Region: Europe
Agenda
IT Security Summit Barcelona
One Day Event
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Welcome Address & Opening
IDC Keynote Session
Joel Stradling
Research Director, European Security, IDC
Softeng: Host Partner Session
Strategy Partner Session
Panel – Tech Panel Partners & Users
Daniel-Zoe Jimenez
Vice President Research, IDC
Strategy Partner Session
Coffee Break & Networking
Interview with End User
Tech Talk Partner Session
Panel – Tech Panel Partners & Users
Tech Talk Partner Session
Tech Talk Partner Session
IDC Connect Roundtables
Host Partner Wrap-up
IDC Closure
Cocktail Lunch
IDC Dinner Roundtable Frankfurt
IDC Dinner Roundtable Frankfurt
Navigating Digital Sovereignty – Kontrolle und Innovation im Gleichgewicht
Digitale Souveränität ist für europäische und deutsche Unternehmen zu einer strategischen Kernfrage geworden. Neu geschaffene Modelle der operativer Unabhängigkeit bieten IT-Verantwortlichen in einem weltpolitisch fragilen Umfeld hierfür neue Chancen und Herausforderungen.
Wie lassen sich Datenkontrolle und Innovationsfähigkeit – insbesondere im Bereich Cloud und KI – sinvoll miteinander vereinbaren? Und wie können moderne Cloud-Architekturen, hybride Modelle und offene Standards dabei helfen, Flexibilität und Zukunftssicherheit zu gewährleisten?
Darüber und mehr wollen wir sprechen:
Gemeinsam werden in einer vertraulichen Runde unter anderem folgende Fragen diskutiert:
- Welche Anforderungen an digitale Souveränität sind wirklich geschäftskritisch?
- Gibt es das optimale Gleichgewicht zwischen Innovation und Kontrolle?
- Welche Cloud-Modelle schaffen deutschen Unternehmen wirklich nachhaltige Resilienz?
Freuen Sie sich auf einen Austausch auf Augenhöhe, praxisnahe Impulse und wertvolle Einblicke in Strategien, die digitale Souveränität und Wachstum erfolgreich verbinden.
Agenda
IDC Dinner Roundtable Frankfurt
One Day Event
Empfang
Networking bei Drinks und Canapés
Begrüßung & Vorstellung der Themen des Abends
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe, IDC
Matthias Thiemann
Vice President Client Success DACH, N-iX
Vorspeise – Erstes Diskussionsthema
Digitale Souveränität ist für viele Unternehmen zur strategischen Kernfrage geworden. Doch was bedeutet sie konkret für Ihr Unternehmen – welche Anforderungen an digitale Souveränität sind wirklich geschäftskritisch?
Hauptgang – Zweites Diskussionsthema
Cloud und KI treiben Innovation massiv voran. Gleichzeitig wachsen Anforderungen an Kontrolle und Transparenz – wie gehen Sie mit KI-Use-Cases um, wenn Datenhoheit kritisch ist?
Dessert – Drittes Diskussionsthema
Wenn wir digitale Souveränität nicht nur als Prinzip, sondern als Architekturfrage verstehen, wie sollte eine zukunftssichere IT-Landschaft konkret aussehen – wo sind Partnerschaften sinnvoller als Eigenbetrieb?
Zusammenfassung und Ausblick
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe, IDC
Matthias Thiemann
Vice President Client Success DACH, N-iX
Offizielles Ende des Dinner Roundtables
Sprecher
Carla Arend
Carla Arend is a senior program director with the European software and infrastructure research team, and heads up IDC’s European cloud research. Arend provides industry clients with key insight into market dynamics, vendor activities, and end-user adoption trends in the European cloud market. As part of her research, she covers topics such as how European organizations are adopting cloud, how cloud drivers and inhibitors are evolving, cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud, IoT and cloud, AI and cloud, Devops and cloud, as well as GDPR impact on cloud and cloud code of conduct.
In addition to syndicated research, Arend has worked on many custom consulting projects identifying opportunities in the European cloud market and has authored white papers on subjects such as cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud.
Arend is regularly asked to speak at industry events, strategy workshops, sales kick-offs and training, partner events, and end-user events.
