Agenda
Tuesday, September 22
CIO Summit
One Day Event
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Welcome Address & Opening
IDC Keynote Presentation
Thomas Meyer
General Manager and Group Vice President, EMEA Research, IDC
Host Partner Presentation
Strategy Partner Presentation
Panel: Modernizing to Compete — The CIO Strategy for Legacy and Tech-nical Debt
This panel will explore how CIOs are transforming legacy architectures to unlock innovation and enhance competitiveness. Participants will discuss how to reduce technical debt, simplify portfolios, modernize mission-critical applications, migrate to cloud-native architectures, and balance cost and value. The conversation will also cover investment prioritization and governance in hybrid and multicloud environments.
Raúl Rivero
CIO, Acciona
Strategy Partner Presentation
Strategy Partner Presentation
Coffee Break
Interview Ricard Guasch Sereno, CIO in Zurich Insurance España
Ricard Guasch Sereno
CIO, Zurich Insurance España
Tech Talk Partner Presentation
Tech Talk Partner Presentation
Panel: The Agentic AI Revolution — From Automation to Autonomy
This session explores how Agentic AI will transform business processes, decision-making, and operating models. CIOs and experts will examine how to govern, mitigate risks, and scale autonomous agents in real environments—from self-directed automation to systems that learn, orchestrate tasks, and make supervised decisions. The discussion will also address transparency, compliance, workforce impact, and new architectures for deploying responsible AI.
Francesc Catalán Sanmiquel
CIO and Corporate IT Director, Almirall
Tech Talk Partner Presentation
Tech Talk Partner Presentation
Panel: Resilience by Design — Security, Trust & Digital Sovereignty in High-Risk Environments
Enterprise resilience is becoming the cornerstone of continuity, security, and trust. This panel brings CIOs and experts together to examine how to build adaptive infrastructures, protect distributed data, ensure digital sovereignty, and maintain continuity through cyberattacks, regulatory change, or economic disruption. Panelists will explore strategies that converge security, compliance, and architecture through a “secure & resilient by design” approach.
Álvaro Ontañón
CIO, Merlin Properties
Cocktail Lunch
Interview with End User or Expert
Panel: CIO Leadership — Strategy, Culture & Value in the Intelligent Enterprise
This panel features only CIOs and end-user leaders discussing the human, strategic, and organizational challenges of transformation. It will explore how the CIO has become a business strategist—driving alignment between IT and enterprise priorities, developing digital talent, building AI-ready cultures, measuring real value creation, and leading responsible innovation. The session will foster an honest dialogue about lessons learned, governance models, friction points, and accelerating impact.
Luis Bravo Méndez
Chief Transformation Officer CIO & CISO, Grupo Envera