it ‘s our future

Where it meets energy.

12 oktober 2023 - 's-hertogenbosch

Come to the first-ever sustainable energy conference in Brabant’s tech hub!

you’re invited.

Step into a world of possibilities and be inspired by the unlimited potential of IT technology in the energy industry.
The tech-hub of Brabant will host the very first IT‘s Our Future conference: this festival brings together a vibrant community of Essent, Enexis and Team Rockstars IT, who together are paving the way to a sustainable and energetic future.

What can you expect at IT‘s Our Future conference?
An evening of exciting presentations and talks from leading experts in the IT field within energy technology. Discover the latest trends, groundbreaking developments and innovative solutions that can transform our energy supply. From smart grids and renewable energy sources to advanced storage technologies and efficient energy generation systems – this is where ideas converge and future breakthroughs are formed.

But the event is more than just a content conference. It is an interactive experience that invites you to participate and network with like-minded professionals.
Meet the visionaries shaping the future, exchange knowledge with innovative entrepreneurs and expand your network in the Den Bosch region.

So, if you are passionate about the possibilities of IT technology and fascinated by the evolution of energy, don’t miss IT’s our future!
Register today and become part of an inspiring community committed to a smart, sustainable and energy-rich world.

program it’s your future

locatie: essent s'hertogenbosch
Step over the threshold, breathe that Brabant air and feel the anticipation rise. Our team welcomes you to the IT tech and energy world with open arms.

Koen Aerts (CTO Team Rockstars IT), Michiel Valk (CIO Essent) and Joost Looij (IT Director Enexis) welcome you to the conference.

Like standing in a candy store full of knowledge. Choose your faves from our inspiration and knowledge sessions. Nice to know: the rounds will take place at all three of our locations: Essent, Enexis and Team Rockstars IT.

Talk round 1

Time to continue networking!

speakers

AI

toon wijnands – lead enterprise architect

Toon is an experienced IT professional, having worked in IT for 30 years as an architect and as a manager, both in startups and large enterprises.

Driven by the tremendous pace of technological innovation, he is always looking to achieve great results from a business and customer perspective.
Often, technology is part of that puzzle.

Currently, Toon is transforming the application landscape to a cloud-based, event-driven architecture.

AI

mitchel nijdam – backend developer

Mitchel Nijdam is a passionate developer with expertise in Java, Kafka and Kubernetes.
He is a true team player, with a focus on building robust and innovative solutions.

Currently working at Alliander through Team Rockstars IT, Mitchel has gained experience in accelerating internal processes and implementing innovative solutions in the energy sector.

Because of his interest in the new developments of artificial intelligence, Mitchel knows how to build a pragmatic bridge between IT projects and innovation.

cloud

Yordi white – system architect

Yordi Wit is an experienced software engineer and architect who plays a key role in technology transformation at Essent IT.
His deep knowledge and expertise make him the driving force behind the company’s technology development.

What really sets Yordi apart is his passion for technology.
He breathes and lives for all things tech.
His love for the profession shines through in his work, and he is always willing to work with the engineering community to make the technology vision a reality.

cloud

michel habets – cloud architect

Michel Habets is the co-initiator and architect of Enexis’ cloud strategy.
Driven by the conviction that speed, flexibility and scalability is the only answer to the Netherlands’ energy transition challenges, Michel shaped the idea of the Cloud Native Architecture Platform within Enexis seven years ago.

As lead architect in the transformation program, he also realized this, which is why today Enexis has all its infrastructure, systems and applications running in the cloud (Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services).

Michel is still steering the cloud idea within Enexis and can rightly be considered a specialist in the cloud field.

data

misha stroomer – release train engineer

Misha Stroomer is an experienced Agile Leader.
He has been gaining this experience for more than 20 years in the Energy sector at companies such as Essent, Alliander, Vattenfall and Enexis.

Within Enexis, as a Release Train Engineer, Misha is responsible for the rapidly growing “Alphabet” chain.

This chain plays an essential role in keeping the energy transition feasible and affordable by developing smart solutions, with data being the common thread.

data

daan verbakel – data engineer

Daan is a young addition to Enexis, working as a full-stack developer.
Every day he is involved in building A to Z data driven solutions.

One of the challenges in the work is combining multiple types of data from different data sources filled by millions of devices.
Innovative solutions are realized with this data.
For example, this data is used in the self-developed Grid Management System to comply with the Congestion Management Act.

Daan works hard to ensure that households and businesses can always count on power when they need it.
Wondering what else Enexis uses its data for?

data

bram postma – data engineer

Bram Postma, Senior Data Engineer at Team Rockstars Data.
With expertise in Cloud, Dev-ops and Big Data technologies, Bram has developed his analytical skills to extract valuable insights from data.

He has worked in a variety of industries, including finance, insurance and clean mobility.

Bram is a proactive problem solver who enjoys challenges and is always looking for new opportunities to apply his knowledge.

data

NANGIALAI WAZIRI – data engineer

Nangialai Waziri has 5 years of experience as a data engineer in various projects at T-mobile, municipality of Eindhoven/Hilversum, a major player in the financial market and is currently working at ASML, among others.

He specializes in end-to-end industrialization and operations of data pipelines (in combination with Machine Learning) and their migration to Cloud (Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure).
He also has experience in setting up Cloud infrastructure and developing Cloud native data solutions and software applications.

talks

data

Enexis

To keep the energy transition feasible and affordable, data plays an essential role for Enexis.
And that within a landscape where complexity within the energy system has increased significantly in recent years!
This complexity will continue to increase in the coming years, with all the future sustainable energy carriers such as hydrogen and green gas.

This talk will zoom in on how Enexis – specifically the IT department – uses data to accelerate the energy transition and…how innovative these IT services are.
Because besides electricity and gas, data has now become our third Asset!

Team Rockstars IT

One of the most important responsibilities of a data engineer is the ability to turn massive amounts of data into valuable insights for businesses. Thus, patterns and trends can be discovered that help companies optimize their processes, better understand their customers and improve their strategies.

Data engineering is constantly evolving, with new technologies and tools coming to market.
We would love to tell you more about this during I’ts Our Future!

ai

Discover the power of AI in software development during this inspiring talk!

Wondering how AI products such as ChatGPT and Github Copilot can take software development productivity to new heights? More and more organizations are becoming curious about these developments, but still lack the necessary knowledge to take full advantage of them. Imagine increasing efficiency and knowledge sharing within your development teams, resulting in better performance.

This talk offers you the chance to discover the latest trends in AI and understand how your business can benefit from them. Get inspired by the possibilities and take the next step toward improved software development. Don’t miss this opportunity to take your business to new heights!

cloud

How do you increase the flexibility and scalability of an IT infrastructure?

Our Cloud engineers, developers and architects work with leading vendors such as AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. We build scalable, reliable systems that help clients grow, from consulting to implementation. Building scalable, reliable systems that help customers grow can have a huge impact on society and the world around us.

This brings unique challenges, such as dealing with complex cloud architectures, managing large data sets and optimizing performance and security that we are happy to talk more about.

registering it’s our future

Don’t wait any longer and register for our It’s Our Future Conference on October 12, 2023.

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