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Belgium 12-12-25 TRIBES Leadership Circle 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.

Poland 12-12-25 TRIBE sesja online Invitation Only Virtual Polish

Zarządzanie podatnościami w infrastrukturze krytycznej

Skuteczne zarządzanie podatnościami w infrastrukturze krytycznej to coś więcej niż podstawowe zadanie każdej organizacji to odpowiedzialność za dostawy energii do milionów punktów poboru. Podatności są niczym mikropęknięcia w stalowych konstrukcjach mostów, często nie widoczne, wymagające wspólnej pracy wielu zespołów. To odpowiedzialne zadanie dotyczące utrzymania wysokiego poziomu cyberbezpieczeństwa. Podczas wystąpienia opowiemy, jak to robimy w tak dużej organizacji. Jak tworzymy i zarządzamy fundamentalnym procesem. W świecie, w którym atakujący nie śpią, przewaga należy do tych którzy potrafią patrzeć parę ruchów naprzód.

Germany 15-12-25 CIONET Community Event Public Virtual german

Virtual CIONET Meet-Up: What's next, 2026?

Angesichts wachsender Cyberbedrohungen und der zunehmenden Automatisierung von Geschäftsprozessen blicken CIOs auf eine ereignisreiche Zeit zurück. Umso spannender ist die Frage, welche Herausforderungen und Chancen die IT-Welt künftig erwarten.  ngesichts wachsender Cyberbedrohungen und der zunehmenden Automatisierung von Geschäftsprozessen blicken CIOs auf ein ereignisreiches Jahr 2024 zurück. Umso spannender ist die Frage, welche neuen Herausforderungen und Chancen die IT-Welt im Jahr 2025 erwarten.AA

Poland 15-12-25 TRIBE sesja online Invitation Only Virtual Polish

Ludzie, dane i AI – czyli co naprawdę decyduje o sukcesie wdrożeń sztucznej inteligencji

Choć sztuczna inteligencja opiera się na danych i algorytmach, to jej sukces zależy przede wszystkim od ludzi. Największe ryzyko w projektach AI nie kryje się w technologii, lecz w braku zrozumienia, zaufania i współpracy między zespołami. Porozmawiamy o tym, jak komunikacja może stać się katalizatorem transformacji — albo barierą, która zatrzyma rozwój.

Belgium 16-12-25 Round Table 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.

Poland 16-12-25 TRIBE sesja online Invitation Only Virtual Polish

Od silosów do systemu: jak tworzyć wartość z AI w całej organizacji

Budowanie wartości z AI to dziś coś więcej niż zestaw projektów: to musi być program, który łączy architekturę danych, ludzi i procesy w spójną całość. Na przykładzie mBanku zobaczymy, jak podejście obejmujące całą organizację pozwala szybciej tworzyć reużywalne komponenty, zwiększać efektywność i realnie wspierać decyzje biznesowe. O tym, co działa, co zaskoczyło i czego nikt się nie spodziewał – porozmawiamy na spotkaniu.

Poland 17-12-25 TRIBE sesja online Invitation Only Virtual Polish

Od controllingu do FinOps: jak połączyć koszty, technologię i biznes

Podczas sesji zobaczymy, jak jeden z największych banków w Polsce rozszerzył swoje praktyki controllingowe o FinOps i zbudował model pracy oparty na wspólnych danych finansowych, technicznych i biznesowych. Robert Skica z Crédit Agricole opowie, jak skalować FinOps w oparciu o dane z controllingu tak, aby wspierał produkty i projekty, zamiast działać obok nich. Uczestnicy poznają też praktyczne sposoby mierzenia adopcji chmury oraz tempo wzrostu jej wykorzystania. Na koniec zaprosimy do dyskusji o tym, jak AI i agenci mogą wspierać zespoły FinOps w optymalizacji zasobów chmurowych.

