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Belgium 11-12-25 Country Members Physical english

Next Generation Digital Twins - CIONET Belgium: Community Event

Imagine being able to monitor, simulate, and optimise an entire city, factory, or supply chain in real time. Next-generation digital twins are making this vision a reality, transforming how we manage and understand complex systems. By creating dynamic virtual replicas of physical assets and processes, digital twins allow organisations to predict issues, optimize performance, and make data-driven decisions with unprecedented accuracy.This event will explore how digital twins are being used across industries to revolutionize the way we operate and maintain large-scale, intricate systems—whether it’s the infrastructure of a smart city, the efficiency of a factory floor, or the resilience of global supply chains.Examples of Digital Twins in Action:Smart Cities: Urban planners can use digital twins to simulate traffic flow, monitor energy usage, or predict the impact of weather events on infrastructure. This enables cities to optimize resources and improve the quality of life for their citizens.Factories of the Future: Manufacturing plants are leveraging digital twins to monitor equipment in real time, prevent downtime, and optimize production lines. With predictive analytics, factories can avoid costly breakdowns and improve overall efficiency.Supply Chain Management: Complex supply chains, spanning continents and industries, can be modeled as digital twins to track shipments, simulate disruptions, and optimize logistics. Businesses can reduce inefficiencies and respond faster to market demands.Key Themes:Real-Time Monitoring and Simulation: How digital twins provide real-time insights into complex systems, allowing for dynamic response and optimization.Predictive Power: Leveraging AI and data analytics, digital twins help organisations predict and mitigate issues before they happen, from equipment failures to supply chain bottlenecks.Scalability Across Ecosystems: Digital twins aren’t limited to individual assets—learn how they can be scaled across entire ecosystems like smart cities or global supply chains for maximum impact.Building Trust and Security: With digital twins handling critical infrastructure and sensitive data, what are the security and governance frameworks needed to ensure trust in these virtual systems?Why You Should Attend:Next-generation digital twins are no longer just a concept—they are revolutionizing industries by offering a new way to manage complexity. Whether you’re looking to optimize a city, factory, or supply chain, this event will provide practical insights into how digital twins can transform your organisation’s operations and drive future innovation.

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Belgium 12-12-25 Squad Only Physical english

Managing IT Cost Without Losing Capability ; A practical look at how to control infrastructure, apps, and dev spend

Everyone wants value for money. But in IT, that value is spread across infrastructure, software, services, and people. Your infra spend is creeping up. App maintenance is eating your budget. New development is exciting but comes with hidden overhead. And people costs, from operations to engineering, remain the largest, most overlooked slice. If you’re under pressure to optimise without compromise, this session brings the right questions, trade-offs, and shared lessons to the table.

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Belgium 16-12-25 Invitation Only Physical english

CIONET Round Table: Mastering Enterprise Service Management

This CIONET Round Table will focus on how the IT department can be the enabler that unlocks organisational efficiencies and helps to improve the employee experience. We will explore how CIOs and Digital Leaders can fundamentally transform the internal service experience by breaking down organizational silos, orchestrating complex cross-functional workflows, and leveraging a unified platform to deliver a truly frictionless experience for every employee.

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Upcoming TRIBE Events

 
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December 12, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Physical english

Managing IT Cost Without Losing Capability ; A practical look at how to control infrastructure, apps, and dev spend

Everyone wants value for money. But in IT, that value is spread across infrastructure, software, services, and people. Your infra spend is creeping up. App maintenance is eating your budget. New development is exciting but comes with hidden overhead. And people costs, from operations to engineering, remain the largest, most overlooked slice. If you’re under pressure to optimise without compromise, this session brings the right questions, trade-offs, and shared lessons to the table.

