Knowledge Hub / Christina Lee

CIO Spotlight

Christina Lee
Chief Information Officer, APAC
Dentsu

CIO Spotlight

Is your organization ready to be AI-enabled?

The current landscape of Artificial Intelligence is a tug-of-war between inflated expectations and existential fear. However, the future isn’t a choice between humans or machines; it is a collaborative world driven by a mix of human intelligence and algorithmic engines.


To navigate this transition, organizations cannot afford to sideline human-centricity. AI should augment human potential, not replace it. Success begins with data-driven management. Without clean, organization-specific data, making well-informed decisions to achieve your strategic goals is impossible.


To truly “win” with AI, leadership must prioritize three pillars of data management:


Data Privacy: Ensuring ethical handling and trust. This should not only for regulatory compliance but also for ethical value of the organization.


Secured Infrastructure: Building a resilient foundation against threats.


Governance: Establishing clear processes for data and AI usage. The use the data in the well-defined process is essential.


Ultimately, data management is no longer a back-office function—it is the heartbeat of a goal-centric, AI-ready organization. By focusing on the human-data connection, you ensure that technology serves your purpose, rather than the other way around.

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Amr Hafiz, Managing Director, Envnt

Partner Spotlight

The Next Phase of Enterprise AI in 2026

As organizations across regulated and complex industries move into 2026, enterprise leaders are taking a more pragmatic view of AI adoption. While generative and agentic AI promise unprecedented speed and innovation, real-world implementation highlights a growing need for governance, orchestration, and architectural discipline. The next phase of enterprise AI will be defined less by experimentation and more by operational maturity.

 

As experimentation gives way to scale, a set of structural shifts will determine which organizations turn AI potential into a durable advantage.

 

From Speed to Control

 

While AI dramatically accelerates application build times, it introduces new challenges downstream. Ungoverned AI-generated applications and agents will create bottlenecks across security, quality, maintenance, and compliance. CIOs will prioritize platforms that help audit, govern, and manage AI-generated portfolios at scale.

 

As AI systems scale, risks such as hallucinations, data leaks, and policy violations grow. The ability to ensure correctness, traceability, and trust will become more valuable than raw development velocity. Trust will trump speed.

 

Moreover, as AI becomes accessible to non-technical users, unapproved agents and models will pose serious enterprise risks. CIOs will invest heavily in governance frameworks to prevent uncontrolled AI usage and protect sensitive data.

 

To manage these risks in practice, enterprises must focus on orchestration, not just speed or autonomy.

 

Most AI Agents Will Fail Without Orchestration

 

Autonomous AI agents perform well in demos but struggle in real enterprise environments with messy data, changing APIs, and complex permissions. Successful deployments will rely on orchestration layers, human-in-the-loop controls, and strong lifecycle management. In practice, orchestration, not autonomy, will win.

 

Platforms and Architecture Drive Advantage

 

Enterprises are moving away from building or betting on a single large language model. Instead, they will adopt platforms that support secure, governed, multi-model, and agent-based development. Owning the AI life cycle will be far more valuable than owning the model itself.

 

As AI commoditizes code generation, strategic value will shift toward architecture, integration, data modeling, and governance. The most valuable talent will be developers who can design and manage complex, AI-driven systems.

 

Beyond orchestrating agents, success depends on platforms and architectures that scale reliably and securely.

 

Regulated Industries Will Lead in Responsible AI

 

Rather than waiting for regulation, enterprises in regulated sectors will embed compliance, traceability, and auditability into AI systems from day 1, enabling them to scale agentic AI safely.

 

Looking Ahead

 

With governance, orchestration, and the right platforms in place, enterprises are positioned to turn AI potential into lasting value. AI will empower enterprises to build and own more of their software and agents internally. The future belongs to platforms that help organizations govern complexity, ensure trust, and turn AI-generated chaos into sustainable business value.

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Temas clave a explorar:

  • Tendencias y factores externos que redefinen las decisiones tecnológicas en 2026
    (IA generativa, seguridad, geopolítica, nube y economía digital)
  • Prioridades estratégicas de TI identificadas por la investigación de IDC
    (Agentes GenAI/IA, seguridad en la nube, IA/ML e infraestructura en la nube)
  • La evolución de las redes: del mantenimiento al modelo de “Servicios Integrados de Ciclo de Vida para el Éxito del Cliente”
  • Alta complejidad e hiperconectividad – Desafíos de visibilidad, resiliencia, seguridad y gestión de redes híbridas

Speakers

Alberto Arellano

Alberto Arellano

Infrastructure Director

IDC

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Julián Londoño

MCA Sales Director

HPE Networking

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Agenda

IT Security Summit

One Day Event

9:00 am

Registrazione e Welcome Coffee

9:30 am

IDC Opening

Roberta Bigliani

Roberta Bigliani

Group Vice President, Global Lead for Energy & Retail Insights and Industry Hub, IDC

Keynote
One Day Event
9:35 am

IDC Keynote – Mettere in sicurezza un’azienda basata sull’AI

Navigare la nuova frontiera tra fiducia, conformità e innovazione

Le organizzazioni europee stanno dando priorità agli investimenti in analisi della sicurezza basata sull’intelligenza artificiale, gestione delle identità e degli accessi (IAM) e servizi di rilevamento e risposta gestiti (MDR), per rimanere un passo avanti rispetto alle minacce, mantenendo al contempo trasparenza, conformità e una governance etica.

Joel Stradling | IDC

Research Director, European Security

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9:45 am

Opening Enduser Keynote Speaker

10:00 am

Minacce guidate dall’AI: l’ascesa degli attacchi automatizzati

Host Sponsor Speech

Le minacce guidate dall’intelligenza artificiale stanno accelerando la diffusione degli attacchi automatizzati, rendendo necessarie capacità avanzate di rilevamento, resilienza e strategie di sicurezza adattive per restare al passo con un panorama di rischio in continua evoluzione.

10:15 am

Intervento a cura di Ping Identity

10:30 am

Guest Speaker Enduser Interview

Stefano Righetti

Stefano Righetti

Head of IT Governance, Information Security & Strategy, Acciaierie d'Italia

10:45 am

La Cybersecurity Poverty Line: come l’AI sta ridefinendo l’equilibrio per tutti

Nel contesto della “Cybersecurity Poverty Line”, molte organizzazioni non dispongono delle risorse e delle competenze necessarie per difendersi adeguatamente, mentre le minacce evolvono grazie all’AI.
Per affrontare questa sfida serve una piattaforma di sicurezza AI-native che unisca automazione avanzata e competenze umane. In questo modo, anche le aziende con risorse limitate possono accedere a capacità di protezione avanzate e ridurre il divario della cybersecurity.

