HPE Innovation Day: it's a wrap!
Thank you for attending HPE Innovation Day!
Below, you will find links to the slides presented during the sessions. Whether you want to review a specific topic or catch up on something you missed, these resources will help you make the most of the event.
HPE Innovation Day - Keynote
HPE Innovation Day - ProLiant Gen 12
HPE Innovation Day - AI-powered automation with HPE Aruba Networking Central
HPE Innovation Day - The vision of HPE and NVIDIA; Private Cloud AI
HPE Innovation Day - SSE
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Join us for the HPE Innovation Day!
- Thursday 24 April 2025
- De Koolputten, Waasmunster
- 12.00 - 18.00 hours
- Roundtable, sessions and live demos
Get ready to connect, learn and be inspired at the HPE Innovation Day, hosted by HPE and NVIDIA!
On Thursday 24 April 2025, we welcome you to join us to discover what’s next across Networking, AI and Hybrid Cloud / virtualization.
Program
The program consists of inpiring sessions and demos:
| 12.00-13.30 |
Exclusive roundtable with NVIDIA
Join us for an exclusive update on the value proposition of the NVIDIA AI platform. Our guest speakers will give a highlight of the announcements made at NVIDIA GTC 2025 and provide an answer to how AI can be integrated into your IT environments.
Hosts: Mikael Karmazin / Guillaume Barat, NVIDIA
If you are interested in participating, please select this option during registration.
Registration does not guarantee a seat at the table!
Seats are limited and you will receive a separate email confirming your seat at the roundtable at a later stage.
Attendees participating to this small-group roundtable will be served lunch.
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| 13.30-14.00 |
- Doors open to all attendees
- Welcome drinks
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| 14.00-15.00 |
Keynote "What's new in AI, Hybrid Cloud and Networking?"
In this inspiring keynote, we invite Beltug, the Belgian association of CIOs and digital technology leaders, on stage to unveil some key insights from their latest B2B market study: ICT in Large Organisations. They will discuss some highlights of the current Belgian market, as well as the priorities and challenges in the Belgian IT-landscape.
Following this eye-opening introduction, we will share our latest insights on how you can modernize, optimize and simplify your IT environment, focusing on the challenges in Hybrid Cloud, AI and Networking.
We will discuss the latest innovations that help you get started with AI quickly and securely and to simplify, implement and operate your hybrid cloud. Additionally, we’ll update you on the latest news in networking and innovations such as HPE’s new VM Essentials virtualization solution. All with the aim of showing you how to innovate while being relieved of unnecessary burdens.
Speakers:
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| 15.00-15.15 |
Break |
| 15.15-15.45 |
Deepdive Sessions 1
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The future of compute: introducing the latest generation of HPE ProLiant Gen12
What does the future of compute look like? Discover how the next-generation HPE ProLiant Gen12 redefines computing power and differentiates within the market! In this session we'll deepdive into how it seamlessly integrates with the hypervisor platforms for virtualisation (like the new HPE VM Essentials) & supports your latest workloads, including AI.
Speakers: Johan Van Zwol, Compute category manager HPE
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HPE Aruba Networking New Central Monitoring & AI
HPE Aruba Networking Central is the foundation for AI-driven network automation, security, and scalability.
This powerful cloud-native platform simplifies network operations by providing deep AI-powered insights and centralized management across branch, campus, and data center environments.
In this session, you’ll see how Aruba Central enables you to connect, protect, and automate your network with advanced wireless, switching, and security technologies.
Discover how IT teams can leverage Aruba Central to enhance security, optimize performance, and seamlessly manage the networks of the future with AI-driven efficiency.
Speaker: Joris Vanhee, Category Manager, HPE Aruba Networking
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| 15.45-16.00 |
Room change |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Deepdive Sessions 2
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The vision of HPE and NVIDIA: Private Cloud AI
Wouldn't it be great if there was a "turnkey" solution that allows you to quickly and securely start your AI project without having to piece together all the necessary components? In this session, HPE and NVIDIA will explain how this is possible with the new HPE Private Cloud AI, co-engineered with NVIDIA – including demo! In addition to the hardware foundation, NVIDIA's software approach (featuring various frameworks) will also be extensively covered.
Speakers:
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HPE Aruba Networking SSE
Tired of worrying if the front-door of your network, your VPN gateway, is secure and properly locked? In this session you will learn about SSE and how ZTNA can help by only giving access to specific applications and not the whole network using a Cloud based managed service, so you don’t have to worry anymore.
Speakers:
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| 16.30-16.45 |
- Closing - Wrap-up of the sessions
- Unboxing of new ProLiant Gen12 - Discover the new HPE ProLiant Gen12 with us as we lift the curtain and unveil our newest flagship server!
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| 16.45-18.30 |
- Discover our showcase floor
- Walk around in our virtual HPE AI Mod POD, the HPE integrated modular Datacenter solution designed to run direct liquid cooling HPC/AI use cases
- Expand your knowledge with different live demos
- Visit our CIC in Geneva with VR-glasses
- Explore a real electric racecar from Formula Electric or go for an adrenaline chase with our racecar simulator!
- Drinks & bites
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Demos
We invite you on our demo floor to experience some solutions "live in action" during the networking part:
- Start using a private cloud for AI quickly, securely and easily
- Private Cloud Solutions in the hybrid world
- Discover the HPE alternative for virtualization: HPE VM Essentials
- Streamline your FinOps with HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform
- AI-powered automation with HPE Aruba Networking Central
We look forward to meeting you in Waasmunster!
Warm regards,
Your HPE BeLux Teams
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