Belgium 18-12-25 Advisory Board Invitation Only Physical english

AB Christmas Dinner

We look forward to brainstorming with you on how we can strengthen meaningful engagement among our participants, create valuable opportunities for visibility, foster peer-to-peer networking, and deliver impactful content. Your expertise and guidance will help shape our strategy for the coming year and ensure that we continue to provide the best possible value to our entire community. Together, we can build a stronger, more connected community that benefits us all.

Belgium 13-1-26 TRIBES Squad Session Squad 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.

Germany 19-1-26 Online Briefing Country Members Virtual german

Online: Identity Security im Agentic Age

Bei diesem „Spotlight“-Online-Event wird diskutiert, wie moderne Identity Security im Zeitalter autonomer KI-Agenten gestaltet werden kann. Teilnehmende erfahren, wie KI-Agenten als eigene Identitäten verwaltet werden, wie korrekte Zugriffsrechte für Mensch und Maschine sichergestellt werden und wie Zero-Standing-Risk-Ansätze vor modernen Bedrohungen schützen. Praxisnahe Einblicke unterstützen Unternehmen dabei, ihre Identity-Programme zukunftssicher auszurichten.

Belgium 20-1-26 CIONET Community Event All Members Physical english

The CIO as Investor - CIONET Belgium Annual Event

CIOs today are being judged less as technology leaders and more as portfolio managers. Every euro is under scrutiny. Boards and CFOs demand lower run costs, higher efficiency, and clear ROI from every digital initiative. Yet, they also expect CIOs to place bets on disruptive technologies that will keep the enterprise competitive in five years. This constant tension is redefining the role. In this session, we go beyond FinOps and cost reporting to tackle the strategic financial dilemmas CIOs face.

Switzerland 20-1-26 Round Table Country Members Physical english

Zurich: From Content Chaos to Intelligence

Spain 20-1-26 Other Local Event Invitation Only Physical spanish

III Sesión Círculo Ciber Catalunya

Arrancamos 2026 retomando la actividad del Círculo de Ciberseguridad de Catalunya.

Spain 22-1-26 CIONET Community Event Country Members Physical spanish

Galicia Data Quest 2026

Te esperamos en el gran encuentro de Data & AI del Noroeste de España

Belgium 22-1-26 TRIBES 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.

Germany 22-1-26 Round Table Country Members Physical german

München: Digitale Arbeit - Realer Impact

Digitale Arbeitsplätze sollen verbinden statt verkomplizieren: Gemeinsam mit TeamViewer zeigen wir, wie integrierte Plattformen, Automatisierung und smarte Tools digitale Reibung beseitigen und Technologie wieder zum echten Produktivfaktor machen.

Belgium 27-1-26 TRIBES Squad Session Physical english

Zero Trust in Reality : Making segmentation, identity, and access work in complex environments

Zero Trust sounds simple on paper: trust no one, verify everything. But once you start implementing it, the fun begins. Legacy systems, hybrid networks, and human habits don’t read the manual. The idea is solid; the execution, not so much. In the end, Zero Trust is less about technology and more about design, culture, and patience. And when identity becomes the new perimeter, segmentation turns political, and exceptions multiply until the model looks more like “some trust, most of the time.” It’s progress, but not quite the revolution everyone expected. So how do you make Zero Trust work in real environments full of dependencies, vendors, and legacy constraints? Is it even possible? How do you balance usability with control, and what metrics actually prove progress? Let’s unpack what it takes to move beyond PowerPoint strategy and get Zero Trust working across systems and people that weren’t built for it. A closed conversation for those who’ve learned that Zero Trust is less about zero and more about trust that’s earned, not assumed.

Belgium 27-1-26 Round Table Invitation Only Physical english

Move Intelligence, Not Data: Cloud-Right Strategies in the AI Era

AI is everywhere, but it’s making IT estates heavier. As data grows, moving it to the cloud - or between clouds - has become slow, expensive, and risky. This is data gravity: big datasets become too heavy to move. At the same time, cloud costs rise, and sovereignty requirements tighten. CIOs now face the same challenge: How do we modernise for AI without losing control of cost, performance, or compliance?

