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Kalman Tiboldi - CTO & Founder at GemOne-TVH - Simplify or Die: Why Complexity Is the Real IT Challenge
Italy Sep 25, 2025 Invitation Only Physical italian
Nel percorso verso l’AI e la trasformazione digitale, dati e automazione sono gli elementi centrali di ogni strategia tecnologica. Ma senza una governance chiara, rischiano di diventare non solo fonte di inefficienza, ma anche di rischi e incoerenza. Come garantire che i dati siano completi, accessibili e affidabili? Come automatizzare le operation IT e i processi aziendali mantenendo controllo, compliance e sicurezza? Durante questa roundtable esclusiva, organizzata da CIONET Italia e IBM, affronteremo: La governance come abilitatore di dati affidabili e automazione sicura. Come prepararsi a un’adozione dell’AI realmente scalabile. Il ruolo di controllo, resilienza e gestione del rischio nell’innovazione.
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Belgium Oct 16, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
AI isn’t just another tool. It changes how we work, how we think, how we organise ourselves.Yet most organisations still approach it like a digital upgrade, deploying assistants, automating workflows, testing use cases inisolation.The results are predictable. Short-term wins. Long-term confusion.Effort spent. Value unclear.Many companies can’t connect AI to their actual strategic goals,and the promised ROI never materialises.At the same time, something deeper is shifting.AI can now reason, decide, adapt. Not just mimic processes butcontribute to them.The technology is evolving, but the way we implement it hasn’tcaught up.If your AI still fits inside a single department, you’re likely solvingthe wrong problem.If it works only for individuals, you're missing how your teamsactually deliver value.If it replaces people instead of supporting them, you're buildingfor today, not tomorrow.The next step isn’t more AI. It’s the right AI.Built for your business, your teams, your way of working.Not a tool to add but a structure to build around.Are we ready to treat AI as a shared capability, not a scatteredexperiment?Can we move beyond individual efficiency and build systems thatcollaborate, learn and adapt with us?Those are the questions we’ll explore at the round table.
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Germany Oct 28, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Am 28. Oktober lädt CIONET CIOs und Digital Leaders nach Köln ein: hier stellen wir reale Anwendungsfälle vor, in denen KI-Agenten Aufgaben autonom übernehmen, Prozesse beschleunigen und Entscheidungen vorbereiten – mit messbarem Nutzen für das Business.
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France Nov 4, 2025 Country Members Physical french
À l’ère des mutations géopolitiques et réglementaires, l’établissement d’une souveraineté numérique est devenu un élément stratégique essentiel pour les entreprises. Ce dialogue stratégique mettra en lumière le rôle fondamental du réseau dans la mise en place du contrôle, de la confiance et de la résilience. Nous explorerons comment une infrastructure moderne et résiliente permet d’appliquer des politiques de gestion des données et d’assurer la continuité opérationnelle. Ce dialogue stratégique, réservé à un groupe restreint de pairs, est conçu pour permettre aux leaders du numérique d’échanger sur l’un des enjeux les plus urgents aujourd’hui. Nous discuterons des réseaux « sovereign-ready » et débattrons des préoccupations croissantes autour de la souveraineté des données, qui motivent l’adoption de politiques de confidentialité et de protection des données de plus en plus strictes à l’échelle mondiale.
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Netherlands Nov 10, 2025 Public Physical english
CIONET Nederland vertrekt met een groep Nederlandse CIO's en digital leaders 10 t/m 12 november 2025 voor de geheel verzorgde CIO Innovation Trip naar de Web Summit in Lissabon, Portugal. Reis jij mee of neem je collega(s) mee!
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In this early era of quantum computing, the goal for ENEOS was not to find a new result—because the calculations are too small for the computation time to matter—but rather to validate that the algorithm running on the quantum system matches the team’s predictions. As these micro experiments increase in size, early adopters understand that quantum computing will eventually become more scalable.
ENEOS is thinking big and looking to the future. One of the largest energy companies in Japan, ENEOS is exploring a broad range of energy sources, including alternative fuels. In support of its mission to “harness the Earth’s power for the common good and for the day-to-day life of each individual,” ENEOS is working on the development of sustainable hydrogen fuels.
We validated the algorithms and demonstrated that we can conduct the vibration analysis on the quantum computer running Azure Quantum. It sounds simple but proving that is a really big deal.Takeshi Ibuka: Data Science Group Manager
ENEOS
“We have a history of refining and marketing petroleum products, but we’re adding a focus on carbon reduction,” says Takeshi Ibuka, Data Science Group Manager at ENEOS. “We’re researching how to produce and transport hydrogen fuel, which is a very complicated project.”
