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CONNECT 2019
Learn about what is coming next in the integration space, hear from leading specialists in the industry, and connect with your peers.
28 May 2019
2019-05-28 17:00:00
AuditoRium4
Ghent
- Do you want to keep ahead of market trends and discover ingenious ways to shape your digital future?
- Would you like to hear from industry experts and learn about the latest in integration and innovative technologies?
If you answered yes, then gear up for this half-day event that will inspire you to new digital heights.
Why should you attend?
CONNECT 2019 is the ideal event to learn about what is coming next in the integration space, hear from leading specialists in the industry, and to connect with your peers. You’ll discover how a solid integration strategy is the backbone of a successful digital transformation that allows your business to grow and thrive.
Be inspired by guest speakers Dominique Leroy, CEO of Proximus, Didier Ongena, General Manager of Microsoft Belgium and Remy Knecht, COO of Belgian Mobile ID, who will give visionary talks on how to drive digital transformation in today’s world.
Whether you’re interested in integration, business process automation in the cloud, data monetization, IoT or AI this event has something for you.
28/05/2019
Lunch
Serge Verborgh
General Manager, Codit Belgium
Welcome
Didier Ongena
General Manager, Microsoft Belux
AI as Driver of Transformation
During Didier his session you’ll discover how companies and partners that embrace AI will clearly create a competitive advantage and will grow at a faster pace than those who resist it. Future-orientated companies are already laying the foundations for this transformation, by conducting pilot projects and releasing AI applications for their daily operations. Of course, our technology evolves and we’re moving towards working with our partners and customers to create artificial intelligence that truly augments human capabilities.
Toon Vanhoutte
Solutions Architect, Codit Belgium
The Future of Integration
The heart of the digital transformation story for many businesses lies in integration. Today’s app market place allows businesses to pick and choose from a smorgasbord of apps and these apps need to get connected to improve transparency across the company and make it easier to make high-level decisions. Businesses need a flexible integration solution that not only helps them get connected to employees and customers, but also paves the way to the future.
Massimo Crippa
Azure Domain Lead, Codit Belgium
Why Your Business Needs an API Driven Strategy
These days, every business is a digital business, undergoing a digital transformation. Digital transformation means that you must discover innovative ways to deliver products and services to your customers. Software - powered by APIs - delivers true value to businesses and allows them deliver exceptional digital experiences to their customers. In this session API expert Massimo Crippa will walk you through some use cases so you can gain a better understanding of how APIs are central to all organizations – no matter their size, industry, or location. You’ll also learn why APIs are not only a building block but are an essential part of your digital transformation.
Break
Glenn Colpaert
IoT Domain Lead, Codit Belgium
Pushing the Boundaries with IoT
With over 20 years’ experience in the field, Codit is helping customers get into Azure IoT Solution. New evolutions like Azure IoT Edge and Digital Twins are real game-changers for business and open up a whole range of new possibilities. Glenn will give a behind the curtains look on success stories, so you can get ideas about how IoT can be used for your business to drive revenue, discover new business models, and optimize business processes.
Danny Buysse
General Manager, Codit Managed Services
Extending Operations from On-premises Solutions Towards Hybrid and Cloud
Danny will highlight the importance how a solid support system behind your chosen integration solution is not an option but a must if you want to get ahead and stay ahead. You’ll gain key insights into how managing and supporting an Azure platform is different from an on-premises solution and why you need experts who know the difference and have the resources to support you. In this session you’ll discover how a hybrid integration solution is the key to a strong stack, and why Azure is not the end of the story.
Dominique Leroy
CEO, Proximus
Embracing a Digital Future to Grow and Thrive
We are on the eve of the third and most profound wave of digital disruption, which is affecting the structures of organisations and entire sectors. This requires enterprises to rethink themselves and to build a different plan of approach to navigate through the disruptive changes ahead. Starting from her own sector specific expertise, Dominique Leroy gives a broader insight into the causal factors of the 'disruptive' waves and discusses with you the new strategic questions they raise. How should your business cope with disruption? How do you transform your company in order to better deal with confronting challenges? How can you promote innovation in your organisation?
Remy Knecht
COO - Head of Delivery and Operations, Belgian Mobile ID
Unlock a Smarter Business with Digital Identity
Our world is becoming more digital and mobile every day. Customers are increasingly using online services for their banking, retail, and public service needs. But this increase also comes with a layer of digital challenges around privacy and security. How can you ensure that customers are able securely share their private information, so they can easily make online transactions? Remy Knecht will share with you the vision that he and his team at itsme® have mapped out for digital IDs for customers, taking into account security, trust, and respect for privacy.
Stijn Degrieck
CEO, Codit Group
Closing: Digital Transformation Through Integration
Drinks & Appetizers
28/05/2019
Lunch
Serge Verborgh
General Manager, Codit Belgium
Welcome
Didier Ongena
General Manager, Microsoft Belux
AI as Driver of Transformation
During Didier his session you’ll discover how companies and partners that embrace AI will clearly create a competitive advantage and will grow at a faster pace than those who resist it. Future-orientated companies are already laying the foundations for this transformation, by conducting pilot projects and releasing AI applications for their daily operations. Of course, our technology evolves and we’re moving towards working with our partners and customers to create artificial intelligence that truly augments human capabilities.
Toon Vanhoutte
Solutions Architect, Codit Belgium
The Future of Integration
The heart of the digital transformation story for many businesses lies in integration. Today’s app market place allows businesses to pick and choose from a smorgasbord of apps and these apps need to get connected to improve transparency across the company and make it easier to make high-level decisions. Businesses need a flexible integration solution that not only helps them get connected to employees and customers, but also paves the way to the future.
