Why Attend?

Most organizations rely on business-critical applications that were built years, and often decades, ago. These systems continue to power the business, but they also carry technical debt, aging architectures, undocumented processes, hidden dependencies, and institutional knowledge held by only a handful of employees. While many organizations recognize the need to modernize, determining where to begin can be overwhelming. For mission-critical systems that support daily operations, every modernization decision carries potential business risk, making it difficult to identify the right priorities, sequence initiatives, and move forward with confidence.

The Executive Modernization Lab is designed to help executive teams understand where to begin. Through AI-assisted application inventory, system assessments, and structured discovery, you'll see how organizations are gaining the visibility needed to make confident modernization decisions.

Throughout the day, you'll experience how AI-assisted application analysis, knowledge management, and executive intelligence can transform legacy systems from unknown liabilities into well-understood strategic assets. Through industry insights, live application analysis, executive discussions, customer success stories, and interactive working sessions, you'll learn how to identify technical debt, uncover knowledge risk, assess AI readiness, improve engineering health, and build executive scorecards that connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes.

You'll learn how to:

• Identify and prioritize technical debt based on business impact rather than assumptions.
• Reveal hidden architectural dependencies before they become modernization risks.
• Preserve critical institutional knowledge before it leaves the organization.
• Evaluate application portfolios for modernization and AI readiness.
• Build executive scorecards that connect technical health with business outcomes.
• Create practical modernization roadmaps that leadership teams can confidently support.
• Improve governance, engineering health, and long-term technology sustainability.

Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for executive technology leaders responsible for enterprise applications and modernization initiatives, including:

• CIOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers
• VP of Engineering
• IT Directors
• Enterprise Architects
• Application Portfolio Managers
• Engineering Managers
• Digital Transformation Leaders

Event Format

The Executive Modernization Lab is a highly interactive, invitation-only workshop designed for executive technology leaders. Rather than sitting through a full day of presentations, attendees participate in a mix of executive briefings, live demonstrations, collaborative working sessions, peer discussions, and customer case studies.

Throughout the day, you'll have opportunities to engage directly with CODE experts and fellow technology leaders, compare modernization challenges, and discuss practical strategies that can be applied within your own organization.

Breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and workshop materials are provided.

What to Expect

• Executive briefings covering current trends in modernization, AI adoption, technical debt, and organizational risk.
• Live AI-assisted application analysis demonstrating how enterprise systems can be assessed to uncover architecture, dependencies, technical debt, and modernization opportunities.
• Interactive working sessions where attendees collaborate on modernization scenarios and discuss different approaches to prioritization and planning.
• Peer roundtable discussions over breakfast and lunch with technology leaders facing similar modernization challenges.
• Real-world customer success stories highlighting lessons learned, measurable outcomes, and modernization best practices.
• Executive scorecards and planning frameworks that provide practical tools for measuring modernization progress, AI readiness, engineering health, and knowledge risk.
• Open panel discussions and Q&A with industry experts and customer representatives to answer questions and share experiences.

Space Is Limited

To encourage meaningful discussion and collaboration, attendance is intentionally limited. This executive workshop is offered exclusively in person and will not be recorded.

Request your invitation today and join fellow technology leaders for a full day of practical strategies, executive insights, and proven modernization frameworks designed to help you reduce risk, preserve knowledge, and confidently prepare your organization for what's next.