Agenda
Our agenda is designed to inspire, challenge, and connect. From keynote sessions with industry leaders to interactive workshops and networking opportunities, each part of the event is built to spark ideas and provide practical insights. Explore the schedule and start planning your experience.
CIO Summit Adriatic
Day 1
Arrival at Destination & Registration
Adriatic Summit Welcome Note
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Workshop: How to leverage IT & IT Business Architecture for smarter and more agile Business Value Delivery
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This workshop equips attendees with actionable strategies to make architecture a true enabler of business agility; it explores how IT Architecture and IT Business Architecture can be harnessed together to accelerate business value delivery. Participants will learn how to map business capabilities to IT enablers, design adaptive IT landscapes, leverage architecture decision frameworks and many more. With a mix of insights and case examples, the session will show how to create a stronger bridge between business and IT, enabling smarter decision-making, greater agility, and faster delivery of digital products and services. |
Moderator
Srdjan Katić
Regional Team Lead CoE – Technical / Integration Design; Belgium, Central / Southeastern Europe, Ahold Delhaize
IDC Workshop: Top 3 Challenges for CIOs
Moderator
Tom Schwieters
VP Executive Advisory, Europe, IDC Hungary
Arrival to Cocktail
Cocktail Reception IDC & Axians HR
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Speaker
Zoran Ilić
Managing Director, Axians Croatia
Cocktail Dinner & 1-2-1 Meetings
Day 2
Summit Day 2 Welcome Note
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
IDC Keynote – The Impact of Emerging Technologies
Thomas Meyer | IDC
General Manager and Group Vice President, EMEA Research
Thomas Meyer
Thomas Meyer joined IDC in January 1999 and is currently responsible for managing IDC’s IT Research in Europe. This includes coverage of software, services and hardware markets focused on topics such as datacenter transformation, cloud computing, virtualization, business continuity, sustainability and print services. Additionally Meyer also manages IDC Europe’s cross-domain Practices which provide insight and advisory on 3rd Platform industry transformation such Internet of Things, Cloud, Mobility, Big Data and Customer Experience IT to ICT vendors and end users.
Meyer frequently speaks at IDC, industry, customer and CIO events such as CeBIT, IDC’s EMEA CIO Summit Series, IDC’s Virtualization and Cloud Conferences and the Mobile Commerce Conference. He often contributes to articles in publications across Europe, including the Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Focus, Le Monde Informatique, and IT Week, and has also appeared on the BBC World Business Report and Breakfast Business Update.
Before joining IDC, Thomas Meyer worked as an IT media analyst. He holds degrees from the University of London in economics and German and an MA with a focus on European management concepts.
Event Sessions
Monday, October 13 2025 12:35 pm | Location:
Panel Discussion: Organizational Readiness for AI Transition
Main topics:
- Preparing data and implementing data governance frameworks
- Rethinking IT and Organizational Models
- Impact of AI
Monday, October 13 2025 9:10 am | Location:
IDC Keynote – The Impact of Emerging Technologies
Get More for Less: Humans + Robots + Agents Driving Advantage
In today’s competitive landscape, organizations must deliver more value with fewer resources. UiPath offers the market’s leading and most comprehensive automation platform, uniquely combining the strengths of humans, software robots, and AI agents. Together, they accelerate processes, reduce costs, and unlock new opportunities for growth.
In this session, we will showcase several high-ROI use cases and provide a short live demo of the platform’s capabilities—demonstrating how UiPath helps CEOs drive efficiency, innovation, and sustainable advantage at scale.
Speaker
Piotr Stanek
Head of RPA Area, Primaris
Change at British Airways: Reinventing with Data & AI
British Airways faced every reason to resist transformation: a heavily regulated industry, strict procedures, and a traditional workforce. Yet under Viktorija Diestelkamp’s leadership, the airline embraced data and AI not for incremental gains, but for a complete reinvention of how they approach AI and data projects, culture and outcomes. This session reveals how BA overcame barriers, silenced excuses, and leveraged innovation to achieve a true change, offering lessons for any organization ready to redefine what’s possible.
Speaker
Viktorija Diestelkamp
Head of Analytics and AI Products, British Airways
GOOD DATA, GREAT AI: Unlocking the Power of AI with Strong Data Governance
In today’s world, where artificial intelligence is shaping the future of business, the quality of data is the single most critical success factor. This talk explores how a strong data governance strategy prevents common pitfalls such as failed AI projects, costly mistakes, compliance breaches, and loss of trust. With real-world examples of poor practices and practical guidance, the session will demonstrate why data governance is not just a buzzword, but a vital foundation for building reliable and ethical AI solutions.
Attendees will learn:
- how robust data governance can turn data into a true competitive advantage,
- the key dimensions of data quality that drive business outcomes,
- how clear rules, accountability, and traceability ensure trustworthy AI.
