04/12/2025

A Room with a Zoo, Antwerp

ORCHESTRATION

The Art of IT Leadership

Great conductors don’t just lead musicians, they bring harmony to complexity. As a CIO, you orchestrate technology, teams and strategy to deliver business success. Join us at CIO of the Year 2025, where we celebrate IT leaders who master the art of orchestration. Stay tuned for more details.

Discover it on December 4th.

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.

CIO of the Year

The 3 nominees will be determined by the editorial staff of Data News. The voting list will be published on September 22nd 2025. Voting ends November 2nd at midnight. The final winner will be chosen by the professional jury. Public voting will count for 40% of the final result.
Questions or any namedropping?

Want to meet the nominees?

Join us on December 4th at A Room with a Zoo, Antwerp.

About

CIO of the Year

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

Who will be the successor to Antonietta Mastroianni, Chief Digital & IT Officer Proximus, as ‘CIO of the Year’? Who do you think deserves the title CIO of the Year 2025? The voting list will be determined by the editorial staff of Data News and will be published on September 22nd 2025. The voting is open until November 2nd 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 2025’ 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 2025 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 ‘ICT/Digital Project of the Year 2025’ 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 28th. A professional and academic jury will decide upon the final winners.

Programme

The full programme will be available soon!

16h30
Welcome and reception
18h00
Break-out
Break-out
18h45
Award Ceremony
19h45
Seated dinner followed by a walking dessert buffet
23h00
Closing

Want to get inspired?

Join us on December 4th at 6.30PM at A Room with a Zoo, Antwerp.

Venue

A Room with a ZOO
Koningin Astridplein 20
2018 Antwerpen

www.aroomwithazoo.com

Getting there?

Programme

04.30 pm Welcome reception
06.00 pm Break-out sessions
06.45 pm Award ceremony
07.45 pm Seated dinner + walking dessert buffet & networking
11.00 pm Closing

Dresscode

Business

Jury

The specialist jury includes representatives from the academic world, the business world and the editorial team.

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

Ataya Georges
Professor at Solvay Brussels School

Bellens Els
Editor at Data News

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

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

Cuypers Erik
President MIT Club

Deschoolmeester Dirk
Professor at UGent, Chairman FBVI-FAIB

Goethals Geert
Former president of the Advisory Board of CIONET Belgium

Golvers Luc
Chairman BELCLIV

Hucq Benoît
General Manager Digital Wallonia, Agence du Numérique

Jacobs Danielle
Director Beltug

Laeremans Elke
CIO of the Year 2021

Lemeire Guido
CIO of the Year 2020

Nzabonimana Egide
President Isaca Belgian Chapter

Senterre Marc
VP Global IT, Lhoist

Steukers Bart
Director Agoria

Swalens An
CIO of the Year 2023, CIO Nationale Bank van België

Tempels Martine
ICT Woman of the Year 2012

Tiberghien Jacques
Professor at VUB

Vael Marc
President SAI

Van Belle Philippe
CIO of the Year 2022, CIO AG Insurance

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

Van Dyck Barbara
Program Director AMS

Van Uffelen Saskia
Digital Champion Belgium

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

Viaene Stijn
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

2024

Antonietta Mastroianni
Proximus
  Editorial

2023

An Swalens
National Bank of Belgium
  Editorial

2022

Philippe Van Belle
AG Insurance
  Editorial

2021

Elke Laeremans
CIO/COO Torfs
  Editorial

2020

Guido Lemeire
NMBS – SNCB
  Editorial

2019

Filip Michiels
TUI (Western Region)
  Editorial

2018

Erwin Verstraelen
Port of Antwerp
  Editorial

2017

Bjorn Van Reet
Kinepolis Group
  Editorial

2016

Herman De Prins
UCB
  Editorial

2015

Peter Bal
Wabco
  Editorial

2014

Veerle Lozie
Melexis
  Editorial

2013

Cécile Gonfroid
RTBF
  Editorial

2012

Luc Verbist
De Persgroep
  Editorial

2011

Sabine Everaet
Coca-Cola Europe
  Editorial

2010

Daniel Lebeau
GSK
  Editorial

2009

Chris De Backer
TomTom
  Editorial

2008

Freddy Van den Wyngaert
Agfa
  Editorial

Contact

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

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