Designing AI-Ready Enterprise Architectures: Selecting ERP in the Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence is transforming how organizations operate, but real value does not come from AI features alone. It comes from building the right foundation. This keynote explores how forward-thinking enterprises are reimagining ERP as the trusted backbone of business data while enabling AI to drive prediction, optimization, and enterprise-wide intelligence across systems.

This keynote cuts through marketing hype to reveal what truly matters when selecting an ERP in the AI era: architectural flexibility, data accessibility, governance, and freedom from vendor lock-in.

Through practical insights and real-world scenarios, attendees will learn how to future-proof their ERP investments, enable trustworthy and explainable AI, and design an enterprise architecture that keeps innovation moving for today and tomorrow.

Mehdi Aftahi is TEC's Co-Founder and chief technology officer. His development work led to TEC Advisor, TEC’s world-class decision-making system. Aftahi also holds a patent on the algorithm behind ebestmatch, the engine that powers TEC Advisor.Aftahi is an industry leader in the field of decision-making processes, and has assessed the requirements of IT decision makers, software vendors, consultants, and governments.An expert in the area of matching customer criteria to software capabilities, Aftahi steered the creation of TEC’s best-practice software selection methodology.