About
Connect IT
Welcome to Connect IT 2026!
After an inspiring and successful first edition in 2025, Connect IT will return to Antwerp Expo on 7 May 2026 – bigger, stronger and with even more impact.
Connect IT is more than a traditional trade fair. It is the meeting platform for IT professionals, decision-makers, policymakers and technology experts from all sectors where digitisation makes a difference.
V-ICT-OR (Flemish ICT Organisation) and TMAB Business Events, in collaboration with Agoria and the Cyber Security Coalition, are creating a dynamic environment where innovation, knowledge sharing and collaboration take centre stage. This tech event brings people together to share insights, strategies and solutions – and thus help shape the future of technology and digitisation.
"Connect IT is the meeting place where technology, innovation and collaboration reinforce each other"
Discover. Inspire. Connect.
Connect IT 2026 once again brings together IT professionals from various sectors to discuss the power of digitisation and innovative solutions. What once began as an extension of the successful Shop IT has now grown into a new tech event for anyone who wants to transform, innovate and collaborate in a future-oriented way.
During Connect IT, you will discover the latest technological solutions, be inspired by top experts and expand your network through a lively exhibition floor, fascinating breakout sessions, practical demos and targeted networking opportunities.
"A cross-sector platform for the future"
This event looks beyond the traditional IT sector, connecting organisations across sector boundaries – from public institutions to companies in industry, services, security, defence, telecoms, finance, education, healthcare, and more - wherever digitalisation can make a difference.
What can you expect?
Technology in Action
Discover how different sectors can learn from each other through immediately deployable tools and technologies.
Voices of Change
Be inspired by visionary experts and real-life stories that make a real difference.
Hands-on Experience
No passive presentations, but hands-on demos and interactive sessions.
Connect & Grow
Expand your network with innovators, decision-makers and IT professionals from various sectors.
"CONNECTING IDEAS. CREATING IMPACT."
Explore. Experience. Connect.
The Hub
Discover the interactive exhibition floor where tech companies present their latest innovations and IT solutions.
The Arena
Be inspired during the breakout sessions on digital transformation, AI, data cybersecurity, innovation, strategy and much more.
The Core
Create valuable connections in an inspiring, informal networking environment.
Who to expect?
Meet IT professionals, decision makers and innovators from both the public and private sectors. Think CIOs, IT Managers, Digital Transformation Leads, Policy Advisors, Tech Innovators and Corporate IT & Solution Providers, Consultants and Tech Start-ups from various sectors. Gain insights from other sectors that will propel your own organisation or sector forward!
Experience Makers
DISCOVER OUR PARTNERS OF 2025.
Gamechangers
During the breakout sessions, discover how Gamechangers can strengthen your sector through innovative ideas and immediately deployable tools.
The programme for 2026 will be announced soon.
