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Diversity in the boardroom goes beyond gender or ethnicity. Read board member Meryem El-Bouyahyaoui's blog with ten tips for directors to embrace diversity and use it effectively.

Members in the news! In this article in Dutch IT Leaders, Burce Gültekin CIO, tells us that in areas such as supply chain and commerce, FrieslandCampina has already made great strides. ‘But what we should never forget: this company consists of people. Without them, there will never be a successful digital transformation.’

Members in the news! In this Royal FloraHolland article, CIO André van der Linden tells how Royal FloraHolland has transformed from a traditional auction company to a platform cooperative that also auctions.

Members in the news! In this article from AGConnect, CTO Daniel Gebler talks about leadership in an engineering culture, with multi-functional autonomous teams with about 400 engineers in total.

Members in the news! In this article from Cobouw of 24 September, CTO Bram Mommers of Arcadis talks about the AI developments in construction and infrastructure and how Arcadis, with an IT department of 700 people, does 'smart things' such as rail and road surface detection and Arcadis-GPT.

In the recently presented coalition program (Dutch) of the Schoof administration, compared to previous coalition agreements, there is a fairly strong emphasis on digital technology and digitization. Almost all chapters of the program address this topic. King Willem-Alexander also emphasized the importance of digitalization for the future of the Netherlands in his speech (Dutch)from the throne. The government wants to ensure that everyone can participate safely and securely in digital society.

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”.

Members in the news! 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?

members in the news! 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.