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Belgium 4-11-25 Squad Only Virtual english
You’ve got a roadmap, a backlog, and a lot of pressure. Every team wants their feature. Every stakeholder claims urgency. And your developers? They just want to deliver something meaningful. But how do you prioritise in a way that serves the business, and keeps the team sane? If your backlog keeps growing and your outcomes stay flat, this session helps you turn intent into value, without losing control.
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Poland 4-11-25 Physical
Tribes Leadership Circle to cykliczne, wysokopoziomowe spotkania wyłącznie dla dyrektorów obszarowych, posiadających dostęp w ramach wykupionego członkostwa.
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Spain 5-11-25 Country Members Physical spanish
Growth Quest 2025: Transformando la colaboración entre negocio y tecnología La tecnología se ha consolidado como una palanca indispensable para impulsar el crecimiento. Sin embargo, la clave para aprovechar todo su potencial radica en algo más profundo: la colaboración efectiva entre los departamentos de negocio y tecnología. La edición 2025 de este encuentro se centrará en explorar cómo las organizaciones pueden trascender los desafíos tradicionales de comunicación y alineación entre estas áreas para crear sinergias que impulsen resultados estratégicos y sostenibles. Este año, además de analizar las dinámicas habituales de esta colaboración, damos un paso más allá para abordar otros temas de interés: De proyectos a productos digitales: ¿Cómo podemos transformar la cultura organizacional hacia un enfoque centrado en el producto digital, maximizando valor y adaptabilidad? Gobernanza IT eficaz: Muchas empresas han ejecutado grandes iniciativas tecnológicas, pero carecen de una estructura de gobernanza sólida. Exploraremos cómo establecer marcos efectivos que gestionen riesgos, prioricen recursos y fomenten la transparencia. Gestión estratégica del cambio: Superar barreras culturales y organizativas para adoptar nuevos modelos de colaboración y operación. Modelos de Innovación en el negocio: Conoceremos qué buenas prácticas están aplicando algunas compañías para innovar y desarrollar nuevas líneas, sin impactar en el negocio tradicional o principal.
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Belgium 6-11-25 Invitation Only Physical english
The modern cyber threat landscape has evolved from simple data breaches to sophisticated, systemic attacks designed to cripple an entire organisation. Ransomware, in particular, has made traditional backup and recovery strategies insufficient, as attackers often compromise backups before launching their main assault. In this new reality, the question is no longer "if" an attack will happen, but "when” and how quickly you can recover. Furthermore, regulations like DORA and NIS2 are making robust recovery a legal imperative, compelling businesses to adopt solutions that can guarantee data integrity and business continuity even after a catastrophic cyber event, making a Cybervault a critical component of regulatory compliance.
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Poland 6-11-25 Squad Only Virtual Polish
Chmura daje ogrom możliwości obserwacji, ale też łatwo wpaść w pułapkę nadmiaru metryk i alertów. Jak zbudować monitoring i raportowanie tak, by faktycznie wspierały decyzje, a nie przytłaczały szumem? Maciej Lutostański z Benefit Systems pokaże, jak jego zespół wykorzystuje natywne narzędzia dostawców (głównie AWS) oraz sprawdzone rozwiązania open source – Grafanę do wizualizacji, Loki do centralizowanego logowania, Prometheusa do monitoringu i alertingu oraz KubeCost do zarządzania kosztami. Dyskutować będziemy o tym, jak zrównoważyć kontrolę, przejrzystość i efektywność w złożonych środowiskach chmurowych.
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Germany 11-11-25 Country Members Physical english
On the eve of the ServiceNow World Forum, CIONET invites you to an exclusive dinner in the fabulous Restaurant Little London in the heart of Munich City. Join leading CIOs, CDOs, and ServiceNow product owners for a candid exchange on how to get the most from your ServiceNow investment.
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France Nov 4, 2025 Country Members Physical french
Join us on the evening of 4th November for dinner and discussion in the company of experts from BT and Cisco. Hosted at an exclusive venue, this is the perfect opportunity to network, exchange ideas with your peers and leave with actionable insights.
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Spain Nov 5, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Este año, además de analizar las dinámicas habituales de la colaboración entre tecnología y negocio para trascender los desafíos tradicionales de comunicación y alineación, damos un paso más allá para abordar otros temas de interés: cómo evolucionar de cultura de proyectos a producto digital, mejores prácticas en Gobernanza IT eficaz., gestión estratégica del cambio o modelos de innovación en el negocio.
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Italy Nov 6, 2025 Country Members Physical italian
Nel mondo digitale odierno, l'IA e le tecnologie dei dati sono forze trainanti che stanno rimodellando i settori e favorendo livelli senza precedenti di agilità e innovazione. Questo evento presenta avanzamenti all'avanguardia come l'IA generativa e i modelli di base, consentendo alle organizzazioni di offrire esperienze personalizzate e soluzioni trasformative su larga scala. Scopri come l'adozione di strategie agili, potenziate dall'IA, stia supportando i leader aziendali nell'adattarsi ai continui cambiamenti del mercato.
