we invite you to the next EA Café in which you can discover how Yara realized its EA Office, on Wednesday June 12th 2019 at AE, Heverlee.

Responsibly feed the world and protect the planet For this mission, the Norwegian company Yara produces crop nutrition (fertilizer) and environmental solutions (like e.g. AdBlue) all over the world. To become an agile service provider to the business, Yara IT launched a transformation program 2 years ago. This should help Yara play a proactive role in the digital revolution that currently is taking place in agriculture. AE supported this journey by setting up an Enterprise Architecture Office.

What you will learn how they designed a nimble EA capability how they got grip on the many different programs and projects globally how they gradually introduced architectural thinking in the projects

Our speaker is Stef Devos, digital strategist and chief enterprise architect at AE.

As always there will be plenty of time for discussion and networking during and after the two presentations.

17.30 Doors 18.00 Case presentation 20.00 Drinks and networking	AE – Interleuvenlaan 27/B, 3001 Heverlee

	Sponsor This 34th Architect Café is generously sponsored by AE, architects for business & ICT.
	In the meantime… Eager to learn how Yara embraces digital transformation? Watch a video on Industry 4.0 at Yara.

Presentations:

• Setting up EA office at Yara

In a new installment of the EA Café-series on Thursday June 7th 2018 in the Parker Hotel Brussel Airport we present to you an architectural view on Blockchain and the case for Agile Architecting.

Our speakers are Tristan Catteeuw, Bjorn Monnens and Davy Van Roy on Blockchain and Eltjo Poort, Distinguished Solution Architect at CGI, on agile architecting.

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As always there will be plenty of time for discussion and networking during and after the two presentations.

Agenda

• 17.30 Doors
• 18.00 Presentations
• 20.00 Drinks and networking

Location
Parker Hotel Brussel Airport – Bessenveldstraat 15, 1831 Machelen

This 33rd Architect Café is kindly sponsored by IT Works Belgium, leading organizer of seminars and workshops on technical and business IT topics.

Presentations:

• Agile Architecting with RCDA
• The blockchain – an architectural view

Wednesday Dec 13th, Mechelen

We invite you to our 32nd engaging Architect Café on IT4IT where you can discover the “new” standard from The Open Group for managing the business of IT.

Speaker will be Rob Akershoek, current Chair of The Open Group IT4IT Forum. During his talk Rob will focus on how IT4IT can empower companies to build better systems by architecting for digital business strategies.

After his introductory talk there will be plenty of time to discuss:

• • • how can IT4IT make Enterprise Architecture more actionable
    • what is the impact of  IT4IT on the business?
    • how can  IT4IT help implementing methods such as Continuous Delivery  and DevOps.
    • what is the relationship with other Standards (like TOGAF, ITIL…)

Location:

DXC Offices, Blarenberglaan 2, 2800 Mechelen

• 18.00 Doors
• 18.30 Architect Café and networking

Register now

Watch our 31st Architect Café on Design thinking, closing the gap for enterprise architecture? on Youtube

Presentation: IT4IT Introduction BAEA 2017 – Rob Akershoek

Wednesday Dec 13th, Mechelen or Brussels (to be defined)

Hi,

We invite you to our 32nd engaging Architect Café where you can discover a “new” standard from The Open Group:  IT4IT (for managing the business of IT).

Speaker will be Rob Akershoek, current Chair of The Open Group IT4IT Forum. During his talk Rob will focus on how IT4IT can empower companies to build better systems by architecting for digital business strategies.

After his introductory talk there will be plenty of time to discuss:

• how can IT4IT make Enterprise Architecture more actionable
• what is the impact of  IT4IT on the business?
• how can  IT4IT help implementing methods such as Continuous Delivery  and DevOps.
• what is the relationship with other Standards (like TOGAF, ITIL…)

More info will follow soon.

Agenda:

• 18.00 Doors
• 18.30 Architect Café and networking

 Make sure to reserve your seat now!

Best regards,
The BAEA team

Wednesday 13.09.2017, Crossroad, Mechelen

You’re kindly invited to the next BAEA Architecture Café, at Crossroad, Mechelen on Wednesday September 13th.

The presentation by Niek de Visscher – founder and CEO of Kamitsu, an Antwerp-based strategic design and architecture consultancy – will make a well-educated attempt at answering the question “Design thinking, closing the gap for enterprise architecture?”

The gap refers to the (perceived) disconnect between the traditional output of enterprise architecture and “what the business really needs”. Enterprise architects are still being told that they deliver too slow, that their work is difficult to understand and that it doesn’t relate enough to the real business challenges opposed. (btw: you should absolutely join us on September 13 if you do not agree with this statement!)

In his presentation, Niek proposes a practical user-oriented EA-process based on the design thinking principles. In business, problems most commonly are solved by conventional analysis which is linear most of the time (what you learn during an MBA), while designers solve problems by synthesis which is a process of divergence, convergence and prototyping – and back, thus cyclical (what you learn at design school).

There will be plenty of time to discuss the topic during the presentation and afterwards during the networking-drink.

