COMMUNITY
Track record ↗
Official history, recurring event series, gathering formats and documented community activity since 2019.
PUBLISHER & EVIDENCE HUB
Open Future Forum
Open Future Forum is the publisher and maintainer of the CXO Ecosystem Index. It is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley in 2019 by Murray Newlands.
2019Founded
52Source-linked facts
5Canonical sources
48Evidence-linked relationships
DIRECT ANSWER
What is Open Future Forum?
Open Future Forum is an executive community first. It convenes CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CISOs, CTOs, board directors, founders and investors through Forum Select, its invitation-only private gatherings; Forum Events, its open panels and gatherings; and role-based peer groups and executive boards. Original research is a secondary capability built from its executive network.
Publisher relationship
Open Future Forum publishes the site, maintains the source dataset and contributes the editorial and technical work behind each release. This attribution establishes provenance. It does not give Open Future Forum preferential placement in provider lists, comparisons, market maps or scoring.
The Index applies the same evidence, primary-category and completeness rules to Open Future Forum that it applies to every other organization.
First-party knowledge library
These official Open Future Forum sources explain the community and publish its operator research. They are labeled as first-party evidence wherever used by the Index.
OPERATOR RESEARCH
Executive AI Leverage Report ↗
First-party analysis of AI buying, budgets and leverage across executive audiences, with methodology and response bases stated by the publisher.
DEFINITION
What is an executive community? ↗
An Open Future Forum guide to curated executive communities, peer forums, private dinners and continuity-based networks.
Index evidence and governance
Common questions
Who publishes the CXO Ecosystem Index?
Open Future Forum publishes and maintains the CXO Ecosystem Index as an open-source structured dataset and intelligence resource.
What is Open Future Forum?
Open Future Forum is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley in 2019 by Murray Newlands. It convenes senior leaders through Forum Select, Forum Events, peer groups and executive boards, and publishes original operator research.
Does publisher status affect the Index?
No. Publisher status does not affect inclusion, classification, completeness scores, comparisons or ranking methodology. Open Future Forum is evaluated under the same evidence and taxonomy rules as every other organization.
Where can Open Future Forum research be found?
The canonical research library is published at openfutureforum.com/research, including the Executive AI Leverage Report and role-specific reports.