8–10 Nov 2026
Barcelona, Spain
European CISO Xchange
Agents, Quantum, Sovereignty: Balancing Change with Consistency is the New Security Agenda
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Overview
Europe’s IT security landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, as organizations move beyond reactive defense to embrace proactive trust orchestration. This new paradigm centers on embedding governance, transparency, and resilience into every facet of digital strategy, ensuring that security is not just a technical safeguard but a foundational element of business value and stakeholder confidence. Leaders are reimagining their approach to risk, compliance, and innovation, recognizing that trust must be architected into systems, processes, and partnerships from the outset.
In this era of accelerating regulatory complexity and technological disruption, the role of the CISO is evolving from technical guardian to strategic enabler. Forward-thinking security leaders are leveraging agentic AI, advancing sovereignty and compliance initiatives, and extending zero trust principles across hybrid environments. By championing collaborative frameworks and data-driven decision-making, they are positioning their organizations to anticipate emerging threats, adapt to shifting market demands, and turn security into a source of competitive advantage and sustainable growth.
Agenda
European CISO Xchange
Day 1
IDC Welcome & Official Opening
Group Innovation Challenge
Speaker
Dina Capelle
Senior Research Analyst, IDC
Jennifer Thomson
Associate Vice President Global Services Insights, IDC
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe, IDC
Networking Dinner
Day 2
Xercise Club & Breakfast
IDC Welcome
Speaker
Jennifer Thomson
Associate Vice President Global Services Insights, IDC
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe, IDC
Cyber Resilience in the AI Era
Speaker
European CISO Xchange
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FIRESIDE CHAT: CIO Perspective on Security
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe, IDC
Lydia Nicola
Head of Operations, Amnesty Internationals
Coffeebreak and Networking, One-to-one meetings
FIRESIDE CHAT: Post-Quantum Cryptography in the age of AI
Ralf Helkenberg
Research Manager, European Privacy & Data Security, IDC
Marco Pereira
Executive Vice President, Global Head Cybersecurity, Capgemini
FIRESIDE CHAT: A view from the public sector: How the UK Government has matured its cyber security policy and engagement with the private sector
Glen Hymers
Head of Data Privacy & Compliance, The Cabinet Office
Innovation Challenge
Coffeebreak and Networking, One-to-one meetings
Pathways to Identity Maturity
Stephen Bradford
SVP, and GM for EMEA, SailPoint
From weakest links to strong allies – Building a modern security culture
Roel Schouten
Vice President Information Security, Trivium Packaging
The Quantum Threat – taking action now to reduce cyber risk
Ralf Helkenberg
Research Manager, European Privacy & Data Security, IDC
Tommy Charles
Chief Cryptographer, HP Security Lab, HP
FIRESIDE CHAT: Impact of the blackout on IT and communications in Spain and Portugal
Romain Fouchereau
Senior Research Manager, IDC
Jorge Fernandes
CISO, Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários
Lunch & Networking
Workshops (Parallel Sessions)
Change Break
Workshops (Parallel Sessions)
Coffee & Networking; One-to-One Meetings
Group Innovation Challenge
Gala Dinner
Day 3
Xcercise Club and Breakfast
Cyber Geopolitics: Power, Policy, and the Digital Battlefield
Duncan Brown
Group Vice President, IDC Europe, IDC
Coffee & Networking; One-to-One Meetings
Roundtable Session
Coffee & Networking; One-to-One Meetings
Growing Beyond the Industry That Cried Wolf
May Brooks-Kempler
Cybersecurity Expert, Strategic Consultant, Speaker, & Mentor, ISC2
Advisory Board Panel
Bilinda-jo Hall
Senior Governance Analyst – Privacy and Information Security, SAGE Publishing
Antonio Martiradonna
SVP Information Security, Orkla
Tom Stewart
Head of Information Security, Ryanair
Douglas Weekes
Group CISO, Sainsburys
IDC Closing: CISO Strategies for Securing a Future Digital Europe
Networking Lunch
Welcome Day 2
Our Partners
Insight
Insight Enterprises is a leading Solutions Integrator that helps clients solve technology challenges by combining the right hardware, software, and services. As a Fortune 500 technology company, backed by 35+ years of expertise and a deep network of 6,000+ partners, we deliver secure, end-to-end IT solutions for organizations around the world.
Venue
Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
Eurostars Sitges
Av. Camí de Miralpeix, 12, 08870, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
Knowledge Hub
The NIS 2 directive – where are we now?
The deadline for the transposition of the EU’s second Network and Information Systems Security directive (NIS 2) came and went in October 2024 with only a handful of member states having completed the task.
Shadow AI: How stealth productivity is strangling enterprise AI adoption. And creating a security nightmare…
Remember the good old days when “Shadow IT” was just about rogue Excel spreadsheets and unauthorized Dropbox accounts? But the times they are a-changing! Now we’re dealing with something far more insidious: Shadow AI. And no, it’s not just lurking in the corners of your or anyone’s organization anymore. Now, it’s driving productivity gains while simultaneously creating security nightmares that, hopefully, keep CISOs wide awake at night.
IAM 2025: The Rise of the Machines
Identity and access management (IAM), and by extension, identity security, is one of the most pervasive and impactful challenges facing all European organizations today, from an operational and risk management perspective.
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