Italy 28-1-26 CIONET Community Event Country Members Physical italian

CIO+ Italia Award 2025

Torna il CIO+ Italia Award — XIV Edizione Il più importante riconoscimento italiano dedicato ai CIO e ai Digital Leader delle grandi organizzazioni. Gli Awards nascono per riconoscere e valorizzare l’eccellenza, premiando coloro che hanno contribuito in modo significativo al successo delle proprie organizzazioni, trasformando la tecnologia in un vero motore di crescita e competitività, in 5 categorie.

Belgium 29-1-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

The Career Path of the Data Leader : From data projects to enterprise value: redefining what leadership means

The role of the data leader used to be clear: build platforms, deliver dashboards, report insights. But now data sits everywhere, in AI, in decisions, in strategy, and suddenly every conversation ends with “What does the data say?”. The responsibility has outgrown the job description. Today’s data leaders are asked to create impact, not just infrastructure. To manage privacy, quality, and trust while proving business value in quarterly cycles. It’s a balancing act between governance and growth, between enabling and controlling. And yet, the path upward often feels unclear. Does it lead to the CDO seat? Or is influence now spread across teams, not titles? So how do you grow from operational excellence to strategic impact? How do you shape culture while still delivering numbers? And what skills separate the next generation of data leaders from the last? Let’s explore how this role is evolving: from technical authority to business partner, from reporting to decision-making, from data management to data leadership. A closed conversation for those defining what data leadership should look like in 2026 and beyond.

Belgium 3-2-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

Data Governance at Scale : Defining ownership, accountability, and operating models for trusted access

Every organisation wants to make data easier to access while keeping it consistent, secure, and compliant. That’s the goal. But then comes the challenge, an operational one rather than a conceptual one. It’s true, opening access speeds up decisions, but it multiplies duplication, privacy risks, and ownership confusion. Tightening governance restores order but kills agility. So the same questions keep coming back. Who owns what? How far can self-service go before chaos starts? How much central control is needed when every team wants autonomy? If you’ve asked yourself those, you’ve probably also wondered how to define the right operating model. How to roll it out across the organisation while facing the pushback that always follows. What it takes in cost, time, steps, and impact to make it work. You’re not the only one. So let’s talk about it. Let's talk about enforcing principles, delegating authority, and measuring trust in practice. What controls hold up? What break under scale? How to build confidence in data without creating bottlenecks? A closed conversation focused on what’s working, what isn’t, and where the balance lies.

Spain 5-2-26 Round Table Invitation Only Physical spanish

Mesa redonda Modernizar, Escalar, Proteger

Belgium 5-2-26 Circle - Cyber Invitation Only Physical english

Cyber Circle 1: AI in Cyber

Artificial Intelligence clearly is a double-edged sword in the world of cybersecurity. Vendors are in a rush to integrate AI to effectively process all the data SIEM solutions are harnessing but also to detect vulnerabilities, automate patching, and improve threat intelligence. On the other hand, besides opening a whole new attack surface for AI users and requiring new levels of application security, attackers are leveraging AI to augment their phishing and social engineering attacks, as well as for exploit identification and development, and malware generation.

Belgium 6-2-26 TRIBES Leadership Circle Invitation Only Physical english

The New IT Operating Model : Redefining roles, governance, and delivery for an AI-shaped enterprise

IT used to own technology. Now, every function does. Marketing builds apps, finance runs analytics, and operations automates workflows on its own. The boundaries that once defined IT have blurred, yet accountability hasn’t moved. The result? Shared ownership without shared governance, rising cost without clear control, and a CIO role that’s harder to define every year. The question of how to align IT with the business is long gone. They are already entangled, well, most of the time, or at least sometime. Jokes aside, a new challenge has emerged: designing an operating model that makes that entanglement productive rather than chaotic. One that manages shadow IT without killing initiative, distributes ownership without losing control, and scales AI and automation without fragmenting accountability. So how do you rebuild roles, budgets, and governance for a world where everyone is a tech player? How do you balance central coordination with local speed? And what new forms of leadership emerge when IT becomes the connective tissue rather than the command centre? Let’s explore how organisations are redesigning the operating model around outcomes, influence, and shared responsibility. A closed conversation on what modern IT leadership looks like when power, data, and technology are everywhere.

