European CIO
News

We welcome in February a new Board member for AICA, the Italian CIO Network! See attached more information on AICA and the representation by Luciano Guglielmi, the CIO of Mondadori Group. Welcome to Luciano. We have attached the updated 2018 agenda for our EuroCIO Councils, Workgroups and Events. A very intensive program dealing with all challenges that you as CIO's encounter day by day and showing our involvement with the European Commission! Please save the date of April 18th / 19th for the next key EuroCIO network event in London in coordination with BCS Elite UK. The key topics will be around GDPR implementation and the Brexit impact on our businesses across Europe. We thank you all for the support to the European CIO Association and look forward to welcome you at one of the events, Councils or Workgroups. Please let know Jérôme if you or one of your delegates would like to become member of one of these communities!

We start welcoming in January new direct members with ING and Plastic Omnium. See attached the information on the companies and the representation by Dorothée Appel and Pascal Zembra. Welcome Dorothée and Pascal! We thank you all for the support to the European CIO Association and look forward to a greater 2018 with more Direct Members as well as National Associations! Please save the date of April 18th / 19th for the next key EuroCIO event in London in coordination with BCS Elite UK. May the new year bring you joy and a fantastic job as CIO!

EuroCIO had a great year with lots of changes such as a new governance and new Workgroups and Councils (National Body Coordination Workgroup and Innovative Solutions and Initiatives). The National Body Coordination Workgroup has strengthened the cooperation of the National Associations with a global and European focus on vendor challenges, vendor dialogues and the Supplier Satisfaction Survey. The re-engineering of the CyberSecurity Council and the TASTE (Talent, eSkills Transformation and Education) Projects Workgroup are ongoing, including cooperation with the European Commission. And as mentioned at the EuroCIO Annual Conference, EuroCIO supports various executive Education programs across Europe. We thank you for the support to the European CIO Association and look forward to a greater 2018 with more Direct Members as well as National Associations! Please save the date of April 18th / 19th for the next EuroCIO event in London in coordination with BCS Elite. Have a wonderful Christmas time and fine year end festivities and family fun! May the new year bring you joy with family and friends, a fantastic job as CIO and an inspiring EuroCIO 2018 with your colleague CIO's!!