Marco D’Elia

Marco D’Elia

Country Manager, Sophos Italia

11:00 am

Coffee Break e visita all’area espositiva

11:30 am

Enduser Discussion – La prossima era dello Zero Trust: dal concetto all’implementazione su scala enterprise

Luca Della Giovanna

Luca Della Giovanna

Chief Information Security Officer, Humanitas

11:45 am

Evolvere dalla Cultura alla Postura Cyber: Sicurezza dei Dipendenti al Tempo dell’AI

Fabio Di Roma, Enterprise Account Executive, Riot

11:55 am

Strategic Sponsor – Costruire la fiducia by design nelle organizzazioni guidate dall’AI

Marco Frenquellucci

Marco Frenquellucci

Group Leader, Italy, Service & Solution Group, Lenovo

12:10 pm

Tech Talk Sponsor – Cyber AI: tra innovazione, controllo e responsabilità

12:20 pm

IDC Connect

Ogni tavolo ospita un moderatore e un piccolo gruppo di partecipanti pre-registrati. Tutte le sessioni si svolgono simultaneamente e sono incentrate su una maggiore interazione, la condivisione di esperienze e il confronto tra pari su tematiche rilevanti per diverse aziende e settori.

  • IDC Connect 1: Sicurezza delle API: la nuova linea del fronte della sicurezza in un mondo agentico
  • IDC Connect 2: Cybercrime as a Service: l’economia sommersa nel 2025
  • IDC Connect 3: The Business of Breach: rischio reputazionale e fiducia degli shareholder
  • IDC Connect 4: La spesa strategica in sicurezza: giustificare e ottimizzare i budget
  • IDC Connect 5: Identità, accesso e fiducia: dall’IAM al CNAPP
  • IDC Connect 6: Security Operations & Analytics: rilevare, rispondere, recuperare
  • IDC Connect 7: La fiducia nell’era dell’identità digitale
  • IDC Connect 8: CyberSecurity: integrare la resilienza cyber nella strategia e nella governance aziendale
1:00 pm

Networking Lunch e visita all’area espositiva

2:00 pm

Enduser Panel Discussion

2:15 pm

Tech Pitch

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2:35 pm

Enduser Panel Discussion

2:50 pm

Honorary Guest Speaker

Andrea Gilli

Andrea Gilli

Senior Advisor Office of Undersecretary of Italian Defence & Lecturer in Strategic Studies, University of St Andrews

3:20 pm

Conclusioni a cura dell’Host Sponsor

3:25 pm

Conclusioni e chiusura lavori a cura di IDC

IT Security Summit

IT Security Summit

Securing an AI-Powered Business

25 Jun 2026 Milan, Italy
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Navigare la nuova frontiera di fiducia, compliance e innovazione

L’IDC IT Security Italy 2026 è l’evento di riferimento per i leader del business, della sicurezza e della tecnologia, dedicato a esplorare come integrare fiducia, governance e resilienza nel cuore della trasformazione digitale.

L’Italia sta entrando in una fase cruciale del suo percorso di cybersicurezza e modernizzazione digitale. Secondo IDC, si prevede che la spesa per la sicurezza in Europa crescerà con un tasso annuo composto (CAGR) del 9,4% fino al 2029, con software, analytics e protezione cloud-native a guidare il mercato. In Italia, le organizzazioni stanno rispondendo all’aumento delle minacce cyber, all’estensione dei requisiti normativi dell’UE e ai crescenti sforzi nazionali per rafforzare la sovranità digitale e la resilienza delle infrastrutture critiche.

Allo stesso tempo, l’Intelligenza Artificiale sta trasformando il panorama della sicurezza in Italia. Le ricerche di IDC mostrano che quasi il 40% delle organizzazioni europee sta già investendo in AI o automazione, e oltre il 70% si aspetta una trasformazione guidata dall’AI entro i prossimi 18 mesi.

Per i security leader italiani, l’AI rappresenta sia un’opportunità che una crescente area di rischio. Se da un lato sta migliorando il rilevamento delle minacce, la risposta agli incidenti e l’automazione, dall’altro sta abilitando nuovi vettori di attacco come deepfake, phishing generato dall’AI e vulnerabilità automatizzate. In risposta, le aziende italiane stanno investendo in analytics basate su AI, Identity and Access Management (IAM) e Managed Detection and Response (MDR) per potenziare la protezione, mantenendo al contempo trasparenza, governance e un’adozione etica dell’IA.

Agenda

L’IDC IT Security Summit rappresenta il punto d’incontro privilegiato per i leader del business, della sicurezza e della tecnologia che mirano a integrare fiducia, governance e resilienza al centro delle proprie strategie di trasformazione digitale.

Partecipate alle sessioni con gli analisti IDC e gli esperti del settore per esplorare come costruire ecosistemi digitali sicuri, capaci di coniugare innovazione e affidabilità. Approfondite le dinamiche dei settori più evoluti in Italia e acquisite framework operativi per trasformare la sicurezza in un differenziatore strategico, superando la logica del semplice costo reattivo.

Tematiche principali

Regulation, Resilience and Value Creation​

La regulatory compliance non è più un onere burocratico, ma un vero e proprio abilitatore strategico. Esploreremo come le organizzazioni possano integrare i mandati normativi (data privacy, leggi sulla cybersicurezza, regolamentazioni emergenti su AI e tecnologia) nelle proprie core operations, trasformando i requisiti in leve per la resilienza, la fiducia degli stakeholder e il valore di business.​

AI, Automation and Responsible Innovation

L’AI e gli intelligent agents stanno trasformando le modalità di erogazione della sicurezza, ma a grandi potenzialità corrispondono altrettanti rischi. Esploreremo l’implementazione pragmatica dell’IA: governance models, guardrails per prevenire usi impropri, prioritizzazione degli high-impact use cases e allineamento dei sistemi di IA ai principi di trust, transparency e accountability.

Operations, Analytics & Resilience Engineering

Detection, response e recovery non sono più eventi isolati, ma cicli continui. Analizzeremo nel dettaglio le advanced analytics, il Managed Detection & Response (MDR), l’orchestrazione e la external threat visibility (estesa alla supply chain e alle terze parti), insieme alle resilience metrics necessarie per rendere operativa l’efficacia della sicurezza.

