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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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Switzerland 12-11-25 Invitation Only Physical english
Control, trust and resilience in an era of geopolitical and regulatory shifts CIONET invites you to a private dinner with a select group of enterprise CIOs and senior infrastructure leaders in Zurich – part of a multi-country dialogue series with IT executives across Europe. This strategic dialogue is designed for digital leaders to share insights on one of the most pressing challenges facing today's leaders: How can organisations build true digital sovereignty in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and growing technological dependencies? Our goal is a strategic, peer-level dialogue for CIOs, Heads of Infrastructure, and Operations leaders who are working to embed control and resilience into their IT environments. The discussion starts with network architecture, evolves through operational governance, and lands in the reality of enterprise-wide execution.
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Poland 12-11-25 Invitation Only Virtual Polish
Kryzysu nie da się zaplanować, ale można sprawdzić, jak skutecznie organizacja reaguje, gdy codzienne procedury przestają działać. Bartosz Lewszuk z EFL pokaże, jak budować dojrzałość w obszarze zarządzania kryzysowego poprzez regularne testy obejmujące zarówno IT, jak i jednostki biznesowe. Omówi, jak przygotowuje się scenariusze, angażuje zarząd i włącza do ćwiczeń wszystkich, którzy mogą zostać dotknięci skutkami incydentu. W centrum uwagi znajdzie się nie tylko sam przebieg testów, ale też analiza wniosków i sposób przekładania ich na działania wzmacniające odporność organizacji.
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Belgium 13-11-25 Country Members Physical english
The Role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is no longer confined to securing the network perimeter. As organisations become more digitally connected and data-driven, the CISO’s responsibilities have expanded far beyond traditional security measures. Today’s CISO must not only defend against cyber threats but also enable the business to innovate securely, manage complex regulatory environments, and instill a culture of trust across the organisation. This event will explore the evolving role of the CISO as a strategic leader who balances security with business enablement. As digital transformation accelerates, how can CISOs align their security strategies with organisational goals, ensure compliance, and lead their teams in the fight against increasingly sophisticated threats? Key Discussion Points: From Gatekeeper to Strategic Partner: How CISOs can shift from being seen as barriers to innovation to becoming key enablers of business agility and transformation through security. Balancing Risk and Innovation: Learn how top CISOs navigate the delicate balance between mitigating risk and supporting the organisation’s need to innovate and scale in a secure environment. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Explore how CISOs are managing an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance while still driving business objectives forward. Building a Security-First Culture: Practical strategies for CISOs to foster a culture where security is embedded into every part of the business, from boardroom discussions to frontline operations. CISO as Crisis Manager: How to prepare for and lead your organisation through major cybersecurity incidents. From ransomware attacks to data breaches, we’ll discuss how today’s CISO is as much a crisis manager as they are a strategist. Why You Should Attend: As a CISO, your role is evolving faster than ever before. This event is designed to provide you with actionable insights into how to embrace your expanded responsibilities while keeping your organisation safe and secure. Whether you’re focused on aligning security with business goals, navigating regulatory challenges, or leading in times of crisis, this event will equip you with the strategies to lead the next era of cybersecurity.
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Germany 13-11-25 Country Members Physical german
Bauen Sie mit uns ein starkes Netzwerk führender WOMEN CIDOs aus der IT- und Technologiebranche auf! Unser zweites Treffen findet im PwC Experience Center in Frankfurt statt.
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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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Switzerland Nov 12, 2025 Country Members Physical english
CIONET invites you to a private dinner with a select group of enterprise CIOs and senior infrastructure leaders in Zurich – part of a multi-country dialogue series with IT executives across Europe. This strategic dialogue is designed for digital leaders to share insights on one of the most pressing challenges facing today's leaders: How can organisations build true digital sovereignty in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and growing technological dependencies?
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Germany Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Bauen Sie mit uns ein starkes Netzwerk führender WOMEN CIDOs aus der IT- und Technologiebranche auf! Unser zweites Treffen findet im PwC Experience Center in Frankfurt statt.