Arend holds a BA in business administration from University of Mannheim and an MSc in business administration and management of technology from Copenhagen Business School, in addition to course work at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 8:40 pm
Zusammenfassung und Ausblick
One Day Event 6:00 pm
Begrüßung & Vorstellung der Themen des Abends
Matthias Thiemann
Partner
Event Partner
Veranstaltungsort
Sofitel Frankfurt Opera
Teilnahmebedingungen
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IDC & Lenovo Roundtable Connect
IDC & Lenovo Roundtable Connect
AI oltre l'hype: generare valore aziendale sostenibile su larga scala
Oltre la metà delle imprese nella regione ha già implementato l’IA e il 94% prevede un ritorno sull’investimento positivo, con una media di $2,78 generati per ogni dollaro speso.
Questa ondata di fiducia si riflette nel 93% delle organizzazioni che intendono aumentare i propri budget per l’IA nel prossimo anno.
Un confronto diretto tra pari
Con il passaggio dell’AI dalla fase di sperimentazione all’esecuzione aziendale, molte organizzazioni si trovano ad affrontare la stessa sfida: come scalare l’AI oltre casi d’uso isolati e trasformarla in valore aziendale misurabile. Sempre più spesso, ciò richiede la comprensione delle dinamiche economiche alla base dell’AI – dai costi infrastrutturali ai nuovi modelli di consumo basati sui token – portando la “tokenomics” al centro dell’attenzione come nuovo parametro per valutare l’efficienza e il ROI.
Tuttavia, il vero ostacolo non è la tecnologia; ma la mancanza di allineamento su cosa significhi effettivamente “successo dell’AI” – che si tratti di produttività, velocità, qualità, impatto sul cliente o vantaggio competitivo. Finché questo non sarà chiaro, la scalabilità rimarrà difficile.
Questo incontro esclusivo riunisce un gruppo selezionato di CIO e leader tecnologici senior per discutere di ciò che serve per rendere l’AI operativa in tutta l’azienda – in modo sicuro, responsabile e su larga scala.
Basata sui risultati del CIO Playbook 2026, che raccoglie i contributi di 800 leader IT e aziendali in Europa e Medio Oriente, la conversazione si concentrerà sulle decisioni più critiche del momento: come definire il successo dell’AI, costruire le giuste fondamenta, scalare con la corretta governance e prepararsi all’ascesa dell’AI agentica.
La discussione è concepita per un confronto diretto tra pari sulla realtà dell’esecuzione: cosa sta realmente creando valore, cosa sta frenando le organizzazioni e cosa serve per passare dai progetti pilota a un impatto misurabile.
Key Topics
Perchè partecipare
Unisciti a Lenovo e IDC per esplorare come le organizzazioni dell’area EMEA stiano trasformando l’ambizione legata all’AI in un impatto aziendale reale e tangibile. Mentre le imprese superano la fase di sperimentazione, questa sessione offrirà una visione chiara su come scalare con successo l’AI tra le varie funzioni, massimizzare il ritorno sull’investimento e prepararsi alla prossima ondata di innovazione guidata dall’AI agentica.
Punti chiave dell’incontro:
- Scopri i risultati principali del CIO Playbook 2026 e il loro significato per la tua strategia di AI.
- Analizza come le organizzazioni leader stiano portando l’AI dalla fase pilota alla produzione, superando le barriere comuni.
- Scopri come l’infrastruttura ibrida, la governance e la fiducia stiano favorendo l’adozione dell’AI a livello aziendale.
- Esplora i casi d’uso emergenti dell’AI agentica e come questa stia trasformando processi aziendali complessi.
Takeaways
Ottieni approfondimenti pratici e approcci collaudati per accelerare il tuo percorso nell'AI, allineare le priorità IT con quelle aziendali e assicurarti che la tua organizzazione sia pronta a cogliere l'intero valore dell'AI su larga scala.
Speakers
Giulia Carosella
Giulia Carosella leads IDC’s European Digital Business Research. In her role she advises ICT players on European digital business market trends, supporting them in their planning, go-to-market and sales cycles with market research, custom projects, as well as honoraria.
Her research covers European digital strategies and roadmaps, looking at how European organizations create business value through the use of digital technologies. This includes analyzing key digital priorities and use cases, digital business models, key metrics for value assessment, and new organizational structures. In her role, she also focuses on the digital business platform and the shift towards open, flexible, and data-driven architectures.
Before joining IDC in 2017, Carosella worked as a technology risk consultant for Protiviti and as a research analyst for the Decision Sciences Department at the Bocconi University.
