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Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 Brussels

September 25, 2025Brussels, BelgiumEvent Lounge
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Agenda

8:00 - 9:30

Welcome & Registration

9:30 - 9:45

Welcome session

Stef Schampaert,

Country Manager Belux, Red Hat

Penny Philpot,

Vice President, Ecosystems EMEA Red Hat

9:45 - 10:30

Keynote 1

Chris Morgan,

Vice President, Hybrid Platforms Tech Marketing & Evangelism, Partner Products Executive, Red Hat

Ludovic Aelbrecht,

App Platform & AppDev Advisor Red Hat

10:30 - 10:40

Advancing AI, Virtualization and Platform Security

Accelerate secure, sovereign AI deployment. Learn how Intel's virtualization and platform security foundations enable trusted AI adoption across open hybrid environments.

Joost Weppner,

EMEA Partner Programs Director, Intel

10:40 - 10:55

Cloud-Agnostic Excellence: Building EUROCONTROL's Digital Platform with OpenShift

EUROCONTROL leveraged OpenShift to create a truly cloud-agnostic digital platform, enabling seamless application deployment across multiple cloud providers.

Antonio Licu,

Head of DTO - Digital Transformation Office and CTO - Head of Technology Division, EUROCONTROL

10:55 - 11:15

CIONET Paneldiscussion

Dive into "The Power of Hybrid"! Our panel explores cloud-native modernization strategies that boost agility and speed to market, no matter where you deploy.

11:15 - 11:45

Break & Networking

11.45 - 12.15

Agentic AI in Action: Red Hat & Intel Shaping the Future of Enterprise AI

Red Hat & Intel demo how Agentic AI can be deployed at scale on open hybrid clouds, using Intel Gaudi 3 & Xeon accelerators for performance.

Jurgen Eijmberts,

Sales Strategy Specialist, Intel

Terraform versus Ansible? Why not both?

In this session, we'll explore one way to use Terraform and Ansible together to take infrastructure-as-code to the next level. We will conclude with a live demo showcasing a practical use case for integrating both tools.

Seb Wains,

Automation Strategist, Red Hat

Vincent Seynhaeve,

Solution Architect, Red Hat

(Agentic) AI for the Enterprise Developer

In this session, you’ll explore how you can add a variety of Agentic AI capabilities to your enterprise apps: eg. prompting, guard railing, MCP, RAG, and more.

Kevin Dubois,

Developer Advocate @ IBM | Java Champion | CNCF DevEx TAG Tech Lead | Keynote Speaker | Software Engineer | Author | Open Source Contributor, IBM

12.20 - 12.50

From Journey to Containers, to Nested OpenShift With OpenShift Virtualization.

VDAB moved 502 apps from VMs to OpenShift containers in 2022 to improve DevOps. Now, they're using OpenShift Virtualization for more flexibility.

Christophe Vanlancker,

COPS Tech Lead (Container Operations), VDAB

To the Cloud & back again. Is Open Source the key to Digital Sovereignty?

Geopolitical changes, volatile trade dynamics and IT supply chain uncertainties have put the spotlight on sovereignty. Can Red Hat, open source and automation help you get back in control?

Peter Dens,

Managing Partner, Kangaroot

Finally Getting Started with AI: Leveraging the Red Hat Stack

Learn how to turn AI ambition into reality. This session with Red Hat and Devoteam shows how to start your AI journey and industrialize workloads.

Killian Kaeses,

Cloud Native Platform Manager, Devoteam

12:50 - 13:50

Lunch Break & Networking

13.50 - 14.20

Reimagining Open Source: The Invisible Engine of our Digital Society Smals

Open source is vital for our digital world. We'll explore how to fully embrace open principles in standards, code, AI, and communities for a better future.

Dirk Deridder,

CTO and Executive Committee member, Smals

From Roadblocks to Golden Paths with Red Hat OpenShift

Jan De Nul, partnered with AE, using a Platform Engineering approach and GitOps on Red Hat OpenShift to radically improve developer experience.

Arnout Hoebreckx,

Platform Architect, AE

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization at scale with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

In this session, we'll share how to automate critical tasks to ensure successful configuration, migration, and ongoing management of VMs from day 0 on OpenShift Virtualization using Ansible Automation Platform.

Richard Beatty,

Architect, EMEA Solutions & Technology Practice, Red Hat

14.25 - 14.55

Configuring, Consuming and Securing a Developer Friendly IDP; Red Hat Developer Hub and Advanced Developer Suite in Action

Open source is vital for our digital world. We'll explore how to fully embrace open principles in standards, code, AI, and communities for a better future.

Ian Lawson,

Senior Principal Technical Product Manager, Developer Advocate, Red Hat

How to Populate your ServiceNow CMDB with Ansible Automation Platform Facts?

Automatically sync your IT infrastructure data with ServiceNow. Our app connects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform securely to your CMDB.

Arnaud Ghysens,

Automation Specialist, ASP

Facilitating Digital Transformation in Maritime Operations

Revamping the IT infrastructure to support digital transformation and boost operational efficiency: Red Hat OpenShift & IBM Maximo Application Suite. Creating a scalable, secure, and future-ready IT framework.

Dennis Grigaliunas,

Sales Engineer, Piros

Angelo Jacobs,

Business Development Manager, Piros

14.55 - 15.25

Break & Networking

15.25 - 15.55

Accelerate your Automation Journey - Beyond Technology!

Successful automation is more than a technology affair. This session shows how to build a scalable automation practice by focusing on people and processes, not just code. Start small, scale big.

