The pace of change is accelerating - are you positioned to lead it?

Join us for DFW Innovation Days - an interactive, open house-style showcase designed for senior business and technology leaders driving innovation and business transformation. This is your opportunity to…

 

  • Build an adaptive organization to navigate complex change with agility and resilience.

  • Reclaim technical debt and modernize your legacy systems, transforming your technology foundation.

  • Boost creativity, productivity, and innovation by learning how to harness AI.

  • Connect with industry leaders to gain practical, real-world insights into how they are moving beyond AI adoption and scaling AI initiatives.

 

We’re offering three convenient time slots over two days, giving you the flexibility to explore the exhibits at your own pace. Choose the date and time that works best for you.

 

Event Details

  • Location: Slalom DFW Office | 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75240
  • Dates: Wednesday, May 14th & Thursday, May 15th
  • Exhibit Time Slots Offered:
    • Wednesday, May 14th
      • 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
      • 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
    • Thursday, May 15th 
      • 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Panel Discussion: The Future-Proof Enterprise: Adapting, Innovating, and Thriving
    • Wednesday, May 14th | 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
    • Thursday, May 15th | 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
    • Scroll down for more details; breakfast will be provided

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DFW Innovation Day Exhibits

Explore our 10+ exhibits below to map out your visit! Which of these innovations will you experience up-close first?

 

 

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Brainstorm

 

Slalom’s proprietary and secure Brainstorm software combines Slalom’s best-in-class facilitation techniques with the power of GenAI to unlock human innovative potential. We do this by providing relevant prompts and ideas for users to react to, while also allowing users to securely share, save, synthesize, and export their ideas. By combining facilitation techniques with GenAI as a prompting mechanism for human creativity, we equip everyone to unlock their innovative potential.

 

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Worlds.io

 

Worlds is revolutionizing how companies leverage cameras and sensors to improve their daily operations. The Worlds AI Platform enables rapid development of organization-specific AI models to empower intelligent applications that meld with enterprise systems—bringing the promise of AI to your physical operations. By combining these custom AI models with spatial data and Agentic AI, users can now chat with LLMs about their specific real-world operations and build automation directly into physical processes to improve efficiency, mitigate risk, and enhance profitability.

 

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Agentforce Box Accelerator

 

Agentforce agents are autonomous applications that use large language models to execute specialized tasks, analyze customer interactions, and make decisions independently. They generate brand-consistent responses using trusted business data, including Salesforce CRM and external data, and operate 24/7 on various platforms. These agents can handle tasks proactively within set guidelines, conduct automated document summarization, and escalate complex issues to human agents. They are easy to customize, deploy with clicks, and can scale effortlessly.

 

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Enhance IQ: AI-Powered Workforce Accelerator

 

EnhanceIQ is Slalom's AI-powered accelerator that shows how AI solutions can enhance work. By uncovering AI's potential across your teams’ roles and tasks, it empowers you to make data-driven decisions on tech investments, training, and workforce readiness, helping you build a more adaptable workforce.

 

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Supply Chain Control Tower

 

The pace of change has increased pressure on supply chain operations. Today’s supply chain’s resilience and agility are hindered by siloed organizations, legacy systems, and low maturity. Control Towers integrate people, processes, data and systems across the value chain to enable new ways of working that increase decision speed, agility and resilience. We design control towers to ensure you realize the full benefits of investing in a control tower by achieving a rapid ROI and driving sustainable adoption.

 

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Responsive Learning Simulator

 

Experience the power of our Responsive Learning Simulator, a cost-effective, scalable solution for training staff quickly and effectively. Through dynamic simulated conversations and personalized real-time feedback, employees can refine their skills with minimal risk. Ideal for enhancing interactions in contact centers, customer service, healthcare, insurance, and more.

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Ardoq

 

Revolutionize the way you manage and execute transformation with Ardoq, a data-driven, dynamic SaaS solution engineered for game-changing results. Our platform unifies data across systems, providing clear, actionable insights that streamline decision-making and reduce IT complexity. With Ardoq, you can visualize dependencies, eliminate redundant applications, and seamlessly plan cloud migrations, aligning technology investments with strategic goals.

 

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FRISK AI: AI Fraud Risk Accelerator

 

Tackle fraud at scale with AI-powered precision. As fraud becomes more sophisticated and costly, financial institutions need smarter, faster defenses. Our advanced AI and machine learning solutions leverage generative AI copilots to accelerate fraud case decisions, enhance model training with synthetic data, and deliver real-time risk scoring and alerts. From historical patterns to live transaction monitoring, we help you stay ahead of fraud—efficiently and effectively.