Carosella holds a master’s in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).
She is based in Milan and speaks Italian and English fluently.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:20 pm
Conclusioni
a cura di IDC & Lenovo
One Day Event 12:05 pm
Scenario di Mercato
a cura di IDC
One Day Event 12:00 pm
Benvenuto e apertura dei lavori
a cura di IDC & Lenovo
Agenda
IDC & Lenovo Roundtable Connect
One Day Event
Registrazione e Cocktail di benvenuto
Benvenuto e apertura dei lavori
a cura di IDC & Lenovo
Giulia Carosella
Research Manager, Digital Transformation, IDC Europe,
Scenario di Mercato
a cura di IDC
Giulia Carosella
Research Manager, Digital Transformation, IDC Europe,
Scenario Tecnologico e Storie di Successo
a cura di Lenovo
Apertura Open Discussion e Pranzo
Open Discussion #1 A che punto siamo davvero con l’IA per le imprese?
Dai progetti pilota alla realtà
Open Discussion #2 – Cosa serve per scalare l’IA e ottenere risultati misurabili
Esecuzione su larga scala
Open Discussion #3 – Cosa ci aspetta. E siamo pronti?
Prepararsi al futuro (IA Agente e oltre)
Conclusioni
a cura di IDC & Lenovo
Giulia Carosella
Research Manager, Digital Transformation, IDC Europe,
Chiusura dei Lavori
Partner
Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.
Venue
Note per la partecipazione
L'evento è gratuito ma soggetto alla conferma finale da parte della segreteria organizzativa IDC in seguito alla registrazione.
IBM event June
IBM event June
Sponsored by
From Strategy to Impact: AI, Data, and Infrastructure in Action
Businesses are navigating one of the most consequential technology shifts in decades. IDC underscores the urgent need for organizations to move beyond experimentation toward strategic reinvention centered around AI.
Despite the forecast for global spending on artificial intelligence reaching $570 billion in 2026, realizing that value demands more than ambition, it requires the right data foundation, the right infrastructure, and the right technology partners to turn innovation into measurable business outcomes.
At this event we will explore how organizations can harness applied technology to drive real business impact, including:
- How to deploy AI workloads fast to realize potential revenue growth while addressing challenges related to cost optimization, data compliance, and security.
- Infrastructure as a strategic enabler: How fit-for-purpose, hybrid architectures enable scalable and resilient AI deployments.
- The foundational role of trusted, well-managed data in unlocking AI’s full potential.
- Building the skills, processes, and culture required to maximize value from applied technology and innovation.
Speakers
Partners
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.
Venue
Grand Hotel Bucharest
Grand Hotel Bucharest is iconic for luxury hotels in Romania. Located in the heart of the city, it is a famous Bucharest landmark. It was the city’s first skyscraper and the tallest building for over 30 years, and it is still one of the tallest buildings in Bucharest today. The foreign press favored it as a base during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.
Partners
Unsere Partner
Unsere Veranstaltungspartner sind das Rückgrat des FutureTech Summit. Sie leisten nicht nur Unterstützung, sondern bringen vor allem bahnbrechende Technologien und fundiertes Fachwissen mit. Ihr Beitrag macht den Summit zu einem lebendigen Treffpunkt für vertiefende Einblicke und konkrete Geschäftslösungen – gemeinsam gestalten wir die Zukunft der IT.
Tech Talk Partner
Tanium
Tanium Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) offers the most comprehensive solution for intelligently managing endpoints across industries, providing capabilities for asset discovery and inventory, endpoint management, vulnerability management, risk and compliance, threat hunting & incident response, and digital employee experience. The platform supports 34M endpoints worldwide, including 40% of the Fortune 100, delivering increasingly efficient operations and an improved security posture at scale, with confidence, and in real-time. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Partners
Our Partners
Our event partners are the backbone of the FutureTech Summit. They not only provide support, but above all bring groundbreaking technologies and in-depth expert knowledge to the table. Their input turns the summit into a lively hub for deep dives and real business solutions – together we are shaping the future of IT.
