So you want to be a CIONET Member?

At CIONET, we are convinced that digitalisation help business and society better deal with the major challenges of our time. This requires strong Digital Leadership. It is our mission to bring people together who are leading the Digital Business Transformation and help them  realise their ambitions through the wisdom of the IT crowd and the power of the CIONET community. 

Six key things you will get from CIONET:

• Meet peers who share your interests and challenges and care about the same topics and solutions.
• Solve problems faster by benefiting from the experience of people who recently lived through a similar experience in a similar context
• Make better, well-informed decisions on how to lead your IT and digital organisation.
• Swap stories, experiences, and ideas around our shared mission.
• Experience exclusive content and conversations you can’t find anywhere else. 
• Find inspiration, thought-provoking conversations, and an expert perspective each and every day.

To make this vivid community a reality, we rely on your input. Every time you contribute a story, an experience, or idea, you are contributing to  a deep knowledge base every member of our community can tap into. When you invite as few as two new members, you are adding rocket fuel to what this community can accomplish. It doesn’t get any better than that.

But do you meet the membership criteria?

We are inclusive! We want everybody who shares our passion for Digital Leadership to join our community. If you are willing to contribute to this mission and accept our Terms of Service you can become a member and obtain a CIONET account. Membership to CIONET is free, as is attending many of our events and using a selection of our online services to learn from others and to stay connected.

We are exclusive! The services that you can use depend on your Account Level. This level will be set by our Community Managers by matching your profile to our membership criteria. Once you sign up and accept the Terms of Service, a CIONET Community Manager will analyse your profile and match it to our membership criteria to set your Account Level. This level will be clearly communicated to you and will also be visible on your personal user profile page.

This level is linked to your current role and function and will evolve throughout your career. When your professional role changes over time, please update your personal user profile page or contact your CIONET Community Manager and we will adjust your Account Level accordingly.

What are the criteria for the CIONET Account Levels?

CIONET Signature Members

1. CIOs of organisations that have an IT department with a headcount of 1000+ people (or equivalent IT budget). A CIO is hereby defined as the person with overall end responsibility of an IT or Digital department. Actual Job titles will vary and can include Global CIO, Vice President IT, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Digital Officers,…

CIONET Executive Members

1. CIOs of organisations that have an IT department with a headcount of 20+ people (or equivalent IT budget). A CIO is hereby defined as the person with overall end responsibility of an IT or Digital department. Actual Job titles will vary and can include IT Manager, IT Director, Head of IT, Vice President IT, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Data Officers, General Manager IT,…
2. IT Directors reporting directly to the CIO of organisations that have an IT department with a headcount of 200+ people (or equivalent IT budget).Actual Job titles will vary and can include IT Manager,  IT Director, Infrastructure Manager, Tribe Leader, Global Program Manager, IT Strategy Manager,…
3. University & High School Professors and Researchers with a direct focus on IT.
4. Designated Directors of the Business Partners of CIONET.

CIONET Insiders

1. IT Managers that are nominated by a CIONET Signature Member or CIONET Executive Member and that are known to have valuable knowledge and experience related to Digital Leadership topics. Actual Job titles will vary and can include TRIBE Lead, Head of department, Lead Architect, ...

CIONET Guest

1. Anybody else who wants to gain access to specific CIONET services and who accepts the Terms of Service. 

Which Services is CIONET offering?

CIONET Events

CIONET organises many events (conferences, workshops and meetings) to help Digital Leaders to realise their ambitions through the wisdom of the IT crowd. These events are grouped in six programs, each with a specific objective and target audience. 

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   Free access to all accounts at this level

   On Invitation

  No access for accounts at this level

   Accounts at this level can buy a subscription

  Accounts at this level don't qualify to buy a subscription

Some programmes might not yet be available in your country. For an up-to-date overview of the upcoming and past events in your region, please check out this page.

Publications

As part of our ambition to leverage the wisdom of the IT Crowd as good as possible to help Digital Leaders to realise their ambitions, research is at the heart of our activities. This research is grouped in the following programs, each with a specific objective, medium, distribution channel and target audience. 

CIONET Collaboration Programmes

CIONET runs two programmes to help the Community to solve problems together through collaboration without vendor involvement.

Subscriptions to a TRIBE are at company level. Individual Digital Leaders can subscribe to our Peer Groups.