BELGIUM’s YEARLY TOP-100 CIO CONFERENCE-DINNER

MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2026   |   VAN DER VALK MONUMENT   |   MECHELEN

AN EVENING OF CAREFULL OBSERVATION AND  EXCHANGE ON TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES FOR 2027 

CIO Technology Outlook is an exclusive yearly conference-dinner aimed at exploring the major trends that will affect technology strategies, choices and deployment in the next 12 months.

Conscientiously designed for optimal time efficiency and around careful research and trends detection, CIO Technology Outlook is an evening of observation, reflection and exchange on how economic, geopolitical and technology forces are most likely to impact businesses in 2027 and how CIOs should anticipate and respond to them.

The agenda typically includes insightful keynote sessions, thought-provoking panels, candid conversation, and interactive roundatble discussions. It is aimed to deliver CIO-level strategic guidance to accelerate impact and navigate complex environments with confidence and strengthened executive presence.

Participation is strictly limited to CIOs/CTOs/CDOs and equivalent positions from the country’s 100 largest IT organizations.

ENVISION WHAT COMES NEXT

Get clear views, prospective and insights on how to cope with technology challenges and seize opportunities

GET MEANINGFUL INSIGHTS

Understand the rationale to amplify efforts and investments in particular technology areas with impact and confidence

BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS

Confront your views and convictions with other CIOs from the 100 largest IT organizations and benefit from the collective intelligence

FINETUNE YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN

Refine your technology roadmap by challenging investment & divestment choices with CIO peers

TURN EVIDENCE INTO ACTION

Widen your views and focus your strategic plan and roadmap around major factual trends and insights

ESTABLISH NEW GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY

Understand the rationale for new technology governance as AI ownership becomes increasingly decentralized

DECODING 2027: WHICH TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS WILL IMPACT AND RESHAPE CIO STRATEGIES

The technology outlook for 2027 predicts a crucial shift: moving from AI experimentation into large-scale operational execution. Organizations will have to accelerate their transition from basic AI applications to autonomous, task-oriented, enterprise multi-agent systems.

This transition will require a strong fortification of IT infrastructures and the way their components -apps, cloud, networks, data…- interoperate to bring agility, resilience and security at levels never reached before.

Moreover, and as AI investments will continue to accelerate, most CIOs will face growing pressure to deliver more with limited budget growth, stricter governance as autonomous operations expand, and increasing expectations for business impact and value creation.

Clearly, adopting new technologies and upgrading to the newest advancements in cloud platforms, agentic AI, hyper automation, supercomputing, SW factories or cyber resilience will be fundamental priorities in 2027 to stay ahead of the adaptability, automation and innovation curves. Moreover, the path forward will also require to do so without disrupting operations and customer experiences.

Some of the major CIO questions and priorities explored include:

  • Accelerating the readiness for the agentic, truly AI-native enterprise
  • The rise of data platforms: say goodbye to downtime, forever?
  • Evolution of low code development and SW factories
  • How to embrace AI recovery for AI vulnerability?
  • Will platform engineering really reshape the digital landscape?
  • Embracing the cyber-resilience shift
  • The path to intelligent and controlled (hyper)automation
  • Among others

PLEASE BE OUR GUEST

CIO Technology Outlook is designed to be highly interactive, insightful and actionable. As a closed-door environment, the evening is deliberately kept discreet.

Participation is complimentary for our Guests and strictly personal and not transmittable. Please confirm your presence as rapidly as possible as seating is limited. CIO Outlook is an executive event at the highest level, therefore firm commitment of attendance is expected once registered.

PLEASE REGISTER HERE

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS

CIO Outlook is organized in association with the following partners who contribute to build and enrich the agenda with their respective surveys, research, outlooks, visions, content, and innovative cases.