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Belgium Nov 6, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
The modern cyber threat landscape has evolved from simple data breaches to sophisticated, systemic attacks designed to cripple an entire organisation. Ransomware, in particular, has made traditional backup and recovery strategies insufficient, as attackers often compromise backups before launching their main assault. In this new reality, the question is no longer "if" an attack will happen, but "when” and how quickly you can recover. Furthermore, regulations like DORA and NIS2 are making robust recovery a legal imperative, compelling businesses to adopt solutions that can guarantee data integrity and business continuity even after a catastrophic cyber event, making a Cybervault a critical component of regulatory compliance.
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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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Germany Nov 11, 2025 Country Members Physical english
On the eve of the ServiceNow World Forum, CIONET invites you to an exclusive dinner in the fabulous Restaurant Little London in the heart of Munich City. Join leading CIOs, CDOs, and ServiceNow product owners for a candid exchange on how to get the most from your ServiceNow investment.
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France Nov 4, 2025 Country Members Physical french
Join us on the evening of 4th November for dinner and discussion in the company of experts from BT and Cisco. Hosted at an exclusive venue, this is the perfect opportunity to network, exchange ideas with your peers and leave with actionable insights.
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Spain Nov 5, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Este año, además de analizar las dinámicas habituales de la colaboración entre tecnología y negocio para trascender los desafíos tradicionales de comunicación y alineación, damos un paso más allá para abordar otros temas de interés: cómo evolucionar de cultura de proyectos a producto digital, mejores prácticas en Gobernanza IT eficaz., gestión estratégica del cambio o modelos de innovación en el negocio.
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Italy Nov 6, 2025 Country Members Physical italian
Nel mondo digitale odierno, l'IA e le tecnologie dei dati sono forze trainanti che stanno rimodellando i settori e favorendo livelli senza precedenti di agilità e innovazione. Questo evento presenta avanzamenti all'avanguardia come l'IA generativa e i modelli di base, consentendo alle organizzazioni di offrire esperienze personalizzate e soluzioni trasformative su larga scala. Scopri come l'adozione di strategie agili, potenziate dall'IA, stia supportando i leader aziendali nell'adattarsi ai continui cambiamenti del mercato.
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Belgium Nov 6, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
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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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Germany Nov 11, 2025 Country Members Physical english
On the eve of the ServiceNow World Forum, CIONET invites you to an exclusive dinner in the fabulous Restaurant Little London in the heart of Munich City. Join leading CIOs, CDOs, and ServiceNow product owners for a candid exchange on how to get the most from your ServiceNow investment.
Read MoreFluxys: Embracing hybrid working through next-generation collaboration tools
As a critical energy infrastructure company, Fluxys needs to operate 24/7 and collaborate effectively with its teams across Europe. The company continues to grow internationally and has recognised the value that hybrid working can offer. In 2019, the company began a project to implement Microsoft collaboration tools.

“Don’t assume people will think a new tool is great just because it looks nice. If you don't properly show them what the tool can do and how it adds value to daily life – it will never be a success.”
Jérôme Van der Meerschen, Digital Workplace Manager at Belgian energy infrastructure group Fluxys, is talking about the importance of proper change management when introducing new technologies and how Microsoft collaboration tools are facilitating hybrid working across the organization.
“For a long time we did not have much need for extended collaboration tools,” he says. “If you needed to see someone it would be in person – whether that’s meeting in the office to travelling to where a colleague is based. But then COVID-19 lockdowns were brought in and everything had to change.”
As a critical energy infrastructure company, many Fluxys employees still had to come into the office or be in the field during government lockdowns while others worked from home under new restrictions. Suddenly the organization needed to find a way to safely keep its essential services going and collaboration between employees wherever they were working.
“Our company introduced new internal policies around home working that forced us to rethink how we collaborate and what technologies could help make this a successful transition,” continues Jérôme Van der Meerschen. “None of us knew how long COVID would be around for, but it was clear that hybrid working would become more of a standard for Fluxys – and that meant thinking beyond everyday tools to facilitate remote working.”
Headquartered in Belgium, Fluxys is a fully independent energy infrastructure group with 1,300 employees active across three key areas. Managing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Belgium, France and Greece, operating 12,000km of gas transmission pipelines across Europe and Brazil, and storing natural gas in Fluxys’ facilities in Belgium.
“I'm responsible for the digital workplace at Fluxys and managing all aspects that come into contact with our end users,” explains Jérôme Van der Meerschen. “From the laptops and telephone systems we use to collaboration tools and equipment in our meeting rooms – all making sure everyone can work efficiently from anywhere in the world.”
