Join eWeek at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific on Tuesday, December 10, for a lively, in-depth discussion of what’s on the horizon for the tech sector in 2025 as eWeek Senior Editor James Maguire moderates our next monthly TweetChat on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
A panel of industry experts will predict, forecast, and debate the near-term future of technology, from AI to cloud to cybersecurity, with emphasis on big picture views of what’s around the corner for enterprise IT. Our aim is to offer thought leadership that enables companies to more effectively strategize as the calendar turns a page.
See below for the resources you need to participate in the eWeek TweetChat.
Expert Panelists: Tech In 2025
The list of experts for this month’s TweetChat currently includes the following:
- Evan Kirstel, Chief Digital Evangelist, eVIRa Health
- Marinela Profi, Principal Product Marketing Lead for AI and Gen AI, SAS
- Jeremy Nazarian, CMO, Stream
- Dr. Ximena Hartsock, CEO, Co-Founder, BuildWithin
- Frank Dale, Chief Product Officer, Salesloft
- Fredrik Nilsson, VP of Americas, Axis Communications
- Aron Semle, CTO, HighByte
- Andrea Morgan-Vandome, Chief Innovation Officer, Blue Yonder
- Bruce Kornfeld, CMO, CPO, StorMagic
- Dag Peak, Chief Product Officer at Alianza
- Rogers Jeffrey Leo John, CTO, DataChat
- Bernard Golden, Executive Technical Advisor, VMware
- Andi Mann, Global CTO and Founder, Sageable
- James Maguire, Senior Editor, eWeek [moderator]
Please check back for additional expert guests.
TweetChat Questions:
The questions we’ll tweet about will include the following:
- First, let’s look back at 2024: what major tech trend most shaped this year—and in what way?
- Okay, let’s address three key sectors. To begin, AI: will the forces of governance and regulation have any chance against the hockey-stick acceleration of this powerful emerging tech?
- What about cloud computing? Not long ago, cloud was revolutionary. What do you foresee for cloud in 2025?
- The all-important cybersecurity sector: Do the forces of good have a chance to catch up with hackers in the year ahead?
- Now big picture: what’s your most consequential prediction for tech in 2025? A change, milestone, a new direction?
- What tech sector/trend will be the biggest overall winner in 2025?
- Running second to this big winner, what’s another key trend you see on the upswing for 2025?
- Which tech sector will see the greatest loss of momentum in 2025?
- What will be the biggest surprise for tech in 2025? What’s unexpected?
- Looking beyond 2025: What trends/forces will most shape enterprise tech over the next several years?
How to Participate in the TweetChat
The chat begins promptly at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific on December 10. To participate:
- Open X in your browser. You’ll use this browser to post your replies to the moderator’s questions.
- Open X in a second browser. On the menu to the left, click on Explore. In the search box at the top, type in #eweekchat. This will open a column that displays all the questions and all the panelists’ replies.
Remember: You must manually include the hashtag #eweekchat for your replies to be seen by the TweetChat panel of experts.
That’s it—you’re ready to go. Be ready at 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific to take part. Note that there is sometimes a few seconds of delay between when you tweet and when your tweet shows up in the #eweekchat column.
TweetChat Schedule for 2024*
September 17: The Future of Cloud Computing
October 22: How to Get the Most from Your Data
November 19: Cybersecurity and AI: Challenges and Solutions
December 10: Tech Predictions for 2025
*All topics subject to change