The Human Factor: Leadership & Culture

La tecnologia da sola non garantisce la sicurezza: è necessario che leadership, cultura aziendale e sviluppo delle competenze siano allineati. Ci concentreremo sulla trasformazione dei team, sull’integrazione della security ownership in tutte le funzioni aziendali e sulla preparazione dei leader affinché sappiano parlare il language of risk and trust al Board, ai CEO e alle business lines.

Incident e Trust Recovery

I breach sono inevitabili, ciò che conta è il modo in cui un’organizzazione risponde. Approfondiremo la crisis communication, la forensic response, la gestione degli adempimenti normativi e delle assicurazioni, fino al ripristino della stakeholder trust e alla capacità di trasformare l’avversità in credibilità.

Sector & Domain Security Challenges

Settori e ambienti diversi presentano esigenze di sicurezza uniche. Ci concentreremo sulla protezione delle critical infrastructure (energia, utility), dei dispositivi connessi e IoT, della sanità, del settore finance e degli ambienti emergenti come le smart cities o i sistemi industriali.

Speakers

Roberta Bigliani

Roberta Bigliani

Group Vice President, Global Lead for Energy & Retail Insights and Industry Hub

IDC

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Joel Stradling

Joel Stradling

Research Director, European Security

IDC

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Stefano Righetti

Stefano Righetti

Head of IT Governance, Information Security & Strategy

Acciaierie d'Italia

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Marco Frenquellucci

Marco Frenquellucci

Group Leader, Italy, Service & Solution Group

Lenovo

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Marco D’Elia

Marco D’Elia

Country Manager

Sophos Italia

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Luca Della Giovanna

Luca Della Giovanna

Chief Information Security Officer

Humanitas

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Andrea Gilli

Andrea Gilli

Senior Advisor Office of Undersecretary of Italian Defence & Lecturer in Strategic Studies

University of St Andrews

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Venue

Magna Pars Event Space

Via Tortona 15, 20144, Milano

Come partecipare

L’evento, che si terrà il 25 giugno 2026 a partire dalle ore 9:00, è a partecipazione gratuita (previa compilazione del modulo di registrazione) per i professionisti appartenenti ai seguenti settori: Manufacturing, Automotive, Fashion, Finance, Banking and Insurance, Retail, Energy and Utilities, Media, Government, Health, Education, Transports, Logistics, Telecommunications, Personal and Professional Services.

L’accesso all’evento non è consentito ad aziende ICT non sponsor (vendor, distributori, reseller, VAR, system integrator), società di consulenza e servizi ICT, privati e liberi professionisti.

La lingua ufficiale dell’evento è l’italiano.

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.

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European ICT spending implications of NATO’s 5% GDP spending target

At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague a few weeks ago, member states pledged to allocate 5% of their annual GDP to core defense requirements and defense- and security-related expenditures by 2035.

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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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CIO Summit

CIO Summit

The Rise of Agentic Systems

20 May 2026 Zurich, Switzerland
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Modernize. Secure. Innovate. Lead with the power of Agentic-AI​

Switzerland is strengthening its position as a European leader in secure, responsible, and innovation-driven digital transformation. With its strong financial services sector, advanced manufacturing base, and deep commitment to data privacy, the country is accelerating investment in cloud modernization, automation, and AI, including the next wave of Agentic AI.

For Swiss CIOs, 2026 will bring new challenges and opportunities: managing the convergence of innovation and regulation, modernizing legacy systems while meeting strict data protection standards, and integrating intelligent automation without compromising security or ethical accountability. As AI and Agentic AI gain traction, CIOs will play a central role in defining governance models that ensure transparency, trust, and measurable business value.

Agenda

The IDC CIO Summit Switzerland 2026 is the leading event for senior technology and business executives shaping enterprise strategy and digital leadership in one of Europe’s most advanced and trusted digital economies. Designed for CIOs, CTOs, and transformation leaders, this one-day summit delivers actionable insights on Switzerland’s top priorities for 2026: secure digital modernization, AI and Agentic AI adoption, cybersecurity resilience, and aligning IT with business value in an increasingly regulated and sustainability-focused environment.

Speakers

Thomas Meyer

Thomas Meyer

SVP, IDC WW Research

IDC

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Anja Lange

Anja Lange

Moderator

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Priscilla Schneider

Priscilla Schneider

Head of Core Infrastructure

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

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Marcus Hug

Marcus Hug

Leiter Informatik & Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung

Michel Gruppe AG (Michel Services)

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Christian Probst

Christian Probst

Leiter Querschnittsapplikationen

Finanzdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt

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Thomas Greuter

Thomas Greuter

CIO

Migros Bank

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Matthias von Alten

Matthias von Alten

Managing Partner & Head of Consulting DACH

Wipro

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Fabian Ringwald

Fabian Ringwald

CIO und Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung

SWICA

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Oliver Köth

Oliver Köth

Managing Director Technology & Innovation

NTT DATA

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Thomas Jung

Thomas Jung

Chief Data Officer

Syngenta Group

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Dr. Sascha Tayefeh

Dr. Sascha Tayefeh

Fachstellenleiter Digitalisierung

Universität Bern

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Jan Freudenreich

Jan Freudenreich

Head of IT Security

Basler Kantonalbank

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Holger Spielberger

Holger Spielberger

Global Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Officer

Georg Fischer Piping Systems

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Boris Bialek

Boris Bialek

Vice President Industries and Global Field Chief Technology Officer

MongoDB

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Daleen Langer

Daleen Langer

Senior Account Executive ALPS

Tanium

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Dorian Klimczyk

Dorian Klimczyk

ICT Senior Project Manager

Comarch

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Venue

Park Hyatt Zurich

Beethovenstrasse 21, 8002 Zurich, Schweiz

Park Hyatt Zurich Website

2026 Prediction

By 2027, 55% of G1000 CIOs will be tasked to create enterprise AI value playbooks, featuring expanded ROI models to define, measure, and showcase AI impact across efficiency, growth, and innovation.​

Main Themes

The CIO as Business Strategist​

CIOs have evolved from operational leaders to enterprise strategists. As digital transformation reshapes every business model, technology leadership now defines competitiveness. Today’s CIO must align IT priorities with business outcomes, influence the boardroom agenda, and drive innovation that delivers measurable value.​

Modernization, Legacy and Technical Debt​

Managing technical debt is no longer just a maintenance concern, it’s a strategic priority. Modernizing legacy systems, simplifying architectures, and optimizing cost structures allow organizations to shift resources from upkeep to innovation. Streamlined technology portfolios create the agility needed to compete in a digital economy.​

The Agentic AI Revolution​

Agentic AI marks a shift from automation to autonomy. How CIOs can govern, scale, and integrate autonomous AI systems responsibly (balancing opportunity with oversight to create intelligent, self-directed enterprises.​

Resilience by Design​

Resilience is emerging as the defining capability of modern enterprises. Adaptive architectures, secure infrastructure, and integrated continuity planning enable organizations to withstand disruption (whether from economic uncertainty, regulatory shifts, or cyber threats) while sustaining growth and trust.​

Cybersecurity, Trust, and Digital Sovereignty​

As digital ecosystems expand, trust becomes a critical currency. CIOs must address cybersecurity, data sovereignty, and compliance in tandem, ensuring that cloud strategies and cross-border operations align with evolving regulations. Building digital trust creates both protection and competitive advantage.

