Join the Digital Trust Conference 2025. Get tickets now.
Join the Digital Trust Conference 2025. Get tickets now.
Join us for an insightful evening dedicated to enhancing IT governance for a secure future at the event “Integrating IT Governance for a Secure Future” on the 14 of October 2024 co-hosted by ISACA Belgium Chapter, ISACA Netherlands Chapter, and Antwerp Management School with the cooperation of the Cybersecurity Security Coalition and Beltug.
This event aims to bring together leading experts and professionals in the field of IT governance, sharing their knowledge and experience in the context of governmental institutions.
The primary objective is to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and strategies in IT governance, highlighting the importance of effective management in achieving organizational objectives and maximizing IT value.
A well-structured IT governance framework, such as COBIT, can significantly contribute to the success of governmental institutions. However, the implementation of COBIT in the public sector presents unique challenges. Governmental environments are dynamic and involve various stakeholders and organizational partnerships, making the implementation process complex. Furthermore, gaining sufficient attention for COBIT is a challenge, not only among IT professionals but also among top-level management.
Therefore, we are launching a research program that will specifically focus on the role of IT governance within governmental institutions. This program aims to shed light on crucial concerns and issues related to creating substantial value through exceptional IT governance. We cordially invite you to participate in this engaging discussion, regardless of your role in IT management, cybersecurity, or governance. Attending this event will provide you with valuable insights to stay ahead in this rapidly evolving field.
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Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Steven De Haes, Dean of Antwerp Management School and Professor of Digital Strategy & Governance at Antwerp Management School and the University of Antwerp.
Prof. Dr. Steven De Haes is actively engaged in teaching and applied research in the domains of Digital Technology Governance & Management, Digital Technology Strategy & Alignment, Digital Technology Value & Performance Management, Digital Technology Assurance & Audit and Digital Technology Risk & Security. His teaching experience and activity ranges from bachelor, master, executive to PhD level. He also acts as academic director for the executive master’s programs in IT Governance & Assurance, Enterprise IT Architecture, IT Management and IT Risk & Security Management.
Dr. Koen De Maere, CISM, CGEIT.
Dr. Koen De Maere combines the strengths of practitioner, consultant, and academic. In addition to his work as senior expert Operations and Digitalization at BASF, he is assistant professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, visiting researcher in Information Technology Governance at the department of Management Information Systems of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Antwerp and visiting researcher at the competence center Digital Innovation at Antwerp Management School. Koen is actively engaged in teaching Data Science and related ethical concerns. From 2023, he became Director of Marketing and Communications, and Advocacy and Government Relation of ISACA Board.
Prof.Dr. Barry Derksen is an experienced CISO, CTO and contributed in these roles to organisations as Ayvens (LeasePlan), ABNAMRO – ICS, Stedin, Idemia and many more. He is also professor at Antwerp Management School, the Business School which is in the select group (1%) of business schools worldwide with three international accreditations so called ’Triple Crowned’. Barry is also boardmember at ISACA NL chapter and Secure Software Alliance. Barry is also author of books like Trends in Business & IT, Baseline Information Security (BIO), Agile Secure Software Lifecycle Management and others.
Maria Haasnoot-Bezverhaya, MSc. EMITA RE, Strategisch Business & I-Controller
Maria Haasnoot- Bezverhaya works in the central government as a strategic I-controller and she is a part time external researcher at TU Delft. Her research is about I-control in the central government. Maria has extensive experience in the central government as an IT auditor, information manager and I-controller. Her professional interests are in IT governance, IT value creation, data and process mining and AI.
Patrick Soenen, Trainer and Board Advisor
Patrick Soenen is trainer and coach in audit, risk and IT governance at Qualified Audit Academy. Patrick has over 40 years’ experience in a wide range of IT-related services in the financial, energy, services and public sectors. His assignments have ranged from IT and internal audit, project assessment, GDPR assessment, organisational change management, implementation of internal control and IT governance systems, to IT and business process coordination. Patrick has been teaching IT audit, security and privacy for many years and is coaching internal audit departments on these subjects.
Drs. Nard Janssens, Strategic IT-Business controller Dutch Government, PhD candidate TU Delft
Drs. Nard Janssens has over 20 years of experience in IT service management, risk management, business control, IT governance and IT business value at the Dutch central government. Nard is also a lecturer in Public Financial Management and Control for foreign governments who are preparing to join the EU. For the past 2 years, Nard is doing PhD research at TU Delft on the governance of public partnerships and interest alignment.
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