An exclusive, invitation-only workshop with

Gregor Hohpe or Burr Sutter 

Architecture & Platform Engineering in your IT organisation

Date: 13 June   Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 CET  Location: Brightspace, Leuven

Shaping strategy and engineering excellence

On 13 June, we will welcome two international heavyweights for an inspiring morning packed with strategic insights and practical frameworks.

Program:

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Welcome & breakfast
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Exclusive workshop

> Gregor Hohpe (The Architect Elevator) will explore the role of architecture as a bridge between the boardroom and the engine room.

> Burr Sutter (Red Hat) will demonstrate how platform engineering can provide lasting support to development teams by treating internal platforms as full-fledged products.

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Choose your Track:

 

1. Architecture Track

with Gregor Hohpe

IT is no longer merely a supporting function — it increasingly serves as a growth engine. However, many IT leaders are now further removed from their technical teams than ever before. In this workshop, you will rediscover how architecture can serve as the metaphorical elevator connecting the ‘boardroom’ and the ‘engine room’.

You will learn how to better understand technical choices and clearly explain them to the board. No buzzwords or vague promises, but clear frameworks and practical insights that will help you ask the right questions and better align technology, budget, and strategy. This way, you can harness the full power of your IT organisation.

Target audience:
CIO, CTO, CDO, IT Leader, Chief Architect, Enterprise Architect

 

2. Platform Engineering Track

with Burr Sutter

In many organisations, it still takes too long for new software to deliver effective value. Root causes include fragmented processes, manual handovers, and high operational burdens on developers. Platform engineering offers a structural solution by supporting development teams with automated, secure, and user-friendly development platforms.

In this session, Burr Sutter will show you how to approach your internal platforms as full-fledged products, with a focus on user experience, standardisation, and continuous improvement. Topics include self-service portals, golden path templates, CI/CD automation, and the necessary cultural shift between development, security, and operations.

Target audience:
IT leaders, CTOs, heads of engineering, platform architects, enterprise architects, and technology strategists

 

For who?

An exclusive opportunity for CIOs, CTOs, IT leaders and enterprise architects to sharpen their focus on the future of IT.

Join us at Brightspace

Brightspace Leuven

Interleuvenlaan 74, 3001 Leuven

Introducing your hosts

 

Gregor Hope

Gregor Hohpe


Gregor is an architect bridging IT and business, translating buzzwords into practical decisions. He built cloud services at AWS, guided cloud transformations at Google Cloud, shaped Singapore’s government cloud strategy, and served as Chief Architect at Allianz SE.

He co-authored Enterprise Integration Patterns, wrote The Software Architect Elevator, and serves on the IEEE Software advisory board. Gregor emphasises clear communication over simplification, effectively wielding both IDE and presentation software.

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Burr Sutter

Burr Sutter


A lifelong developer advocate, community organiser and technology evangelist, Burr Sutter is a featured speaker at technology events around the globe—from Bangalore to Brussels and Berlin to Beijing (and most parts in between).

He is currently Red Hat’s Chief Developer Evangelist. A Java Champion since 2005 and former president of the Atlanta Java User Group, Burr founded the DevNexus conference—now the second largest Java event in the U.S.—with the aim of making access to the world’s leading developers affordable to the developer community.

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