Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas

What Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas does

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas (the Lithuanian IT Leaders Club) is a non-profit professional association serving senior IT executives in Lithuania. Founded in January 2015 as an informal community and formalized as an association in 2022, the organization has grown to approximately 97 members, primarily IT directors, CIOs, and CTOs drawn from leading Lithuanian organizations across banking (Swedbank Lithuania), e-commerce (Vinted), public sector (State Tax Inspectorate / VMI), logistics (Girteka), and manufacturing and investment (SBA). The association operates as a peer community, offering quarterly closed-door meetings, an electronic discussion forum, and an annual conference. Co-founder Arūnas Penkaitis is a visible public figure, having joined the board of the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) in 2025.

The association's core offering centers on knowledge sharing and peer networking among Lithuania's senior technology leadership. Its flagship event is an annual IT conference, with editions held in 2024 (inaugural) and 2025 (sold out), and a third edition announced for 2026 that explicitly incorporates AI topics into the program. The club monetizes through three revenue streams: conference ticket sales priced at 99 EUR early bird and 139 EUR standard, corporate sponsorships anchored by BITĖ as General Sponsor and DELFI as Partner, and membership fees. The association holds a unique convening position in Lithuania's technology ecosystem, but does not develop proprietary technology, software products, or AI capabilities — its function is fundamentally relational and informational.

The organization's growth trajectory since 2022 reflects a deliberate build-out from informal community to a structured association with a recurring event product, formalized sponsorship model, and institutional leadership footprint extending into public-sector IT governance. The addressable market is bounded by the relatively small population of senior IT decision-makers in Lithuania, which caps aggressive scaling but reinforces the value of the closed, vetted community format.

Name

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas

Legal name

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas

Website

https://cio.lt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas is a Lithuanian non-profit professional association of roughly 97 senior IT executives (CIOs, CTOs, IT directors), offering quarterly peer meetings and a recurring annual conference funded by ticket sales, corporate sponsorships, and membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association / IT Executive Community

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHACAA

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies)

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs) & Meeting Planners

SECONDARYMPAGAGAM

Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Conventions & Conferences (Business Events)

Keywords

• IT executive networking
• Professional IT association
• CIO community
• IT leadership conferences
• IT management events

Headquarters

HQ city

Vilnius

HQ country

Lithuania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference ticket sales: The club generates revenue through annual conference ticket sales. Early bird tickets priced at 99 EUR, standard tickets at 139 EUR. Tickets are sold through Delfi and Fienta platforms.
2. Membership fees: Revenue from annual membership fees for the Association Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas CIO.lt, which was formalized in 2022.
3. Sponsorships: Conference sponsorships from partners such as BITĖ (General Sponsor) and DELFI (Partner).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas is a voluntary, member-based professional association for IT executives in Lithuania. It provides a closed community of 97 IT directors, CIOs, and IT managers, periodic physical and hybrid meetings, electronic discussions and consultations, and an annual IT leadership conference where members share practical experience on technologies, suppliers, projects, and IT organization management.

Product overview

Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas (CIO.lt) is a professional association for IT executives in Lithuania, operating since January 2015 and formalized as an association in 2022. The organization offers a membership community of 97 IT leaders, periodic physical and hybrid meetings, electronic discussion channels, and events and training programs. The flagship offering is the annual IT Executive Conference, which brings together practitioners to share insights on AI implementation, cybersecurity, ERP systems, and IT management strategies. The club focuses on knowledge sharing among IT managers regarding technology trends, vendor relationships, IT projects, and organizational management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lietuvos IT vadovų konferencija (Annual IT Executive Conference) A large-scale annual conference for IT directors, CIOs, and IT managers in Lithuania featuring practitioner-only presentations on IT leadership plans, AI implementation, Zero Trust cybersecurity, ERP, and IT management strategies. Tickets sold via Fienta and Delfi (Early Bird 99 EUR, Standard 139 EUR); 2025 edition sold out.
• Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas Membership Closed, vote-based professional association membership for senior IT executives in Lithuania, providing access to peer knowledge exchange, periodic meetings, electronic discussions, events, and training. Annual membership fee applies; current community of 97 members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Association formed in 2022, formalizing the voluntary community started in 2015

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered general sponsor, partner and minor.

• BITĖgeneral sponsorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025BITĖ is the General Sponsor of the Lietuvos IT vadovų konferencija 2025. As the main sponsor, they support the annual IT leadership conference organized by the association.
• DELFIpartnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025DELFI serves as Partner for the 2025 conference, distributing tickets through their conferences division. The collaboration includes marketing support and ticket sales through Delfi platforms.
• FientaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Fienta is the ticketing platform partner handling conference ticket sales and payment collection for the annual IT leadership conference.
• Lietuvos parodų ir kongresų centras LitexpominorOthers · 1 January 2025Litexpo is the venue for the annual IT leadership conferences, providing conference facilities at their exhibition center in Vilnius.
• Bilietai.ltminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Bilietai.lt is the ticket distribution platform for the 2024 conference, handling ticket sales alongside the main ticketing partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Evanta (a Gartner company): Operates CIO and CISO peer communities, executive events, and summits globally as a Gartner subsidiary. Overlaps with the Lithuanian club in serving IT executives via peer communities and events; significantly broader in geographic reach and content offering, backed by Gartner's research.
• ISACA: Global professional association for IT governance, cybersecurity, audit, and risk professionals, with member chapters in many countries. Overlaps in serving senior IT professionals and offering conferences/training, but has a much broader scope (cybersecurity, audit, certifications) than the Lithuania CIO club's IT leadership focus.

Direct peers

• CIONET: Pan-European CIO community and peer-to-peer network spanning multiple countries, with programming specifically targeted at senior IT executives. Comparable to the Lithuanian association in audience (CIOs/CTOs) and value proposition (executive peer exchange), though operating across geographies versus the single-country scope of CIO.lt.
• SIM (Society for Information Management): US-based professional association of senior IT executives and CIOs, founded on the model of CIO peer communities for knowledge sharing and professional development. Directly comparable in mission and member persona to the Lietuvos IT vadovų klubas, though operating at significantly larger scale and serving the US market.

Regional players

• Lithuanian Information Technology Association (LITiA / INFOBALT): Lithuania's ICT industry association representing IT companies and broader industry interests, organizing events and policy advocacy. Overlaps geographically with CIO.lt and shares the Lithuanian IT ecosystem, though serves IT companies rather than individual IT executives.
• Dansk IT (Danish IT Society): Danish professional association for IT professionals and executives, organizing conferences, networking, and member services. Comparable structurally as a national IT professional association, though situated in a different Northern European market and with a broader member base spanning IT practitioners and leaders.

Emerging players

• IASA (International Association of Software Architects): Global association for IT architects and senior technology leaders, offering education, certification, and community programming. Adjacent peer given the CIO club's coverage of similar senior technical leadership topics and event formats.
• Federation of European CIOs (EuroCIO): European umbrella federation of national CIO associations, focused on representing the voice of IT executives in EU policy and convening CIOs across member states. Relevant as a peer ecosystem organization the Lithuanian club could engage with for European-level exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ciolt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cio-lt

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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