This presentation is designed for all who want to harness the power of AI in a secure, responsible, and sustainable way—ensuring AI creates value instead of risk.
Speaker
Anže Mis
Data Analytics & AI Director, BE-terna
Speaker
Luca Tamburrano
Master Principal Solution Architect (Center of Excellence EMEA), Qlik
Unlock efficiency: Save Time with Smarter Document Processing
Speaker
Angelina Vučković
Adria B2B Area Manager, Canon
Speaker
Nedim Milišić
Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisen Leasing doo
Refreshing Break & 1-2-1 Meetings
Agents of Action – Reimagining Work in the Age of Agentic AI
As enterprises enter the agentic phase of digital transformation, the question is no longer how to automate more, but how to architect for intelligence, adaptability, and intent at scale. At the center of this shift is a fundamental rethink of enterprise operating models, supported by architectures that can progressively introduce AI and autonomous agents without disrupting governance, trust, or continuity.
This session introduces a new execution paradigm, grounded in HCLSoftware’s Xperience Data Operations (XDO) vision, where the unit of enterprise performance is not just a process, but an outcome. The key enabler of this shift is orchestration: the glue that binds people, systems, and AI into cohesive, goal-driven operations. And at the heart of this orchestration is the Universal Orchestrator (UnO), designed to align execution with real-world context, deliver always-on responsiveness, and embed governance into every digital action.
In the age of Agentic AI, the competitive edge won’t come from automating faster, it will come from orchestrating better.
Speaker
Wojciech Wilk
Regional Director, CEE, HCL Software
Speaker
Andrej Rebernjak
Sales Director for Workload Automation, Orchestration, Agentic AI, CEE, HCL Software
Panel Discussion: Organizational Readiness for AI Transition
Main topics:
- Preparing data and implementing data governance frameworks
- Rethinking IT and Organizational Models
- Impact of AI
Speaker
Ana Zovko
Chief Digital/Tech Officer @Croatia osiguranje & Managing director of laqo.hr & koreqt.hr,
Speaker
Mirko Talajić
Director of IT, AI & Business Digitalization Division, Triglav Insurance Group
Speaker
Ivan Petrović
Chief Technology Officer @Ananas,
Speaker
Miroslav Jasso
Head of IT, Regional Card Processing Centre, s.r.o.
Moderator
Thomas Meyer
General Manager and Group Vice President, EMEA Research, IDC
Lunch & Networking
Coffee Break & 1-2-1 Meetings
IDC Connect Roundtables
Connect Table 1: Age of Agentic AI – Extending the Scope of Enterprise Automation, moderated by UiPath
Connect Table 2: Data Governance as a Competitive Edge, moderated by Be-terna
Connect Table 3: Building the Intelligent Information Flows to Reinvent Future Workplace, moderated by Canon
Connect Table 4: A Blueprint for SAP Success, moderated by Koncar Group
Connect Table 5: IT Performance Key Indicators: Measuring What Matters, moderated by IDC
Moderator
Mert Çevik
Principal Solutions Engineer, UiPath
Moderator
Angelina Vučković
Adria B2B Area Manager, Canon
Moderator
Anže Mis
Data Analytics & AI Director, BE-terna
Moderator
Nebojša Mitrić
Director of Information Technology and Security, Koncar Group
Moderator
Tom Schwieters
VP Executive Advisory, Europe, IDC Hungary
Panel Discussion: Technology-Driven Transformation in Asset-Heavy Industries
Asset-heavy industries like manufacturing, automotive, telcos, utilities are under pressure – from unstable supply chains to the push for decarbonization and smarter automation. In this panel, we’ll explore how leading companies are using technology like AI, digital twins, cloud, and IoT to modernize old systems, make faster decisions, and build operations that are ready for whatever comes next.
Speaker
Semir Ibrahimović
Acting CIO, Member of the Management Board, BH Telecom
Speaker
Tamara Slapar
Deputy ICT Director, ELES,
Speaker
Nebojša Mitrić
Director of Information Technology and Security, Koncar Group
Moderator
Ewa Zborowska
Research Director, IDC
Speaker
Mirjana Jerinić
IT Business Solutions Director, Atlantic Grupa
Innovation Without Boundaries: Automation, Intelligence, and Sovereignty
CIOs stand at the crossroads of innovation and responsibility. Emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, and automation can transform industries, but cost efficiency, compliance, and digital sovereignty must also be safeguarded.
The ANOW!® Suite empowers organizations to innovate with confidence. ANOW!® Observe, our new observability solution, takes enterprise automation to the next level. Together with ANOW!® Automate, it creates a comprehensive platform where observability, orchestration, execution, and cloud cost optimization work seamlessly. The result: IT operations transformed into a growth enabler—delivering real-time insights, ensuring compliance and trust, and supporting digital sovereignty through our engagement with selected public cloud vendors.
