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Benelux CIO Executive Summit
19 September 2018 | Hotel Okura, Amsterdam
19 September 2018
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Benelux CIO Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Investing in your people and the right technologies
Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models
Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes
Benelux CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
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Bouke Hoving
KPN
Executive Vice President Networks & IT (CIO)
Florence Mottay
Ahold Delhaize
VP Information Security & CISO Europe
Robbert Van Rutten
Royal Dutch Shell
VP Information Risk Management & CISO
Agenda
18 September 2018
19 September 2018
08:00 - 08:45 Registration & Breakfast
08:45 - 09:45 Keynote
Dare to Do
Joost Rigter
Inspirational Speaker
Living in the technological age means everything is changing all the time — companies, industries, even society. As a leader, how do you deal with change? How do you find light in the dark? How do guts, humor, acceptance and self-confidence ensure that obstacles are actually much smaller than they seem? Joost Rigter opens the Benelux Executive Summit by inspiring you to see possibilities instead of limitations and embrace the power of change.
09:45 - 10:00 Networking Break
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
Retraining the Next Generation of IT
Giel Groot
Graduate, Make IT Work
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Marianne Hoornenborg
Graduate, Make IT Work
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Ronald Kleijn
Project Manager, Make IT Work & Sr. Lecturer
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Wijnand de Kruijff
CIO Customer & Commerce
Nationale-Nederlanden
Esmeralda Waterreus-Krooswijk
CIO Europe
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Addressing the widening skills gap in IT and security is one of the most pressing, yet nebulous, challenges facing organizations today. Meeting this critical need requires new and innovative partnerships. One such program addressing the skills gap is Make IT Work, which recruits highly-educated workers who don’t have IT backgrounds and retrains them for a career in IT by collaborating with major employers across the Netherlands. Join your peers and recent graduates from Make IT Work for an honest discussion on coming together to create a workforce with the right skillsets to meet the demands of the future and the realities of today.
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
Driving Business with APIs in the Digital Ecosystem
Hosted by Apigee, Part of Google Cloud
Kevin Bouwmeester
Google Cloud Platform Sales Engineer
Google Cloud
Anuschka Diderich
Thought Leader API
KPN New Business
Telcos face a challenging environment with the entrance of more and more new players and rapidly changing customer demands. Traditionally telcos are seen as beacons of trust, focused on continuity and built upon solid infrastructure. On the flip side, new players in the space are known for flexibility and their ability to innovate quickly. API thought leader Anuschka Diderich will share a case study on how KPN combines the best of both worlds in the New Business division. Explore the API ecosystem and learn how KPN is accelerating the development of new products and services through a commitment to collaboration and digital innovation.
10:00 - 10:45 Executive Boardroom
Avoiding Risk in Business-Critical Applications During Digital Transformation
Hosted by Onapsis, Inc.
Lies Alderlieste-de Wit
CISO
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Sean McLeod
Group Information Security & Risk Officer
SHV Energy
Jan Hubicka
Senior Security Expert
Onapsis, Inc.
Digital transformation is not just a buzzword, but an outline of business and operational plans to integrate and prioritize the latest digital technologies available. Unfortunately, security is often second priority or not even in the scope of the transformation project. Worse, many organizations have not identified a plan for how they will migrate their most critical applications, like SAP and Oracle in a secure way, putting assets at risk. Join this session to discuss how to make security an enabler instead of a roadblock. Discover action items you can implement immediately to ensure security and compliance of your organization’s critical applications.
10:45 - 11:30 Networking Break
18 September 2018
19 September 2018
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