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Belgium Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical english
The Role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is no longer confined to securing the network perimeter. As organisations become more digitally connected and data-driven, the CISO’s responsibilities have expanded far beyond traditional security measures. Today’s CISO must not only defend against cyber threats but also enable the business to innovate securely, manage complex regulatory environments, and instill a culture of trust across the organisation. This event will explore the evolving role of the CISO as a strategic leader who balances security with business enablement. As digital transformation accelerates, how can CISOs align their security strategies with organisational goals, ensure compliance, and lead their teams in the fight against increasingly sophisticated threats? Key Discussion Points: From Gatekeeper to Strategic Partner: How CISOs can shift from being seen as barriers to innovation to becoming key enablers of business agility and transformation through security. Balancing Risk and Innovation: Learn how top CISOs navigate the delicate balance between mitigating risk and supporting the organisation’s need to innovate and scale in a secure environment. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Explore how CISOs are managing an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance while still driving business objectives forward. Building a Security-First Culture: Practical strategies for CISOs to foster a culture where security is embedded into every part of the business, from boardroom discussions to frontline operations. CISO as Crisis Manager: How to prepare for and lead your organisation through major cybersecurity incidents. From ransomware attacks to data breaches, we’ll discuss how today’s CISO is as much a crisis manager as they are a strategist. Why You Should Attend: As a CISO, your role is evolving faster than ever before. This event is designed to provide you with actionable insights into how to embrace your expanded responsibilities while keeping your organisation safe and secure. Whether you’re focused on aligning security with business goals, navigating regulatory challenges, or leading in times of crisis, this event will equip you with the strategies to lead the next era of cybersecurity.
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UK Nov 13, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
Join us on November 13th for the exclusive roundtable powered by Cognizant.
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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 More
Switzerland Nov 12, 2025 Country Members Physical english
CIONET invites you to a private dinner with a select group of enterprise CIOs and senior infrastructure leaders in Zurich – part of a multi-country dialogue series with IT executives across Europe. This strategic dialogue is designed for digital leaders to share insights on one of the most pressing challenges facing today's leaders: How can organisations build true digital sovereignty in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and growing technological dependencies?
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Germany Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Bauen Sie mit uns ein starkes Netzwerk führender WOMEN CIDOs aus der IT- und Technologiebranche auf! Unser zweites Treffen findet im PwC Experience Center in Frankfurt statt.
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Belgium Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical english
The Role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is no longer confined to securing the network perimeter. As organisations become more digitally connected and data-driven, the CISO’s responsibilities have expanded far beyond traditional security measures. Today’s CISO must not only defend against cyber threats but also enable the business to innovate securely, manage complex regulatory environments, and instill a culture of trust across the organisation. This event will explore the evolving role of the CISO as a strategic leader who balances security with business enablement. As digital transformation accelerates, how can CISOs align their security strategies with organisational goals, ensure compliance, and lead their teams in the fight against increasingly sophisticated threats? Key Discussion Points: From Gatekeeper to Strategic Partner: How CISOs can shift from being seen as barriers to innovation to becoming key enablers of business agility and transformation through security. Balancing Risk and Innovation: Learn how top CISOs navigate the delicate balance between mitigating risk and supporting the organisation’s need to innovate and scale in a secure environment. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Explore how CISOs are managing an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance while still driving business objectives forward. Building a Security-First Culture: Practical strategies for CISOs to foster a culture where security is embedded into every part of the business, from boardroom discussions to frontline operations. CISO as Crisis Manager: How to prepare for and lead your organisation through major cybersecurity incidents. From ransomware attacks to data breaches, we’ll discuss how today’s CISO is as much a crisis manager as they are a strategist. Why You Should Attend: As a CISO, your role is evolving faster than ever before. This event is designed to provide you with actionable insights into how to embrace your expanded responsibilities while keeping your organisation safe and secure. Whether you’re focused on aligning security with business goals, navigating regulatory challenges, or leading in times of crisis, this event will equip you with the strategies to lead the next era of cybersecurity.
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UK Nov 13, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
Join us on November 13th for the exclusive roundtable powered by Cognizant.
Read MoreCanva’s AI-powered Magic Studio used 5 billion times and counting.
Canva is a visual communication platform, enjoyed by more than 175 million people monthly to make presentations, videos, documents, websites, social media graphics and more. The combination of Canva's easy-to-use interface, extensive libraries and time-saving tools allows anyone to create visually appealing content.
Canva believes that AI can transform and accelerate the creative process, making design more intuitive and faster for all skill levels. To quickly put AI in its users hands, Canva tapped OpenAI as the foundational model for developing several of the tools for its AI suite, Magic Studio.
