CIO Leadership Summit 2025 - Belgium | CIO Leadership Summit | 17 March 2025 | De Montil, Affligem Belgium, Moortelstraat 8, 1790 Affligem, Belgium

Initiated in 2010, the 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! About 6.000 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.

In an unprecedented geo-political and economic turmoil, and as expectations for getting unbiased insights and guidance are very high, the CIO Leadership Summit 2025 will deliver an outstanding experience through a drastic selection of inspiring talks, quality speakers, meaningful content, and purposeful networking with CIO peers.

As such, the Summit will be your magnifying glass to the new digital trends, cutting-edge technologies and societal shift that are reshaping IT strategies, AI amplification, and operating models. The definitive place to learn from extraordinary keynote speakers and real-world cases. The chance to identify solutions that bring value to your business. And your greatest opportunity to greet and meet with CIO peers from Belgium and abroad.

As an energic CIO network that brings a uniquely spontaneous and straightforward atmosphere, the summit 2025 will be highly actionable, interactive and inspiring by delivering the insights, the directions and the discernment required to envision and build a realistic although ambitious roadmap.

Why Attend?

• World-class Keynote Speakers
Get real-world inspirations from top CIOs, maverick thinkers and industry experts

• Inspirational Master Classes
Intense, interactive and to-the-point talks presenting cases, insights, trends and solutions

• VIP Roundtables
Confront major next challenges and ideas with CIO-peers during the plenary program

• Networking Plaza
Connect with selected peers to share experiences and challenge new ideas

• Intelligent Match-making
Prepare and enjoy meaningful 1-1 connections through advanced matching

• Leading Solutions
Explore new solutions from leading providers at the forefront of digital technology

• Online Resources Center
Access content-rich white papers, surveys, podcasts and webinars on new IT trends

• Highly Selected Audience
Drastically selected audience of CIOs, CDOs, Sr. IT Leaders and C-Level business execs

2025 Speakers

Andrzej Mikolajkzac
Group Chief Technology Officer, Euroclear

Claire Lebarz
Global Chief Data & AI Officer, MALT

Kris Vervaet
Chief Information Officer, KBC

Fabrice Bernhard
Group CTO, Theodo, Co-Author, The Lean Tech Manifesto

Wilco Meijer
Global Lead SAP ERP, Heineken

Pierre Masai
President, Lean Institute Belgium, Former Chief Strategy Officer, Toyota Systems Corp.

Sophie Kuijt
Chief Technology Officer & Data & AI Lead North Europe, IBM

Yves Van Den Brande
Director CX Solutions, Orange Business

Alexiane Moor
Customer & Employee Experience Lead, Orange Business

Gerosimos Kouloumpis
Head Group Digital Architects & ICT CX Apps, Puratos

Felix Vandervorst
Chief Data Officer, Allianz

Valerie Zapico
Chief Executive Officer, Valkuren, President of the Jury, Corporate IT Awards

Amine Abbour
EMEA Technical Lead Data & AI, IBM watsonx

Virginie Claes
Chief Energizer, CIO Leadership Summit

Eddy Aerts
Senior Expert AI & Low Code Innovation, Outsystems

Harsh Deshpande
Partner and Leader Data & AI, IBM Consulting

Benjamin Levy
Head of Contract Management, Orange Business

Alexandre Beguian
Head of Operations & Marketing, Touch2See

Olivier Tijou
Regional VP EMEA, Denodo

2025 Partners

Signature Partners:
• IBM
• Orange
• Orange Business

Associate Partners:
• Amazon Web Services
• Contraste Europe
• Denodo
• Gtt
• Insight
• Kyndryl
• Lean Institute Belgium
• Malt
• ML6
• Outsystems

Community Partners:
• CIO Executive Circle
• The Cio Boardroom
• Common Belgium
• Cercle Du Numerique