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Event

CIO Forum 2025

26.02.2025 10:00 - 16:00
Aula Pio XI | Università Cattolica of Milan, Largo Gemelli 1

DUAL MODE

Presentation of the workshop

The workshop aims to share IT strategies in terms of AI, cloud and new operating models also in light of the financial sector's DORA regulation.

Among the topics in focus:

  • IT strategic plans and new governance criteria
  • Road to AI: from factory to production
  • Cloud and hybrid infrastructure: between flexibility and economic and environmental sustainability
  • Operating models and new IT factory sourcing strategies
  • DORA in action: the impacts on IT value chain management

Agenda of the day

Federico Rajola
Full Professor of Business Organization and Director Cetif
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Opening remarks.
Paolo Gatelli
Senior Research Manager
Cetif
From Life Trends to Digital Trends: 2025 CXO Agenda
Massimo Proverbio
Chief IT, Digital and Innovation Officer
Intesa Sanpaolo
Cloud & AI: how to bring new technologies to scale
Giandomenico Miceli
Head of Group Digital Governance & Operations
UniCredit
Intervention by
Massimiliano Baga
Group Chief Information Officer
BPER Bank
The new B:Dynamic strategic plan: how does IT respond?
Milo Gusmeroli
Chief Information & Operations Officer
Popular Bank of Sondrio
Business plans and IT evolution an inseparable link
Luca Montagnini
Chief Information Officer
Crédit Agricole Italy
The approach to DORA within the IT strategy.
Mario Mendia
CEO
ReActive
Experience serving the industry
Raphael Avila Hesles
Head of Business Transformation
Zurich Insurance Italy
Innovation in insurance: transformation, data and AI in an evolving marketplace
Gian Luca Verraz
Head of IT
Generali Italy
IT: Value Partners
Elizabeth Towers
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
Sace
Technology and Innovation: the keys to Sace's transformation