Massimo Crippa
Azure Domain Lead, Codit Belgium
Why Your Business Needs an API Driven Strategy
These days, every business is a digital business, undergoing a digital transformation. Digital transformation means that you must discover innovative ways to deliver products and services to your customers. Software - powered by APIs - delivers true value to businesses and allows them deliver exceptional digital experiences to their customers. In this session API expert Massimo Crippa will walk you through some use cases so you can gain a better understanding of how APIs are central to all organizations – no matter their size, industry, or location. You’ll also learn why APIs are not only a building block but are an essential part of your digital transformation.
Break
Glenn Colpaert
IoT Domain Lead, Codit Belgium
Pushing the Boundaries with IoT
With over 20 years’ experience in the field, Codit is helping customers get into Azure IoT Solution. New evolutions like Azure IoT Edge and Digital Twins are real game-changers for business and open up a whole range of new possibilities. Glenn will give a behind the curtains look on success stories, so you can get ideas about how IoT can be used for your business to drive revenue, discover new business models, and optimize business processes.
Danny Buysse
General Manager, Codit Managed Services
Extending Operations from On-premises Solutions Towards Hybrid and Cloud
Danny will highlight the importance how a solid support system behind your chosen integration solution is not an option but a must if you want to get ahead and stay ahead. You’ll gain key insights into how managing and supporting an Azure platform is different from an on-premises solution and why you need experts who know the difference and have the resources to support you. In this session you’ll discover how a hybrid integration solution is the key to a strong stack, and why Azure is not the end of the story.
Dominique Leroy
CEO, Proximus
Embracing a Digital Future to Grow and Thrive
We are on the eve of the third and most profound wave of digital disruption, which is affecting the structures of organisations and entire sectors. This requires enterprises to rethink themselves and to build a different plan of approach to navigate through the disruptive changes ahead. Starting from her own sector specific expertise, Dominique Leroy gives a broader insight into the causal factors of the 'disruptive' waves and discusses with you the new strategic questions they raise. How should your business cope with disruption? How do you transform your company in order to better deal with confronting challenges? How can you promote innovation in your organisation?
Remy Knecht
COO - Head of Delivery and Operations, Belgian Mobile ID
Unlock a Smarter Business with Digital Identity
Our world is becoming more digital and mobile every day. Customers are increasingly using online services for their banking, retail, and public service needs. But this increase also comes with a layer of digital challenges around privacy and security. How can you ensure that customers are able securely share their private information, so they can easily make online transactions? Remy Knecht will share with you the vision that he and his team at itsme® have mapped out for digital IDs for customers, taking into account security, trust, and respect for privacy.
Stijn Degrieck
CEO, Codit Group
Closing: Digital Transformation Through Integration
Drinks & Appetizers
Didier Ongena
General Manager, Microsoft Belux
Toon Vanhoutte
Solutions Architect, Codit
Toon is Lead Architect at Codit Belgium and a Microsoft Azure MVP. His duty is to design and deliver reliable, secure and scalable integration / backend solutions, both on-premises and in the Azure cloud. His focus is on integration, API Management, IoT and Azure PaaS solutions. As a solution architect, he’s not scared to take up big challenges and to dive into a development mode. He’s a quite active member of the Microsoft Azure community and was speaker on several community and company events. Being a Microsoft Certified Trainer, he loves to share his experiences in workshops, presentations and blogs. As an Azure Advisor, he’s actively collaborating with various Azure product teams.
Massimo Crippa
Azure Domain Lead, Codit
Massimo Crippa is an integration architect and cloud enthusiast with more than 15 years of experience with Microsoft enterprise products and technologies. He started his career in the Italian ICT sector as a web developer and later focused on middleware and messaging projects. In 2011 he moved to Belgium where he is working as Azure Domain Lead for Codit. In this role, he’s responsible for the Azure domain where his tasks range from envision the Cloud journey, to demonstrate different Azure PaaS capabilities, and to implement those with customers.
Glenn Colpaert
IoT Domain Lead at Codit | Microsoft Azure MVP
Glenn is IoT Domain Lead at Codit, where he ensures the day to day operations of the IoT domain within Codit. Since 2014 he is a Microsoft Azure MVP and Microsoft Azure Advisor. Next, to his day to day job, he also is part of the AZUG crew (Belgian Azure User Group). Glenn has been integrating businesses with BizTalk, Cloud & Microsoft technologies for more than 10 years. He has gained a lot of hands-on experience during his projects and likes to share it with colleagues and the community.
Dominique Leroy
CEO, Proximus
After graduating at the Solvay Business School, Dominique Leroy worked for 24 years at Unilever, where she held positions in marketing, finance, logistics, sales and general management.
Joining Proximus in October 2011 as Vice President Sales for the Consumer Business, Dominique took over the position of Executive Vice President of the Consumer Business in June 2012 and 1,5 years later she was appointed CEO of the Proximus Group. As CEO, she brought Proximus back to growth and firmly believes that new technologies should help people and organizations to improve their lives and work environment.
Next to her role at Proximus, she is a very active member of several professional associations and already won various awards, such as the ‘LEAD-IN’s Leadership’ Award, ‘Manager of the Year’ and ‘Trends Business Woman’.
Remy Knecht
COO, Belgian Mobile ID
Remy is COO at Belgian Mobile ID. Belgian Mobile ID launched their Digital ID solution itsme® in 2017 and was certified by the Belgian government as eID-means with the highest level of assurance. In 2019 Belgian Mobile ID has also been certified as Qualified Trust Service Provider for itsme® sign. The itsme® services enable a digital world with focus on security, privacy and a simple user experience. Before joining Belgian Mobile ID, Remy spend almost 20 years in the Telecommunication Sector in various positions. Remy studied civil engineering, has a license as an airline pilot and as member of the GIAC Advisory Board holds certifications in Cyber Security & Defense.