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Kalman Tiboldi - CTO & Founder at GemOne-TVH - Simplify or Die: Why Complexity Is the Real IT Challenge
Germany Oct 20, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Die Realisierung des Potenzials von KI und datengesteuerten Strategien stellt nicht länger nur einen Wettbewerbsvorteil dar, sondern ist Heute auch entscheidend für den langfristigen Erfolg eines jeden Unternehmens. Unsere Wissensaustausch-Briefings "AI & Data Knowledge Transfer" zielen darauf ab, CIDOs und Senior Digital Leaders praktische Anwendungen aufzuzeigen und umsetzbaren Erkenntnissen von Fachexperten zu vermitteln, die den Weg für die transformative digitale Reise ebnen und beschleunigen.
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Belgium Oct 21, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
In today's competitive landscape, customer expectations have never been higher. They demand a personalised, seamless experience at every touchpoint, from initial marketing contact to post-sale service. Unified data is at the heart of creating engaging customer experiences and is meant to fuel the 360 profile. However, for many organizations, a complete picture of the customer is fragmented, with critical data scattered in disconnected systems and departments. This exclusive roundtable will bring together Digital Leaders active in multiple industries to discuss a critical challenge: breaking down data silos to build a true 360° view of the customer. We will explore how to solve the complex integration challenges that prevent a unified view, and how to transform disparate data into a single source of truth. Join us to: Discover how to overcome the technical hurdles of integrating critical business systems, such as ERP and CRM platforms, to unify customer data. Explore real-world case studies on how organisations have successfully created unified customer insights to enhance personalisation and boost commercial and operational efficiency. Discuss best practices for turning fragmented data into actionable insights that can anticipate customer needs, drive revenue growth, and foster long-term loyalty. This is a unique opportunity for Digital Leaders who are ready to transform their customer engagement strategy and unlock the full potential of their data.
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Spain Oct 22, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish
Descubre cómo las organizaciones están utilizando la tecnología para impactar en el negocio a través de casos reales de uso y aprendizajes clave en áreas como ciberseguridad, automatización o data, contados por los protagonistas. Un espacio diseñado para inspirarte, conectar con expertos y potenciar la innovación en tu organización.
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Belgium Oct 22, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
Enterprises are questioning whether private networks and stacked firewalls are still worthwhile investments. A newer approach operates on the open internet with Zero Trust, eliminates perimeter complexity, and reframes cybersecurity as a business performance metric for boards and audit committees. This is a closed-door, peer discussion, not a lecture. We’ll examine the promise and its pitfalls: Are the promised savings significant, or are they too good to be true? What risks do you introduce? How does this collide with your installed base, legacy OT, entrenched processes and team competencies, and how do you overcome that without breaking operations or credibility with the board? Two senior leaders from global companies will spark the dialogue with lived experience: Kurt De Ruwe, CIO AkzoNobel Frank Bolata, CIO Syensqo
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Poland Oct 23, 2025 Invitation Only Physical Polish
Cloud UP! ’25 to miejsce spotkań managerów, którzy chcą świadomie i skutecznie rozwijać swoje organizacje, wykorzystując najnowsze technologie. Nieformalnym hasłem tegorocznej edycji jest “Chmura gotowa na AI” - będziemy rozmawiać o tym, co sztuczna inteligencja naprawdę potrafi oraz pokazywać, jak wdrażać ją w praktyce. Wspólnie z ekspertami przeanalizujemy, jakie warunki muszą zostać spełnione, aby wdrożenia AI były zarówno skuteczne, jak i bezpieczne. Zerkniemy za kulisy najnowszych rodzimych produktów AI-owych, by zobaczyć ich możliwości, a także poznamy najciekawsze wdrożenia z wykorzystaniem Agentspace. Po raz kolejny spotkamy się w formule Share.Explore.Execute. Stawiamy na wymianę wiedzy i doświadczeń zdobytych podczas realizacji projektów. To one stanowią punkt wyjścia do odkrywania, testowania i skutecznej implementacji najlepszych rozwiązań w organizacjach. Cloud UP! ’25 to cztery ścieżki tematyczne, na które złożą się prezentacje, rozmowy, sesje live-demo oraz pogłębione dyskusje w formule roundtables: AI: Beyond the Hype Data Mastery Resilience & Regulatory Advanced Practitioners Dołącz do liderów chmurowych innowacji w Polsce i spotkaj się z nami już 23 października w Event Hall w Fabryce Norblina.
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Belgium Oct 23, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
How to lead responsibly when technology can deceive better than a human? AI’s ability to shape our perceptions and create new realities is becoming increasingly sophisticated. While it opens significant opportunities, it also carries risks. What happens when AI goes beyond data and algorithms to influence - or even deceive - our senses? How does this change not only our understanding of reality but also the foundations of trust, creativity, and truth in business? AI isn’t just transforming business, it is altering how we experience and interpret everything around us. From AI-generated deepfakes to personalised experiences designed to influence behaviour, the line between truth and illusion is increasingly blurred. This event combines a roundtable discussion among peers with a hands-on sensory workshop, where you will experience illusions through sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. Through these experiments, we will confront the ethical dilemmas that arise when AI has the power to fabricate realities and influence decisions.