With the larger part of Fluxys employees based in Belgium, the company’s focus for workplace technologies had primarily been on office-based solutions. But as the organization continued to expand globally, Fluxys saw a potential for hybrid working and began a pilot project in 2019 to digitally transform the company for a more flexible working model.
“We had already introduced Microsoft 365 as standardized tools to use across our Belgium offices. But the company was growing beyond Europe with new offices opening in Singapore and Brazil, which provided a greater need for everyone to start using collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams,” he says.
“Transforming meeting rooms was also part of our digital workplace roadmap. We were looking for new technologies that could add more value than a simple projector or PC and, after seeing a Surface Hub in use, we wanted to explore the user benefits of these devices and how easily they could integrate with our IT infrastructure.
“That’s when we decided to start a Proof Of Concept (POC) to let some of our users in the office get hands-on with the Surface Hub 2.”
When COVID-19 restrictions came into effect in March 2020, many Fluxys employees suddenly transitioned to remote working with a small number of key workers still in the office or in the field to maintain its critical infrastructure operation. With Microsoft collaboration tools already in place, the company was able to fully migrate all its users over to Microsoft Teams in just three days with minimal disruption.
“The fact that our users were already familiar with the Microsoft suite was a big advantage. But collaborating when everyone’s at home or everyone’s in the office is easy – it's when you have a mix of both that working productively gets more tricky.”
Following a successful POC, Fluxys decided to enhance the collaboration between users based in its offices and at home by implementing a mix of Surface Hub 2 devices and dedicated Microsoft Teams meeting rooms. “Everything integrated smoothly with our IT ecosystem and it quickly made having meetings really easy for people still in the office,” he says.
“Someone could just enter a room and start a Teams meeting in one click. Then the Surface Hub 2 provided a dedicated device to access OneDrive files or collaborate over SharePoint documents – all features that make holding meetings more efficient whether in person or virtually.”
To help users quickly adopt these new collaboration tools, Fluxys decided to develop a digital coaching service together with their Microsoft partner. This offered training through Microsoft Teams that explored how to get the most out of the Surface Hub 2 devices, as well as self-help content and change management training to help everyone embrace a hybrid-workplace environment.
“We wanted to show that Surface Hubs were more than just a whiteboard for the meeting room and how they could help make everyday life easier,” he adds . “Once we demonstrated what these devices could do, the majority of people were sold immediately and now everyone is using Teams and these tools on a daily basis.”
Now as Fluxys enters 2022, the company’s workplace has been transformed into a dedicated hybrid-working environment.
“We've now upgraded every meeting room to these Microsoft systems and also created new spaces where Surface Hubs can be used as collaboration screens to help us work in a more agile way,” says Jérôme Van der Meerschen.
“We recently ran a survey to see what our users thought of these changes and the results were really positive. Some people are favoring the dedicated Microsoft Teams rooms if they want to just have a meeting without any fuss. Others like the Surface Hubs for the extra collaboration tools they offer, which is why it’s great we have this balance to suit all of our users’ needs.”
Part of the organization’s successful adoption was its approach to standardization – making sure the same equipment was integrated into every room so users only had to be onboarded on one new technology to use going forward. “Simplification was key to our digital workplace roadmap and having the same user interface in each room really helped in that way,” he explains.
“Both the Surface Hubs and Microsoft Teams room systems integrate perfectly with the Microsoft tools everyone is used to, which takes away that technological barrier for ‘how do I turn this on’ or ‘where do I find this program’. Both helping people get more out of their meetings and also removing any frustrations when trying to host a meeting with people outside the office.”
With everyone now using Microsoft Teams and Surface Hub 2 devices daily across Fluxys, the company has seen a positive change to its meeting culture across the organization. A refreshed mindset that is removing negative stigma towards solving problems virtually and helping employees find a better work-life balance.
“We do more online now than we ever used to and that requires a seamless integration with the technology people are using both in and outside the office,” says Jérôme Van der Meerschen.
“Now that we've standardized the meeting rooms in every office, collaboration can happen virtually from anywhere. Even our technicians have access to Teams on their field devices, which allows them to attend company meetings and improves communication between the technicians themselves. All helping reduce the travel needs for everyone across Fluxys and making our company more sustainable in the way we work.”
With over 1,000 employees now successfully collaborating in a hybrid-working model, Jérôme Van der Meerschen is confident that the key to his company’s transformation has been keeping people at the center of every decision. Ensuring that Fluxys isn’t just providing them with new technology to do their job, but making sure they understand exactly how it brings value to what they do day after day.
“Bringing new technology to people is easy. But making sure that they use it in the best way possible is something completely different,” he says in summary. “You need to focus on the people, on the adoption, and on the change that these tools will bring – and that's something that people sometimes forget when introducing new technologies.”
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