CIO Leadership Summit 2023 | ARC Events | 22 March 2023 | The Montil, Moortelstraat 8, 1790 Affligem, Belgium

This summit is much more than just a conference. It is a place to think. A forum to envision the growing intersection of business, society and technology. A platform to learn from extraordinary CIO-peers and visionary industry experts. And a fabulous network energized by forward-thinking CIOs and remarkable Service Providers who bring a content-rich, uniquely spontaneous and straightforward atmosphere.

And it clearly resonates! More than 5.000 guests -CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CISOs, COOs, Senior IT Managers- have attended since inception, making the Summit the largest and most influential CIO conference in Belgium.

Never before has the geo-political, economical and societal environment created so many challenges -and opportunities as well- for CIOs to drastically reconsider their technology adoption roadmap, adapt their delivery model, and respond to drastic new user expectations, societal changes and business imperatives.

The Summit 2023 will explore what CIOs should operate today, which IT assets should be optimized to generate immediate value, and how to build critical new capabilities by significantly scaling the cloud infrastructure and platforms, artificial intelligence, 5G connectivity, hyperautomation, cybersecurity, …, outside the conventional spheres. Moreover, the Summit will also envision where CIOs should invest and go on the offensive to ignite innovation, foster organizational agility, upskill IT talents, boost employee productivity, and amplify customer experience.

A strong line-up of speakers -inspiring CIOs, maverick thinkers and visionary industry experts- enriched by real-world cases and research-based guidance will bring the summit 2023 well beyond conventional thoughts and debates. The program will also highlight how key technology and solution providers may help IT organizations capture new opportunities and embrace a business world in fast motion in a variety of technological, operational and integration areas.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. David Van Laere
Founder, Innocens, Paediatrician, UZA

Patricia De Lanlay
Global CIO, Aliaxis

Jan Aril Sigvartsen
Sr. Executive Advisor, Orange Business Services

Jocelyn Darbroudi
Chief Information Officer, Securex

Peter Winkelmans
Head of Enterprise Architects, Carrefour

Stijn Raemdonck
Chief Information Officer, Ontex

Valerie Zapico
President, Corporate IT Awards, Managing Partner, Valkuren

Dirk Claessens
Technology Sales Leader, IBM Global Sales

Virginie Claes
Chief Energizer, CIO Leadership Summit

Javier Ramirez
Chief Information Officer, DOMO Chemicals

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Alex Mcmullan
Chief Technology Officer, Pure Storage

Pieter Poelman
ICT Director, Brussels Airport

Olivier Maes
IT Manager, Interparking

Guy De Knaep
Chief Information Officer, Renotec

Jean-Michel Lamby
Associate Partner, IBM Security

Steven Heyde
Regional Director, Trend Micro

Patrick Hoornaert
Solution Architect & Business Analyst, Interparking

Jeroen Lemaire
Chief Executive Officer, In the Pocket

TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY MASTERS:

Sam Waes
Head Smart Industries Europe, Orange Group

Arnaud Lautier
Cybersecurity Lead, Orange Cyberdefence

Zane Smilga
Digital Managing Consultant, Orange Group

Alec Kemp
CTO Europe, IBM Turbonomic

Jurgen Hofkens
EMEA Head Compute Sol. Architecture, AWS

Vincent Fages Gouyou
EMEA Product Director, Denodo

Jørgen Floes
Resilience & Security Enginering Lead, Kyndryl

2023 Partners

SIGNATURE PARTNERS:
• IBM
• Orange
• Outsystems

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Aprico Consultants
• AWS
• Bonita Soft
• Confluent
• Denodo
• Info Road
• INNOCOM
• In The Pocket
• Kyndryl
• Pure Storage
• Transearch
• Trend Micro

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• C-Circle
• CIO Boardroom
• CIO Catalyst
• CIO Executive Circle
• Common Europe