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April 30, 2026
Annual Day on June 4th featuring Jan Hein Tempelman
Our Annual Day offers an exclusive, interactive workshop led by Jan‑Hein Tempelman, Six Sigma Black Belt at The Lean Six Sigma Company. In “From AI and Automation to Measurable Business Value through Lean Transformation,” you will discover how to turn technology into concrete, demonstrable business impact.
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April 30, 2026
Speaker Announcement Annual Day June 4th, 2026 - Alexander Zwart Rabobank
We are proud to announce our next speaker: Alexander Zwart, CIO at Rabobank and winner of the most recent CIO of the Year Award. On stage, he will lead us through an inspiring session titled “How Do You Become CIO of the Year?”
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April 29, 2026
STACKIT DPIA: A European cloud alternative under review
The Dutch government has recently published a DPIA on the use of STACKIT cloud services. The report provides relevant insights into the privacy aspects of a European cloud provider. Below is a concise summary of the key findings and considerations.
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April 23, 2026
Simone Werner becomes the new CIO and CDO at UWV
Members in the News: Simone Werner has been appointed as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of UWV. As of 1 May 2026, she will lead the digital direction of the public agency. In her dual role as CIO and Chief Data Officer (CDO), Werner will have end responsibility for the digital strategy, information management, and the organization’s complex data landscape.
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April 23, 2026
Great leadership starts with dreaming | An impression of the NextGen Tech Leaders Dream Festival
Strategic thinking does not start with plans, but with dreams. During the Dream Festival, tech leaders came together to step away from today’s operations and dare to look toward tomorrow. This is what happens when ambition, imagination, and leadership come together.
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April 2, 2026
Interview NextGen Tech Leaders | How emerging and established IT leaders strengthen each other
Hylke Sprangers and Pleuni van Rooij show that the IT leader of tomorrow grows through collaboration with the current generation. NextGen Tech Leaders (powered by CIO Platform Nederland) highlights how experienced and emerging leaders strengthen one another and are better equipped together to navigate technological acceleration.
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April 2, 2026
Speaker Announcement Dream Festival - NextGen Tech Leaders
“What it takes”: rising FC Utrecht talent Carmen Werkhoven shares what it truly takes to break through at the highest level. Her story reveals the mindset, discipline, and drive that make the difference between having talent - and turning talent into achievement.
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March 27, 2026
PostNL advances its AI‑first strategy
Members in the News: Willem‑Jan van Tongeren, CIO of PostNL, speaks in EW Magazine about how PostNL is further digitalizing its services through a clear AI‑first strategy. The organization was recently awarded the Silver International CX Award for Best Digital Customer Experience – Strategic Approach.
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March 12, 2026
The speakers for Dream Festival 2026 have been announced!
Dream Festival 2026 is almost here! The key moment for everyone in the NextGen Tech Leaders community who wants to think bigger, lead smarter and shape the future of tech. With an inspiring speaker lineup and a focus on bold ideas and strategic vision, this is the place where future leaders grow. Bring another next‑gen talent with you and don’t miss out.
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March 6, 2026
Orbia Pune GCC focuses on AI‑driven growth
Members in the News: Andrea Bergamini (Vice President and Chief Information Officer) recently spoke with Shalini Mondal of Analytics India Magazine about Orbia’s digital strategy.
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March 6, 2026
Farewell to our board members
Recently, at CIO Platform Nederland, we marked the farewell of four valued board members: Raimond Voermans (JBT Marel), Arjen Boersma, Edward Cox, and Claudia de Andrade de Wit (Port of Rotterdam).
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February 26, 2026
Dutch GPT‑NL is ready for use: ‘The only language model that complies with the GDPR'
Members in the news: Tweakers – Two years ago,(in Dutch) the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy allocated 13.5 million euros for the development of a Dutch AI language model, and now the time has come: GPT‑NL is ready for use.
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February 16, 2026
AWS European Sovereign Cloud investigated for SLM Rijk
GreenbergTraurig investigated AWS European Sovereign Cloud (IaaS) on behalf of SLM Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS (SLM). An explanation (Dutch) of the investigation and its results has been made public.
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February 9, 2026
Dream Festival: From Imagination to Strategy A blog conversation between Gabriëlle Lopes and Anneke
Do you know them — those meetings that feel a bit off?
Numbers, numbers, some operational points, and then even more numbers.
The right priorities are set, sure, but you quickly think: everything seems correct, and yet we’re not making any real progress.
We need more ambition; we need to do things differently instead of continuing down the same path everyone is already following.
We need to dream!
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February 2, 2026
Blog | CIOs Are Being Heard by Politics: Digitalization Gains Weight in the Coalition Agreement
With the coalition agreement “Getting to Work. Building a Better Netherlands (2026–2030)”, it appears that our recommendations to the Informateur have largely been heard. Digitalisation runs as a common thread throughout the agreement and is visibly given more weight than in previous years.
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January 30, 2026
The Municipality of Amsterdam opts for digital autonomy
Members in the news: Dutch IT Leaders with the Municipality of Amsterdam. This month, the Municipality of Amsterdam presented a renewed Sourcing and Cloud Strategy for the period 2026–2030. With this course, the capital is explicitly opting for digital autonomy and the protection of citizen data. The plan aims to ensure that Amsterdam remains resilient in a world that is becoming increasingly unpredictable, both geopolitically and technologically.
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