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DATE

October 27, 2026

TIME

17:00 - 21:00
LOCATION
Dorpsstraat 53, Bocholt
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17.30 Welcome & Registration CIO Speaker’s Café

17.55 Introduction CIO Speaker’s Café by Peter Vermeylen

18.00 From Resilience to Digital Sovereignty at Heidelberg Materials by Quentin Lambotte, Information Security & Compliance Analyst Heidelberg Materials Benelux and Cornelis (Kees) van Rein, Country Operations Mgr Heidelberg Materials Benelux

Resilience ensures Heidelberg Materials can continue operating during disruption, starting with a clear understanding of critical business processes and their impact through Business Impact Analysis (BIA). NIS2 defines the governance, risk-management and operational obligations, while the NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides the structure to assess maturity and continuously strengthen our resilience. Supply-chain security is an essential part of this journey, addressing the dependencies and risks introduced by technology providers and connected products; in this context, the Cyber Resilience Act increasingly strengthens the security and lifecycle requirements for the technology ecosystem. Sovereign Cloud principles complement this by ensuring Heidelberg Materials retains appropriate control over critical data, platforms and operational capabilities. Together, these elements form a resilience roadmap toward a secure, resilient and digitally sovereign industrial enterprise.

18.45 34 years as CIO in a fast-growing family-owned brewery by Paul Bloemen, CIO Martens Brewery

After 44 years in IT, Paul’s professional journey is coming to an end.It started with eight years at Sibelco, followed by two years in the tour operating business, and then 34 years in a fast-growing, family-owned brewery, an extraordinary journey. The brewery grew, the business changed, technology evolved at an incredible pace—and IT had to keep up. Sometimes they were ahead of the business, sometimes they were running behind, but they always had the same objective: to support growth, continuity, and change. Along the way, he faced many challenges. Some were technological, some organizational, and quite a few had very little to do with technology at all. He will share some of the lessons learned from that journey.

19.30 Closing of the event by Peter Vermeylen, Chairman CIOforum

19.35 Networking opportunity accompanied by food and drinks

21.00 End of Event

 

ABOUT THE EVENT PARTNERS

spotit is your trusted advisor in cybersecurity and networking solutions. Spotit offers a wide-range portfolio of innovative technologies and services, from consultancy, assessments, and penetration tests to the set-up of a completely new network or cybersecurity infrastructure. You can count on spotit for 24/7 managed services via our NOC and SOC. Our highly qualified and certified professionals aim to empower digital trust for connected people, business and machines. https://www.spotit.be/
xplus. xplus provides efficient and effective consultancy services focusing on digital transformation through the implementation of business-necessary enterprise IT architecture and digital solutions in the BeNeFraLux. Examples of xplus services include complex architecture assessments, roadmap building including architecture simplification with business case development, architecture solution design for particular programs, program management or more in general staff augmentation and CxO as a service. xplus serves large and midsize clients in various sectors, in banking, insurance, telecoms, retail, services and the public sector and also serves the market of fast growers and smaller companies with a high-speed digitalisation challenge. xplus is member of the YUMA group, recently founded to enable fast digital transformations in a human way. https://www.xplus.eu/
Brouwerijmuseum Martens, Dorpsstraat 53
Bocholt, Limburg 3950 Belgium

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Brouwerijmuseum Martens
Dorpsstraat 53, Bocholt

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