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Belgium 27-8-26 AB Members Physical english

Summer Festival: Advisory Board

CIO agendas are crowded: cost pressure, cyber, regulation, talent, data, AI, vendor dependency, business expectations. Most organisations are trying to do too much at once, and the “must-do” work often blocks the strategic work. CIONET only creates value if its agenda matches what CIOs truly need, in the right format, at the right time. The challenge Pick the few priorities that matter most for 2027, then translate them into a clear CIONET agenda. Outcome we leave with A ranked CIO agenda for 2027, and a directly aligned CIONET programme outline (themes, formats, cadence), with a shortlist of speaker and case targets.

Belgium 27-8-26 Country Members Physical english

Summerfest: From Story to Habit

How to align people, shift routines, and prove value Technology transformations often fail not because the tools don’t work, but because people don’t change their work habits. Boards want proof of value, executives want business outcomes, IT wants clarity, and employees want ease. Between these expectations, the CIO’s role is no longer just to deliver platforms; it is to tell the story that motivates people and turn that story into daily habits. This session will explore: The narrative: how to craft a simple, repeatable story that explains the “why” behind change for every stakeholder. From story to routine: practical ways to embed new behaviours through manager rituals, team incentives, and visible leadership. Reskilling and new expectations: preparing teams for evolving roles, from cross-department collaboration to AI-enhanced workflows. Measuring what matters: showing progress in speed, quality, and resilience — not just in licences bought or trainings completed. The aim is to equip CIOs with a leadership toolkit: a story that unites, habits that endure, and proof that convinces even the toughest boardroom.

Belgium 8-9-26 Invitation Only Virtual english

What an AI Architect Actually Does in Practice; Skills, responsibilities, interfaces, and career moves behind one of the most misunderstood emerging roles.

The AI architect role is becoming more visible, and the scope varies across organisations. The challenge is defining what the role owns, where it sits, and how it works with existing architecture, data, security, risk, and business teams. Three pressure points need clarity. - Role definition matters because the position can span solution architecture, data architecture, governance, integration, security, vendor selection, and business process design. - Interfaces matter because the role must connect teams while respecting existing responsibilities. - Skills matter because technical depth needs to be combined with judgement around controls, delivery choices, and operational boundaries. The working question is simple: how do we define the AI architect role so it becomes useful, credible, and connected to delivery? If this role is emerging in your organisation, let’s compare how others are defining it and where they are placing it.

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Mâcon Hospital Center protects patient data and complies with GDPR

Protects patient data and complies with GDPR

OVERVIEW

At the crossroads of Bourgogne and Rhône-Alpes, the Mâcon Hospital Center serves a population of more than 210,000 people. With support from the Territory Hospital Group of southern Bourgogne, it offers a full array of medical care from general medicine and surgery to psychiatry and long-term care. It integrates hospital services with dependent senior living facilities, as well as an Institute for Training in Nursing Care. The hospital center has 1,014 beds and employs more than 2,000 medical and non- medical professionals.

CHALLENGES

Like many healthcare establishments, the Mâcon Hospital Center is a target for ransomware and other malware attacks. Three powerful attacks solidified awareness of the need to prepare for the increasing complexity of threats. “The last attack directly affected our patients,” said Jean-Christophe Tamboloni, director of information systems at Mâcon Hospital Center. “We needed to act quickly and invest in new, proven security solutions to avoid similar disruptions in the future.”

The hospital’s challenge was to protect its continuum of care as well as the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive patient data while adhering to regulatory requirements, including the recent European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

WHY TREND

Building on a 10-year long relationship, the Mâcon Hospital Center turned to Trend Micro to find the right solutions to defend against attacks. Together, they planned to consolidate IT systems to improve security and visibility for more than 50 clinical, technical, and support applications across 1,800 workstations and 400 virtual machines.

"We were not only impressed by the performance of the solutions, but by the responsiveness, availability and competence of the Trend Micro teams. They knew how to support us and understood our sense of urgency."

Jean-Christophe Tamboloni - Director of Information Systems,

Mâcon Hospital Center

SOLUTION

Trend Micro™ Hosted Email Security™ was chosen as the messaging system for its real-time protection against spam, malware, phishing attacks, and advanced threats. The messaging server is secured with Trend Micro™ ScanMail™ Suite for Microsoft® Exchange™ to stop traditional malware as well as targeted attacks and advanced threats.

Next, they secured the physical and virtual Citrix servers with Trend Micro™ Deep Security™. It protects unpatched servers from vulnerabilities, conducts real-time monitoring, and automatically detects and blocks threats.

Trend Micro™ OfficeScan, powered by XGen™ security protects workstations. It uses machine learning and behavioral analysis to identify and neutralize the encryption process specific to ransomware. Trend Micro Mobile Security protects mobile devices and applications.

In addition, Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Analyzer improves malware detection for all of the security solutions and enables automation of security tasks.

RESULTS

Implementation of the solutions was fast. Three months after the Trend Micro team’s first visit, the security solutions were up and running—and without a production shutdown. The quick installation and automatic updates brought immediate results and continue to provide protection against constantly evolving threats.

With a single administration console simplifying security management, these innovative solutions give the hospital an integrated and secure infrastructure for detecting and neutralizing threats. In addition, with Trend Micro as a part of their GDPR compliance strategy, the hospital is confident that they will be ready for the May 25, 2018 deadline.

"The products impressed us with their performance. The advanced solutions immediately blocked an impressive number of cryptolocker ransomware attempts."

Jean-Marie Megard - IT Systems Network Programmer,

Mâcon Hospital Center

WHAT'S NEXT

To keep its data safe, the Mâcon Hospital Center is implementing security best practices and will carefully monitor results. The hospital will continue with its long-standing relationship with Trend Micro to review security needs, and work to provide the best security solutions for the hospital and its patients today and in the future.

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