Innovation Summit & Dinnershow
Powering Business Transformation Through Technology Innovation
In this day and age organisations are moving beyond embracing innovative technologies. In order to drive business transformations organisations need to purse on technology innovation. This is distinct different. The emphasis in technology innovation is on value creation as a purpose and by design. While with innovative technologies, organisations are experimenting to find our if a technology creates business value.
Technology leaders are supposed to facilitate the transformation from embracing technologies into technology innovation. This innovation orchestration requires a more structure approach towards new technologies as well as a diligent innovation management and business alignment. In understanding the potential of innovative technologies balancing between building internal capabilities, leveraging ecosystems as well as forming partnerships is essential.
Perspective and ambition
This summit is about vision and leadership. The Innovation Summit 2026 on 14 April in the Theater aan de Parade at ’s-Hertogenbosch focusses on real world technology innovation success.
Obviously digital sovereignty and artificial intelligence (AI) will be addressing. For digital sovereignty we stress the need to support supply chain resilience. With regards to AI we focus on physical AI and the opportunities of edge computing as well as on AI portfolio management, for which we are taking the enterprise architecture perspective. Indirectly AI is also relevant for our focus on micro personalisation value creation. Also we invite you to think differently on next evolution of human interaction. Holography can bring people closer than ever before.
You are invited to contribute, as knowledge sharing is at the heart of this summit. Participating in the summit will enable you to guide your organisation to the next level by contributing and participating in business transformations and leading technology innovations. As a technology innovation leader you are powering the business transformation.
Recognition
As part of the CIO Magazine Innovation Awards, the Innovation Summit will also showcase the most significant innovations of the past year. The awards cover three categories: Most Innovative Leader, Most Innovative Ecosystem, and Most Innovative Start-up/Scale-up/Challenger.
Following the Innovation Summit, you are invited to the exclusive Dinnershow featuring nice food, engaging entertainment, and the opportunity to connect with other technology and innovation leaders in a relaxed setting. During the Dinnershow, the winners of the CIO Magazine Innovation Awards will be announced.
Attendance at the Innovation Summit is free for technology leaders. We are looking forward to welcome you at the Innovation Summit!
More information about the event you can find here.
