third book. He's also thinking hard about how the Web might provide help for the humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe.

Paul Homan CTO for Industrial Sector, IBM Services UK & Ireland
Paul is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer for Industrial sector clients in IBM Global Services, responsible for Technology Strategy & Industry Architectures for Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Oil & Gas, Electronics, Industrial Products and Construction industries - anywhere you find Engineering basically!

Practised CIO Advisor & passionate Enterprise Architect with substantial end-user experience and knowledge, having worked as Chief Architect in UK Post Office and Royal Mail, establishing EA practices and then living with the results!

Rahul Senior Research Engineer, Emerging Technology Lab , Honda R&D Europe UK
Rahul, MCA, BSc, is a Senior Research Engineer for the Emerging Technology Lab at Honda R&D Europe UK.
He primarily focuses on deep tech strategy, data privacy, and decentralized architecture research for next-generation systems and services.
He is also a co-author of Ecosystems Architecture: New Thinking for Practitioners in the Age of AI.


Steve Nunn President & CEO, The Open Group
Steve Nunn is President and CEO of The Open Group – a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through technology standards.

Steve joined The Open Group in 1993, spending the majority of his time as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He was also CEO of the AEA from 2010 until 2015.

Steve is a lawyer by training, has an L.L.B. (Hons) in Law with French and retains a current legal practicing certificate. Having spent most of his life in the UK, Steve has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2007. He enjoys spending time with his family, walking, playing golf, 80s music, and is a lifelong West Ham United fan.