Belgium 10-2-26 Round Table Invitation Only Physical english

CIONET Round Table - Resilience: Competitive Advantage?!

Escalating global instability and rapid technological shifts are creating systemic risk that transcends the CISO's and CIO’s office and now directly impacts the P&L and shareholder value. Driven by the new demands of EU directives like NIS2 and the accelerating push for digital sovereignty, this exclusive roundtable is designed for CIOs, CISOs as well as for CEOs, CFOs and board Members, who recognise that traditional risk mitigation is no longer sufficient.  We will explore how leading organisations are making proactive, strategic investments to intentionally de-risk their supplier chains, guarantee uninterrupted service, and leverage high-assurance stability as a premium market differentiator. They will show us how to quantify the Resilience Dividend: the tangible growth and customer trust earned by operating with superior, demonstrable stability.

Belgium 10-2-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Operating Model Driven Design: Shaping systems around how the organisation actually works

Most architectures start with technology choices, then reality steps in. And when operating models evolve, structures shift, and suddenly systems no longer fit the way people work. So processes have to stretch to accommodate tools instead of the other way around. This is where integration becomes repair, not design, and what was once well aligned slowly turns into a patchwork of exceptions and workarounds. It becomes clearer that when technology and operating models drift apart, efficiency collapses. Change takes longer, ownership gets blurred, and costs rise quietly in the background, leading to architecture becoming a mirror of yesterday’s organisation, not today’s. Hence, is it possible for systems to follow the rhythm of the business, not fight it? How do you translate an operating model into design principles that guide decisions in real time? How do you keep alignment when business and systems evolve at different speeds? And how do you define boundaries that support autonomy without breaking cohesion? Let’s explore that. Let’s explore how to make architecture a living reflection of structure, culture, and decision-making. A closed conversation on designing systems that evolve with the business instead of holding it back.

Germany 10-2-26 Round Table Country Members Physical german

Frankfurt: Wendepunkt für Souveräne IT-Strategie

Souveränität – Getrieben durch geopolitische Unsicherheiten, zunehmende Regulierungen und den wachsenden Wunsch nach Kontrolle über Daten und Technologien, gewinnt die Frage nach digitaler Souveränität für Unternehmen in Europa rasant an Bedeutung. Laut Gartner werden bis 2029 über 50 % der multinationalen Unternehmen eine eigene Strategie zur digitalen Souveränität verfolgen – heute sind es weniger als 10 %. Mit dem Launch der AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) im vierten Quartal 2025 entsteht ein neues Kapitel europäischer Cloud-Strategien. CIONET nimmt diesen Meilenstein zum Anlass, gemeinsam mit führenden IT- und Digitalverantwortlichen zu diskutieren, welche Chancen, Risiken und Handlungsfelder sich daraus ergeben – für Infrastruktur, Compliance, Innovation und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. In vertraulichem Rahmen diskutieren wir gemeinsam mit der Public Cloud Group (PCG) – offiziellem Launch-Partner der AWS European Sovereign Cloud – sowie führenden Mitgliedern der CIONET-Community über strategische Überlegungen, mögliche Ansätze und erste Planungen für den Weg in eine souveräne Cloud-Zukunft.

Germany 11-2-26 CIONET Community Event Country Members Physical german

München: The First 72 Hours_Community ShareSphere

Ein Breach ist kein Theoriefall. Wenn es passiert, zählt nur eines: Wie gut werden Sie Ihre Organisation in den ersten Stunden durch den Angriff führen?

