CIO Summit France
The Rise of Agentic Systems
AI Industrialization: CIOs Take Action!
The IDC CIO Summit 2026 is the strategic gathering for CIOs and technology leaders committed to building tomorrow’s networked enterprise. As 2027 approaches, the challenge is no longer technological experimentation, but operational performance at scale.
📅 November 18, 2026 – 📍 Paris, France
Context
Beyond mere innovation, the IDC CIO Summit 2026 addresses a pivotal question: how can we orchestrate seamless and secure collaboration between human intelligence, algorithms, and autonomous agents?
Hybrid infrastructures, cybersecurity, ESG strategy, and skills evolution have now become the pillars of successful transformation. Through forward-looking analysis and concrete case studies, the Summit provides decision-makers with the keys to leading this new technological era with both pragmatism and vision.
The CIO Summit France brings together the most influential IT leaders to share visions, strategies, and real-world feedback. This is a must-attend event to inspire and accelerate your own transformation initiatives.
IDC 2028 Insights
By 2028, 70% of G1000 CIO roles will be held by transformational leaders who can implement new AI-fueled business models with enterprisewide consistency while modernizing IT to meet AI business needs.
Speakers
Andrea Siviero
Andrea Siviero leads IDC’s European Digital Business and Future of Work Research group. The group provides market research insights to foster a purposeful and fair adoption of technologies supporting digital societies, businesses and workforce and empower tech providers in strategic decision making, planning and go-to-market activities. Siviero also co-leads the IDC Worldwide MacroTech Research program, focused on the intertwined connection between the Economical and Digital worlds – analyzing the impact key MacroEconomic factors have on the digital landscape and viceversa, how technologies are impacting economies around the world.
Siviero advises IT players on building a forward-looking digital business and workforce strategy, while providing an in-depth view on future of work technology adoption, key digital use cases, macroeconomic digital impact, and digital regulations and emerging technology, via qualitative subscriptions and custom consulting projects. He has extensive experience with large strategy and go-to-market projects with IT providers. He is a member of IDC’s global Tech Storytellers taskforce and he is passionate about public speaking and customer engagement opportunities.
He joined IDC’s European team in 2014 and has become a recognized independent analyst across Europe and beyond in the vertical markets and digital business space. He is based in Italy and he holds a joint PhD in mathematics between the UniversitĂ© Bordeaux I (France) and the Universiteit Leiden (the Netherlands). During his PhD, he covered scientific research, academic teaching, and vocational training. He is a native Italian speaker and he is fluent in English and French.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:00 am
Industrializing Agentic AI: the 5 strategic decisions CIOs must make now to move from experimentation to managing an autonomous enterprise
After the wave of generative AI and copilots, companies are entering a new phase: that of agents capable of executing business processes and collaborating with human teams. Drawing on market data and international analyses, Andrea Siviero (IDC) will decode the key trends and the five strategic decisions CIOs must make today to move from experimentation to the industrialization of AI, and to successfully enable collaboration between intelligent agents and business teams within the autonomous enterprise.
Agenda
CIO Summit France
One Day Event
Welcome Breakfast
Industrializing Agentic AI: the 5 strategic decisions CIOs must make now to move from experimentation to managing an autonomous enterprise
After the wave of generative AI and copilots, companies are entering a new phase: that of agents capable of executing business processes and collaborating with human teams. Drawing on market data and international analyses, Andrea Siviero (IDC) will decode the key trends and the five strategic decisions CIOs must make today to move from experimentation to the industrialization of AI, and to successfully enable collaboration between intelligent agents and business teams within the autonomous enterprise.
Andrea Siviero
Senior Research Director, AI-fueled Business Strategies, IDC
Orchestrating the Autonomous Enterprise: how can AI agents, data, and business systems be connected?
Behind the promise of the autonomous enterprise lies a major challenge: effectively connecting AI agents, data, and business systems. This session explores the challenges of IT orchestration and the architectural choices required to move from isolated use cases to seamless, scalable execution of business processes.
Panel #1 – From ChatGPT to Autonomous Agents: how are CIOs reinventing enterprise organization?
Agentic AI is transforming the very nature of work: agents capable of acting within the information system, automating business processes, and collaborating with human teams.
How should an AI Center of Excellence be structured? How can IT and business teams be aligned? Which KPIs should be used to measure the performance of these new hybrid “human + agent” systems? CIOs share their best practices and real-world feedback.