 

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Agentic AI: Accelerated Software Development Lifecycle

 

Join us for an executive briefing on Accelerated Products—where AI-driven innovation and engineering excellence converge to transform the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Explore how intelligent agents are eliminating development bottlenecks, enabling faster, more efficient product delivery at scale. Discover how this approach accelerates the entire SDLC—enhancing speed, maintaining quality, and maximizing ROI. See how the fusion of human insight and AI capability is driving innovation, empowering teams to focus on strategic outcomes, and positioning enterprises for sustained growth and competitive advantage.

 

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Agentic AI: Accelerated Process Engineering

 

Discover how we're empowering clients to reimagine their business operations with Agentic AI. By streamlining back-office functions and automating routine processes, this cutting-edge solution boosts efficiency and frees up teams to focus on high-impact, strategic work. The outcome? Greater agility, improved ROI, and a stronger financial foundation for future growth.

 

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Agentic AI: Accelerated Data/Design Modernization

 

Join us for an exclusive demonstration of Slalom’s AI-accelerated approach to database migration, powered by our Agentic AI framework. See how our advanced, LLM-driven automation transforms every phase of the migration journey—from on-prem to cloud, or across database platforms—by significantly reducing manual effort, enhancing quality, and minimizing risk.With Slalom’s intelligent agents, what once took weeks of analysis and coding can now be completed in a fraction of the time—regardless of your database or cloud environment. Experience how we're redefining data migration with scalable, efficient, and cloud-agnostic innovation.

 

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AI/BI Genie by Databricks

 

What if you had 3-wishes (Prompts!) to ask of your Data? Join us to learn about Databricks AI/BI Genie, your intelligent assistant for instant, natural language insights. Genie answers business questions not covered by traditional BI tools by using a compound AI system that combines multiple intelligent components for high performance and flexibility. Tuned to your data, it adapts as your business evolves, delivering accurate answers within your organization’s context.

 

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GenAI Microsite Builder

 

Imagine turning your ideas into a functional website with just a few prompts. In this captivating 10-minute demo, we'll explore the incredible capabilities of Vercel's v0, an AI-powered tool that designs and codes websites based on simple text inputs. Discover how this technology can democratize web development, making it more accessible and enabling rapid prototyping. Consider the possibilities: quickly visualizing concepts, iterating on designs in real-time, and freeing up valuable resources. This demo will challenge your perceptions of web creation and inspire you to explore how AI can unlock new levels of creative potential and efficiency within your organization.

 

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Fullstory

 

Fullstory Anywhere: Take Fullstory’s complete behavioral dataset beyond traditional boundaries. Activate Fullstory's capabilities across your data ecosystem. See how clean, precise, AI-ready data fuels proactive personalization, advanced analytics, and critical business operations.

 

Fullstory Workforce: Get a clear view of how employees use (or don't use) their everyday tools. Discover wasted spend with automatic app discovery. Improve employee workflows with cross-app journey mapping. Create better experiences, reduce unused licenses and boost productivity.

 

 

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Workato

 

Join us at Innovation Days to explore the transformative capabilities of Workato Agentic, a cutting-edge low-code/no-code platform designed to empower businesses with AI-driven orchestration. Discover how Workato Agentic is redefining the future of enterprise orchestration, enabling businesses to supercharge productivity and drive operational efficiency. Visit our booth to see live demonstrations and learn how Workato Agentic can transform your organization's automation journey.

 

 

DFW Innovation Day Panel

The Future-Proof Enterprise: Adapting, Innovating, and Thriving

 

Time: 8:30-9:30 AM CT (In-person only)

About: Businesses today are facing a lot of change all at once — from the rise of AI and automation to shifting employee expectations, economic uncertainty, and increasing pressure to meet evolving customer needs. It can feel overwhelming, but it also presents an opportunity to rethink how we lead, operate, and grow. This panel brings together leaders from different industries to share how they’re doing that — from reimagining the way work gets done, to embracing AI in meaningful ways, to building cultures that can thrive in both uncertainty and opportunity.

 

Attendance is optional, but encouraged! Breakfast will be provided by our sponsor, Ardoq. Learn more about Ardoq in our Sponsors section below.

 

Meet our panelists below!

 

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Sam Andrews | General Manager, Slalom

 

Sam Andrews is the General Manager and Market Leader for Slalom across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. With over 15 years of experience in industry and consulting, she specializes in driving business transformation and reimagining experiences across customer segments, products, channels, technology, and data. Prior to her current role, Sam led Slalom’s global strategy team for nearly a decade, guiding the firm’s approach to deeply understanding client needs - both now and in the future. She is passionate about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, delivering innovative strategies that help organizations build inspiring, intentional futures.

