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+40 events per year

+1,300 members

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CIONET: Empowering Digital Leaders since 2005

Connect with +1,300 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other Digital Leaders in Belgium. Share ideas, swap insights, and build the network that moves your career - and your business - forward.

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Community Events

  • 6 large in real-life events per year, on a national level, bringing together 100 to 200 members/digital leaders and our Business Partners.
  • Featuring digital leaders with standout achievements in areas of key interest to our community, identified with our Advisory Board and Business Partners.
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Round Tables

  • Intimate peer-to-peer sessions with 12 to 16 participants over breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
  • 2.5–3 hours in a private setting, focused on deep networking and knowledge exchange, moderated by CIONET.
  • In collaboration with a dedicated Business Partner, reaching out to its target audience.
Upcoming

Women of CIONET

A dedicated programme bringing together female digital leaders, role models and members across IT, Tech and Digital in Belgium. Featuring leaders with standout experience in transformation, innovation, leadership and inclusion, creating exchange on topics of key interest to our community.

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Les Rencontres

CIONET's programme for French-speaking CIOs and Digital Leaders in Belgium. Through three exclusive executive gatherings each year, it provides a confidential, peer-driven forum where technology leaders exchange experiences, debate strategic challenges and explore the trends shaping the future of business and IT. Hosted in inspiring venues across Wallonia and Brussels, Les Rencontres combines thought leadership with meaningful peer networking.

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Cyber Circle

A dedicated programme bringing together CISOs, CIOs, security leaders and our Business Partners around cybersecurity topics of key interest to the Belgian community. Featuring cyber leaders and experts with standout experience in resilience, risk, regulation, trust and security strategies and operations.

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Telenet Business Leadership Circle

CIONET's long-standing executive forum, developed in close partnership with Telenet. Bringing together a select group of CIOs and Digital Leaders, the programme offers three strategic discussions each year on the technologies, leadership challenges and business priorities shaping the digital enterprise.

European Annual Programme

The CIONET European Annual Programme is a premium, dual-track residency, fostering strategic collaboration and executive learning among top European Digital Leaders. Developed for our members, it provides a trusted space to candidly benchmark strategies and tackle transformation challenges alongside true peers. The programme features two tracks: the Signature Circle, private, high-intensity sessions under the Chatham House Rule, and the CIONET Awards, a technology domain-led platform celebrating excellence that culminates in our flagship the London Gala.

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Your Challenges Shape Our Mission

UPCOMING CIONET BELGIUM EVENTS

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Belgium 20-10-2026 Squad Only Virtual English

Deciding What Runs Where: Cloud, Edge, On-Prem, or Hybrid; How to place workloads based on performance, cost, sovereignty, resilience, and AI requirements.

Cloud decisions are becoming more selective. The challenge is deciding where each workload should run based on cost, performance, control, resilience, sovereignty, and business need. Three pressure points usually drive the decision. - Cost visibility becomes harder when usage grows across cloud services, data platforms, and AI workloads. - Performance and latency matter more when systems need fast access to data or support operational processes. - Sovereignty and resilience become critical when data location, continuity, vendor dependency, and exit options enter the discussion. The working question is simple: how do we place workloads where they create the most value while keeping the hybrid landscape manageable? If these trade-offs are on your agenda, let’s compare how others are handling similar choices.

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Belgium 10-11-2026 Squad Only Virtual English

Choosing the Right Data Platform Without Creating New Silos; How to balance speed, flexibility, semantics, governance, and long-term maintainability.

Data platforms are meant to simplify access and support better use of data. The challenge is choosing and governing the platform landscape in a way that creates consistency, reuse, and long-term value. Three pressure points usually appear. - Platform choice becomes difficult when teams have different needs for speed, flexibility, cost, and control. - Business meaning needs protection: customer, revenue, product, risk, and FTE need shared definitions across tools. - Ownership and governance need to be clear, so platforms grow with accountability and discipline. The working question is simple: how do we give teams the data capabilities they need while keeping the platform landscape understandable, governed, and reusable? If these questions are familiar, let’s compare approaches with others facing the same data landscape.

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Belgium 13-11-2026 Squad Only Physical English

Building the Business Case for New IT Capabilities; How to justify investment when value is strategic, shared, or only visible over time.

Many IT capabilities are essential and difficult to fund through a simple project ROI. The challenge is showing why architecture, governance, resilience, cybersecurity maturity, data foundations, and AI readiness deserve investment before the gap becomes expensive. Three pressure points make the case harder. - Shared value means the benefit often sits across several teams, while the budget sits in one place. - Timing creates friction because the cost is immediate while the value appears over time. - Risk translation is needed so business and finance leaders understand the consequence of delaying the investment. The working question is simple: how do we turn foundational IT capabilities into credible investment cases that link cost, risk, business value, and future flexibility? If you are building these cases internally, let’s compare how others are positioning value, risk, and timing.

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