Europe
CIO Summit
Defining Technology Leadership in a Digital-first World
In-Person Event | Vineuil-Saint-Firmin | October 9 - October 11, 2022
Join the IDC European CIO and Digital Leaders Summit and be part of the conversation from the 9th to the 11th October 2022 in France.
As technology becomes the key differentiator for all organizations operating in the digital-first world, the spotlight is being shone on the technology leadership function.
The theme of the summit will be Defining Technology Leadership in a Digital-first World with workshops, panels, and debates focusing on how European organizations will execute on their respective roadmaps and landmark use cases to become digital-native enterprises in which disruptive innovation is business as usual.
The summit is designed as an information-sharing forum and an intimate networking platform for a select group of 60 to 70 CIOs from the top 500 companies and largest enterprises in Europe. The event's exclusivity and personable format allows for the most engaging of conversations and in-depth discussions to take place in a stunning five-star environment. Every delegate will leave the summit enriched — whether it be with new lead projects for partners, or with innovative and forward-looking IT and business solutions for the CIO.
Led by our IDC CIO Excellence Team, the summit will also include analysts from across the world who are all keen to meet you based on your company's approach to customer service, innovation, and technology. Visionary and high-impact keynote speakers, together with our Summit Advisory Board, will drive discussions to leverage insight into cross-industry or regional challenges.
We are looking forward to connecting with you soon!
Thomas Meyer
General Manager and Group Vice President of European Research
Philip Carter
Group Vice President, Worldwide Thought Leadership Research, IDC
Roberta Bigliani
Group Vice President, Head of IDC Insights and IDC Future of Work Executive Lead, IDC Europe
Martin Canning
Group VP, Consulting & Research
Marc Dowd
Advisory Partner, IDC Executive Advisory
We would like to thank all the delegates and the partners who participated at this event.
A selected group of IT and business leaders came together to network and learn from IDCs analysts, inspiring speakers and dedicated advisory board members, who were at the forefront of the lively and interactive discussion.
If you missed the event or if you would like more information on any of the topics we discussed, click the button below to watch a recording or access the post-event content.
Annette Hamann
CIO, Beiersdorf l Managing Director, BSS IT
Dr. Stefan Henkel
CIO, Siemens Healthineers
Francisco Pastor Garcia
CTO Chief Technology Officer, JCDecaux Spain
Allan Cockriel
VP, CIO Global Functions, CISO, Shell
Reto Urs Sahli
CIO, Asahi Europe & International
Nick Burton
Technology Director, Screwfix
Antonietta Mastroianni
Chief Digital & IT Officer, Proximus
Carlo Bozzoli
Global CIO, Enel
How the CIO and the IT department can support and enable the broader organization’s role in tracking, reporting and delivering on ESG targets.
Examining the role intelligent automation plays in the designing, delivering, and assuring of business services. Which technologies, which use cases and how to measure and deliver business value?
The workplace will continue to be hybrid for the foreseeable future. How do CIOs help teams to engage creatively and connect with each other in a hybrid context?
Trusted sovereign cloud offerings need to be assessed as part future technology architecture plans. Regulatory expectations are evolving – and organizations need to balance driving digital innovation while maintaining the right level of control
Cloud workloads continue to move to the Edge – new connectivity requirements from 5G networks will need to enable emerging use cases based on new low-latency drivers.
How the CIO and the IT department can support and enable the broader organization’s role in tracking, reporting and delivering on ESG targets.
Multi-cloud architectures require a differentiation between strategic and non-strategic workloads – How do CIOs drive the right cost, performance and business value across the various workloads?
Moving legacy infrastructure, platforms and applications to the digital era involves significant cost and complexity. How do CIOs minimize technical debt, while still delivering business outcomes?
How to engage more effectively with strategic vendors? How to interconnect multiple players as part of the creation of industry specific cloud-based ecosystems to deliver ongoing digital value
How data lakes, data warehouses and analytics come together within a broader data architecture to raise the Intelligence Quotient of the Future Enterprise
Managing security risks continues to be a major focus for technology leaders as touchpoints expand, data volumes explode and architectures become more complex
New organizational structures are being established. New digital roadmaps are being created. How to deliver new business value in a digital-first world?