Building the Intelligent Enterprise​

Data is the foundation of every intelligent organization. Reliable, governed, and accessible data architectures enable AI, automation, and analytics to operate at scale. Enterprises that invest in strong data foundations are better positioned to extract insight, anticipate change, and deliver smarter, faster business outcomes.​

2026 Prediction

Composite AI: In 2026, a renewed focus on traditional AI for explainability and reliability will drive 70% of organizations to adopt composite AI, blending generative, prescriptive, predictive, and agentic technology.

Partners

Knowledge Hub

The AI homework nobody asked for (but everyone’s getting anyway)

Artificial Intelligence has officially reached the “you can do anything with it” stage of technological hype. Judging just by AI vendor narratives, and by some of the media, it’s the golden key to productivity, efficiency, optimization and innovation.

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The Agentic Business Future: Driving Resilience, Sovereignty, and Innovation in EMEA

As organizations navigate an era defined by economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and relentless technological change, one truth stands out: the future belongs to those who can harness AI, automation, and sovereignty to build resilience, drive innovation, and unlock growth.

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EMEA’s Tech Evolution – 7 Key Themes Transforming Business in 2025

The technology landscape across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is changing rapidly in 2025, with innovations actively reshaping industries and creating new business opportunities.

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Terms and Conditions

The IDC CIO Summit is aimed at IT and specialist staff from IT user companies in Switzerland.
For the purposes of these terms and conditions of participation, IT user companies are defined as all companies that do not themselves provide consulting services and/or develop, manufacture, or distribute information and communication technology (ICT) products or services.
Employees of outsourced IT companies who work exclusively for the parent company and do not conduct any third-party business are also eligible to participate. Employees of IT service companies generally only have access to our events through sponsorship.
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CIO Summit 2026 Türkiye

Day 1

8:00 am

Registration & Networking

9:00 am

IDC Welcome Address

Keynote
Day 1
9:05 am

Preparing for the Agent Economy: Acceleration, Orchestration and Resiliency

We have moved past the “Great Implementation.” As we enter 2026, the global enterprise has reached a critical inflection point where the sheer volume of data, the complexity of multi-cloud ecosystems, and the velocity of agentic AI have outpaced traditional human management. The mandate for the CIO has fundamentally shifted: it is no longer about managing technology, but about architecting autonomy.

Eren Eser | IDC

Associate Research Director, Türkiye

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9:25 am

The Evolving Role of the CIO: From IT Leader to Business Strategist

The traditional image of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) as a “gatekeeper of the server room” is officially a relic of the past. In today’s hyper-digital economy, the CIO has moved from the back office to the boardroom, evolving from a functional manager of infrastructure into a pivotal business strategist and growth driver. This panel explores the profound shift in the CIO’s mandate. We will discuss how the modern technology leader balances the “keep the lights on” operational requirements with the high-stakes demand for digital transformation, data-driven innovation, and customer experience.

Hilmi Koçak

Hilmi Koçak

CIO, Eczacıbaşı Group

Barış Fındık

Barış Fındık

CTO, Pegasus

Murat Özkan

Murat Özkan

CIO, Hayat Holding

Çiğdem İltemir Carino

Çiğdem İltemir Carino

CIO, ING Türkiye

9:55 am

AI-ready Data: Democratizing Access to Data to Lay the Foundation for Artificial Intelligence

Özden Doğan Saraç

Özden Doğan Saraç

Sales Director, KoçSistem

10:15 am

The Enterprise in 2030

AI isn’t just enhancing the business model. By 2030, it will be the business model. Leaders are recognizing that the future of business is a hybrid of people and software. Every process that can be automated will be. Every role will be enhanced by intelligent systems that learn and adapt

Işıl Kılınç

Işıl Kılınç

General Manager, IBM Türkiye

10:30 am

Powering the Hyperscaler Shift: Managing Integrated Value Chains from 5G to Cloud

Gurkan Arpacı

Gurkan Arpacı

General Manager, Turkcell Digital Business Services

10:45 am

Unlocking the Potential of AI: CIO and CEO as Strategic Partners

Ceyda Yalçın

Ceyda Yalçın

Sales & Business Development Director, Softtech

11:00 am

Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

11:20 am

AI Promise to Business Reality

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond experimentation into everyday business use. Yet despite widespread adoption, measurable impact remains inconsistent. The core reason is not the lack of AI capabilities, but the lack of consolidated, reliable data. This session focuses on how fragmented data environments limit AI effectiveness and why data consolidation is the true foundation of Business AI. It explores the shift from isolated tools to unified data models where AI can understand context, operate across workflows, and deliver real outcomes. Organizations will learn how to turn AI from a disconnected assistant into an execution layer powered by a single, trusted source of truth.

Gökhan Erdoğdu

Gökhan Erdoğdu

CEO, MechSoft

11:35 am

AI-Ready Infrastructure: Powering the Next Era of Digital Transformation

Erbuğ Sağlam

Erbuğ Sağlam

Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Huawei

11:50 am

Anatomy of the AI-Native Operating Company — What Replaces Two Thousand Years of Hierarchy

Since the Roman army organized soldiers into eight-man tents -contubernium-, every reorganization has worked around the same fact: a human can manage perhaps eight others. Hierarchy was not strategy; it was the workaround we built because we had no alternative. Intelligence is now abundant, and ironically even modern defense is moving past command-and-control. A new shape is taking form — the AI-Native Operating Company. This talk maps its anatomy: a Harness, four stages of work, and the loop that compounds every cycle into a smarter organization — and the changed role of the people inside it.