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January 13, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

Moving Legacy Systems to the Cloud Efficiently : Balancing cost, risk, and continuity in complex migrations

Migrating legacy systems to the cloud remains one of the toughest balancing acts in IT. Every choice affects stability, cost, and trust at once, and what starts as a modernisation effort quickly turns into a negotiation between ambition and reality. Suddenly budgets rise, dependencies appear late, and timelines tighten as old architectures collide with new expectations. In the end, success depends on sequencing, ownership, and aligning business priorities with infrastructure limits, and not only on technical readiness. Making it work requires more than a plan on paper. Knowing which systems genuinely belong in the cloud, which can wait, and which should stay put shapes the entire roadmap and defines its success. Each refactoring decision sets the level of future flexibility, but it also drives cost and risk. The trade-offs between speed, sustainability, and resilience only become clear once migration begins and pressure builds. Let’s discuss how to plan migrations that stay on track, manage hidden dependencies, and handle downtime with confidence. Let’s also discuss how governance, testing, and vendor coordination keep progress visible and credible. Are you in? A closed conversation for those who turn cloud migration from a disruption into a long-term advantage.

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January 22, 2026 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

AI-Driven Development: Redesigning workflows, responsibilities, and trust in the age of automation

AI coding assistants entered development teams quietly, but their impact grows by the day. What started as autocomplete now shapes architecture decisions, documentation, and testing. And when productivity gains are visible, so are new risks: security blind spots, uneven quality, and the slow erosion of shared standards. Teams move faster, but not always in the same direction. The challenge has become integration rather than adoption. And new questions have risen: how do you blend automation into established practices without losing oversight? When is human review still essential, and what should the rules of collaboration between developer and machine look like? As AI tools learn from proprietary code, where do responsibility and accountability sit? Let’s talk about how to redefine those workflows, balancing creativity with control, and protecting code quality in a hybrid human-AI environment. A closed conversation on where AI accelerates progress, where it introduces new debt, and how development culture must evolve to stay credible.

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Revolutionizing content creation at Pilot Company with Jasper

Revolutionizing content creation at Pilot Company with Jasper

"Jasper's brand and voice tools help our teams work even better together. We're able to align faster and collaborate more effectively."


Nick Kakanis
Content Designer
 
 
 

At Jasper, we are proud to play a part in revolutionizing the way companies like Pilot Company approach content creation. Nick Kakanis, a content designer on the Digital Products team, shared how Jasper has become an integral part of their workflow and brought about significant changes in their content strategy.

Pilot Company operates across multiple digital channels. Integrating Jasper into their workflow has proven to be a time-saving and workflow-enhancing strategy, ultimately positioning him as an "awesome partner”. The Pilot Company team collaborating with Jasper can tell the tool was built with the customer in mind.

 

Unleashing Collaboration and Efficiency with Jasper

Before Jasper, teams at Pilot Company were working in silos, each producing their own content. Jasper has changed this dynamic, breaking down barriers and encouraging collaboration. As Nick explained, Jasper often provides the missing piece when someone is stuck on a piece of writing, making the process more efficient and enjoyable.

One of the standout examples of how Jasper has proven useful is within Pilot's more technical teams. They have been utilizing the summarizer tool to distill dense technical documents into clear, concise bullet points. This function turned a 30-page document into a single page of key points, which could then be transformed into an explanatory email for the business development side. Repurposing content is now streamlined with the help of Jasper.

 

Jasper’s Catalyst of Creativity and Ideation at Pilot

Jasper's impact goes beyond simply streamlining workflows; it also serves as a creative catalyst.

Nick highlighted how Jasper assists with ideation, such as generating headlines based on an existing document. The tool provides that "aha" moment when it suggests the perfect phrase or concept that was on the tip of one's tongue all along.

Designers at Pilot are also enthralled by the conversational aspect of Jasper Chat, revolutionizing the way that they communicate ideas. “I almost exclusively use Jasper Chat because it feels conversational and more like a collaboration or brainstorm session. Jasper has helped me create and edit content for design layouts so that prototypes feel more real and I can better illustrate a vision - no more lorem ipsum placeholder text!”

Another area where Jasper shines is in optimizing content for SEO. As a content writer, Nick focuses on storytelling. However, the need for the content to rank well on internet searches necessitates SEO optimization. This is where Jasper comes in, serving as a bridge between the complex requirements of SEO and the art of storytelling. With Jasper's guidance, Nick can optimize the content for search engines without sacrificing the narrative's integrity.

