Think Open Event 2026 - Break-out sessions
Line of Business Track
15h30 - 16h25: Managing value in the era of AI
FinOps (ITFM)
Speaker: Robbert Haakmeester
- Value, governance, and strategy
- Gaining visibility and control over cloud and IT spend
- Aligning technology investments with business outcomes
- Understanding the impact of regulations (GDPR, DORA, Gaia-X)
- Building a governance model for cost and compliance
- Real-life examples of cost optimization and financial accountability
Speaker: Florent Richard
- Implementation and operationalization
- Implementing FinOps practices across hybrid and multi-cloud
- Structuring cost allocation, tagging, and reporting models
- Integrating cost management into daily operations
- Tooling and data required for real-time cost visibility
- Managing complexity across multiple cloud platforms
16h30 - 17h25: AI That Works: Boosting Productivity Across the Enterprise
Watsonx orchestrate, Red Hat AI, App Modernization, Confluent
Speaker: Matthias Eeckeleers & Marc Loos
- Value, use cases, and adoption
- Identifying high-impact AI use cases across the organization
- Driving productivity gains with AI-powered automation
- Understanding ROI and business value of AI initiatives
- Scaling AI from pilot to enterprise-wide adoption
- Real-life examples: copilots, support automation, process optimization
Speaker: Christian Pallinder
- Implementation and architecture
- Automating workflows with AI using orchestration tools
- Integrating AI into applications (e.g., Spring Boot → Quarkus modernization)
- Leveraging Red Hat AI platforms for model deployment and scaling
- Ensuring secure, governed, and compliant AI usage
- Architecting AI solutions across hybrid cloud environments
17h30 - 18h00: Think Beyond Closure
Panel discussion BeLux Country Managers : Arrow - IBM - Red Hat
Kick-off of BOB Worldcup Contest 2026
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