Yusuf Tok

Yusuf Tok

CTO, OBSS

12:05 pm

From Artificial Intelligence to Autonomous Activation

Taylan Tandoğan

Taylan Tandoğan

Customer Engineering Manager, Türkiye, Google Cloud

12:20 pm

Unlock your AI Ambitions

Pelin Alp

Pelin Alp

Country Manager, HPE Networking

Mert Sarıkaya

Mert Sarıkaya

Business Development & Transformational Projects Manager, HPE Türkiye

12:40 pm

Summit Partner Sessions

Summit Session A – The Innovation Paradox

12:35 pm – 12:40 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:40 pm – 12:50 pm

Agentic Engineering in Practice: Autonomous Discipline Across SDLC and Business Processes

Erdem Seherler
COO, Eteration

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

Agentic AI Is Only as Smart as the Guardrails Around It

Suraj Rana
Deputy General Manager, HCLSoftware

Summit Session B – Architecting for Autonomy

12:35 pm – 12:40 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:40 pm – 12:50 pm

Document Chaos vs. Intelligent Decisions: How CIOs Can Build Agentic Workflows for Autonomous Action

Yağız Furtun
Intelligent Automation Technologies Manager, Norm Digital

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

The AI-Powered Data Activation Platform

Ahmed ElHamouly
Managing Director, META, Boomi

Summit Session C – The Augmented Workforce

12:35 pm – 12:40 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:40 pm – 12:50 pm

Integration in the Age of AI

Fatih Kökçe
General Manager, MDP Group

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

The Evolution of the Workforce: Automation, Analytics, and Sustainability

Timucin Şentürk
Regional Director, Türkiye & Central Asia, Honeywell
1:00 pm

Lunch & Networking

2:25 pm

Platinum Partner Sessions

Platinum Session A – The Intelligence Inflection Point: Scaling Generative AI from Pilot to Profit

2:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

The Green Horizon: Driving Sustainable Innovation through IT Leadership

Kadir Mustafa Öztürk
CTO, Aktif Bank
Engin Kavas
CTO, Aydem Enerji
Mehmet Bütün
CIO&CDO, Vakıf Katılım Bankası
Uğur Serkan Taşkın
CTO, Koçtaş

2:45 pm – 2:55 pm

The Next Chapter of Enterprise Platforms

Kürşad Bayıralan
Solution Architect, CEET, Mendix
Emre Yalçın
Business Development Executive, Mendix

2:55 pm – 3:05 pm

What Does the CIO Do When AI Makes the Decision?

Özlem Kalkan
Chief Sales Officer, Oredata

3:05 pm – 3:15 pm

You Don’t Have a Tech Problem. You Have a Confidence Gap.

Baycan Kaçan
Executive Committee Member, Product & Customer Success, Eclit

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm

The New Power of the Smart Enterprise: AI-Powered Business Processes

Canan Kuralay
Industry Sales Manager, Detaysoft

3:25 pm – 3:35 pm

Connecting Turkey to the World: The Role of Submarine Networks and Their Importance for Enterprises in Today’s Digital Landscape

Engin Mutlu
Senior Technical Manager, TI Sparkle

3:35 pm – 4:05 pm

Responsible AI Leadership: Embedding Ethics, Governance, and Transparency into Enterprise AI Strategies

Şirin Aktaş
CIO, Danone
Emel Tural
IT Director, Bosch
Ömer Kara
CTO, Viennalife
Altuğ Soydan
IT & Digital Transformation Director, OTOKAR
Çiğdem Kılıç
CIO, Türkiye Sigorta

Platinum Session B – The Resilience Collective: Unified Defense Strategies for the 2026 Threat Landscape

2:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

The Cloud Mandate 2026: Architecting for Intelligence, Resilience, and Unit Economics

Murat Erez
Head of IT, Kale Holding
Reha Gerçeker
SVP, Platforms & Reliability, Akbank
Tarkan Ateşoğlu
IT Group Manager, Lila Kağıt
Mehmet Ali Erdin
Head of Technology, bitaksi

2:45 pm – 2:55 pm

Your Competitive Edge isn’t AI — It’s What Comes Before It

Taylan Özkök
Digital Solutions Manager, Iron Mountain

2:55 pm – 3:05 pm

The Age of Digital Workers with Examples: Transform Your Processes with Agentic Automation and Intelligent Document Processing

Burak Duman
Director, Native Digital

3:05 pm – 3:15 pm

Edge Intelligence: AI-powered CDN Analytics as a Service

Serkan Sevim
CEO, Medianova

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm

From Automation to Autonomy: Orchestrating the Agentic Enterprise

Emre Özbey
CAO, Managing Partner, VBM

3:25 pm – 3:35 pm

From AI Potential to Decision Trust

Seçkin Özel
Senior Solution Engineer, Strategy

3:25 pm – 4:05 pm

The Data Sovereign: Converting Information Overload into Decision Intelligence

Kürşat Alp Yiğit
Vice President of Information Technologies, Aras Kargo
Vefa Erdem
CTO, Kazancı Holding
Köksal Küçükada
CIO, Sanko Holding
Serkan Çil
CIO, Koç Üniversitesi
Serdar Günizi
IT Director, Çelebi Havacılık Holding

Platinum Session C – The Intelligence Ecosystem: Powering Agentic AI with Modern Data Foundations

2:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

The Human Architecture: Redefining Talent and Culture in the Age of Agentic AI

Serkan Demir
CIO, Alarko Holding
Kerim Turnacı
CIO, ebebek
Emre Deniz
Head of IT, Çalık Holding
Orkun Süer
IT Director, Atasun Optik

2:45 pm – 2:55 pm

From Storage to Intelligence: The New Data Layer for AI

Uğur Dede
Regional Sales Manager, Türkiye, MinIO

2:55 pm – 3:05 pm

Anadolu Hayat: A Transformation Story in Real-Time Data Architecture

Gökçe Öztürk
Founder & CEO, OneDataLake
Işıl Başak Keçeci
Manager of Data Management, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik

3:05 pm – 3:15 pm

Commanding Security in Agentic Transformation: Architecting the AI Era

Cem Ersoy
Cloud Solutions Manager, ESTE

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm

A New Era in ERP Security: Proactive Threat Management and System Integration

Haldun Seçkin
Director, System Applications, BTC Bilişim Hizmetleri

3:25 pm – 3:35 pm

The Velocity Advantage: Accelerating the Enterprise through Strategic Automation Ecosystems

3:35 pm – 4:05 pm

The Autonomous Enterprise: Orchestrating the Shift from Tasks to Workflows

Özgür Korkmaz
Head of IT, Uludağ İçecek
Fırat Akın
General Manager Of IT, Çokyaşar Holding
Hasan Ali Kendir
Group CIO, Bayegan
Yasin Çarkcı
CTO, Tam Finans
Ahmet Hilmi Ersoy
CIO, Eren Perakende
4:05 pm

End of Day 1

Day 2

8:30 am

Registration & Networking

9:00 am

The Cross-Functional AI Symphony: Redefining Value and Leadership Across the C-Suite

As AI evolves from an operational tool into a core strategic partner, this panel brings together the perspectives of the CFO, CMO, CHRO, and CTO to examine the tangible impact of technological transformation on financial sustainability, customer experience, and talent management. These diverse leaders discuss how they overcome cultural and technical barriers through cross-functional collaboration, sharing real-world insights on how AI-driven business models are boosting corporate agility and ROI. The session concludes by outlining a unified strategic roadmap and the essential leadership competencies required to build an organization that truly embodies the “AI Everywhere” mindset.