International 12-2-26 International Event - Other Public Virtual english

CIONET Awards 2026: Part 2

The CIONET Awards 2026: Part 2, the premier celebration of excellence in digital mission and leadership. During this event the spotlight falls on two of the most critical arenas in modern enterprise: Cybersecurity and Cloud & Infrastructure. Prepare for a dynamic session where each nominee will present their groundbreaking achievements. 

Italy 19-2-26 CIONET Community Event Country Members Physical italian

The New Cyber Agenda

Non si tratta soltanto di un aggiornamento sulla sicurezza; questo evento sarà un briefing strategico su difesa, sovranità e resilienza. Andremo oltre la tecnologia per affrontare le pressioni geopolitiche e le minacce guidate dall’AI che stanno influenzando le strategie cyber. Uscirai con un piano concreto, pronto per il board, per mettere al sicuro la tua azienda in un’era di turbolenze digitali.

Spain 25-2-26 CIONET Community Event Country Members Physical spanish

Cyber Quest 2026

Belgium 10-3-26 CIONET Community Event All Members Physical english

The Composable Enterprise: Engineered with AI

From modular business design to AI-driven pipelines, architectures, and operationsA composable enterprise is built on modular processes, API-driven ecosystems, low-code platforms, and cloud-native services. It promises speed and adaptability by allowing organisations to reconfigure their capabilities as conditions change. However, modular design alone does not guarantee resilience; the way these systems are engineered and operated is just as important.This is where AI is beginning to make a difference. Beyond generating snippets of code, AI is already influencing how entire systems are developed and run: accelerating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, optimising Infrastructure-as-Code, sharpening observability, and even shaping architectural decisions. These changes directly affect how quickly new business components can be deployed, connected, and retired.In this session, we will examine how CIOs can bring these two movements together:Composable design is the framework for flexibility and modularity.AI-augmented engineering is the force that delivers the speed, quality, and intelligence needed to sustain it.The pitfalls of treating them in isolation: composability that collapses under slow engineering cycles, or AI that only adds complexity without a modular structure.The discussion goes beyond concepts to practical implications: how to architect organisations that can be recomposed at speed, without losing control or reliability. The outcome is an enterprise that is not only modular in design but also engineered to adapt continuously under real-world conditions.

Belgium 12-3-26 TRIBES Squad Session Physical english

The Third-Party Risk Reckoning: How far can you trust your vendors?

Tomato! Tomato! Tomato! Get your tomato now! Every vendor sells security. And every company depends on vendors, partners, and suppliers. The more digital the business becomes, the longer that list grows, and so does the attack surface. One weak link, and there is always one, or one missed update, and trust collapses faster than any firewall can react. What used to be a procurement checklist has become a full-time discipline. Questionnaires, audits, and endless documentation prove that everyone’s “compliant,” yet incidents keep happening. So it’s clear: the issue isn’t lack of policy, or maybe a bit, but mostly lack of visibility. Beyond a certain point, even the most secure organisation is only as safe as its least prepared partner (or an employee who hadn’t had their morning coffee). So how far can you trust your vendors? How do you check what you can’t control? And when does assurance become theatre instead of protection? Does it come at a different cost? Let’s exchange what works and what fails in third-party risk management: live monitoring, shared responsibility models, contractual levers, and the reality of building trust in a chain you don’t own. A closed conversation for those redefining what partnership means when risk is shared but accountability isn’t.

Belgium 24-3-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Killing Zombie Projects: Knowing when to stop, restart, or quietly let go

Every organisation has them, projects that keep running long after their purpose has faded. No one remembers who asked for them, but shutting them down feels riskier than keeping them alive. And eventually, people stay assigned, budgets stay allocated, and energy drains into work that no longer matters. Inertia at its finest. Ending a project is rarely a technical decision. It’s emotional, political, and often tied to past promises or personal reputation. The longer something runs, the harder it becomes to admit it’s time to stop. Yet clearing that backlog of half-dead initiatives is often the only way to make room for new ones. So how do you decide when to pull the plug? What signals show that value is gone, and who gets to say so? How can governance encourage honest calls without punishing those who make them? Let’s discuss how to end gracefully, refocus teams, and turn closure into confidence rather than blame. Bullet in the head? Is that how you kill a zombie, or was it a silver bullet in the heart? A closed conversation on how to make progress by learning to stop.