Canva aimed to make Magic Studio a unified creative suite that consolidates the best AI technology available into a single platform. While Canva has leveraged AI in its product for years, integrating generative AI tools was a delicate challenge because it required adding more capabilities without complicating the product. After all, Canva’s reputation is based on providing a simple way to produce high-quality content, even for non-professional designers.
Magic Studio had to ensure that various modalities—text, image, video—could work together effectively without overwhelming the user. OpenAI’s GPT-4 excels at incorporating multimodalities into a single workflow, making it possible for Canva to deliver on advanced AI product options while maintaining an intuitive user experience.
“Providing powerful and safe AI technology is critical to Canva’s ability to further the world of design. OpenAI has empowered us to supercharge Canva’s AI vision at speed,” says Danny Wu, Head of AI Products at Canva.
Using the creative power of GPT-4 to power several of the tools within Magic Studio(opens in a new window):
Magic Write(opens in a new window) is an AI writing tool powered by OpenAI's API. In addition to generating text in response to a prompt, Magic Write is optimized to support every step of the writing process, including outlining, generating paragraphs, rewriting, paraphrasing, grammar checking, and summarizing. Users across languages and content types have written over 10 billion words using Magic Write.
Magic Design(opens in a new window), Canva’s design generation tool, pairs OpenAI’s API with Canva’s own AI design engine and library of over 100 million assets and templates. To generate presentations, social media posts, and videos, users simply enter a prompt for what they want to create.
Magic Switch(opens in a new window) converts one design into countless other formats at the click of a button. Canva leverages OpenAI’s API and vision technology to help parse and understand the content designs, from whiteboards to presentations. Magic Switch can summarize, translate, rearrange, or even convert it to another format like an email song lyrics. All the user has to do is describe what they want, such as “convert this poster to a presentation in French” or “make this document horizontal.” And OpenAIs GPT-4 model supports more than 100 languages for instant translation.

Magic Design pairs OpenAI’s API with Canva’s own AI design engine and library of over 100 million assets and templates.

Magic Switch converts one design into countless other formats at the click of a button.
Canva’s in-house AI development team knew it could go further and faster through collaboration directly with OpenAI. They wanted to ensure they were building AI tools that adhere to the trust and safety guidance of customers while opening doors for innovation.
OpenAI’s robust safety practices and controls, augmented by collaboration between each platform’s respective Trust and Safety teams, make Canva confident in deploying safe and responsible AI. “We have deep respect for the mission of OpenAI, and its charter,” Wu says.
Canva’s tight partnership with OpenAI extends beyond Magic Studio. A native DALL-E app(opens in a new window) makes it extremely simple to generate high-quality images right in Canva. Or if you’re in ChatGPT, the Canva GPT(opens in a new window) makes generating visual assets as easy as having a conversation about what you want to create. This custom GPT has proven to be a strong source of new user acquisition for Canva.
To date, people worldwide have used Canva’s AI products more than 5 billion times.
Back in 2018, Canva began imagining Magic Studio as something that only technology in the “far far future” would allow. Advancements by Canva and OpenAI have made this a reality much sooner than expected. Yet for all they’ve accomplished so far, Wu believes that in terms of the possibilities for AI design generation, “we’re only 1% of the way there.”
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Embark on a culinary journey through the ever-evolving world of digital leadership with our third edition of the CIONET Cookbook: Recipes for Digital Success. Unveiling the intricate trilemma faced by today’s Master Chefs, our trailblazing European CIOs address a challenge at the nexus of customer interests, digital transformation strategies, and IT modernisation. Their secret? Synchronising the gearing between customer, business, and technology to create a frictionless movement through the digital landscape.
The CIONET Cookbook uses the analogy of a five-star restaurant to explain the importance of optimally integrated technology, with the CIO as Master Chef. In order to provide the best service to its customers, a top restaurant must have the right atmosphere, an inviting menu, a well-equipped kitchen, talented and committed front-of-house and kitchen staff and smooth-running processes that ensure an enjoyable experience for diners.
The role of the CIO has evolved from managing systems to shaping outcomes: growth, resilience, and competitive edge are now won or lost in the technology arena. Today ’ s CIOs must balance stability with innovation, control costs while attracting scarce talent, and modernise legacy infrastructure while adopting emerging technologies.
As AI transitions from a specialised tool to an all-pervasive force, understanding its profound implications for our human lives is no longer merely academic but an urgent imperative for social well-being and strategic preparedness.
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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