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Earlier this week, Mario Draghi released his report “The future of European competitiveness”. This is seen as an important contribution to the discussion on the future of European competitiveness. A good time to see to what extent this corresponds to the Manifesto that CIO Platform Nederland published earlier this year with sister associations from Belgium (Beltug), France (Cigref) and Germany (Voice e.V.): “A Perspective on tomorrow's digital world”.

In an exclusive conversation, Burce Gültekin, Global Chief Information Officer of FrieslandCampina, discusses how the company harnesses technology to deliver on its promise of sustainable nutrition. Learn how the newly launched technology innovation centre in Malaysia is at the heart of this transformation, driving both global impact and local innovation.

Internet developments are progressing rapidly. To remain accessible and as safe as possible, it is useful to regularly check whether your own environment is still up-to-date in terms of the usage of standards. Internet.nl offers a simple tool to check this.

The NIS2 rules will also have an indirect impact on companies that provide digital services to NIS2 companies. What do you know about this as a supplier? What information do you need to prepare?

At Essent our commitment to inclusivity goes beyond our internal culture—it extends into the wider community through initiatives like the Refugee Talent Hub.

Knowledge sharing on digitization topics relevant to the maritime sector. Meetings are organized by/in cooperation with CIO Platform Netherlands and are open to organizations wishing to share knowledge on substantive issues. CIO Platform Netherlands reserves the right to deny access to meetings.

A record number of CIO Platform Nederland members gathered on June 6th to celebrate our community's valuable and sociable Annual Day together under the banner 'Elevate your Digital Transformation'. Watch the aftermovie here.

The shortage of qualified ICT talent is a brake on growth for many organisations. Together with other organisations, we are committed to tackling this challenge. We would like to ask for the help of our members by filling out a survey.

I solved the mini Rubik's Cube again in no time and the maze key rings were quickly busted, but the Beta Olympiad, on the other hand, is unbreakable in my memory. I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Nod if warm memories spring to mind now too.

Tuesday June 18th was the meeting “Digitalization in practice” in the former Koepel prison in Haarlem. The Ministry of Economic Affairs aims to provide 1 million ICT workers in 2030.

Entrepreneurs have a lot on their minds. Digital security is 1 part of this. On the fifth of June, Theo Henrar, co-chair of the Cyber Security Council together with council member Claudia de Andrade-de Wit, offered the advice to strengthen the cyber resilience of SMEs to Micky Andriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

Marijke Salters joined our association as a digital transformation advisor on June 1st 2024.

Despite progress made in recognising social injustice, we are not there yet and there is a role and responsibility for public leaders to take up. Pick it up with courage and realise hope and pride!

On 21 May, the European Council, which brings together the Member States, adopted so-called Council conclusions on the direction of digital policy in the coming years. These set out the course that the next European Commission (which will be formed after the European elections in June) will shape and implement.

Leading up to the European elections, we shared the following two viewpoints alongside our sister organizations:

The Nationale Coalitie Duurzame Digitalisering (NCDD) invites CIOs to the high-level meeting 'Sustainable Digital Decision-makers', for executive leaders. The meeting is on Thursday May 16 at VNO-NCW.