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Italy May 28, 2026 Country Members Physical italian
Infrastructure for Intelligence
La tua strategia cloud favorisce la crescita o sta solo prosciugando il budget? Questa sessione va dritta al punto su ciò che conta davvero: costruire una base Cloud scalabile, resiliente e sostenibile dal punto di vista finanziario. Approfondiremo FinOps maturi, governance strategica e metriche di performance che dimostrano il valore del Cloud per il Business.
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Belgium May 28, 2026 All Members Physical english
Security by Design: From Noble Intention to Reality
The Reality Check We have all seen the "noble intentions" of Security by Design crumble under the weight of deadlines and constant overload. Abraham Lincoln allegedly said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe". We all know what he meant, but in reality, we rarely spend enough time planning and tend to dash forward into execution. It is a story familiar to every CIO and CISO: A project starts with the best of intentions, but somewhere between the first architectural drawing and the final release, things go off course: Too many compromises were made, there wasn’t enough time or funding, the product owner shuffled priorities, requirements weren’t sufficiently validated, testing got squeezed, the security and/or architecture teams involved too late. Recognition is the first step; solving it together is the second. Today’s Mandate In the current landscape of GDPR, NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Security Act, "noble intentions" are no longer sufficient or acceptable: The financial reality: Fixing issues during the design phase is way more cost-effective than retrofitting patchy solutions after go-live. The regulatory stick: compliant policies on paper are no longer enough; they need to be lived, evidence needs to be provided and, given potential penalties, security and accountability are now firmly on the agenda of boards of directors. Why Join This Working Session? This isn't a "sit and listen" event; it is a working session among equals. Learn from the masters: Hear from organisations that really made progress and are now reaping the benefits of “Security by Design”. Consult your peers: Leverage the collective experience of Belgium's top CISOs to ask the questions you were previously afraid to ask. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" exchange: Learn from the mistakes made by others, steal the tips and tricks of experts and distil your own winning formula. Join our circle, register for this event !
Poland May 27, 2026 Invitation Only Physical Polish
Program dedykowany osobom uczestniczącym w stworzeniu i realizacji strategii wykorzystania AI w firmie.
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Italy May 21, 2026 Invitation Only Physical italian
Enterprise AI: The paradox of Autonomy
Il 2026 segna un punto di non ritorno. Se il 2025 è stato l'anno della sperimentazione e dei primi chatbot, oggi l'AI è diventata un "collega sintetico" capace di agire, decidere e orchestrare processi critici in totale autonomia. Tuttavia, questa accelerazione verso l’AI Enterprise ha generato una tensione senza precedenti. Mentre il business esige di massimizzare le potenzialità competitive e spinge per una delega totale all'AI, i Digital Leader si trovano di fronte a una sfida triplice: costi di inferenza esplosivi, sovranità del dato non negoziabile e una nuova superficie di rischio invisibile. Ma la vera discontinuità non è tecnologica, è metodologica: l’AI Enterprise è la prima sfida che nessuna funzione può governare da sola. In collaborazione con F5, CIONET dedica questa roundtable alla costruzione di una visione comune. Esploreremo come l’allineamento tra CIO, CTO e CISO sia l’unico vero "abilitatore" capace di trasformare il potenziale teorico dell'AI in valore operativo protetto.
Belgium May 21, 2026 All Members Physical english
For banks, insurers, and other financial services leaders, core modernization is rarely a simple technology decision. The harder question is what to replace, what to wrap, what to rebuild selectively, and what to leave alone. This round table brings together senior peers to discuss how they are making those choices under real constraints: resilience, control, regulatory scrutiny, delivery speed, vendor dependency, and the risk of getting sequencing wrong. The conversation will focus on practical judgment, where modernization creates value, where it adds risk, and how to move forward without triggering another multi-year transformation cycle. A small-group discussion for leaders looking for clear decisions, credible trade-offs, and peer perspective.
UK May 14, 2026 Country Members Physical english
CIOFEST UK: Leadership in the Agentic Era
This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions.
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Belgium May 12, 2026 Invitation Only Physical english
Fueling the Future: Making Your Data AI-Ready
As organisations shift from AI pilots to full-scale deployment, many discover their progress is slowed by fragmented, inconsistent data. Successful AI requires clean, unified, secure, and AI-ready information. This CIONET roundtable explores how to turn raw telemetry into reliable intelligence through stronger data foundations, real-time visibility, and robust security, offering practical strategies to build a resilient, AI-ready enterprise.
