
Who will be our 16th CIO of the Year? And who will win an award for the Digital/ICT Project of the Year?
Discover it on December 7th.

ICT / Digital Project of the Year
Do you have an innovative and successful ICT project? Did you manage to pull off an ambitious digital transformation inside the company or within your department? Do you feel your digital project truly excels and/or accelerates the business goals? Then you might have 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 revolves around security. Naturally, submitted projects should not specifically revolve around the theme of security and we are open to all ICT/digital projects.
Deadline September 29th
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 list will be determined by the editorial staff of Data News and will be published on September 25th 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).
Do you have any questions or do you want to suggest one or more CIO’s for the voting list?
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!
Are you an ICT manager or project manager and did you successfully complete an innovative digital project over the last year (or part of a project running over several years)? Then make sure to take part in the ‘Digital Project of the Year 2023’ contest!
Please fully complete the registration form as this information will be used by the jury to make a preliminary selection of all applications. Also of note: the deadline for submitting your file is the September 29th.
A professional and academic jury will decide upon the final winners.
Programme
17h30 | Welcome reception |
18h30 | Break-out by the Gold Partners - Topics will be confirmed later on |
19h00 | Break-out by the Gold Partners - Topics will be confirmed later on |
19h30 | Award Ceremony |
20h15 | Seated dinner followed by a walking dessert buffet |
23h30 | Closing |
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).
Editor-in-Chief Data News, President of the Jury
Professor at Solvay Brussels School
Editor at Data News
Social Entrepreneur, CEO BeCode
Co-Founder, former President & current Ambassador IIBA Brussels Chapter
President MIT Club
President ADM
Professor at UGent, Chairman FBVI-FAIB
President CIONET Belgium
Chairman BELCLIV
General Manager Digital Wallonia, Agence du Numérique
Director Beltug
CIO of the Year 2021
CIO of the Year 2020, CIO NMBS
President Isaca Belgian Chapter
President Cercle du Numérique, ICT Director Prayon
Director Agoria
ICT Woman of the Year 2012
Professor at VUB
President SAI
Co-president Cercle du Numérique, Lecturer at Solvay Brussels School
Program Director AMS
Digital Champion Belgium
President CIOforum
CIO of the Year 2018, CIO Port of Antwerp
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

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2019
TUI (Western Region)

2020
NMBS – SNCB

2021
CIO/COO Torfs

2022
AG Insurance
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