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Leadership Deep Dive with Esmeralda Waterreus - CIO at Pharming & former VP, Global Head of Enterprise Portfolio Group at Philips
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Poland Apr 9, 2026 Invitation Only Physical Polish
AI trafia dziś do organizacji szybciej, niż powstają zasady jej kontroli. Modele działają, dane krążą, interfejsy są wystawione – a odpowiedzi na pytania „kto za to odpowiada?”, „co realnie widzimy?” i „kiedy reagujemy?” często pojawiają się dopiero po problemie. W praktyce oznacza to, że AI zaczyna funkcjonować poza klasycznymi ramami bezpieczeństwa aplikacji i danych. Tradycyjne podejścia nie dają dziś wystarczającej widoczności ani kontroli nad tym, co dzieje się na styku użytkownika, modelu i danych w czasie rzeczywistym. W trakcie CIONET Executive Roundtable przygotowanego wspólnie z F5 zastanowimy się, jak projektować architekturę i bezpieczeństwo AI w sposób, który nadąża za realnym ryzykiem, a nie tylko za planem wdrożenia. Skupimy się na decyzjach, które pozwalają wykrywać i ograniczać błędy oraz nadużycia AI w momencie ich wystąpienia, a nie po fakcie. Wątki do dyskusji Gdzie w architekturze AI występuje dziś realna widoczność, a gdzie zaczyna się „czarna skrzynka” – na poziomie interakcji, modeli i danych? W którym momencie organizacja orientuje się, że AI stała się problemem biznesowym: przy skardze użytkownika, audycie, incydencie czy dopiero po eskalacji? Które mechanizmy bezpieczeństwa w środowiskach AI działają operacyjnie, a które pozostają wyłącznie deklaracją projektową? Jak sprawdzić, że AI popełniła błąd, naruszyła politykę lub wygenerowała nieakceptowalne ryzyko – i jak szybko można zareagować?
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Belgium Apr 21, 2026 Invitation Only Physical english
In an era where every outage, audit, and cyberattack is a test of organisational survival, resilience has become the new currency of trust. While traditional perimeter security with: firewalls, intrusion detection, and scanners, remains essential, it is no longer a sufficient guarantee against modern threats that bypass these layers to penetrate your core systems. Today, enterprises require security and continuity that are built-in, not bolted-on. This CIONET roundtable focuses on the shift from reactive disaster recovery to proactive Business Continuity. Together with experts from HPE Zerto, we will explore how organisations can transform their recovery strategies into seamless continuity models.
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Belgium Apr 23, 2026 Country Members Physical & Virtual english
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership. For CIOs and their peers, the rise of “machine customers” and autonomous partners poses new questions: Market impact: How do you compete and create value when some customers and suppliers are machines? Governance: What trust, compliance, and accountability structures are needed when AI acts independently in financial, procurement, or customer-facing processes? Leadership: How should CIOs guide their organisations in redefining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making when agents take over parts of the value chain?Business strategy: What opportunities emerge for new revenue models, platforms, and ecosystems shaped by autonomous interaction? This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions, but also extend to human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions.
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International Apr 23, 2026 All Members Physical & Virtual english
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership. For CIOs and their peers, the rise of “machine customers” and autonomous partners poses new questions: Market impact: How do you compete and create value when some customers and suppliers are machines? Governance: What trust, compliance, and accountability structures are needed when AI acts independently in financial, procurement, or customer-facing processes? Leadership: How should CIOs guide their organisations in redefining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making when agents take over parts of the value chain?Business strategy: What opportunities emerge for new revenue models, platforms, and ecosystems shaped by autonomous interaction? This session shifts the focus from the mechanics of AI agents to the decisions that will shape leadership in the next decade. It is a call for CIOs to prepare for a future where relationships, markets, and strategies are no longer limited to human-to-human interactions, but also extend to human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions.
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Netherlands Apr 23, 2026 All Members Physical english
AI is no longer confined to supporting human tasks. We are entering the agentic era, where autonomous systems act on behalf of people and organisations. These agents can gather information, make decisions, negotiate terms, and even complete transactions. The implications extend well beyond technology; they touch the very foundations of business models, governance, and leadership.
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Poland Apr 23, 2026 Country Members Physical Polish
Sztuczna inteligencja nie ogranicza się już wyłącznie do wspierania zadań wykonywanych przez ludzi. Wkraczamy w erę agentów, w której autonomiczne systemy działają w imieniu ludzi i organizacji. Agenci mogą gromadzić informacje, podejmować decyzje, negocjować warunki, a nawet finalizować transakcje. Konsekwencje wykraczają daleko poza technologię, dotykają samych podstaw modeli biznesowych, zarządzania i przywództwa. Podczas międzynarodowego spotkania CIOFEST poruszymy kwestię jak zachować konkurencyjność i tworzyć realną wartość dla odbiorców, jeśli część z nich to maszyny? Dodatkowo, w polskim spotkaniu uzupełnimy temat o kompetencje niezbędne w świecie AI. Jakie umiejętności powinien posiadać leader oraz jakie kwalifikacje powinien tworzyć w zespole? Jak zaprojektować strategię reskillingu, która wspiera transformację na wszystkich szczeblach organizacji?
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Leadership Deep Dive with Esmeralda Waterreus - CIO at Pharming & former VP, Global Head of Enterprise Portfolio Group at Philips
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Leadership Deep Dive with Felipe Peñacoba Martinez - CEO of PagoNxt Payments Hub
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Leadership Deep Dive with Michał Paprocki, Group CIO at Euroclear
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Leadership Deep Dive with Vanessa Escrivá - Group Chief Technology and Data Officerat Mapfre
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Simone Rizzo - CISO at CCR Commercial Refrigeration - Rebuilding Security: Simple, Clean, and Independent
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Navigating Cybersecurity in Banking: Insights from BNP Paribas
In today’s increasingly digital and interconnected world, cyber security has become a critical business imperative. Organisations face a growing array of cyber threats that can disrupt operations, damage reputations, and result in significant financial losses. As cyber risk continues to evolve in complexity and scale, effectively communicating the business value of cyber security to executive leadership is essential—especially in an environment of challenging budgets and competing priorities. The purpose of this study was to assess how cyber security leadership is articulating the business value of cyber security to senior decision-makers. Through interviews with a diverse group of organisations, the report explores how cyber risk is assessed, how budgets are allocated, and how cyber maturity is developed and communicated within the business context. It also examines the emerging impact of artificial intelligence on cyber risk and investment decisions. By analysing current practices and future expectations, this report provides a comprehensive overview of how cyber security leaders are navigating the complexities of demonstrating value, securing resources, and advancing capabilities. The findings highlight the need for pragmatic, flexible approaches that balance ambition with feasibility, enabling organisations to build resilience and protect business value in an increasingly complex cyber landscape.
On 18 November 2025, the Telenet Business Leadership Circle, organised and moderated by CIONET and Hendrik Deckers at the invitation of Telenet Business, took an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities presented by the transformation of IT operating models.
This is not a neutral investment note, nor is it an exercise in short-term market forecasting. It is a personal reflection, shaped by more than five decades spent living through successive waves of technological optimism, excess, disappointment, and renewal – from the early digital era of the seventies and eighties, through dot-com euphoria of the nineties, to today’s AI-fuelled moment
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