CIOmove is a global conference that brings together CIOs from multinational companies with an average of $5 billion in revenue (see participants).
The conference takes place annually and moves around the globe. Smaller meetings (CIOmove@Home) are offered bimonthly to reconnect CIOs with special interests.
The topics of the discussions are chosen by CIOs and led by CIOs. Professors from Columbia University, the Technical University of Munich, and the University of St. Gallen provide academic support.
The method for matching CIOs and topics is comparable to the “syntegration” by Anthony Stafford Beer and “open space” by Harrison Owen. It allows for in-depth networking sessions in small groups of peers with similar interests.
In this video we show you how the CIOmove works
The destination for CIOmove 2026 will be Brussels & Paris!
Previous destinations:
- In Ireland, we visited several companies in the Silicon Docks and discussed the topic of resilience in IT at Trinity Business School.
- In Morocco, we visited various cities and organizations and created a framework for an intensive exchange on current IT topics.
- In Portugal, we explored the opportunities of nearshoring in a stable democracy with a thriving IT environment.
- In Switzerland, we held group discussions at the University of Zurich (near Albert Einstein’s former office) and observed the world’s first truly autonomous drones in flight.
- In Germany, a select group of CIOs rode bikes along the Neckar River during the Corona restrictions and visited Daimler, Porsche, and the new TUM campus in Heilbronn.
- In the USA, we discussed AI issues at Columbia University, the United Nations, and the US Military Academy at West Point.
- In Israel, we met with the most promising startups and security companies in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- In Spain, we visited the world’s leading business school, IESE, and met with the Consell de CIOs de Catalunya.
- In the United Kingdom and France, we met the youngest Lord of the Manor in London, experienced a new way of learning at École 42 in Paris, and visited the TM Forum in Nice.
- In Switzerland, we strolled through the banking district of Zurich and participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- In Germany, we met in the boardroom of Deutsche Bahn, visited the world’s largest IT trade show (Cebit), and experienced Berlin’s thriving startup scene.
Discussions at CIOmove focus on the following areas:
- Innovation (finding and adopting game-changing technologies)
- Intelligence (communicating more effectively with better data)
- Integration (making the business more efficient in processes)
Leading scientists like Prof. Helmut Krcmar from TUM, Prof. Arthur Langer from Columbia University and Prof. Walter Brenner from University of St. Gallen serve as “scientific supporters” at CIOmove. These constant companions invited even more scientists from MIT (2015), ETH Zurich (2016+2022) and IESE (2017).
The world’s biggest CIO-networks contribute: “CIO Executive Council” in Boston, the “China CIO Association” in Shanghai and “Euro-CIO” in Brussels are sending delegates to CIOmove.
Companions are welcome at CIOmove. They may join an extra program to explore our destinations or contribute their own topics for the CIO discussions.
The business model: CIOmove is run by Horst Ellermann and Faktor3. CIOs pay a fee for joining the conference, see Terms & Conditions – CIOmove. Boardmembers of IT vendors like Accenture, Google, HPE and Salesforce sponsor the CIOmove generously. They are allowed to join the discussions in a limited number. The ratio is 3:1 – three or more CIOs meet not more than one vendor in all group discussions.
CIOmove was an idea of Helmut Krcmar, Professor at TUM – Technical University Munich. Helmut is also one of the founders of Germany´s “CIOcircle” that started in 2002 and became the biggest CIO network in Central Europe.