ARCAD SUMMIT 2026
September 10 - 11 | Les Pensières,
Veyrier-du-Lac - Annecy (France)
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Join us for a unique experience bringing together customers, partners, and experts from around the world. Through inspiring conferences, live discussions, and an evening dinner, our ARCAD Summit is designed to exchange ideas, share experiences, and explore the future of enterprise applications.
This edition will also welcome Ambre Hasson, guest speaker, offshore sailor and adventurer, who will share her extraordinary journey shaped by boldness, adaptability and resilience.
*Customers & partners only
Featured Sessions
The first day will be in English and the second in French. Live AI translation will be available to participants who wish to use it. To access this service, please bring your own device (smartphone, tablet, or computer) as well as headphones or earbuds.
First Day
Thursday, Sep 10
Second Day
Friday, Sep 11
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Welcome Coffee
A welcome time to collect your badge, settle in, and start the day over coffee.
2:00 PM - 2:50PM
Vision & Innovations
Get the inside scoop on our innovation strategy, future vision, and client success stories — with ARCAD Software CEO Philippe Magne.
2:50 PM - 3:20PM
From Vision to Reality: How ARCAD is Embracing AI
Join Marc Dallas, ARCAD’s Director of R&D, for a strategic look at how AI is being integrated into our product suite — with a special focus on the new ARCAD MCP Server.
3:20PM - 4:10 PM
Roadmap V26.1 & V27
Discover upcoming ARCAD product evolutions and key priorities.
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
Coffee break
Take a moment to connect, exchange ideas, and recharge over coffee before the next sessions.
4:40 PM - 4:55 PM
Automate Kyndryl Cloud Uplift Environment Deployment with DROPS
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift and ARCAD Software combine their expertise and technologies to simplify and automate the provisioning of development and test environments. Through a live demonstration, discover how DROPS can automate the on-demand provisioning of a Kyndryl Cloud Uplift environment for your testing needs, allowing you to take full advantage of the flexibility of the Cloud throughout your testing campaigns.
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Why Agentic AI Matters: Guest presentation by HSBC Teams
What HSBC is doing on agentic – what benefits we are seeing and why it is important that the IBM i community embraces it.
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Round Table: Voices from the Field
Hear directly from ARCAD clients about their IBM i modernization strategy including the special participation of Allison Van Pelt, Vice President, Core Enterprise and zCloud, Kyndryl, Sebastian Cincio, DSI of Volvo Trucks, Benoît Marolleau, Solution Architect, IBM, Andrea Casiraghi, Software Integration Engineer, Décathlon, and Charles Guarino, President of Central Park Data Systems and IBM Champion.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Ambre Hasson
From New York startups to the solo Mini Transat, Ambre Hasson has learned to perform under pressure and navigate uncertainty. A powerful session on boldness, adaptability and resilience — at sea, in business and beyond.
7:30 PM – 12:00 AM
Dinner Cocktail
The day will end with a cocktail reception featuring live music.
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Welcome Coffee
Coffee and pastries before the start of the second day of the conference.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Vision & Innovation for the DOT brand
Get the inside scoop on our roadmap, innovation strategy, and client success stories with ARCAD Software CEO Philippe Magne and DOT Business Line Manager Marie-Céline Burlats.
10:30 AM - 11:00 PM
DOT in Action
Discover a new DOT feature in a demo with our experts Florian Pusello and Katrina Culbert, illustrated through a concrete use case and its benefits for your data protection projects.
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break
Take a moment to connect, exchange ideas, and recharge over coffee before the next sessions.
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM
Round Table: Clients & Data Protection
A discussion with key clients who are leading the way in data anonymization and compliance including the special participation of Blaise Diagne, DPO Corporate (France & International), Groupe Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring; Vincent Meriau, Head of the Testing Council and Lead for the Anonymization Solution, Open, Eric Agniel, Orange, et Issam Ouakrim, Information Security Officer, WTW (Willis Towers Watson), Eric Sossavi (MNH), and Ravi Appanah (Harmonie mutuelle).
12:30 PM
Lunch Cocktail
These two days of conference will close with a lunch cocktail, offering one last opportunity to share a convivial moment together.
Meet Our Speakers
A former professional in the New York startup scene turned offshore sailor, Ambre Hasson embodies boldness, adaptability, and resilience.
From Manhattan to the solo Mini Transat, she shares an extraordinary journey where every decision, every unexpected challenge, and every hardship becomes a driver for growth. A powerful conference to understand how to stay the course, even in uncertainty, and develop the soft skills essential to sustainable performance.
Blaise Diagne, a mathematician who went on to become an economist and econometrician with a degree from CERDI-CNRS, began his career as a spatial economics consultant for local governments before joining the Crédit Agricole Group in 2000. He held positions as an economist, and later as head and manager of decision-making projects, at the Caisse Régionale du Languedoc, followed by CA-Consumer Finance and CA Leasing & Factoring. He spent 18 years there, working in the Sales, Marketing, and Network Divisions, and later in the Information Systems & Digitalization Division, where he established numerous pilot units, services, and departments, playing a key role in projects and the management of the entire information system in France and internationally.
Since 2018, he has served as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for CAL&F’s headquarters and subsidiaries & branches, overseeing GDPR compliance across 11 countries. At the same time, he is committed to community integration through academic and professional mentoring, having founded the association “Détours pour le Futur” in 2014 and serving as the CAL&F ambassador for the national association “CAPITAL FILLES” since 2020.
Benoit is a Senior Solution Architect on the IBM Client Engineering EMEA team, based in Montpellier. As an IBM i platform specialist, he helps companies modernize their critical applications and infrastructure by integrating cloud, open-source, and DevOps technologies. He regularly shares his expertise through demonstrations, technical articles, and innovative projects, particularly on performance optimization and the digital transformation of IBM i systems.