 

Brand Alignment and Success

Pilot has multiple sub-brands, each with its unique voice. Jasper is being trained on these different brand voices, enabling teams to produce content tailored to their specific brand. This gives Pilot additional confidence and assurance that their content will align with their brand identity. Stephanie Bullock, Manager, Product Design at Pilot Company, sums it up perfectly: "Jasper is teaching me to be a better writer and collaborator. My work is stronger with his support and insight." By aligning content with the brand's voice and style, Jasper allows teams to create tailored, unique content that resonates with the target audience.

The impact of Jasper's introduction at Pilot speaks for itself. With Jasper, Pilot has saved each team member between 3 to 5 hours a week. This case study is a testament to Jasper's capability to transform work processes, foster collaboration, and boost productivity.

 

Jasper's Transformative Power

The introduction of Jasper has not only boosted productivity and creativity within organizations like Pilot but also fostered a sense of empowerment among content teams. By providing advanced AI capabilities, an intuitive interface, and robust collaboration features, Jasper streamlines workflows and saves valuable time. Our platform's unique blend of creativity and technology ensures that content is not only well-crafted but also optimized for maximum reach and engagement. 

We are honored to be a part of Pilot's content initiatives and look forward to continuing our partnership in driving success.

 

Pilot Company is a prominent fuel supplier and the largest operator of travel centers in North America, better known as Pilot Flying J. With a yearly supply of over 14 billion gallons of fuel, Pilot Company also offers DEF, biofuels, and renewables to the market. Boasting more than 750 travel center locations across 44 states and six Canadian provinces, Pilot Company caters to both professional drivers and travelers. Moreover, Pilot Company stands out as one of the largest independent retailers of over-the-road diesel fuel and ranks among the top 25 largest restaurant franchises in the United States.

Headquarters: Knoxville, TN

Company Size: Enterprise (1,000+ employees)

Industry: Retail

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CIONET Circles

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Healthcare Circle

Digital Transformation is redefining the future of health care and health delivery. All stakeholders are convinced that these innovations will create value for patients, healthcare practitioners, hospitals, and governments along the patient pathway. The benefits are starting from prevention and awareness to diagnosis, treatment, short- and long-term follow-up, and ultimately survival. But how do you make sure that your working towards an architecturally sound, secure and interoperable health IT ecosystem for your hospital and avoid implementing a hodgepodge of spot solutions? How does your IT department work together with the other stakeholders, such as the doctors and other healthcare practitioners, Life Sciences companies, Tech companies, regulators and your internal governance and administrative bodies?

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Telenet Business Leadership Circle

The Telenet Business Leadership Circle powered by CIONET, offers a platform where IT executives and thought leaders can meet to inspire each other and share best practices. We want to be a facilitator who helps you optimise the performance of your IT function and your business by embracing the endless opportunities that digital change brings.

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Les Rencontres

Découvrez la dynamique du leadership numérique aux Rencontres de CIONET, le programme francophone exclusif de CIONET pour les leaders numériques en Belgique, rendu possible grâce au soutien et à l'engagement de nos partenaires de programme : Deloitte, Denodo et Red Hat. Rejoignez trois événements inspirants par an à Liège, Namur et en Brabant Wallon, où des CIOs et des experts numériques francophones de premier plan partagent leurs perspectives et expériences sur des thèmes d'affaires et de IT actuels. Laissez-vous inspirer et apprenez des meilleurs du secteur lors de sessions captivantes conçues spécialement pour soutenir et enrichir votre rôle en tant que CIO pair. Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de faire partie d'un réseau exceptionnel d'innovateurs numériques !

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Female Leadership Circle

CIONET is committed to highlighting and celebrating female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, creating a leadership programme that empowers and elevates women within the tech industry. This initiative is dedicated to showcasing the achievements and successes of leading women, fostering an environment where female role models are recognised, and their contributions can ignite progress and inspire the next generation of women in IT. Our mission is to shine the spotlight a little brighter on female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, and to empower each other through this inner network community.

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