Technology and Business Leaders to Gather at Premier Industry Conference

RESTON, Va.—March, 31 2015— Appian, provider of the leading application platform for Business Process Management (BPM) and Case Management solutions, today announced that Appian World 2015 will be held April 27 – 29 at the Mandarin Oriental in downtown Washington, DC. Appian’s annual user conference will feature industry luminaries, Appian customers and partners, and Appian leadership and product experts discussing the future of business and business applications.

“Appian World 2015 will be three days focused on value: how to reinvent products and services, innovate operations, and deliver growth,” said Samir Gulati, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Appian. “It will be a showcase of the digital business transformation that is possible with a modern Application Platform.”

As Appian’s premier event of the year, Appian World 2015 (#Appian15) will bring together more than 1,000 Appian customers and partners, IT thought-leaders, and members of the BPM community at-large, representing large businesses across a variety of industries as well as federal and state government agencies. This year’s event theme – “Reinvent. Innovate. Deliver.” – speaks to new ways of working that fully-leverage the integration of process, data, mobility, social collaboration, and cloud computing to drive business growth and customer engagement. Appian World 2015 provides the ideal forum to learn from Appian product and service experts, get free product training, hear the latest technology insights, and network with business and IT professionals.

Appian World’s celebrity keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most widely recognized science figures in the world today, and author of “The Future of the Mind,”  which was #1 on the NY Times, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble Best Sellers List, making it the #1 hardcover, non-fiction book in the country. This year’s analyst keynotes include Janelle Hill, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Inc., and Clay Richardson, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, who will provide their thoughts on the state of BPM and enterprise technology and offer predictions on the future of IT.

Appian customers and event-sponsoring partners who will participate in the Appian World 2015 agenda through presentations and panel discussions include AIG, AmeriHealth Caritas, Amgen, Bank of America, Bank of the West, Cognizant, First Republic Bank, Flowserve, Infosys, Janus Capital, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG LLP, Persistent Systems, Sanofi, SERCO NA, TATA Consultancy Services, and the United States Food and Drug Administration (USDA).

In addition to keynote addresses, panel/track sessions, and customer and partner case studies, Appian World 2015 will feature its annual customer appreciation event Tuesday evening (April 28) at The Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

For more information on Appian World 2015, and to register for the event, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/appian-world-2015-registration-12054036949.