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Signed just hours after sending.
The Otto Group brings digital collaboration to a new level with Adobe Acrobat.
The Otto Group is on a clear course to a digital future. The retail and service group has successfully developed from a traditional mail order company to one of the largest online retailers in the world. The Otto Group aims to consistently expand and grow its role as a digital leader across multiple specialisms — as an e-commerce marketplace, electronic payment specialist and app developer for positive customer experiences. To achieve this, the Group is investing heavily in the digital transformation of its internal processes. As well as the OTTO headquarters, Group companies such as myToys, ECE, WITT and Bonprix are simplifying their signature processes by using time-saving e-signatures through Adobe Acrobat Sign.
Time is important to Lukas Lübberstedt. As a strategic purchaser in the Otto (GmbH & Co KG) Corporate Procurement department, he procures digital tools to support in-house software with the company’s rapid transformation from a mail order business into a digital marketplace. “As a tech company, we develop on the basis of agility. The sprint working style means that the company needs to be able to achieve rapid procurement as well. Our aim for the purchasing department is to optimize our processes and, if possible, to speed them up with new solutions — in this case, with Acrobat Sign,” explains Lübberstedt, who is responsible for introducing the electronic signature tool at OTTO.
Handwritten signatures on supplier contracts have long been slowing the strategic purchasing team down. Sending contracts over long distances in the mail and then through multiple levels of hierarchy can take up to several weeks — which isn’t compatible with a modern growth strategy. When the eIDAS Regulation defined legal standards for electronic signatures in 2019, OTTO finally had the all-clear to gradually replace handwritten signatures.
As well as its ease of use and high compatibility with the existing IT landscape, Acrobat Sign was a solution that was able to meet the Group’s compliance requirements.
“Acrobat Sign is very intuitive and easy to use. You don’t need to be an IT expert to get started, which immediately convinced almost everyone that it’s ‘cooler’ to sign documents electronically rather than by hand.” Lukas Lübberstedt - Strategic Purchasing Manager IT, Otto (GmbH & Co KG)
Acrobat Sign was introduced at the Otto Group in March 2020. Originally planned as a pilot project for the procurement department at the Group’s headquarters, it was immediately obvious how scalable the solution was. When the pandemic placed new demands on digital collaboration, large parts of the OTTO campus in Hamburg quickly said “Goodbye pen and paper, hello e-signatures.” Many other locations quickly moved to adopt Acrobat Sign as well.
Services and goods purchasing, finance and event organization: By the end of 2021, 30 of the Group’s departments and companies across Germany, Austria and Switzerland were on board, with around 500 documents signed using Acrobat Sign. And these numbers are only rising.
When onboarding lots of new users over a short period, Lukas Lübberstedt can count on the Adobe solution: “Acrobat Sign is very intuitive and easy to use. You don’t need to be an IT expert to get started, which immediately convinced almost everyone that it’s ‘cooler’ to sign documents electronically rather than by hand.” says the purchasing expert.
Even the Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) was accepted right from the start. Because of the identity verification, it takes more steps to set up. However, as the most secure type of e-signature, the QES allows the Otto Group to sign off on employee transfers and financial matters with Acrobat Sign.
“In purchasing, we can focus more on the truly important tasks thanks to the time saved through using Acrobat Sign, meaning that we can contribute even more to the company’s success.” Lukas Lübberstedt - Strategic Purchasing Manager IT, Otto (GmbH & Co KG)
With Acrobat Sign, the Otto Group has significantly accelerated its procurement processes. “Acrobat Sign has reduced weeks into mere hours. It no longer matters where the authorized signatories are. If it’s needed quickly, a signature can still be formally equivalent when the signatory is out of office,” explains Lukas Lübberstedt.
When purchasing professionals don’t have to chase after signatures, it’s easier for them to execute short-term procurement orders themselves at the Otto Group’s high growth rate. More time also means more valuable capacity for the purchasing department to offer strategic consultancy. The right selection of tools is important for achieving the best possible performance, making it a key competitive factor.
“In purchasing, we can focus more on the truly important tasks thanks to the time saved through using Acrobat Sign, meaning that we can contribute even more to the company’s success,” explains Lukas Lübberstedt.
To convince users, Lukas Lübberstedt plans to use Acrobat Sign as a foundation for building a digital future for OTTO purchasing. This means that use will be expanded to include international Group contracts. Integrating digital workflows into office solutions will also become more important in the future. The Otto Group has already successfully tested initiating signature processes directly from Microsoft Teams, for example, thanks to Acrobat Sign interface.
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