Speaker
Melahat Elis
VP Product Strategy & Development Cloud, Beta Systems
Mainstream Tech Pitch
Day 2 Closing
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
1-2-1 Meetings
Free Time
Gala Dinner Opening Note
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Speaker
Milan Lučić
Sales Director, Ibis Solutions
Gala Dinner & Networking
Day 3
Summit Day 3 Welcome Note
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Open-Source AI: Smarter, Safer, and Future-Proof
Many organizations hesitate to invest in AI because of high costs, vendor lock-in, and uncertainty about real business value. I hope to show you how open-source AI infrastructure lowers those risks by giving enterprises control, transparency, and flexibility. By combining powerful computing with open standards, companies can experiment and innovate without betting everything on a single vendor — making AI a safer, smarter and more affordable choice for a large number of organizations and individuals.
Speaker
Nikola Cvetković
Senior Software Engineer, Tenstorrent
AI Three Years On: From Hype to Real-World Impact
Since the launch of ChatGPT, the AI landscape has transformed at breathtaking speed. In this keynote, renowned AI expert Mladen Jovanović will unpack the key developments of the past three years and explore where we stand today. From viable enterprise use cases to the strategic questions, Mladen will highlight what technology leaders need to know, both as professionals shaping transformation and as individuals navigating the AI era.
Speaker
Mladen Jovanovic
AI Architect, Nortal
mBill Dynamic Pricing – Flexibility in Service Monetization
The global explosion of communication technologies and the widespread deployment of machine-to-machine communications and smart devices are constantly transforming how we connect to the world. Due to product commoditization, shrinking margins, regulatory pressures, and the need to develop greater customer intimacy, many industries are capitalizing on these technologies and using them to launch innovative new services. These new services are enabling a fundamental change in business strategy. By adding dynamic, customer-centric IT-based services into their business model, companies stand to find new revenue streams and to profit from closer relationships with customers.
mBill Dynamic pricing enables:
- Fast go-to-market with new services
- Charging for any kind of services in a variety of different ways, regardless of usage mode, payment type, and service complexity
- Packaging of services into bundles through powerful cross-product discount options
- Offers support for managing complex partner relationships where partners share costs, rewards, and profit
- Increase customer satisfaction through flexible bonus and loyalty programs
Speaker
Zoran Vujčić
CEO, Multicom
Data Strategy & Data Governance: Key Ingredients for Successful AI
AI holds a huge potential for enterprises, but without a strong data foundation, it cannot succeed. In this session, we will discuss why Data Strategy and Data Governance are key building blocks for digital transformation. From managing growing data challenges to creating trust and a scalable framework, we will outline practical steps organizations can take to unlock real value from their data. Drawing on experience across industries, Solvership will show how companies can turn data into a true strategic asset – and make their AI ambitions a reality.
Speaker
Ante Laušić
Board Member, Solvership
From Data to Decisions: NLB’s Journey to Enterprise Data Intelligence
When Andreja Štirn took over the data department at NLB two years ago, the bank’s perception of data and analytics began to evolve profoundly. What followed was not merely a technological upgrade, but a holistic transformation—conceptual, cultural, and strategic. NLB is redefining its data journey by establishing clear ownership and accountability across data domains, mapping data sources and improving data quality, aligning enterprise reporting with real business value.
Through the lens of a dedicated team, a culture of responsibility, and deliberate platform choices, this session offers a blueprint for turning data into a strategic asset.
Speaker
Andreja Štirn
Director Business Intelligence and Analytics, NLB d.d.
At the Crossroads: How Global Tensions Shape Adriatic Tech and Investment – Panel Discussion
The Adriatic region sits at the intersection of shifting global dynamics, where tax and trade tensions, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and war are reshaping investment flows. This panel explores how resilient our economies are to such shocks and what role EU integration—or fragmentation—plays in attracting technology investment. We will look at how the US-China-EU triangle of influence frames opportunities and risks for our region, and where growth may realistically come from in the next five years.
At the same time, the discussion will zoom in on the role of technology leaders: how should they read the situation, balance local needs with strategic directives from European HQs, and understand where real decision-making power lies? What signals from HQ are essential, and what domestic realities must not be overlooked? And critically, how do you plan—one quarter, one year, or three years at a time? Should your vision be short-term, long-term, or both?
Speaker
Mladen Pejković
Senior Executive Director, Transformation & ICT, Atlantic Grupa,
Speaker
Branko Greganovic
Corporate Finance and Management Consultant,
Moderator
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Summit Closing Note
Host
Nevena Conić
Regional Manager, IDC Adriatics
Check-out
Closing Lunch & Guest Departure
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