International 25-3-26 International Event - Other All Members Physical english

CIONET Awards 2026: Part 3

The CIONET Awards 2026: Part 3, the premier celebration of excellence in digital mission and leadership. During this event the spotlight falls on the European CIO of the Year. Prepare for a dynamic session where each nominee will present their groundbreaking achievements. 

Belgium 26-3-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Measuring Value in AI Initiatives: Defining ROI, accountability, and measurable outcomes in complex environments

AI projects continue to multiply, but proving their value remains difficult. Most organisations can track activity, not impact. Dashboards count pilots and models, yet few translate to measurable business outcomes. The result is familiar: success stories without clarity on what they actually delivered. The real issue is measurement. Traditional ROI metrics fail when AI changes decisions more than results. Financial indicators miss the operational gains, while qualitative benefits often sound too vague to defend. Without clear evidence, budgets come under scrutiny and confidence erodes. This session focuses on how to connect AI work with business outcomes through structured metrics, governance, and accountability. We’ll explore how value tracking evolves from experimentation to scale, which indicators earn trust at board level, and where measurement stops being meaningful. A closed exchange for comparing methods, tools, and lessons learned in defining, proving, and sustaining AI impact.

Belgium 31-3-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Composability in Practice: Building modular systems that stay coherent as they grow

Composability sounds elegant in theory: small, independent parts that come together to form something greater, but in practice, it’s messy. What happens when modules overlap, APIs evolve differently across domains, and governance struggles to keep pace? What was meant to simplify architecture sometimes ends up multiplying it. As systems grow, integration points become dependencies, and flexibility turns into fragility. A simple change in one component ripples through others, making the dream of “plug and play” harder to sustain. Still, the goal remains the same: adaptability without chaos. So how do you achieve it without slowing everything down? How do you design boundaries that allow reuse but prevent entanglement? How do you define ownership when many teams touch the same shared components? And how can standards evolve without becoming a constraint? Let’s explore how composability works when theory meets reality, and how teams preserve coherence while systems keep expanding. A closed conversation on modular design that enables agility instead of just promising it.

Belgium 2-4-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

Taming the SaaS Sprawl: Tracking spend, ownership, and usage before it slips out of control

SaaS gave business units freedom: quick onboarding, no infrastructure, and instant results. But over time, that freedom turned into fragmentation. Each team now buys, renews, and configures its own stack. HR has one platform, finance has another, and marketing probably has ten. The invoices keep coming, usage keeps dropping, and no one is sure who’s accountable for what. Traditional cost management doesn’t apply here. There’s no central contract, no single owner, and no real visibility. What used to be procurement now feels like detective work. Redundant tools, overlapping licences, and hidden integrations make the picture blurrier every month. By the time finance steps in, renewals are already done and budgets already gone. So how do you regain control without killing autonomy? How can IT, procurement, and business functions share visibility and accountability? And what governance keeps flexibility alive without letting costs spiral? Let’s talk about the new discipline behind SaaS management: mapping ownership, connecting data from finance to usage, and building renewal intelligence that actually prevents waste. A closed conversation for those turning SaaS chaos into structure before it turns into another budget crisis.

Belgium 12-5-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Product-Centric IT 2.0: Blending product and project thinking

Everyone says they’ve gone product-centric. In reality, most organisations live in a hybrid world where projects, products, and platforms overlap. Teams manage releases while still chasing deadlines, and governance still thinks in milestones rather than outcomes. The shift is underway, but the mindset hasn’t caught up. At scale, product thinking creates new tensions. What happens when one product depends on another? Who owns shared components, and how do you coordinate when priorities clash? And how do you measure success when delivery and value creation no longer happen on the same timeline? Let’s explore how organisations are blending product and project models, keeping alignment while giving teams autonomy. Let’s discuss how to define ownership, fund cross-functional work, and handle dependencies that never fit neatly into one backlog. A closed conversation on what it takes to make product-centric IT work in practice, not just in slides.