Eren Eser

Eren Eser

Associate Research Director, Türkiye, IDC

Gülay Avcuoğlu

Gülay Avcuoğlu

Operations and Business Development Deputy General Manager, ESARJ Elektrikli Araçlar Şarj Sistemi

Barış Nefesoğlu

Barış Nefesoğlu

CMO, Tatilbudur.com

Ali Öztayıncı

Ali Öztayıncı

CFO, Hugo Boss

9:30 am

Producing Became Easy, Managing is the Art.

Ozan Akçora

Ozan Akçora

CEO, Butterfly

Emrah Yıldız

Emrah Yıldız

Head of IT, MAN

9:45 am

Charging Infrastructure as a Living Product

EV charging is a growing frontier of the new reality of mobility. It is a living ecosystem where hardware, regulations, energy dynamics, and user expectations move in parallel, and rarely in sync. WAT Mobilite’s platform had to stop behaving like a delivered project and start behaving like a product that evolves with the ecosystem it serves. In this talk, WAT’s technology leader walks through the architectural decisions, operating model shifts, and hard trade-offs behind that transition, and explains why data and AI are the next layer to tackle in the mobility value chain.

Burak Demirtaş

Burak Demirtaş

Chief Digital Officer, WAT Mobilite

İsmail Arslan

İsmail Arslan

VP of Strategy, Runibex

10:00 am

Beyond Digital Transformation: Building Compliant, Intelligent and Sustainable Enterprises

Coşkun Güler

Coşkun Güler

Sales Director, Uyumsoft

10:15 am

Strategizing the Right Tech-Ready Infrastructure for any Future

Faruk Ertin

Faruk Ertin

IT Solutions Line Manager(Campaign and Robotic Automation), Türk Telekom

10:30 am

Agentic Orchestration with Guardrails: Operationalize AI and build a truly Composable Orchestration & Automation Platform

Cem Gülbayır

Cem Gülbayır

Senior Account Executive, Camunda

Burak Ünalan

Burak Ünalan

Operation Executive, Redstar Aviation

Keynote
Day 2
10:45 am

A Good Captain Is Revealed in Stormy Seas

Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin |

Economist and Author

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Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin
11:45 am

Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

12:05 pm

Technology Focus Group Sessions

Track 1 – The AI Orchestration

12:05 pm – 12:05 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:05 pm – 12:20 pm

From AI Chaos to Orchestrated Agents

Mert Kapancıoğlu
Senior Sales Specialist, 32bit

12:20 pm – 12:35 pm

The Zero-Knowledge Enterprise: Rethinking How Data Is Stored, Shared, and Controlled

Tuna Özen
Co-Founder, TransferChain

12:35 pm – 12:50 pm

Data to Orchestration: Redefining Value Creation Model with Agentic AI

Özgür Kaynar
SVP, Data & AI Strategies, Komtaş

Track 2 – The Resilience & Cyber-Defense

12:05 pm – 12:05 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:05 pm – 12:20 pm

The Trust Problem: Rethinking Security in the Age of AI

Nur Şeker
CEO, ThreatMon

12:20 pm – 12:35 pm

We Grow, You Save: Redefining Enterprise Software Pricing

Ali Yıldırım
Sales Director, Türkiye, Halo

12:35 pm – 12:50 pm

Digital Identity and E-Signature in the Age of AI

Fulya Doğanay
Chief Sales, Marketing & Operation Officer, Seneka

Track 3 – The Data Sovereignty & Intelligence

12:05 pm – 12:05 pm

Start of the Session Raffle

12:05 pm – 12:20 pm

AI Governance: Closing the Control Gap in Agentic AI

Burak İnce
Team Lead, Solution Engineering, TrendAI

12:20 pm – 12:35 pm

Agentic AI: The New Infrastructure of Customer Experience

Serdar Susuz
CEO, Inspark

12:35 pm – 12:50 pm

The Importance of OT Security Enabling Sustainable Production

Ahmet Semi Zan
12:50 pm

Mega Raffle Announcment

1:15 pm

CIO Awards 2026 & Closing

IDC Manufacturing Roundtable

IDC Manufacturing Roundtable

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Zukunftssichere, KI-fähige industrielle Dateninfrastrukturen: Wie gelingt die Brücke zwischen Fabrikhalle und Cloud?

Produktionsdaten, die bislang in isolierten Systemen schlummerten, entwickeln sich zunehmend zu einem strategischen Asset für Innovation und Effizienzsteigerungen.

 

Durch die intelligente Nutzung von Produktions-, Qualitäts- und Maschinendaten – insbesondere mittels Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) –  lassen sich Qualitätsprobleme schneller adressieren, Energieverbräuche optimieren und ungeplante Maschinenstillstände vermeiden.

 

Unternehmen stehen daher vor der Aufgabe, das enorme Potenzial industrieller Daten besser als bisher zu erschließen und für den Einsatz von KI in den Fabrikhallen nutzbar zu machen.

 

Maßgeblich für den Erfolg sind geeignete Dateninfrastrukturen, die den Anforderungen an Sicherheit und Skalierbarkeit gerecht werden, sowie umfassende Daten-Governance-Konzepte, die das Vertrauen in industrielle KI-Anwendungen nachhaltig stärken.

