Close the Gap attended CIO Days in the Netherlands.
Posted on 15/11/2010
With over 800 participants from all over the world, the 6th CIO Day 2010 was this year’s largest IT executives top event in the Netherlands. Several IT professionals, visionaries, industry leaders and other hotshots have taken the centre stage on the 15th & 16th of November to enlighten and inspired this community.
On the 15th, the exclusive pre-conference program, the CIO VIP Diner and entertaining after dinner party were on the program. A prestigious diner where Close the Gap reported on its current activities. Close the Gap General Director Olivier Vanden Eynde gave a speech on the current realizations made by Close the Gap thanks to the several donations of IT assets from companies like ABN Amro, Prorail, Aegon, Essent… Since the collaboration with the Dutch IT community in 2009, Close the Gap received more or less 30,000 assets. The CIO community supported 2 important educative projects in Uganda and South Africa.
During his speech, Olivier Vanden Eynde also testified on the importance of the e-waste agenda. This thematic being more and more central in a context of refurbishing material sent to developing countries.
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