Belgium 19-5-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

AI vs AI in Cybersecurity: When defenders and attackers both use AI

The game has changed, clearly. Attackers have AI, defenders have AI, and both sides are learning faster than anyone expected, or maybe the attackers are just a bit faster. What used to take hours now happens in seconds, and detection windows close before alerts even appear. It’s adaptation beyond automation, and no one gets to sit still. But every promise of AI-driven defence comes with a price. The tools are expensive to train, maintain, and monitor. Mistakes cost more too. False positives drain teams, model drift hides real threats, and poisoned data turns protection into confusion. So now it’s not only about defending networks, it’s about defending the defenders themselves, from fatigue, blind trust, and automation gone wrong. So how do you keep visibility when both sides use the same weapons? How do you detect intent when patterns look human but aren’t? How do you justify cost when failure still happens, just faster? Let’s explore what happens when algorithms face each other on both sides of the firewall, and what new defences emerge when speed alone is no longer enough. A closed conversation about a future where cybersecurity becomes an AI vs AI battle, and humans still have to win.

Belgium 22-5-26 TRIBES Leadership Circle Invitation Only Physical english

Managing Vendor Lock-In: Balancing dependence, cost, and control in strategic partnerships

Every vendor swears their platform is open, flexible, and built for freedom. Then comes the renewal date. The price goes up, migration looks painful, and “strategic partnership” starts to feel more like dependency. Most organisations don’t get trapped overnight, they walk into it one contract at a time. Broadcom, anyone? We know lock-in isn’t only technical, it’s commercial, architectural, and even cultural. Once tools shape how teams work, switching becomes not only costly but politically impossible. So how do you manage dependency without losing leverage? What do you do when moving away costs more than staying? How do you negotiate from a position of weakness? And what governance models help prevent lock-in before it happens? Let’s share how to keep options open, make vendors compete without breaking partnerships, and find leverage even when it seems there’s none left. A closed conversation for those who’ve learned that freedom in IT is rarely free.

Belgium 26-5-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

The Career Path of the Cloud Engineer: From system builder to strategic enabler of digital scale

The cloud engineer’s world keeps expanding. It started with provisioning and automation, but now it touches everything: resilience, security, cost, and even business continuity. What used to be a back-end function has become one of the most visible roles in digital operations. Yet with that visibility comes pressure: constant evolution, constant firefighting, and very little time to step back and ask, “Where is this career actually going?” Tools evolve faster than skills can stabilise. Every certification promises relevance, every vendor claims leadership, and every organisation defines “cloud” differently. Between platform specialisation and architecture oversight, the lines blur quickly. The challenge is no longer learning the tools, it’s deciding which skills will still matter once the automation matures. So how do you grow from technical expert to strategic partner? How do you build credibility outside the console: in architecture, governance, and cost optimisation? And what does leadership look like when cloud becomes less about configuration and more about orchestration? Let’s discuss how the best engineers are shaping their next move: towards influence, design, and strategic value. A closed conversation for those defining what it means to engineer the cloud, not just run it.

Belgium 28-5-26 Circle - Cyber All Members Physical english

AI on the Cyber Battlefield

How attackers and defenders are deploying autonomous systems AI is transforming the pace of cyber conflict. Attackers are experimenting with agents that can craft phishing emails at scale, automatically escalate privileges, and adapt malware in real-time. Defenders are countering with AI that hunts anomalies, models behaviour, and reacts faster than human teams ever could. This session will look at the operational front line: Where adversarial AI is already being used in the wild. What’s working - and failing - in AI-driven defence. The capabilities CISOs must build now to avoid being outpaced by machine-speed attackers. The focus: what it takes to survive when the battle shifts from human-to-human to AI-to-AI.