 

Wie produzierende Unternehmen diesen Weg erfolgreich gehen können und wo Stolpersteine liegen, darum geht es bei diesem Roundtable. IDC und Data Reply als Partner laden Sie dazu herzlich ein. Wir freuen uns auf einen intensiven Erfahrungs- und Meinungsaustausch in kleiner, vertraulicher Runde 

Darüber und mehr wollen wir sprechen:

  • Von Dateninseln zu vernetzter Intelligenz: Wie schaffen Unternehmen den Übergang von isolierten Produktionsdaten zu einem integrierten, KI-fähigen Datenökosystem?
  • Datenstrategie & Architektur: Welche Architekturansätze sind geeignet, um Produktions-, Qualitäts-, und Maschinendaten AI-ready zu machen?
  • Rolle von KI im industriellen Umfeld: Welche Use Cases bringen heute echten Mehrwert (z. B. Predictive Maintenance, Qualitätsanalyse, Energieoptimierung, generative Assistenzsysteme für Techniker)?
  • Datenqualität und Governance: Wie können Unternehmen sicherstellen, dass industrielle Daten vertrauenswürdig, kontextualisiert und KI-fähig sind?
  • Organisatorische Voraussetzungen: „Die größten Hürden für KI in der Industrie sind nicht technologisch, sondern organisatorisch.“ Wie lässt sich ein „AI-ready Mindset“ in Engineering- und Produktionsorganisationen etablieren?

Highlights aus dem Programm:

  • Praxisbericht von Philipp Martin Lutz, Senior Key Expert bei Siemens Digital Industries zu Data Products in the Agentic Era
  • Expertengespräch über Entscheidungsalternativen für IT-Executives
  • Moderierte Diskussionsrunde zum Austausch von Ansichten und Erfahrungen

Agenda

IDC Manufacturing Roundtable

One Day Event

5:30 pm

Empfang

Networking bei Drinks und Canapés

6:00 pm

Begrüßung und Einführung

Stefanie Naujoks

Stefanie Naujoks

Research Director, IDC

Sergio Spinatelli

Sergio Spinatelli

Partner, Data Reply

6:10 pm

Vorstellungsrunde der Teilnehmenden

6:20 pm

Towards the Data Quantum – Data Products in the Agentic Era

Philipp Martin Lutz

Philipp Martin Lutz

Senior Key Expert, Siemens Digital Industries

6:40 pm

Expertengespräch: Die Bedeutung von skalierbaren, sicheren und zukunftssicheren Dateninfrastrukturen, um AI at scale in der Fertigung zu ermöglichen

Sergio Spinatelli

Sergio Spinatelli

Partner, Data Reply

7:00 pm

Offene Diskussion und Austausch von Positionen und Erfahrungen aller Teilnehmenden

8:00 pm

Wrap Up und Closing mit Aperitif

anschließend Flying Dinner mit Networking

9:30 pm

Ende des Roundtables

Sprecher

Stefanie Naujoks

Stefanie Naujoks

Research Director

IDC

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Sergio Spinatelli

Sergio Spinatelli

Partner

Data Reply

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Philipp Martin Lutz

Philipp Martin Lutz

Senior Key Expert

Siemens Digital Industries

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Partner

Veranstaltungsort

SKYLOFT Stuttgart

Büchsenstraße 20
70174 Stuttgart

WWW

Teilnahmebedingungen

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CIO Summit

CIO Summit

The Rise of Agentic Systems

19 May 2026 Rome, Italy
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Aziende, istituzioni e Sistema Paese: una nuova leva di sviluppo

L’IDC CIO Summit Italy 2026 è l’evento di riferimento per dirigenti senior del mondo tecnologico e business che guidano la strategia aziendale e la leadership digitale in una delle economie europee più ambiziose e orientate alla trasformazione.

Pensato per CIO, CTO e leader della trasformazione, questo summit di una giornata offre insight concreti sulle principali priorità italiane per il 2026: modernizzazione, cybersecurity, sostenibilità, intelligenza artificiale e adozione dell’Agentic AI, oltre all’allineamento degli investimenti IT a valore di business misurabile, in un contesto normativo sempre più stringente.

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Gli analisti IDC e gli esperti di settore condivideranno indicazioni pratiche su come costruire architetture IT resilienti, sicure e sostenibili, ridurre il debito tecnologico e implementare l’intelligenza artificiale, inclusa l’Agentic AI, in modo responsabile e scalabile.

Attraverso keynote, panel e momenti di confronto collaborativo, il Summit fornisce ai CIO italiani framework strategici, ricerche esclusive e insight di leadership per guidare un’innovazione affidabile, rafforzare la resilienza e accelerare la trasformazione digitale fino al 2026 e oltre.

2026 Prediction

Entro il 2027, il 55% dei CIO delle aziende G1000 sarà incaricato di sviluppare playbook sul valore dell’AI a livello enterprise, includendo modelli di ROI ampliati per definire, misurare e dimostrare l’impatto dell’intelligenza artificiale su efficienza, crescita e innovazione.

Main Themes

Il CIO come Business Strategist​

I CIO sono passati da leader operativi a strateghi aziendali. Con la trasformazione digitale che ridefinisce ogni modello di business, la leadership tecnologica diventa un fattore chiave di competitività. Il CIO di oggi deve allineare le priorità IT agli obiettivi di business, influenzare l’agenda del board e guidare innovazioni capaci di generare valore misurabile.

Modernizzazione, Sistemi legacy e Technical debt​

Gestire il debito tecnico non è più solo una questione di manutenzione, ma una priorità strategica. Modernizzare i sistemi legacy, semplificare le architetture e ottimizzare le strutture dei costi consente alle organizzazioni di spostare risorse dalla manutenzione all’innovazione. Portafogli tecnologici snelli offrono l’agilità necessaria per competere in un’economia digitale.

The Agentic AI Revolution​

L’Agentic AI segna il passaggio dall’automazione all’autonomia. I CIO devono saper governare, scalare e integrare sistemi di intelligenza artificiale autonoma in modo responsabile, bilanciando le opportunità con il controllo per creare aziende intelligenti e autonome.

Resilience by Design​

La resilienza sta emergendo come la capacità distintiva delle imprese moderne. Architetture adattive, infrastrutture sicure e una pianificazione integrata della continuità consentono alle organizzazioni di resistere alle interruzioni — che derivino da incertezze economiche, cambiamenti normativi o minacce informatiche — mantenendo al contempo crescita e fiducia.

Cybersecurity, Trust, & Digital Sovereignty​

Con l’espansione degli ecosistemi digitali, la fiducia diventa un elemento critico. I CIO devono affrontare in modo integrato cybersecurity, sovranità dei dati e compliance, assicurando che le strategie cloud e le operazioni transfrontaliere siano allineate alle normative in evoluzione. Costruire fiducia digitale significa garantire protezione e al contempo ottenere un vantaggio competitivo.

Building the Intelligent Enterprise​

I dati sono la base di ogni organizzazione intelligente. Architetture dati affidabili, governate e accessibili consentono ad AI, automazione e analytics di operare su larga scala. Le imprese che investono in solide fondamenta dati sono meglio posizionate per estrarre insight, anticipare i cambiamenti e ottenere risultati di business più intelligenti e rapidi.