How are emerging technologies affecting existing business models and redefine the customer experience
VMware
VMware, a leading innovator in enterprise software, powers the world’s digital infrastructure. Our multi-cloud, app modernization, networking, security and digital workspace platforms form a flexible, consistent digital foundation on which to build, run, manage, connect and protect applications, anywhere. We play a major role in the adoption of hybrid working models that allow our customers to become true Anywhere Organizations, in which it no longer matters where work takes place, with no compromises for security, manageability or employee experience. A digital foundation built on VMware infrastructure enables rapid, technology-driven innovation and continuous integration of emerging technologies. Organizations can move quickly without disrupting business operations, while maximizing return on investments in people, processes and systems. We help businesses become digital at their core — so they can meet the needs of customers and employees, and more quickly take advantage of market opportunities.
Cisco
Cisco designs and sells broad lines of products, provides services, and delivers integrated solutions to develop and connect networks around the world, building the Internet.
As a global market leader in our industry, we help our customers connect, digitize, and thrive. Together, we change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns.
For more than 30 years, we have helped our customers build networks, automate, orchestrate, integrate, and digitize information technology (IT)-based products and services.
In an increasingly connected world, Cisco is helping lead the way by transforming businesses, governments, and cities worldwide with differentiated innovation.
UiPath
UiPath has a vision to deliver the Fully Automated Enterprise™, one where companies use automation to unlock their greatest potential. UiPath offers an end-to-end platform for automation, combining the leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution with a full suite of capabilities that enable every organization to rapidly scale digital business operations.
Netskope
Netskope, a global cybersecurity leader, is redefining
cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply Zero Trust
principles to
protect data. The Netskope Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) platform is
fast, easy to use, and secures people, devices, and data
anywhere they go. Netskope helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance,
and get unrivaled visibility into any cloud, web, and
private application activity. Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of
the Fortune 100, trust Netskope and its powerful NewEdge
network to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts,
organizational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements.
Learn how Netskope helps customers be ready for anything on their SASE journey,
visit netskope.com.
Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider
of enterprise open source software solutions, using a
community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux,
hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers
integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications,
standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and
manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting
services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic
partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers,
and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the
digital future.
Skillsoft
Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) delivers transformative learning experiences that propel organizations and people to grow together. The Company partners with enterprise organizations and serves a global community of learners to prepare today’s employees for tomorrow’s economy. With Skillsoft, customers gain access to blended, multimodal learning experiences that do more than build skills, they grow a more capable, adaptive, and engaged workforce. Through a portfolio of best-in-class content, a platform that is personalized and connected to customer needs, world-class tech and a broad ecosystem of partners, Skillsoft drives continuous growth and performance for employees and their organizations by overcoming critical skill gaps and unlocking human potential.
Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra offers innovative and customer-centric digital experiences, enabling enterprises, associates and the society to Rise. We are a USD 6 billion organization with 151,100+ professionals across 90 countries helping 1224 global customers, including Fortune 500 companies. We are focused on leveraging next-generation technologies including 5G, Blockchain, Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, and more, to enable end-to-end digital transformation for global customers. Tech Mahindra is the only Indian company in the world to receive the HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta Seal for its commitment to creating a sustainable future. We are the fastest growing brand in ‘brand strength’ and amongst the top 7 IT brands globally. With the NXT.NOWTM framework, Tech Mahindra aims to enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’ for our ecosystem and drive collaborative disruption with synergies arising from a robust portfolio of companies. Tech Mahindra aims at delivering tomorrow’s experiences today and believes that the ‘Future is Now’.
We are part of the Mahindra Group, founded in 1945, one of the largest and most admired multinational federation of companies with 260,000 employees in over 100 countries. It enjoys a leadership position in farm equipment, utility vehicles, information technology and financial services in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume. It has a strong presence in renewable energy, agriculture, logistics, hospitality and real estate. The Mahindra Group has a clear focus on leading ESG globally, enabling rural prosperity and enhancing urban living, with a goal to drive positive change in the lives of communities and stakeholders to enable them to Rise.
