Symposium 2024

Mechelen
Symposium 2024

Event address

Nekkerhal
Plattebeekstraat 1
2800 Mechelen
Belgium

Welcome to our 2024 Symposium!

Welcome to the Flanders Make Symposium 2024! This exciting event is taking place in person on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Join us for a day filled with innovation, collaboration, and inspiration.

During this inspiring day, you will:

  • Experience plenty of demonstrations of our latest innovations;
  • Get inspiration from local and international keynote speakers;
  • Receive insights in the latest trends and technology.

On our symposium you will meet, a.o. business managers, CTOs and R&D-managers of large companies and SMEs. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out in your career, the Flanders Make Symposium 2024 is the perfect place to gain new insights and connect with like-minded individuals. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your knowledge and grow your network!

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Our Symposium is...

Keynote presentations - Symposium 2022

Keynote presentations

Learn more about the keynotes and their presenters of the 2023 Symposium.

Top Technology Demonstrations - Symposium 2023

Top Technology Demonstrations

Discover here which technology we will demonstrate at the 2023 Symposium.

Networking - Symposium 2023

Networking

Meet business managers, CTOs and R&D-managers of companies big and small at the 2023 Symposium.

Programme

*The entire programme will be presented in English. Programme subject to change.
09.00 Welcome with coffee and breakfast
10.00 Opening session
Matthias Diependaele, Minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish minister of Economy, Innovation and Industry, Foreign Affairs, Digitalisation and Facility Management
10.30 Thank you, Chairman Urbain Vandeurzen & Welcome Geert Van Poelvoorde
11.00 Shaping a brighter future together
Grisja Lobbestael, CEO, Flanders Make
11.15 Impact of IMR’s pilot factory on faster adoption of innovative technologies in industry
Micheal Cassidy, CTO, Irish Manufacturing Research
11.45 Company case
TBC
12.00 Lunch, demo visits and tours
14.00

Flanders Make Session:

  • Empower your workforce using AR & VR in employee learning and development
    Maarten Wijnants, Core Lab Manager, FlandersMake@UHasselt
  • Innovative leap in product design: Testing assembly feasibility early in the design phase
    Bieke Decraemer, Sr. Research Engineer, Flanders Make
    Wouter Nys, R&D manager, Bricsys
15.00 Coffee break and demo visits
15.30

Top industrial keynotes:

  • The Story of the Pixel
    An Steegen, CEO, Barco
  • Nicolas Deruytter, CEO, ML6
  • The people formula
    Lies Dries, Director IT Transformations, Proximus
17.00 Conclusions of the day
Dirk Denoyelle
17.30 Reception and walking dinner 
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