10 March 2026, Mechelen area
CIO Think Tank | The AI factory: strategies, components, roadmap
- Understanding the key components, objectives and value of the AI factory model
- Time to insight, expanded workflows automation, real-time inference…: the compouding benefits of AI factories
- Building a smart infrastructure as AI factory’s backbone
- Assessing the limits and risks of the AI factory
- AI factory platforms or self-developing: key elements to consider
- Critical success factors of a succesful AI factory
24 March 2026, Affligem
CIO Leadership Summit 2026
Never before has technology created so many challenges -but also so many opportunities- for IT departments to drastically reconsider their strategic roadmap, re-invent their operating model, re-purpose their investments, hyperautomate routine tasks, bring new levels of intelligence, create outsdanding customer experiences, and respond to evolving business imperatives. The Summit 2026 will explore where CIOs should go on the offensive to conquer and seize the full potential of technology, hasten innovation, and create 360° value by rethinking every part of the business through the seamless integration of cloud, data and AI. 27 May 2026, Brussels area
CIO Think Tank | Strategic IT planning: moving at the speed of AI
- Establishing an ambitious although realistic strategic IT plan and technology adoption roadmap
- Align IT capacity and initiatives with business goals, or the other way around?
- How to embrace agility and adaptability in the plan to face business changes, AI tsunami and technology evolution?
- Integrating de-risking in the strategic plan: what, when, how?
- How to leverage agentic AI for strategic IT planning?
- New critical success factors of strategic IT planning in 2026 and beyond
October 2026, Mechelen area
CIO Think Tank | IT automation: navigating technology promises and risks
- Defining the critical IT processes where automation can bring real value
- The golden rule: no IT automation without clear business case and roadmap
- Agentic AI, low code, RPA…: which technologies for optimal and controllable automation?
- How does extended IT automation really impact cybersecurity?
- Automating without destabilizing: key challenges and risks of IT automation
November 2026, Antwerp area
CIO Think Tank | AI-BI synergies: the path to the intelligence revolution
- Understanding the real rationale of bridging AI & BI, beyond the hype
- How to integrate AI capabilities into existing BI and analytical frameworks?
- Are AI and BI really best friends? What are the risks and benefits?
- Crafting a strong strategy and governance framework for AI-BI synergies with purpose
- Business insights, productivity, customer experience…: how to capture the full value of AI-BI synergies, concretely?
