Piet's career, which began at the thriving startup Tele Atlas in the '90s, has been a journey of innovation. He later ventured into consultancy, specialising in energy startups between 2011 and 2014. In 2014, Piet took on a pivotal role at the Port of Antwerp Authority, driving digital and innovation transformation, creating the 'Port of the Future'. 

On June 1, 2023, Piet became CEO of The Blue Cluster, an initiative uniting over 180 organisations: private companies, scientific centres, and authorities. Under his leadership, The Blue Cluster has launched transformative projects such as Coastbuster (coastal defence), Anemoi (wind farm emissions), C-Shrimp (indoor shrimp farming), and Enzymares (sea enzymes) and many more. These projects harness the maritime world's potential to address global challenges like climate change, energy transition, food security, and biodiversity conversation. 

Daniel will be the host/moderator of this event.

Before joining CIONET as Partner-COO in 2022, Daniel built his career spanning over 25 years in consulting, sales & marketing management, and innovation, primarily within ICT service integrators such as The NRB Group, Cegeka, and Devoteam. Prior to that, he spent a decade establishing and directing an Anglo-Belgian market research and development consultancy based in London and Leuven, Belgium, specialised in executing strategic market research projects for high-tech and IT companies.

Breno Gentil is the Regional CIO for HEINEKEN in Europe, currently leading digital transformations in Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain, with an emphasis on unlocking business value through Data and AI.
Former Global Chief Technology Officer at British American Tobacco, Breno has over two decades of experience in Digital and Technology across global consumer goods companies.