Belgium 2-6-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

The Self-Healing Infrastructure: Designing automation that prevents failure without creating blind spots

Automation was supposed to make infrastructure predictable. Systems would detect anomalies, resolve issues, and learn from every incident. And for a while, it worked: fewer tickets, faster recovery, better uptime. Until something broke silently, and no one noticed. The system had learned how to fix itself, but not how to explain what it did. That’s the new paradox of modern operations: The more autonomous your infrastructure becomes, the less visible it is. And when reliability depends on AI-driven logic, trust becomes the main failure point. Who monitors the machine that monitors everything else? At what moment does “self-healing” turn into “self-hiding”? So how do you build automation that keeps humans in the loop without slowing response? How do you set the right limits before systems act faster than people can intervene? And what skills do operations teams need when they’re managing learning, not just code? Let’s talk about what’s really changing in infrastructure operations: new accountability, new transparency, and the boundary between automation and control. A closed conversation for those designing systems that recover gracefully and stay explainable when they do.

Belgium 9-6-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual english

From Dashboards to Decisions: Restoring alignment, ownership, and confidence in enterprise reporting

Data availability keeps growing, but decision-making often feels slower. Every function builds its own dashboards, metrics multiply, and reports begin to contradict each other. What was meant to improve transparency now creates confusion. The problem is not access to data but alignment on interpretation. When information becomes noise, confidence in reporting collapses. People hesitate to act, functions challenge each other’s numbers, and trust in analytics erodes. The challenge lies in restoring clarity: deciding which metrics matter, who owns them, and how reporting connects back to action. Let’s discuss how to simplify information flows, define consistent metrics, and reconnect dashboards with decision-making. How ownership, cadence, and shared understanding bring alignment back. A closed conversation on rebuilding confidence in data, where clarity replaces overload and information once again supports action.

Belgium 12-6-26 TRIBES Leadership Circle Invitation Only Physical english

AI Governance at Scale: Defining boundaries, ownership, and accountability for AI at scale

AI started small: a few pilots, some dashboards, a couple of chatbots. But then it spread, quickly. Now every department wants a model, every vendor adds “AI-powered” to their pitch, and every regulator is asking about risk and transparency. Governance suddenly went from a nice idea to a full-time job. Scaling governance is harder than launching AI. Policies look great on slides, but in practice, ownership blurs and enforcement stalls. Central control slows things down, while local freedom invites risk. Everyone agrees AI should be safe and ethical, but no one agrees on who signs off when something goes wrong, all leading to AIs living as permanent PoCs. So how do you scale oversight without creating bureaucracy? How do you distribute responsibility between IT, business, and compliance? And what controls actually hold up when AI keeps changing after deployment? Let’s explore how organisations make governance part of daily operations, not an afterthought. A closed conversation for those trying to keep AI credible, compliant, and under control while it spreads across the enterprise.

Belgium 18-6-26 TRIBES Squad Session Invitation Only Physical english

Building the Event-Driven Enterprise: Managing flow, context, and control in event-driven systems

Becoming event-driven sounds like the logical next step: real-time visibility, faster response, tighter integration. The promise is appealing, no? But turning that vision into reality is another story. Where do you start, with technology, operating model, or mindset? Many soon discover that event-driven design reshapes everything. Data ownership becomes decentralised, monitoring grows complex, and governance feels like chasing a moving target. Scaling up amplifies both the benefits and, if poorly governed, the costs as well. The question then becomes: what is the return on all that investment? Does the model actually reduce cost over time, or simply move it elsewhere? And when does ROI start showing, during scaling or only once operations stabilise? The goal remains clear: systems that react faster, stay reliable, and create measurable value at speed. But the path there is not. Let’s explore what it means to build event-driven architectures, what challenges surface at scale, and what financial outcomes they truly achieve. A closed conversation for those aiming to prove that responsiveness can also be sustainable.