Agenda:

• 18.00 Doors
• 18.30 Architect Café and networking

 Make sure to reserve your seat now!

Location:
Crossroad Consulting
Schaliënhoevedreef 20/H, 2800 Mechelen
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The BAEA team

Proud sponsor of this event:

PS: feel free to forward this invitation to spread the news and invite colleagues to sign up to this BAEA Architect Café invitation mailing list.

Wednesday 13.09.2017, Crossroad, Mechelen

We invite you to an inspiring Architect Café that marks the beginning of a new phase for the BAEA. We are shifting focus to reflect new insights in the architecture practice, and apply a revised format to better suit the needs of our diverse community.

Our speakers Filip Hendrickx (altershape) and Niek de Visscher (Kien Adaptive Systems) will share their views on the match between design-thinking and enterprise agility in an architecture context.

You’ll receive the detailed agenda and abstracts right after a well-deserved holiday period!

Agenda:

• 18.00 Doors
• 18.30 Architect Café and networking

 Make sure to reserve your seat now!

Location:
Crossroad Consulting
Schaliënhoevedreef 20/H, 2800 Mechelen
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The BAEA team

Proud sponsor of this event:

PS: feel free to forward this invitation to spread the news and invite colleagues to sign up to this BAEA Architect Café invitation mailing list.

Wednesday 15.06.2016, Test-Aankoop, Sint-Gillis (close to Brussel-Midi)

Dear EA professional,

We inform you in more detail about our 30th EA Café for Wednesday, June 15th.

Test-Aankoop / Test-Achats, as part of the Euroconsumers group, evolves from a consumer organization defending the interest of consumers through traditional media (press and magazines) to a personalized service provider (contact center and digital). This puts the organization before a number of architectural challenges (business, application, data, technical).

In this BAEA session Els Goossens and Tom Verweijen will introduce you to these challenges from the architect’s perspective.

What you will learn:

• Introducing the evolution towards personalization
• How new models in business architecture supported the reflection on business and technical side
• Challenges of personalization (identity management, privacy, …)
• The role of the architect at Euroconsumers

Agenda:

• 17.30 Doors
• 18.00 Case study
• 20.00 Networking event

 Make sure to reserve your seat now!

Location:

Test-Aankoop

Hollandstraat 13, 1060 Sint-Gillis

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We need your input:

• Share interesting event topics or recommend speakers.
• Suggest locations or propose sponsoring.

Best regards,

The BAEA team

Proud sponsor of this event:

Wednesday 27.04.2016, Oracle, Vilvoorde

Dear EA professional,

We have rescheduled our 29th EA Café for Wednesday, April 27th and kindly ask you to register once again.

Our colleagues from Crossroad will share their lessons learned on innovating customer experience through Service Design.

• We start of with a general introduction about Design Thinking and Service Design to touch on the fundamental principles.
• Next we make it real, when we dive into a Crossroad case to illustrate the entireservice design process.
• Because service design is about doing and not talking we challenge you to make a simple Customer Journey and Service Blueprint.
• We conclude with a small discussion about theadded value of the enterprise architect in making a redesigned service a reality.

Make sure to reserve your seat now!
Note: previous registrations were disregarded due to the rescheduling.

Agenda:

• 17.30 Doors
• 18.00 Intro & Case study
• 19.00 DIY exercise & facilitated discussion
• 20.00 Networking event

We need your input:

• Share interesting event topics or recommend speakers.
• Suggest locations or propose sponsoring.

Proud sponsor of this event:

PS: feel free to forward this invitation to spread the news and invite colleagues to sign up to this BAEA Architect Café invitation mailing list.

The presentation of EA Café 29 can be downloaded here:
Customer Experience Innovation by Service Design and the Value Add for Enterprise Architecture

Pictures of EA Cafe 29 can be downloaded here:
EA Cafe 29

Customer Experience Innovation by Service Design and the Value Add of Enterprise Architecture [to be rescheduled]

Wednesday 23.03.2016, Oracle, Vilvoorde

Dear EA professional,

Given the recent events we are rescheduling the 29th EA Café planned for tomorrow, Wednesday March 23rd. An update will follow shortly.

We sincerely hope you and yours are safe and well.

Best regards,
The BAEA team

Wednesday 23.03.2016, Oracle, Vilvoorde

Dear EA professional,
We invite you to the 29th EA Café where our colleagues from Crossroad will share their lessons learned on innovating customer experience through Service Design.

• We start of with a general introduction about Design Thinking and Service Design to touch on the fundamental principles.
• Next we make it real, when we dive into a Crossroad case to illustrate the entireservice design process.
• Because service design is about doing and not talking we challenge you to make a simple Customer Journey and Service Blueprint.
• We conclude with a small discussion about theadded value of the enterprise architect in making a redesigned service a reality.

Make sure to reserve your seat now!

Agenda:

• 17.30 Doors
• 18.00 Intro & Case study
• 19.00 DIY exercise & facilitated discussion
• 20.00 Networking event

We need your input:

• Share interesting event topics or recommend speakers.
• Suggest locations or propose sponsoring.