On September 24, 2026, Datarotonde celebrated its tenth anniversary at Buitenplaats Amerongen, together with clients, partners and experts from housing associations, construction companies, suppliers, procurement organisations and other organisations across the chain. Not as spectators of a programme, but to genuinely look ahead together and give shape to what matters for their own organisation. The afternoon followed one clear thread: from where we came from, via where we stand today, to the first outlines of Trusted Digital Exchange, the next step we want to take together.

Back to the beginning

Host Frans Pas opened the afternoon by looking back. In conversation with Daan Peters and Michiel Kersten, we revisited how Datarotonde came into being: starting from a concrete client need in 2009, which grew into Info Support Real Estate Services and continued as Datarotonde from 2016 onwards. A conversation that didn’t dwell on nostalgia, but instead raised the question of what responsibility comes with the position we have built up over ten years.

From ecosystems to Our Promise

Erik Nieuwenburg and Toni Sfirtsis picked up the thread with a look at tomorrow. Their message: value increasingly arises between organisations, not just within them. Specialisation is increasing, make or buy is becoming make, buy or ally, and continuity is taking on a broader meaning. It’s no longer just about your own organisation continuing to function, but also about the digital connections you have come to depend on.

That development called for a concrete answer. That answer is called DTRX: Trusted Digital Exchange from Datarotonde. Not a new product, but the next step in platform, service, knowledge and responsibility. Erik and Toni explained how Datarotonde is deliberately broadening into complementary market segments, and why role architecture, clear responsibilities that connect seamlessly, forms the core of this.

At the heart of it all was Our Promise: seven principles that clients and partners can hold us accountable to, ranging from ownership of your own data to a credible exit and long-term responsibility.

From promise to development agenda

After the break, Xander van Rijn and William Maas engaged with each other and with the audience about what that promise means in practice. Always from two angles: what does the client notice, and what needs to happen under the hood to make that possible? They took the audience through three value themes, more insight and monitoring, more convenience and freedom, and more security and reliability, as well as concrete roadmap items such as the Landscape Monitor, Track & Trace and sovereign cloud options.

The message was clear: not a collection of standalone products, but one future-proof foundation with services tailored to the client’s needs and complexity.

The outside perspective

Keynote speaker Menno Lanting broadened the perspective. His core message: technology alone doesn’t change an organisation. Many digital transformations and AI initiatives deliver less than expected, simply because new technology gets bolted onto existing structures instead of the organisation itself being rethought. Lanting guided the audience through tensions that don’t disappear but need to be managed, such as autonomy versus cohesion and efficiency versus resilience, ending with the question that would shape the rest of the afternoon: what should an organisation continue to control itself, and what can it responsibly hand over to the network?

Who holds the reins?

That question formed the direct lead-in to the closing panel. Moderated by Toni Sfirtsis, Menno Lanting, Roland Schweigl (Kleurrijk Wonen / chairman of CorpoNet), Anne Betzema (municipality of Zutphen) and Mario Renes (Ketenstandaard) engaged with each other and with the audience. Each speaking from their own role in the chain, they reflected on where we came from, where we stand now, and what is needed to keep control in the future as well. Not a search for forced consensus, but an honest conversation about where interests align and where tension exists.

Who holds the reins?

That question formed the direct lead-in to the closing panel. Moderated by Toni Sfirtsis, Menno Lanting, Roland Schweigl (Kleurrijk Wonen / chairman of CorpoNet), Anne Betzema (municipality of Zutphen) and Mario Renes (Ketenstandaard) engaged with each other and with the audience. Each speaking from their own role in the chain, they reflected on where we came from, where we stand now, and what is needed to keep control in the future as well. Not a search for forced consensus, but an honest conversation about where interests align and where tension exists.

The voice of the room

Throughout the afternoon, Pauline Vantilt of Dembrane actively gathered what was on the audience’s mind. Three times, participants discussed recognition, impact and priorities with each other, after which that input was fed back to the panel. This turned the day into a genuine dialogue rather than a one-way presentation, with input from clients and partners directly counting.

Not an endpoint, but a next step

By the end of the afternoon, one thing was clear: Trusted Digital Exchange is not the conclusion of ten years of Datarotonde, but the beginning of the next ten. What was gathered that afternoon will feed directly into our roadmap. The conversation about being free and connected continues structurally, and participants will receive the full Dembrane output afterwards.

We look back on a wonderful, substantive and connecting afternoon. Thank you to everyone who was there and contributed their thinking.