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Kevin McClelland | General Manager & Executive AI Lead, Slalom

 

Kevin McClelland is an executive at Slalom, serving as both Executive Lead for Slalom AI and General Manager for Slalom Build (Data & Platform Engineering). With over 22 years of consulting experience, he helps organizations bridge strategy and execution through AI, cloud, and data-driven transformation. Kevin has led enterprise-scale initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, specializing in AI strategy, go-to-market execution, and platform engineering. He is passionate about aligning modern technology with talent development to drive business outcomes and long-term success. Known for turning complex ideas into practical action, Kevin empowers teams and leaders to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments.

 

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Shravanthi Denthumdas | VP of Engineering, Mobility, & Emerging Technologies, Toyota Connected

 

Shravanthi Denthumdas serves as VP of Engineering, Mobility and Emerging Technologies at Toyota Connected North America, where she leads product development and innovation for various data-driven intelligent solutions. Her teams have pioneered innovations by harnessing the power of data, AI, connectivity, and cutting-edge software to develop solutions to enhance vehicle or fleet ownership experience, brand engagement and other aspects. Additionally, she is responsible for leading Emerging Technologies teams to augment vehicle purchase and ownership in addition to keeping Toyota organizations focused on today’s trends and tomorrow’s vision for a frictionless customer experience. She is also very passionate about fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous learning and attracting top talent to help build and grow Toyota Connected. Denthumdas was recognized as a 2023 Dallas Business Journal "40 Under 40" standout, as well as a 2024 Reuters' "Trailblazing Woman in Automotive.” 

 

 

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Patrick Girasole | Global Partner Delivery Lead, Ardoq

 

Patrick Girasole is a technical expert in Enterprise Transformation and the Global Partner Deliver Lead at Ardoq. He helps consulting partners tackle complex business challenges by leveraging Ardoq’s SaaS platform to improve visibility, streamline decision-making, and accelerate change. With a background as a consultant and Technical Business Analyst, Patrick has delivered transformation solutions across eight industries, with a focus on data governance, analytics, and digital transformation. His move to Ardoq was driven by a passion for smarter, more scalable approaches to architecture and change. He holds a Distinction MSc from the London School of Economics.

 

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Neena Newberry | Founder & CEO, Newberry Solutions Adjunct Faculty, Executive Education at SMU Cox School of Business 

 

Neena Newberry launched Newberry Solutions in 2008 to focus on her passion for developing strong leaders, especially women. A former Deloitte executive, her experience includes 14 years of strategy, operations and human capital consulting and a role on Deloitte’s U.S. HR Executive Team supporting 34,000 employees. Neena is an award-winning speaker, author, and executive coach whose insights are featured monthly in Fast Company and Forbes. She is also a member of the invitation-only Forbes Coaches Council. Lastly, Neena is active in the community, serving on several nonprofit boards and committees. D CEO Magazine has named her as one of the Dallas 500, one of the most influential leaders in Dallas.

 

Note: Neena will be joining us on Day 2 (Thursday, May 15th).

 

 

 

Event Features

Sponsors

A special thanks to our event sponsors. We're proud to be innovating with you!

 

 

Panel Sponsor: Ardoq

Ardoq provides a cloud-native SaaS platform for Enterprise Architecture and business transformation. EAs, leaders, and enterprise stakeholders are empowered to execute their strategy, strengthening their decision-making process and leveraging new technologies faster. Ardoq was founded in 2013 and has offices in New York, London, Oslo, and Copenhagen. Trusted by leading global brands, Ardoq’s nearly 350+ customers come from around the globe and span various industries, including companies such as British Telecom, MUFG, Carlsberg Group, and ExxonMobil.

 

Coffee Cart Sponsor: Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Block, Comcast, Condé Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.

 

Happy Hour Sponsor: Fullstory

Making sense of customer data shouldn’t be a struggle. Fullstory’s behavioral data platform helps enterprises turn every digital interaction into actionable insight. By capturing high-quality behavioral data at scale, Fullstory empowers teams to understand their customers, optimize experiences, and drive better business outcomes. With Fullstory Anywhere data pipeline, businesses gain a complete view of customer behavior across any digital touchpoint—web, mobile, chat, kiosk, and more. The Activation solution puts that data to work in real time, enabling personalized experiences that increase engagement, boost conversions, and improve customer satisfaction.

 

Robo-Sketch Experience Sponsor: Workato

Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leader in enterprise orchestration, Workato helps businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data, processes, applications, and experiences. Its AI-powered platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility. Trusted by over 12,000 global customers, Workato empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in today’s fast-changing world.