On Wednesday May 20, 2026, I’m co-presenting at KNVI’s 'AI-IT Impact' event Dutch at Nest in Amstelveen Dutch. Fellow speakers Raymond Comvalius, Tom Dalderup and Erwin Derksen are my co-presenters for this day to answer the question: What happens if AI is just running in your organization tomorrow but no one has a clear idea of who has access to what, which apps act on behalf of whom and who monitors the rules?

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About KNVI

The Dutch Professional Association of Information and IT Professionals (KNVI) is an independent platform for sharing professional knowledge and expanding the personal networks of ICT Pros, information professionals, students and employers who want to keep their employees up to date.

KNVI organizes multiple meetings per month, publishes AG Connect both online and in print, and offers discounts to its members.

About the AI-IT Impact event

AI-IT Impact Day 2026 is a day for people who feel that AI is no longer about experimentation, but about direction. About the moment when you discover that the real questions are not technical or organizational, but both at the same time: what do you allow, what do you shield, and how do you keep it workable without stifling innovation?

Attendees get a clear, down-to-earth picture of where AI pinches and yields benefits in practice: in choices about use (Copilot/ChatGPT and everything around it), and in the control points that often only become visible when things get tense: identity, rights, consent, governance, lifecycle. Not as a checklist fetish, but as a way to safely accelerate AI.

This day stimulates, sharpens and helps attendees make choices that are already relevant on Monday.

The program

After a short introduction, starting at 10 AM, Erwin Derksen discusses organization and technology with a session focusing on six real-world scenarios. for each of these scenarios, he provides an overview of which AI is the best fit, what should be the requirements to implement AI and what could go wrong when introducing AI in your organization into these scenarios. He also discusses the upcoming AI act, AI literacy and NIS2 requirements.

After the lunch break, I present for an hour on identity as the AI control plane. Immediately after my session, fellow Microsoft MVP Raymond Comvalius presents his views on the AI ready workplace.

Join us!

Are you ready to start mastering AI, instead of merely deploying it? Do you want to learn what AI choices you have to make in advance to avoid hassle afterward? Are you questioning why identity is increasingly becoming the control plane of AI and what that means for your environment? Are you looking for practical AI baselines?  Let's explore together, with inspiring speakers, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at NEST Amstelveen!

Get your tickets here Dutch.

KNVI members can attend this event for free. Non-KNVI members pay EUR 195,70, excluding VAT. This includes a 1-year subscription to KNVI. Subscriptions to KNVI for students are a mere EUR 35,25 per year. Subscriptions for individuals start at EUR 117,50 per year for members aged 27 and below, for retirees and for unemployed people. Organizational subscriptions are available upon request.