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On 2 July 2026, a room full of CIOs, CTOs and digital leaders gathered at The Plectrum in Ghent to ask one hard question: are organisations actually in control of the AI they've adopted?

The conversation ranged across governance, cost, security and sovereignty. We've gathered the sharpest parts of it into a set of downloads you can read in minutes and share with your team.

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  • Data report: the control gap

    AI's adoption curve, told entirely through the numbers one room of technology leaders put on the table. From the 67/18 governance chasm to the 93% of Europe's stack that isn't European — the figures, in order, and what they add up to.

  • Keynote: AI on your terms

    The intellectual spine of the afternoon. Why AI is a dependency multiplier, why strategic autonomy means optionality rather than isolation, and the five takeaways every organisation can act on — including Flanders' "Government OS" approach to platformisation.

  • Quotes: In their own words

    The lines that stuck. Nine quotes from the eight voices who shaped the day — Jan Smedts, Dominique De Cooman, Roeland Delrue, Raphaël Weuts, Cyril Guilloret, Öztürk Taspinar, Marieke Laeremans and Carlo Schots.

  • Numbers: the state of play

    The statistics that framed the Forum, built into a single visual argument — from near-universal adoption to the proof that getting AI right is entirely possible. Designed to be scrolled, saved and shared.