The invisible thread: Scaling under regulation and geopolitical risk
Keynote (BEGINNER level)
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In 2026, scaling complex organisations with open source at the core is a flywheel of complexity: more countries, evolving regulation, and growing dependencies. All while modernising systems that must never stop running, and in a geopolitical landscape that turns dependencies into vulnerabilities overnight.
In this keynote, we explore how organisations can weave an invisible thread across teams: aligning architecture, platform engineering, infrastructure, and product thinking to build shared resilience, portability, and long-term sovereignty.
Where it matters most, open source becomes a strategic enabler: more transparency, more control, and the ability to own and maintain the critical layers of your stack.
In this keynote, we explore how organisations can weave an invisible thread across teams: aligning architecture, platform engineering, infrastructure, and product thinking to build shared resilience, portability, and long-term sovereignty.
Where it matters most, open source becomes a strategic enabler: more transparency, more control, and the ability to own and maintain the critical layers of your stack.
Daniele Tonella
ING
Daniele Tonella is the chief technology officer at ING. A lifelong technologist, he describes himself as “a mechanical engineer by mistake” with an enduring passion for tech. He started coding when he was 10 years old, and at 18, “with the self‑confidence of that age”, he believed he already understood technology well enough to study something different, so he pursued mechanical engineering. Despite that, he never stopped tinkering and coding on the side, eventually moving fully into the technology world.
Daniele has over 20 years of experience in senior technology and leadership roles in the financial industry and currently serves in advisory and board positions for several companies. Before joining ING, he worked at UniCredit, including as Group Chief Information Officer and CEO of UniCredit Services. Prior to that he held roles at AXA Group, Evalueserve, and Swiss Life. He began his career as a consultant at Mercer and later McKinsey & Company in Switzerland.
He holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering from ETH Zürich and completed executive education programmes at Harvard, IMD, INSEAD, and MIT Sloan.
Daniele has over 20 years of experience in senior technology and leadership roles in the financial industry and currently serves in advisory and board positions for several companies. Before joining ING, he worked at UniCredit, including as Group Chief Information Officer and CEO of UniCredit Services. Prior to that he held roles at AXA Group, Evalueserve, and Swiss Life. He began his career as a consultant at Mercer and later McKinsey & Company in Switzerland.
He holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering from ETH Zürich and completed executive education programmes at Harvard, IMD, INSEAD, and MIT Sloan.