Transportation presents a challenge because of hydrogen’s light weight, so ENEOS needs to convert it to methylcyclohexane. To help achieve this, the company started catalyst research based on vibration analysis of molecules, including the transition state of a reaction. Generally speaking, vibration analysis requires a lot of computational power, but the vibration analysis of the transition state is even more demanding and requires a tremendous amount of computational power. This is due to the necessity of considering electron correlation when calculating the transition state.
Operating on the leading edge of new paths for computation, ENEOS decided to explore the use of quantum computing. Quantum computing harnesses the unique behavior of quantum physics and uses quantum mechanics to run calculations on specialized hardware, resulting in the tantalizing potential of solving computational problems that are out of reach for standard classical computing. This concept is still almost entirely theoretical, but top researchers are beginning to make headway.
ENEOS had a lot of in-house expertise but needed to find the right partners for research, computation, and hardware to fully bring the project to life. In 2020, the company teamed up with QunaSys, a software startup based in Tokyo. QunaSys focuses on algorithm and software development for chemical calculation on quantum computers. Its 28 employees bring a strong technical background, including 14 PhDs. The startup offers two main solutions: joint research projects and its software tool, Qamuy.
“Vibration analysis is key to clarifying the behavior of molecules, but its computational cost is too high to get a precise result,” says Takafumi Ishii, Chemist at ENEOS. “We’re laying the groundwork for how quantum computing may help us in the future, and we chose to partner with QunaSys because of its wonderful technologies and expert knowledge.”
Based on a recommendation from QunaSys, ENEOS adopted Microsoft Azure Quantum to perform the computation. Engineers and data scientists use Azure Quantum for experimentation, research, and testing, starting by breaking down the problem into the smallest possible computational units. The idea is that solving for those on a molecular level using Azure Quantum will lead the company to solve the larger-scale, complex issue. ENEOS decided to use the Honeywell System Model H1, a quantum computer created by Honeywell Quantum Solutions, now known as Quantinuum.
“We work closely with ENEOS, and our chemical engineers even go into the ENEOS laboratory to do molecular calculations,” says Tennin Yan, Chief Executive Officer at QunaSys. “We use Azure Quantum to move our research forward. We write algorithms, the ENEOS engineers evaluate the algorithms, and we collaborate together to further optimize them.”
In this early era of quantum computing, the goal for ENEOS was not to find a new result—because the calculations are too small for the computation time to matter—but rather to validate that the algorithm running on the quantum system matches the team’s predictions. As these micro experiments increase in size, early adopters understand that quantum computing will eventually become more scalable.
ENEOS used both Azure Quantum running on Honeywell H1 and the Qamuy simulator to validate molecule vibration analysis accounting for electron correlation. Because the accurate calculation cost of vibration analysis for large molecules is not within the reach of classical computers, the company wanted to confirm that quantum computing could perform vibration analysis with highly accurate initial calculations.
“Although we started with small molecules in this research, it was a fantastic proof of concept,” says Taku Watanabe, Lead Scientist at ENEOS. “The calculations we ran using Azure Quantum returned the same results on the quantum computer as the simulator, which shows that we performed the calculations successfully.”
Adds Ibuka, “We validated the algorithms and demonstrated that we can conduct the vibration analysis on the quantum computer running Azure Quantum. It sounds simple but proving that is a really big deal. Now that we’ve proven it theoretically, we’re confident that the quantum computer will be able to handle bigger problems. We’re very happy with the results and accuracy of this project, and we learned that quantum algorithms will definitely be beneficial to us.”
For pioneers in any groundbreaking technology, change doesn’t happen in an instant. It’s the result of incremental learning and new understandings that move them, step by step, in the right direction. “We’re moving closer to viable hydrogen fuels, but we still need to overcome many challenges before we can build a hydrogen society,” says Watanabe. “Developing a catalyst will give us a key technology that will play a big role in hydrogen fuels, and this project’s results show that Azure Quantum will be a critical part of that development.”
Part of the value of working with QunaSys is that ENEOS now has a clear direction for future research. QunaSys is running the Quantum Practical Application Research Consortium (QPARC), a community focused on exploring the potential of quantum computing. “Our joint research currently focuses on molecular simulation, but QunaSys also provides us with the vision of quantum computing through its own thought leadership, consulting, and the QPARC community,” says Ishii. “We’re very grateful to QunaSys for introducing us to Azure Quantum.”
Find out more about ENEOS on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Learn about QunaSys on Twitter and LinkedIn.
We’re laying the groundwork for how quantum computing may help us in the future, and we chose to partner with QunaSys because of its wonderful technologies and expert knowledge.Takafumi Ishii: Chemist
ENEOS
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Geopolitical tensions have dominated the headlines for over two years now. In this context, the cyber threat landscape is also evolving rapidly. The protection and security of critical infrastructure – both physical and digital – is becoming increasingly important.
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