07/12/2023 | Event Lounge, Brussels | #cio2023

proudly presents

proudly presents
07/12/2023
Event Lounge, Brussels
#cio2023

Who will be our 16th CIO of the Year? And who will win an award for the Digital/ICT Project of the Year?

ICT / Digital Project of the Year

Did you have an innovative and successful ICT project? Were you able to successfully execute an ambitious digital transformation within your company or department? Did your digital project truly excel and/or accelerate the business goals? If so, you might have had a chance to win one of our prestigious ICT / Digital Project of the Year awards. The central theme of DataNews CIO of the Year 2023 revolved around security. Naturally, submitted projects were not required to specifically revolve around the theme of security, and we were open to all ICT/digital projects.

About

CIO of the Year

Who will be the next ‘CIO of the Year’?

Who will be the successor to Philippe Van Belle, CIO AG Insurance, as ‘CIO of the Year’? Who do you think deserves the title CIO of the Year 2023? The voting is open until October 20th at midnight.

The names, included on the list, are our current top 3 of the CIO’s active in our country or Belgians working abroad. They have proven that the job of CIO is one of the most exciting, challenging and important functions in the business world today. Thanks to their visionary approach, they have been successful at using ICT tools for the benefit of operational management. These CIO’s have, in the course of their careers, demonstrated strategic vision, leadership, personality and the capacity to contribute to an organization’s business strategy.

The winner of the award ‘CIO of the Year 2023’ will be chosen by a professional jury of specialists and by the readers of Data News (online voting).

ICT / Digital Project of the Year

The ICT / Digital Project of the Year 2023 contest rewards ICT projects and digital projects which have been successfully completed and which are innovative both in the use of technology and in the business approach. The contest is open to both private and public sector and to both large and small or medium sized organizations.

The emphasis is on ‘innovation’; projects that have achieved real added value for a company or organization thanks to clever use of digital technology. Technological innovation is important, but the impact on the business also plays a very important role.
The size of the company or the scope of the project is not important. Clever, innovative, smaller applications have just as much chance of winning as large and expensive projects. You just need to be able to demonstrate that the innovative ICT Project has given the business a real boost or added value!

A professional and academic jury will decide upon the final winners.

Programme

17h30
Welcome and reception
18h30
19h00
19h30
Award Ceremony
20h15
Seated dinner followed by a walking dessert buffet
23h30
The end

Speakers

Jury

The winner in the CIO of the Year category will be decided by the jury, as well as by the readers of Data News (online voting).

Kristof Van der Stadt
Editor-in-Chief Data News, President of the Jury

Georges Ataya
Professor at Solvay Brussels School

Els Bellens
Editor at Data News

Karen Boers
Managing Director FARI - AI Center for the Common Good van VUB & ULB

Stefan Bossuwé
Co-Founder, former President & current Ambassador IIBA Brussels Chapter

Erik Cuypers
President MIT Club

Jan De Schepper
President ADM

Dirk Deschoolmeester
Professor at UGent, Chairman FBVI-FAIB

Geert Goethals
President CIONET Belgium

Luc Golvers
Chairman BELCLIV

Benoît Hucq
General Manager Digital Wallonia, Agence du Numérique

Danielle Jacobs
Director Beltug

Elke Laeremans
CIO of the Year 2021

Guido Lemeire
CIO of the Year 2020, CIO NMBS

Egide Nzabonimana
President Isaca Belgian Chapter

Marc Senterre
VP Global IT, Lhoist

Bart Steukers
Director Agoria

Martine Tempels
ICT Woman of the Year 2012

Jacques Tiberghien
Professor at VUB

Marc Vael
President SAI

Philippe Van Belle
CIO AG Insurance

Daniel van den Hove
Co-president Cercle du Numérique, Lecturer at Solvay Brussels School

Barbara Van Dyck
Program Director AMS

Saskia Van Uffelen
Digital Champion Belgium

Peter Vermeylen
President CIOforum

Erwin Verstraelen
CIO of the Year 2018, CIO Port of Antwerp

Stijn Viaene
Professor & Partner Vlerick Business School

CIO of the Year

The winner in the CIO of the Year category will be decided by the jury, as well as by the readers of Data News (online voting).

ICT / Digital Project of the Year

The professional & academic jury will decide upon the final winners.

Hall of fame

2008

Freddy Van den Wyngaert
Agfa
Editorial

2009

Chris De Backer
TomTom
Editorial

2010

Daniel Lebeau
GSK
Editorial

2011

Sabine Everaet
Coca-Cola Europe
Editorial

2012

Luc Verbist
De Persgroep
Editorial

2013

Cécile Gonfroid
RTBF
Editorial

2014

Veerle Lozie
Melexis
Editorial

2015

Peter Bal
Wabco
Editorial

2016

Herman De Prins
UCB
Editorial

2017

Bjorn Van Reet
Kinepolis Group
Editorial

2018

Erwin Verstraelen
Port of Antwerp
Editorial

2019

Filip Michiels
TUI (Western Region)

2020

Guido Lemeire
NMBS – SNCB

2021

Elke Laeremans
CIO/COO Torfs

2022

Philippe Van Belle
AG Insurance

2023

An Swalens
National Bank of Belgium

Relive Edition 2023

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Contact

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Crossmedia Expert Data News ICT
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steven.grumiau@roularta.be

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Project manager
+32 475 89 66 47
daisy.juvijns@roularta.be

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Event Manager
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cedric.noens@roularta.be

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