Seb Wains,

Automation Strategist, Red Hat

Simplify, Scale, Succeed: Future-Proof Your IT with AWS + Red Hat

Win big by combining Red Hat's open hybrid solutions with AWS's innovative cloud services to accelerate your digital transformation.

Luka Riester,

Sr Solutions Architect, AWS

Yohan Wadia,

Solution Architect Team Lead, AWS

Confidential Computing with Red Hat OpenShift: Concepts, Use Cases, and Roadmap

Learn how confidential computing protects data in use with hardware encryption. We’ll cover real-world cases and Red Hat’s OpenShift roadmap for these workloads.

Dieter De Moitié,

Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat

16.00 - 16.30

AI, Shaken Not Stirred: Building Agentic Intelligence with RAG

Go beyond passive AI. We'll show you how to build smarter, autonomous applications with Agentic RAG and Java, all on OpenShift.

Maarten Vandeperre,

Specialist Solutions Architect (AppDev & AI), Red Hat

Camille Nigon,

Solutions Architect, Red Hat

Unifying VMs & Containers in the Cloud: Cost Control with Managed OpenShift

Run your VMs and containers together on OpenShift. Get a unified operating model and optimize costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Ahmed ElGendy,

Senior Managed OpenShift Black Belt, Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, reinvent your Linux

RHEL 10: Innovative Linux with built-in AI. Enhance zero trust security, contain drift, and manage your hybrid cloud from one platform. Do more with less.

Juan van der Breggen,

Principal Associate Solutions Architect, Red Hat

16.30 - 18.30

networking drink

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Sponsors

Lead sponsor

Intel logo

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers’ greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. 

Diamond

Dell

Gold

AE

AE is a trusted partner in digital excellence. AE empowers people and organisations by shaping purposeful, tailored digital progress — not through standardised programmes, but by working in true partnership. Founded on the belief that the right solution is never off-the-shelf, we guide organisations from context to impact. With a multidisciplinary approach, proven methodologies, and a deep integration of human insight and technology, we help future-focused organisations evolve — and endure. 400 colleagues support clients in domains such as data & AI, UX & service design, digital platforms and enterprise architecture. For us, AI is not a goal, but a catalyst: a connecting force that breaks down silos, enhances processes, and creates space for innovation. Together, we grow forward – we grow excellence.

ASP

Since 1995, ASP is a leading provider of IT managed services and ServiceNow implementations. ASP provides IT services, security and integration expertise, within a selected range of products and technologies throughout Belgium and neighboring countries. We differentiate ourselves through our proximity, flexibility, and process-driven approach. Our team of certified professionals includes system / network engineers, security specialists and ServiceNow developers and consultants.

AWS

AWS is the world's largest cloud provider with the most comprehensive set of services. Whether you're looking for generative AI, compute power, database storage, content delivery, or other functionality, AWS has more than 200 services to help you build applications with unparalled security, reliability and performance. Together AWS and Red Hat empower organizations with a comprehensive hybrid cloud platform that combines the flexibility of AWS with the power of Red Hat open-source technologies. The longstanding partnership has been providing innovative solutions and running mission-critical workloads for over 17 years.

Devoteam

Devoteam is a premium consultancy firm driving digital business and transformation through innovative technology. Tech native for over 30 years, we deliver lasting results in Cloud, Data, Cyber and AI for industries and public institutions across EMEA. At Devoteam, tech entrepreneurship is at the core of our values, fostering our spirit as a learning company. Within this culture, we attract and train top professionals, creating high talent density across our 11,000 specialists. Strong partnerships have always been central to our DNA, which is why we collaborate closely with both well-known tech giants and emerging innovative startups. This ecosystem enables us to provide long-lasting solutions that help clients lead in their industries.

Kangaroot

Kangaroot has more than 25 years of Open Source Expertise. We'll help you design, build & manage your open source platform! All with our expert 24/7 support. Innovation & creativity are key when our certified engineers start searching for that perfect tailor-made solution. Our expertise spans across all key areas of Open Source technologies. Today we stand here as Gold Partner & proud Premier Business Partner of Red Hat for many years already. We were lucky to assist amongst other: TVH, Pfizer, Smals, Telenet, European Parliament, … Make sure to drop by our booth & join our break-out session!

Piros

When you shake hands with Piros as your IT partner, you choose Red Hat as your preferred IT provider. We decided 20 years ago to avoid mainstream trends or copy ideas from legacy software systems. With Red Hat, you get modern solutions with all the features of a traditional software system and the benefits of a secure open-source approach in a community model. Our staff works closely with you and offers full transparency from planning to execution. We are proud to be the first and only IT provider in Belgium that covers the full Red Hat portfolio. Eager to take your IT to the next level!

Silver

ITS4U

ITS4U Group brings together a high-performing team of certified experts with extensive experience across a wide range of industries, including Financial Services, the Public Sector, Telecommunications, Healthcare, and Non-Profit Organizations. The company delivers cutting-edge, tailor-made IT solutions that are precisely aligned with each client’s unique needs and context. ITS4U remains firmly grounded in four core values: independence, growth, trust, and quality.

SAS
Veeam

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes every business should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. ​ ​We’re obsessed with creating innovative ways to help our customers achieve data resilience. We do that by offering purpose-built solutions that provide data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. ​Headquartered in Seattle, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam

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Venue information

Date: September 25, 2025

Time: 09:00 - 20:00

Location: Event Lounge,
Generaal Wahislaan 16/F,
1030 Schaarbeek,
Belgium

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