2026 Prediction

Entro il 2027, le organizzazioni G1000 dovranno affrontare un aumento fino al 30% dei costi di infrastruttura AI sottostimati, spingendo i CIO ad ampliare il raggio d’azione dei team FinOps per ottimizzare le spese e aumentare il valore di business.

Speaker

Massimiliano Claps

Massimiliano Claps

Research Director

IDC

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Martina Longo

Martina Longo

Research Manager, AI-Fueled Business Strategies

IDC

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Mario Nobile

Mario Nobile

Direttore Generale

AgID, l'Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale.

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Andrea Durastante

Andrea Durastante

Senior Automation Technical Specialist

IBM Italia

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Loredana Vajano

Loredana Vajano

Director – Servizio sistemi informativi e digitalizzazione

Agcom

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Cecilia Colasanti

Cecilia Colasanti

Chief Information Officer

ISTAT

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Paolo Talamo

Paolo Talamo

Account Executive

Wiz

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Giorgio Dossena

Giorgio Dossena

Senior Presales Manager

Qlik

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Gianpiero Ciorra

Gianpiero Ciorra

Head of IT & Digital Transformation

Gambero Rosso

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Oreste Patierno

Oreste Patierno

Sr Principal Solution Engineer,

BMC Helix

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Samuele Apostoli

Samuele Apostoli

Market Development Manager – Southern Europe

Shure Europe

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Luca Battistelli

Luca Battistelli

System Sales Manager

Prase

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Alessandro Chinnici

Alessandro Chinnici

Senior Application Integration Technical Specialist

IBM Italia

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Nadia Gualdi

Nadia Gualdi

Account Executive

Qlik

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Ivan Pedrotti

Ivan Pedrotti

Enterprise Account Executive

Qlik

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Marco Balzarotti

Marco Balzarotti

Senior Account Technical Leader

IBM Italia

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Alessandro Aresu

Alessandro Aresu

Writer and expert in public policy, strategy and geopolitics

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I nostri Partners

Venue

Palazzo Brancaccio,

viale del Monte Oppio, 7

Roma

 

Come partecipare

L’evento, che si terrà il 19 maggio 2026 a partire dalle ore 9:00, è gratuito (previa compilazione del modulo di registrazione) per i professionisti dei seguenti settori: Manifatturiero, Automotive, Fashion, Finance, Banche e Assicurazioni, Retail, Energia e Utility, Media, Pubblica Amministrazione, Sanità, Istruzione, Trasporti, Logistica, Telecomunicazioni, Servizi Personali e Professionali.

L’accesso all’evento non è consentito a aziende ICT non sponsor (vendor, distributori, rivenditori, VAR, system integrator), a società di consulenza e servizi ICT, a privati e liberi professionisti.

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Artificial Intelligence has officially reached the “you can do anything with it” stage of technological hype. Judging just by AI vendor narratives, and by some of the media, it’s the golden key to productivity, efficiency, optimization and innovation.

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The Agentic Business Future: Driving Resilience, Sovereignty, and Innovation in EMEA

As organizations navigate an era defined by economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and relentless technological change, one truth stands out: the future belongs to those who can harness AI, automation, and sovereignty to build resilience, drive innovation, and unlock growth.

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The CXO Dinner: From AI Adoption to AI-Native Organizations

The CXO Dinner: From AI Adoption to AI-Native Organizations

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Overview

Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from being a futuristic vision to a national priority; that is shaping competitiveness across government, industries, and the broader economy. As the kingdom accelerates toward its Vision 2030 goals, AI has emerged as a cornerstone of digital transformation, economic diversification, and workforce evolution for the kingdom.

 

According to IDC, the momentum is strong. 48% of Saudi organizations have already made significant AI investments, while 43% are actively piloting use cases, signaling a rapid progression toward scaled, AI-native execution. While this pace creates urgency, risks emerge in parallel. Without clear governance frameworks, integrated operating models, and executive stewardship, AI initiatives struggle to deliver sustained outcomes.

 

As enterprises move beyond AI experimentation, the focus is now on becoming AI-native. Intelligence is being directly embedded into operating models, workflows, and decision-making at scale, ensuring that AI investments translate into measurable business outcomes and sustained competitiveness.

 

Join this exclusive, invitation-only leadership gathering bringing together CXOs and senior enterprise and government decision-makers for an intimate discussion. Hear from IDC and UnifyApps experts as they explore how organizations can transition from AI adoption to AI-native execution, reshaping operations, talent models, and enterprise performance.

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The CXO Dinner: From AI Adoption to AI-Native Organizations

One Day Event

6:00 pm

Registration & Networking

7:00 pm

Welcome Address

7:05 pm

IDC Keynote: The National AI Imperative: Fueling the Execution End of Vision 2030

Uzair Mujtaba

Uzair Mujtaba

Senior Research Manager, IDC

7:20 pm

From AI Pilots to AI-Native Execution

Amr Abou Reslan

Amr Abou Reslan

Regional Director, UnifyApps

7:40 pm

Panel Discussion: AI That Actually Works: Moving From Tools to Results

Uzair Mujtaba

Uzair Mujtaba

Senior Research Manager, IDC

Ahmed Sadek

Ahmed Sadek

Solution Architects Team Lead, META, UnifyApps

Brent Pienaar

Brent Pienaar

Head of Digital Transformation & Automation, Qiddiya

Saaim Aslam

Saaim Aslam

Head of Enterprise Technology, Almosafer Travel & Tourism Co.

Hamzah Mahafzah

Hamzah Mahafzah

Enterprise Architecture Director, Najm

8:10 pm

Summary & Closing Remarks

Amr Abou Reslan

Amr Abou Reslan

Regional Director, UnifyApps

8:15 pm

Dinner & Networking

Speakers

Uzair Mujtaba

Uzair Mujtaba

Senior Research Manager

IDC

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Amr Abou Reslan

Amr Abou Reslan

Regional Director

UnifyApps

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Ahmed Sadek

Ahmed Sadek

Solution Architects Team Lead, META

UnifyApps

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Brent Pienaar

Brent Pienaar

Head of Digital Transformation & Automation

Qiddiya

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Saaim Aslam

Saaim Aslam

Head of Enterprise Technology

Almosafer Travel & Tourism Co.

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Hamzah Mahafzah

Hamzah Mahafzah

Enterprise Architecture Director

Najm

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Venue

Fairmont Riyadh

Mecca Meeting Room

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