Tech Talk Partner
Tanium
Tanium Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) offers the most comprehensive solution for intelligently managing endpoints across industries, providing capabilities for asset discovery and inventory, endpoint management, vulnerability management, risk and compliance, threat hunting & incident response, and digital employee experience. The platform supports 34M endpoints worldwide, including 40% of the Fortune 100, delivering increasingly efficient operations and an improved security posture at scale, with confidence, and in real-time. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Speakers
Speakers
Daniel-Zoe Jimenez
Daniel-Zoe Jimenez is Associate Vice President for IDC’s Asia/Pacific region, based in Singapore. He leads the regional Digital Transformation (DX), Future Enterprise and SMB research practices.
Daniel provides strategic advisory services to the C-Suite (CIOs, CDOs, CMOs, CHROs and CFOs) on how to develop and leverage new business, technology (e.g. AI and Analytics, Cloud, Mobility, IoT) and operating models to become more competitive. He delivers workshops and strategic engagements for customers across Asia/Pacific such as assessing maturity, identifying gaps, crafting strategies and technology roadmaps, determining ecosystem readiness, metrics (KPIs), and skills required to drive growth and profitability.
Daniel leads a team of analysts across Asia/Pacific who provide thought leadership research and insights to technology buyers, suppliers and government institutions on the impact that the evolving market changes, and the new and established technologies have on their businesses.
Earlier in IDC, Daniel was the co-lead for the Big Data/Analytics research practice. Today, he also has a leading role in the Asia/Pacific customer experience (CX), marketing, commerce and broader enterprise applications (e.g. ERP, HCM and CRM) research.
Daniel is a frequent speaker at IDC and client events, as well as in seminars in the region; and is often quoted in business and IT publications.
Daniel has more than 20 years of international experience with large organizations worldwide, from consulting to ICT and market research. Prior to joining IDC, Daniel worked for four years with Fujitsu Services handling presales and marketing roles. He also held a global role with Accenture for almost four years in the marketing and presales groups within the Financial Services Group. At Datamonitor’s London office, Daniel held the positions of research manager and business analyst, covering the internet, telco and mobility markets.
Daniel holds a Bachelor in Philosophy degree with focused on Science, Mind, and Language — courses in Psychology and Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
Ignacio Martínez De Lizarrondo
Agenda
Agenda
FutureTech Summit
One Day Event
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Welcome Address & Opening
IDC Keynote FutureTech Summit
Host Partner Session
Strategic Partner Session #1
Panel 1: Redefining the Digital Core for the New Enterprise
This panel will explore how organizations are redefining their digital core to meet evolving business demands in an increasingly dynamic, distributed, and data-driven environment. Beyond technology adoption, the discussion will focus on how infrastructure, cloud, and data platforms are becoming key enablers of operational efficiency, agility, and innovation.
The conversation will examine the shift from traditional models to modern architectures—hybrid, cloud-native, and data-centric—designed to scale capabilities, optimize operations, and continuously deliver business value. Leaders will share real-world perspectives on aligning technology with business priorities while balancing performance, cost, data sovereignty, and resilience in complex environments.
Strategic Partner Session #2
Coffee Break
Interview end user
Tech Talk Partner Session #1
Panel 2: AI as a Driver of Business and Operations Transformation
This panel will explore how organizations are leveraging artificial intelligence to transform their business models and optimize operations, moving from isolated initiatives to real, enterprise-wide integration. Beyond use cases, the discussion will focus on how AI is reshaping processes, enhancing decision-making, and unlocking new growth opportunities.
The conversation will also address the key enablers of sustainable adoption, including intelligent automation, the shift toward more autonomous operations, and the need to ensure security, resilience, and regulatory compliance. Leaders will share how they are turning AI into a strategic enabler while balancing innovation, control, and value creation.
Tech Talk Partner Session #2
Tech Talk Partner Session #3
IDC Connect Roundtables for Host and Dialogue Sponsors
Host Partner Wrap-up
IDC Closure
Networking Cocktail Lunch
FutureTech Summit
FutureTech Summit
Unifying Cloud, Data, and Infrastructure to Accelerate AI Innovation at Scale
The IDC FutureTech Summit Spain is a leading event for CTOs, IT architects, and technology leaders shaping the next era of enterprise technology in Europe.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a side initiative—it has become central to business growth. More than half of CXOs expect a direct revenue impact from AI, while 77% of CIOs rank its implementation and scalability as their top priority for 2026. To fully capitalize on this potential, organizations must go beyond technology adoption and transform their mindset, architectures, and leadership models.
