CIO+ Italia Award 2025: When Innovation Creates an echo
Last Wednesday, the Italian digital leadership community came together for the CIO+ Italia Award 2025, an evening dedicated to celebrating CIOs and digital leaders who are shaping the future through vision, courage, and execution.
The CIO+ Italia Award was created to recognize a powerful truth: technology leadership carries both responsibility and impact. Every strategic decision, every architectural choice, every innovation initiative (even when it starts small) has the potential to generate change far beyond its original scope. Much like the butterfly effect, seemingly minor actions can trigger profound transformations over time 🦋
The Gala unfolded in an atmosphere of elegance and shared purpose. Guests were welcomed with an aperitif on the 28th floor of the PwC Tower, enjoying a breathtaking panoramic view over the city of Milan, a symbolic vantage point from which to reflect on the future of innovation.
The evening continued with a refined gala dinner, accompanied by the soft notes of a grand piano and warm, ambient lighting, creating an intimate and inspiring setting. The dinner was seamlessly interwoven with the Award Ceremonies, celebrating excellence and leadership across categories.
To conclude the night, a dessert buffet offered the perfect opportunity for networking and conversation, allowing attendees to personally congratulate the winners and continue exchanging ideas, closing the evening in the true spirit of community.
Within the CIONET community, innovation is never abstract. It takes shape through concrete projects, bold decisions, and the willingness to challenge the status quo. The CIO+ Italia Award honors initiatives that demonstrate how technology can become a true driver of value, guiding organizations and entire ecosystems toward meaningful progress 🌍
This impact would not be possible without the Business Partners who support and collaborate with our community every day. Their contribution goes far beyond sponsorship: they are enablers of innovation, trusted allies, and active participants in the transformation journey.
Like forces that amplify the butterfly’s wings, our Business Partners help ideas scale, mature, and turn into real outcomes. Their trust strengthens the ecosystem and enables CIOs to turn vision into execution with confidence 🤝
During the CIO+ Italia Award 2025 Gala, we proudly honored projects that represent a true step toward the future: initiatives capable of triggering meaningful and lasting change across industries.
The winners of the CIO+ Italia Award 2025 are:
These projects remind us that innovation is not defined by a single breakthrough, but by a series of deliberate choices, each one capable of setting a new direction.
Congratulations to all the Award winners, and to everyone in the CIONET community, CIOs, digital leaders, and Business Partners alike, who contribute every day to shaping the future of technology and business.
Because every decision matters. And sometimes, all it takes is the flutter of a butterfly’s wings to shape what comes next ✨