IN-PERSON

Benelux CIO Community
Executive Summit

7 October 2025 | Hilton Amsterdam

7 October 2025
Hilton Amsterdam

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Benelux's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Modernizing The IT Operating Model to Enable Business Agility

Connecting Investments to Business Outcomes Through Strategic Alignment

Building Resilient Cybersecurity Ecosystems for Sustainable Growth

Benelux CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Nik Puri

ArcelorMittal
Group CIO & CISO

Allan Cockriel

ASML
Group CIO

Burce Gültekin

FrieslandCampina
Global CIO

Manoj Kumar

Aperam
Group CIO

Pascal Pauwels

Colruyt
Group CIO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Benelux CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


Keynote Session

From Uncertainty to Advantage — Redefining IT & Security Leadership for What's Next

 As digital transformation, innovation and technology advance at a staggering pace, organisations need to rapidly adapt and ‘look beyond’ the horizon to remain relevant, competitive and proactive. With the need to transform technologies, culture, and organisational structures in a sustainable way, how should IT Leaders evolve their strategies, competencies and technology roadmaps to ensure they are well placed to deal with the changing obligations and opportunities?

Join this keynote to discuss:

  • Building future-fit roadmaps that embrace emerging technologies, like AI, to remain relevant
  • Fostering a culture of continuous improvement to thrive through constant disruption
  • Translating strategy into action by aligning teams, tech and goals to drive resilient growth 



Executive Boardroom Sessions

An Evolving Security Mindset — From Advisor to Action Taker

Cybersecurity leaders are emerging as strategic members of the senior leadership team. As a result, we are being asked to deliver concrete outcomes rather than merely form risk-oriented opinions. How might we live up to these expectations to drive meaningful improvements that benefit the organisation? How can we ensure that our participation supports the organisation’s mission and objectives?
Join this session to discuss:

  • Ways of focusing on actions–automated or manual–that change the security program in alignment with business goals
  • Strategies for highlighting the security team’s value to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Techniques for influencing colleagues to evolve the cybersecurity program

Accelerating ROI with AI

No business leader invests in technology for its own sake—they seek measurable improvements in productivity, agility, and business outcomes. AI is no different, but its rapid evolution can make it difficult to determine where to start and how to scale. The key to unlocking ROI lies in identifying high-impact use cases, optimizing AI adoption, and ensuring teams have the right tools and skills to drive sustainable value.

Join this boardroom to explore:

  • How to choose AI use cases that generate revenue, enhance productivity, and establish clear KPIs for ROI tracking
  • Navigating the evolving AI ecosystem to align technology investments with business priorities
  • Building and educating teams to support AI adoption, streamline implementation, and drive long-term impact

 


Breakout Sessions

Scrapping Tradition to Improve Security, Transparency, and Trust in Today’s Workplace

Bolstering productivity and efficiencies across the enterprise is a primary function in the role of today’s IT leader, which increases reliance on emerging technologies, such as the enterprise browser. According to recent Gartner research, "Enterprise browsers will evolve to become the core platform for almost all of the day-to-day enterprise productivity and security software used by the workforce."

Join this session to discuss:

  • Introduction of innovative possibilities for critical application protection
  • Creating a secure employee experience centered on transparency and trust
  • Reimagining how IT leaders can enable users while creating unique business value


From Gatekeepers to Enabling Partners - Redefining Security Leadership

 As businesses race towards innovation and agility, the role of the CISO is undergoing a transformation from enforcers to enablers. Often seen as the "police officers" of security, CISOs must now align with agile and low-code environments to foster collaboration and drive business value. 

Join this session to explore:

  • Transforming into a value-led CISO by aligning security with business objectives
  • Embracing a product-based approach for enhanced agility and innovation
  • Developing adaptive governance to support organizational growth and autonomy



Gartner Keynote Session

Gartner Analyst Keynote

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