Think Open Event 2026 - Break-out sessions
IT Track
15h30 - 16h25: Automate to Accelerate:
From Provisioning to Optimization
Automation (Terraform, Ansible, Concert)
Speakers: Kristof Stroobants & Seb Wains
- Value, outcomes, and strategy
- How automation reduces operational costs and increases speed-to-market
- Standardizing IT to reduce risk and improve scalability
- Linking automation to financial control and efficiency gains
- Real-life use cases and business impact
- How to evolve from ad-hoc automation to a structured automation strategy
Speakers: Victor Szymanski & Vincent Seynhaeve
- Implementation and architecture
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform & Ansible
- Automating Day 2 operations (patching, scaling, compliance)
- Using IBM Turbonomic for continuous optimization
- Integrating automation across hybrid cloud platforms
- Building scalable and reusable automation frameworks
16h30 - 17h25: Build Once, Run Anywhere:
Stay Sovereign
IBM Fusion & Red Hat OpenShift
Speaker: Jeremy Wirtz
- Strategy, flexibility, and business value
- Enabling flexibility without vendor lock-in
- Accelerating application delivery across environments
- Balancing innovation with control over data and infrastructure
- Reducing complexity through platform standardization
- Real-life hybrid cloud adoption strategies and outcomes
Speakers: Dieter Dedroog & Tom D’Hondt
- Platform and architecture
- Building a consistent platform with Red Hat OpenShift
- Simplifying operations and data management with IBM Fusion
- Managing applications across on-prem, cloud, and edge
- Kubernetes as the foundation for portability and scalability
- Designing hybrid architectures for resilience and flexibility
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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