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Belgium May 8, 2026 Invitation Only Physical english
Join us for a fun and social padel event on Thursday, May 8, 2026, at Stepp in Puurs-Sint-Amands for an evening of competitive yet friendly matches in a relaxed atmosphere. Whether you're stepping on a padel court for the first time or you already play like a seasoned pro, no worries: you’ll be matched with worthy opponents. All players will be divided into groups based on skill level: starter, intermediate, advanced, and challenger. This way you will have plenty of opportunities to play, compete, and enjoy the game. All participants will have access to changing rooms and showers at the venue. After the matches, we’ll finish the evening together with a dinner, the perfect moment to relax, talk about the games, and enjoy some good company. Whether you're joining for the competition, the social vibe, or simply a great evening of padel, you're very welcome to participate.
Belgium May 7, 2026 All Members Physical english
Resilience by Design - The Design Choices Behind Infrastructure That Cannot Fail
The most consequential security decisions are not made in the SOC. They are made at the drawing board, when architects choose who will manage their network fabric, where sovereignty will reside, and what dependencies they are prepared to accept. This roundtable brings together technology leaders who recognise that network and infrastructure design is no longer a technical decision but a strategic one. Rather than reviewing the threat landscape, we focus on the foundational choices that determine resilience long before the first incident occurs. Participants will explore how geopolitical fragmentation is turning technology and partner selection into a strategic act, what it means to engineer resilience into infrastructure rather than layer it on afterwards, and whether AI is changing the architectural calculus or simply raising the stakes.
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Belgium May 5, 2026 All Members Physical english
Women of CIONET - The Female Edge in Digital Transformation
Why many transformations fail is not about technology, but about people and culture. Female leaders often excel in stakeholder alignment, empathy, and habit change; qualities that can make the difference between rollout and real adoption.So, where do those who drive digital transformation, often women, belong? Why are they labeled as “change leaders” and not CIOs?
Belgium April 30, 2026 All Members Physical english
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Belgium April 29, 2026 Invitation Only Physical english
CIONET Workshop: Building Future-Ready Application Ecosystems in the Age of Intelligent Automation
This CIONET workshop is a collaborative deep-dive into the practicalities of"rewiring the building" while it’s still occupied. Drawing onKyndryl’s deep heritage in mission-critical infrastructure and their latestresearch, we will dismantle the "hidden costs" of legacyenvironments. The conversation will focus on the transition from static,monolithic structures to composable architectures that allow intelligent agentsto operate seamlessly across hybrid landscapes.
Germany April 23, 2026 Country Members Physical german
München: CIOFEST Leadership in the Agentic Era
Das CIOFEST 2026 ist eine exklusive Veranstaltung für CIO, CDO und Digital Leader, die n sieben Ländern gleichzeitig stattfindet. Im Mittelpunkt steht: Leadership in the Agentic Era. Im agentischen Zeitalter handeln KI-Systeme zunehmend autonom – als Maschinenkunden, Partner und Entscheider. Für CIOs entstehen neue Herausforderungen in Marktstrategie, Governance und Führung. Die Session beleuchtet, wie Organisationen Wert schaffen, Vertrauen sichern, Verantwortung neu definieren und innovative Geschäftsmodelle, Plattformen und Ökosysteme in einer von Mensch- und Maschineninteraktionen geprägten Zukunft gestalten können.
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Italy April 23, 2026 Country Members Physical italian
CIOFEST Italy 2026: Leadership in the Agentic Era
L’era dell’AI autonoma è arrivata. Questo CIOFEST è dedicato al lato umano della rivoluzione agentica. Esploreremo come il tuo ruolo di Digital Leader debba evolvere - dal gestire persone, all’orchestrare una forza lavoro ibrida, composta da esseri umani e agenti autonomi. Scoprirai come instaurare un rapporto di fiducia con gli algoritmi e dare potere al tuo team per una collaborazione in tempo reale con l’AI.