We are at a turning point: enterprises are moving from isolated pilot projects to large-scale deployments, where data, infrastructure, and talent must be ready to operate in autonomous, AI-driven environments. In this context, modernizing technology foundations is no longer optional—it is a critical enabler of competitiveness
IDC forecasts indicate that investment in AI, cloud, and edge will account for 15–30% of IT budgets by 2027, reflecting a strong Europe-wide commitment to accelerating innovation and building future-ready infrastructures.
Key drivers of this transformation include:
- The acceleration of AI-driven transformation, with organizations embedding intelligence across infrastructure, operations, and decision-making processes.
- The evolution toward modern, cloud-native and increasingly AI-native architectures designed to support scalable and secure AI workloads.
- The rise of automation, observability, and orchestration to simplify operations and enhance resilience.
- The expansion of open and composable technologies—from containers to DevOps practices—accelerating development and integration.
- The consolidation of data platforms as a key innovation engine, unifying cloud, edge, and AI environments to deliver real-time insights and business value.
This event provides a strategic perspective on Europe’s digital future, combining IDC research, real-world innovation use cases, and practical frameworks that help leaders turn complexity into opportunity and build scalable, sustainable, AI-ready digital ecosystems.
Prediction 2026
By 2026, 90% of digital infrastructure decision-makers worldwide will consider AI a key factor in budget allocation and technology decisions.
Key Topics
AI-Ready Infrastructure
Modernizing legacy systems and building scalable, secure, high-performance platforms designed to support AI workloads and accelerate innovation.
Cloud, Hybrid, and AI-Native Architectures
Adopting cloud-native, hybrid, and multicloud environments, evolving toward AI-native architectures that enable greater agility, resilience, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
Data, Edge, and Real-Time Intelligence
Integrating unified data platforms with edge capabilities to enable real-time analytics, low-latency inferencing, and efficient, sovereign data management.
Automation and Autonomous Operations
Driving operational efficiency through AIOps, intelligent automation, and advanced observability, enabling more resilient, proactive, and autonomous IT environments.
Responsible AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Trust
Developing governance frameworks for ethical and scalable AI aligned with regulation (such as the EU AI Act), alongside cybersecurity strategies that strengthen trust in digital ecosystems.
Open Innovation, Talent, and Sustainability
Accelerating innovation through open-source and composable technologies, fostering DevOps practices, developing talent, and embedding ESG and sustainability criteria into technology strategies.
Prediction 2026
82% of cloud service buyers plan to modernize their cloud infrastructure, and 88% are implementing or already operating a hybrid cloud.
IDC Analysts
Daniel-Zoe Jimenez
Daniel-Zoe Jimenez is Associate Vice President for IDC’s Asia/Pacific region, based in Singapore. He leads the regional Digital Transformation (DX), Future Enterprise and SMB research practices.
Daniel provides strategic advisory services to the C-Suite (CIOs, CDOs, CMOs, CHROs and CFOs) on how to develop and leverage new business, technology (e.g. AI and Analytics, Cloud, Mobility, IoT) and operating models to become more competitive. He delivers workshops and strategic engagements for customers across Asia/Pacific such as assessing maturity, identifying gaps, crafting strategies and technology roadmaps, determining ecosystem readiness, metrics (KPIs), and skills required to drive growth and profitability.
Daniel leads a team of analysts across Asia/Pacific who provide thought leadership research and insights to technology buyers, suppliers and government institutions on the impact that the evolving market changes, and the new and established technologies have on their businesses.
Earlier in IDC, Daniel was the co-lead for the Big Data/Analytics research practice. Today, he also has a leading role in the Asia/Pacific customer experience (CX), marketing, commerce and broader enterprise applications (e.g. ERP, HCM and CRM) research.
Daniel is a frequent speaker at IDC and client events, as well as in seminars in the region; and is often quoted in business and IT publications.
Daniel has more than 20 years of international experience with large organizations worldwide, from consulting to ICT and market research. Prior to joining IDC, Daniel worked for four years with Fujitsu Services handling presales and marketing roles. He also held a global role with Accenture for almost four years in the marketing and presales groups within the Financial Services Group. At Datamonitor’s London office, Daniel held the positions of research manager and business analyst, covering the internet, telco and mobility markets.
Daniel holds a Bachelor in Philosophy degree with focused on Science, Mind, and Language — courses in Psychology and Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
Ignacio Martínez De Lizarrondo
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