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CIONET: Empowering Digital Leaders since 2005

Connect with +12,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other Digital Leaders. Share ideas, swap insights, and build the network that moves your career - and your business - forward.

About CIONET

CIONET's year in numbers

+185

speakers

+500

events

+3250

attendees

Discover the variety of events CIONET offers

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.
Upcoming

ROUNDTABLES

  • 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

CIONET
Circles

Programmes of three events targeting specific subgroups, such as

  • Cyber Circle: for CISOs or CIOs with a particular interest in Cyber,
  • Women of CIONET: for the Female Digital Leaders, or
  • Les Rencontres: for our French-speaking members (Belgium)
Upcoming

TRIBES

  • Exclusive groups ( Belgium and Poland) of organisations & companies bringing together their operational managers and tech experts to exchange experiences, visions and best practices.
  • Vendor or supplier free gatherings: confidential environments for peer-to-peer exchange among IT experts and operational IT leaders.
Upcoming

CIONEXT

  • Flagship international online conferences welcoming 700–1,000 participants.
  • In real life gatherings of top international thought leaders, discussing and shaping the digital future.
Upcoming

CIONET Awards

  • European-wide awards and national editions like CIO+ Italy, Digital Excellence Awards Poland, and Leaders in Technology Spain.
  • Recognition of digital leaders and their teams creating impact and business value with technology.
Upcoming

CIOFEST

  • The biggest CIONET event of the year, held simultaneously in 7 European countries.
  • Combines an International panel with a local community gathering in each of the countries involved.
Upcoming
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Belgium 30-6-26 Public Physical french

L'IT Public au point de rupture

L'IT Public au point de rupture : Vers un modèle à l'usage ? Transformer l'inertie en agilité : le défi du service public. Le constat : L’ère de la possession touche à sa fin Le citoyen n'attend pas que vous gériez des serveurs ; il attend des services. Pourtant, le modèle IT public reste prisonnier du « faire » plutôt que du « résultat ». Entre des budgets CAPEX verrouillés sur 5 ans et des cycles de procurement qui naissent périmés, l'écart se creuse. Le dilemme est stratégique : Comment passer d'une infrastructure que l'on subit à une informatique pilotée par le résultat (Outcome-based IT) ? Est-il possible d'adopter la souplesse du Cloud sans abandonner les clés de notre souveraineté ? L'objet du débat : Le "As-a-Service" au-delà du concept Nous vous invitons à remettre en question les promesses des modèles orientés vers la consommation. L'objectif est de débattre, sans tabou, du potentiel réel de ces approches pour le secteur public : Inverser la responsabilité : Passer de l'achat de matériel à l'achat de niveaux de service (SLA). Est-ce le secret pour libérer vos équipes de la maintenance ? Aligner le coût sur l'usage : En finir avec le surprovisionnement pour ne payer que ce qui est réellement consommé. Agilité "Procurement-proof" : Comment le modèle à l'usage permet-il de scaler en quelques jours ce qui prenait des mois d'appels d'offres ? La souveraineté par le contrat : Le "As-a-Service" sur site est-il le compromis idéal entre contrôle privé et flexibilité publique ? Le Format : "Zero Slides, Full Insight" Pas de présentation ni de marketing, uniquement une confrontation de visions entre pairs : Cercle restreint : Décideurs du secteur public francophone. Règle de Chatham House : Ce qui se dit à table reste à table. Débat pur : Une discussion structurée autour de vos doutes et de vos ambitions numériques.

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Belgium 30-6-26 All Members Physical english

AI at Home

As AI becomes critical to business success, organisations in highly regulated sectors such as Financial Services, Critical Infrastructures and Defence, face strict data privacy, security, and compliance mandates that make public cloud AI a non-starter. This interactive session will explore the practical realities, both the benefits and limitations, of bringing enterprise-grade AI capabilities directly onto your own premises. Join CIONET, Kyndryl, and Dell Technologies for an exclusive, hands-on roundtable and live workshop on navigating the crucial intersection of artificial intelligence, data sovereignty, and autonomous operations. We will move beyond the theory by bringing the physical machine into the room for a live, air-gapped demonstration of cutting-edge workloads running entirely on-site. This interactive workshop will bring together Digital Leaders to: Demystify Sovereign AI at the C-Level: Review the strategic trade-offs, architecture, and compliance advantages of running localised AI models. See Zero-Leak Secure Code Review in Action: Watch a live demo of an on-premise LLM scanning software for vulnerabilities, ensuring your codebase never leaves your secure infrastructure. Experience On-Premise Agentic AI: Witness a local, autonomous monitoring agent, utilising advanced, Claude-level reasoning capabilities, managing critical IT Operations tasks completely offline. Collaborate on Best Practices: Engage with peers to discuss deployment timelines, security frameworks, and infrastructure requirements for true data control. Don't miss this opportunity to interact with live hardware, engage with industry peers, and gain actionable insights into unleashing the power of sovereign and agentic AI.  

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Belgium 27-8-26 AB Members Physical english

Summer Festival: Advisory Board

CIO agendas are crowded: cost pressure, cyber, regulation, talent, data, AI, vendor dependency, business expectations. Most organisations are trying to do too much at once, and the “must-do” work often blocks the strategic work. CIONET only creates value if its agenda matches what CIOs truly need, in the right format, at the right time. The challenge Pick the few priorities that matter most for 2027, then translate them into a clear CIONET agenda. Outcome we leave with A ranked CIO agenda for 2027, and a directly aligned CIONET programme outline (themes, formats, cadence), with a shortlist of speaker and case targets.

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