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International April 23, 2026 All Members Physical & Virtual english
CIOFEST INTERNATIONAL 2026: Leadership in the Agentic Era
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership. For CIOs and their peers, the rise of “machine customers” and autonomous partners poses new questions: Market impact: How do you compete and create value when some customers and suppliers are machines? Governance: What trust, compliance, and accountability structures are needed when AI acts independently in financial, procurement, or customer-facing processes? Leadership: How should CIOs guide their organisations in redefining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making when agents take over parts of the value chain?Business strategy: What opportunities emerge for new revenue models, platforms, and ecosystems shaped by autonomous interaction? This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions, but also extend to human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions.
Netherlands April 23, 2026 All Members Physical english
CIOFEST Netherlands 2026: Leadership in the Agentic Era
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership.
Poland April 23, 2026 Country Members Physical Polish
CIOFEST: LEADERSHIP IN THE AGENTIC ERA
Sztuczna inteligencja nie ogranicza się już wyłącznie do wspierania zadań wykonywanych przez ludzi. Wkraczamy w erę agentów, w której autonomiczne systemy działają w imieniu ludzi i organizacji. Agenci mogą gromadzić informacje, podejmować decyzje, negocjować warunki, a nawet finalizować transakcje. Konsekwencje wykraczają daleko poza technologię, dotykają samych podstaw modeli biznesowych, zarządzania i przywództwa. Podczas międzynarodowego spotkania CIOFEST poruszymy kwestię jak zachować konkurencyjność i tworzyć realną wartość dla odbiorców, jeśli część z nich to maszyny? Dodatkowo, w polskim spotkaniu uzupełnimy temat o kompetencje niezbędne w świecie AI. Jakie umiejętności powinien posiadać leader oraz jakie kwalifikacje powinien tworzyć w zespole? Jak zaprojektować strategię reskillingu, która wspiera transformację na wszystkich szczeblach organizacji?
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Belgium April 23, 2026 Country Members Physical & Virtual english
CIOFEST BELGIUM: Leadership in the Agentic Era
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership. For CIOs and their peers, the rise of “machine customers” and autonomous partners poses new questions: Market impact: How do you compete and create value when some customers and suppliers are machines? Governance: What trust, compliance, and accountability structures are needed when AI acts independently in financial, procurement, or customer-facing processes? Leadership: How should CIOs guide their organisations in redefining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making when agents take over parts of the value chain?Business strategy: What opportunities emerge for new revenue models, platforms, and ecosystems shaped by autonomous interaction? This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions, but also extend to human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions.
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Poland April 23, 2026 Invitation Only Physical Polish
W wielu organizacjach DevOps działa dziś w dwóch modelach: nowe usługi powstają szybko w kontenerach, a systemy krytyczne nadal funkcjonują na VM, z innymi narzędziami, procesami i tempem zmian. Efekt to rosnąca złożoność, powielanie pracy i coraz większe napięcie między zespołami. Podczas spotkania CIONET Executive Roundtable przygotowanego wraz z Red Hat i Cloudware sprawdzimy, jak ujednolicić te światy w jednym modelu operacyjnym, bez przepisywania aplikacji i bez ryzyka dla stabilności środowiska. Piotr Krzak, CTO Alior Bank, pokaże, jak takie rozwiązanie działa w praktyce i co oznacza dla zespołów, tempa delivery i kosztów operacyjnych. Wątki do dyskusji: gdzie dziś powstaje największe tarcie między VM i kontenerami i ile ono kosztuje, jak ujednolicenie platformy wpływa na kulturę DevOps i sposób pracy zespołów, czy jeden standard realnie przyspiesza delivery, czy tylko porządkuje chaos, gdzie pojawiają się konkretne oszczędności operacyjne – i co je faktycznie generuje, kiedy modernizować aplikacje, a kiedy zmieniać tylko sposób ich uruchamiania.
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Belgium April 21, 2026 Invitation Only Physical english
From Victim to Victor: Cyber resilience is a means, providing Business Continuity the goal
In an era where every outage, audit, and cyberattack is a test of organisational survival, resilience has become the new currency of trust. While traditional perimeter security with: firewalls, intrusion detection, and scanners, remains essential, it is no longer a sufficient guarantee against modern threats that bypass these layers to penetrate your core systems. Today, enterprises require security and continuity that are built-in, not bolted-on. This CIONET roundtable focuses on the shift from reactive disaster recovery to proactive Business Continuity. Together with experts from HPE Zerto, we will explore how organisations can transform their recovery strategies into seamless continuity models.