2025 Summer Summit: Thinking AI

AI will transform the way we work, think, serve our customers, and make decisions about our organizations. But AI can only serve us as well as we let it. The impact, value and benefit of AI is determined by how we shape, structure, and integrate it into our organization's purpose, vision, and mission thereby unlocking it's most transformative power.

Join us at Thinking AI -- a one-day conference designed for leaders, strategists, and architects who are navigating the profound shifts AI brings to business and technology.

This event explores AI through the lens of business architecture, as always starting with "why", and focusing on how organizations can work with, through, and beyond AI to drive the astounding effect it can create when we get it right. The TCBAF Summer Summit is structured around four key perspectives:

• Thinking With It: Understanding the role of data as the foundation of AI-driven decision-making.
• Thinking Through It: Exploring AI as an enabler of technology and business capabilities, leading to digital transformation.
• Thinking About It: Examining governance, planning, and AI’s impact on strategy, operations, and value creation.
• Thinking Beyond It: Designing resilient, adaptable business systems that thrive in an AI-powered world.

Join us for a day of thought-provoking discussions, practical insights, and forward-looking strategies. AI will change everything -- this is your opportunity to join the conversation to shape how.

Networking Lunch and Happy Hour Beverages and Snacks provided!

Selena is a visionary leader at the intersection of ESG, ethics, regulatory compliance, and technology. As the founder of Ara, a strategic risk advisory, she helps organizations embed sustainability and ethical decision-making into their operations and digital transformation efforts. With a career spanning law, compliance, and operational risk, Selena specializes in creating systems that bridge silos, align values with strategy, and unlock business value.

Known for her ability to connect the dots across complex regulatory environments, she leverages business architecture and emerging technologies, like AI, to design practical solutions for today’s most pressing ESG challenges. Selena is a passionate advocate for integrating purpose-driven practices into governance, fostering innovation, and building resilient, responsible organizations that thrive in a changing world.

Arthur is a visionary technology leader at the forefront of AI, software architecture, and emerging technologies. With a track record of driving innovation and building high-performing teams, he helps organizations navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape and harness its transformative potential.

As a strategic thinker with deep expertise in software development and technology-driven business solutions, Arthur specializes in designing scalable systems that enhance operational efficiency, foster collaboration, and unlock new opportunities. He is passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world business challenges, ensuring AI is implemented in ways that drive meaningful impact.

Arthur brings a technical perspective to the conversation, exploring how organizations can leverage AI to innovate responsibly and build a future-ready enterprise.

Linda Finley is an original in the business architecture space. She is the Founder and President of the Twin Cities Business Architecture Forum, a primary author of the BIZBOK® Guide, and a former member of the Guild Board of Directors and Advisory Board. She has been a CIO, Chief Architect, management consultant, enterprise architect, teacher, speaker, and writer for more than three decades. Linda is currently practicing as an independent senior consultant, specializing in strategy formation, culture and transformation, leader development, and applying business architecture techniques for all of it.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The TractorWorks Building, 800 North Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, United States