3x Cloud Sovereignty: What every CxO’s needs to know in 2026
In this keynote, you will learn how open source infrastructure enables you to take back strategic control without compromise. Discover how to secure full sovereignty over your data, technology and operations, while building a resilient and future proof infrastructure that supports your business goals.
Break free from vendor lock-in
Open source technology provides the highest level of technological sovereignty without rebuilding everything from scratch. Take control of your infrastructure and eliminate dependencies that put your business at risk.
Understand the full sovereignty picture
Learn why data location alone isn’t enough. Discover Gartner’s three pillars of digital sovereignty: data, operational, and technological, and how they protect your organization from geopolitical risks and jurisdictional challenges.
Build a resilient long-term strategy
Get practical guidance from tech leaders who’ve been championing sovereignty since 2011. Learn how to assess your current position, identify critical gaps, and create a strategic roadmap that balances independence with business needs.
Sovereignty without concessions: full control, zero compromise
The US Cloud Act can shut down your operations overnight, even when your data sits in Europe. Real companies have lost access to critical systems, backups, and email within minutes due to foreign jurisdictional reach.
This keynote reveals why data location isn’t protection. Discover how operational and technological sovereignty work together, and why open source infrastructure is your path to genuine independence without rebuilding everything.
Learn the three-pillar framework tech leaders need to navigate geopolitical risks and maintain business continuity.
Achieve full sovereignty across your infrastructure
Digital autonomy is now a strategic necessity. When foreign jurisdictions can access your systems, when vendor decisions override your operational needs, and when licensing changes dictate your infrastructure roadmap, you’ve lost control of your business.
True sovereignty spans three critical dimensions: where your data resides, who controls the technology stack, and how your operations remain independent from external influence. Each pillar reinforces the others, miss one, and your entire infrastructure remains vulnerable.
This keynote breaks down the framework for reclaiming digital autonomy:
- Data sovereignty: Ensure your information remains compliant, secure and under your control; protected from jurisdictional overreach.
- Technological sovereignty: Avoid vendor lock-in and build flexible infrastructure with open source technology that you truly own.
- Operational sovereignty: Empower your teams to manage infrastructure on their terms with full operational transparency and independence.
How we help
Strategic infrastructure design
We translate your business needs into scalable, secure and open source-based cloud architectures, tailored to your requirements.
Seamless VMware migrations
We guide you through complex infrastructure transitions with minimal risk and zero downtime.
Containerization support
From lift-and-shift to full refactoring, we help you adopt Kubernetes and containerized environments that actually perform.
Data sovereignty assurance
We ensure your data stays compliant, transparent and under your control. No compromises, no exceptions.
Operational excellence
We provide 24/7 support and monitoring through our Managed Services, so you stay in control while we handle the complexity.
Knowledge sharing and enablement
Training, co-development and open communication: we help your teams become fully autonomous in managing open source infrastructure.
Secure your spot and discover how to take back control of your IT strategy
Presented by industry experts
Wout van Heeswijk, CTO at Fairbanks
Wout is a technical expert in open source infrastructure with deep experience in OpenStack, Kubernetes and Ceph. He helps organizations design scalable architectures that support long-term control. In the keynote, he shares how to turn infrastructure challenges into strategic advantages.
Eric Kessels, CIO at Fairbanks
Eric bridges IT strategy and business goals. With a strong track record in enterprise IT, he understands how to stay in control while managing risk, cost and compliance. He explains how open source enables real sovereignty and agility in complex environments.
More about Fairbanks
Fairbanks supports organizations that want to build and manage their own cloud environments, on their own terms. As specialists in open source infrastructure, we believe that digital sovereignty is no longer optional.
With our deep technical expertise and a strong European foundation, we help IT teams take back control over their infrastructure. From OpenStack to Kubernetes, from design to daily operations, we work side by side with your team to ensure long-term success.
We don’t just implement. We co-create, enable and support. Always with transparency, flexibility and independence at the core.