AI performance without hardware refresh: maximizing computing power on your existing devices
Faced with the surge in AI computing demands, our partner Corel/Parallels shows you how to balance application performance with budget control. Discover how virtualization enables you to deploy resource-intensive models on your existing infrastructure, while ensuring complete data isolation and centralized access control.
Workshop #2 – Is your IT system ready for agentic AI? Architecture, data, and governance: the assessment every CIO needs to carry out before scaling.
Is your information system ready for agentic AI?
Architecture, data, governance: three blind spots that cause AI deployments in enterprises to fail. Leave with a maturity assessment of your information system, the top priorities to address first, and real-world feedback from CIOs in the same situation.
Workshop #1 – How can you govern AI without slowing innovation? Security, sovereignty, and compliance: the concrete trade-offs to make now.
Coffee break & networking
From uncontrolled costs to controlled spending: the keys to managing the digital workplace as a service
In a context of increasing budget pressure, CIOs must shift from a model of reactive, unmanaged costs to a more precise and predictable approach to managing the IT workplace. This session with Devicenow shares practical levers and best practices to transform the digital workplace into a service, increase agility, and align IT challenges with financial and business priorities.
From voice to value: turning your conversational data into an AI driver in 5 steps
Voice interactions represent a largely untapped data source for many organizations. This session with RingOver outlines a practical five-step approach to transform voice data into AI-ready assets, enhance business processes, and unlock new performance drivers.
Panel #2 – Sovereignty and Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: which trade-offs do CIOs really need to make and which can be avoided?
As AI adoption accelerates, CIOs must strike the right balance between rapid innovation and risk control. This panel explores the key structural decisions around sovereignty, cybersecurity, and data governance, with concrete feedback and real-world insights on how to secure AI use cases without slowing down large-scale adoption.
Shadow IT and the SaaS explosion: regaining control of access without slowing productivity
The proliferation of SaaS tools and unmanaged usage is making access control increasingly complex for CIOs. This session with 1Password explores practical approaches to securing identities and access without hindering business operations, in an environment shaped by Shadow IT and the rapid growth of AI usage.
IT as a growth driver: how to demonstrate the business ROI of IT to your executive committee
How can you turn your cost center into a revenue driver? Our partner Insight shares the keys to measuring the real impact of your digital investments and aligning your technology strategy with your executive committee’s growth objectives.
CIOs under pressure: how to steer business resilience in an unpredictable world
Amid escalating crises and rapid technological change, the CIO becomes the guardian of the organization’s survival. Learn how to turn pressure into a driver of agility and make digital technology the armor that enables your business to navigate an unpredictable world successfully.
Sovereign innovation: 4 practical approaches to combining AI power and technological independence
How can you innovate without compromising your strategic autonomy? Through four concrete use cases, discover cutting-edge solutions that reconcile the power demands of AI with European sovereignty requirements. A quick deep dive into architectures that ensure your technological independence today.
Panel #3 – Responsible Digital and Green AI: how to steer an ESG trajectory in an AI-powered IT environment
Beyond operational efficiency, how can digital technology become an ally in your environmental transition? Discover how our experts and CIOs are reconciling the surge in AI demands with their ESG commitments—turning technological sobriety into a true driver of innovation and sustainable performance.
Cocktail & networking
Eric Vautier
Giancarlo Miluccio
Diana Kaziakhmedova
Hubert Cariou
Key topics
Agentic & Autonomous AI
From chatbots to agents capable of deciding and executing complex workflows.
Cognitive & Post-Quantum Cybersecurity
Protecting against AI-generated attacks and preparing for the encryption of the future.
Responsible Digital & Green AI
Reducing the carbon footprint of AI and using it as a lever for sustainability.
Technological Sovereignty & Compliance
Choosing technological dependencies in the era of the AI Act and geopolitical tensions.
The Talent Gap & New Ways of Working
Managing hybrid teams (Humans + AI Agents) and the evolving role of the CIO.
ROI & Business Impact of Digital
Demonstrating the value of IT to the Executive Committee beyond simple cost reduction.
IDC 2031 Insights
By 2031, G1000 CIOs will spend up to 25% of IT budgets on quantum-resilient systems to guard against quantum attacks and secure business continuity.
Venue
Cloud Business Center
10 bis Rue du 4 Septembre, 75002 Paris
Once again this year, we look forward to seeing you at the Cloud Business Center, in the heart of Paris’s 2nd arrondissement.
A central location, easily accessible by public transportation, and ideal for getting together and networking.
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