Indepth Sessions – Afternoon

13u00 – 18u00 SIM Materials Forum

Climate, clean energy & mobility
Innovative applications
Circular materials
Modelling and digitalisation

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13u00-17u00 Linking the current Belgian hydrogen academic research to our industry: key-notes and network event

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14u00 – 15u30 Autonomous vehicles

Indoor & outdoor localization in general
Sensor-fusion for accurate in-door 3d localization of drones
Autonomous working vehicles
Flemish drone community EUKA

14u00-15u30 Cybersecurity in the manufacturing industry

14u00-15u30 Start-to-print: verhoog je competitiviteit met AM

14u00-15u30 Mastering the fuzzy Front-End of smart product development

14u00-15u30 AI in de maakindustrie

AI Vlaanderen ondersteunt bedrijven in de adoptie van AI
Datagestuurde toepassingen voor de industrie: hoe AI de maakindustrie geleidelijk transformeert
Hoe kan AI de productiviteit en kwaliteit in productieprocessen verbeteren? Case studie over 3d printen
“Levenslang leren in de Vlaamse AI Academie”

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14u00-15u30 AI in manufacturing

Flanders AI supports companies in the adoption of AI
Ai Supporting Operators In A Flexible Manufacturing Environment
Data-driven applications for industry: how AI is gradually transforming manufacturing
Lifelong Learning in the Flanders AI Academy

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13h00 - 18h00 SIM Materials Forum

Climate, clean energy & mobility Innovative applications Circular materials Modelling and digitalisation

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Wednesday

14h00 - 15h30 Autonomous vehicles

Indoor & outdoor localization in general Sensor-fusion for accurate in-door 3d localization of drones Autonomous working vehicles Flemish drone community EUKA

Wednesday

14h00-15h30 AI in de maakindustrie

AI Vlaanderen ondersteunt bedrijven in de adoptie van AI Datagestuurde toepassingen voor de industrie: hoe AI de maakindustrie geleidelijk transformeert Hoe kan AI de productiviteit en kwaliteit in productieprocessen verbeteren? Case studie over 3d printen “Levenslang leren in de Vlaamse AI Academie”

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Wednesday

13h00-17h00 Linking the current Belgian hydrogen academic research to our industry: key-notes and network event

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Thursday

14h00-15h30 Cybersecurity in the manufacturing industry

Thursday

14h00-15h30 Start-to-print: verhoog je competitiviteit met AM

Thursday

14h00-15h30 Mastering the fuzzy Front-End of smart product development

Thursday

14h00-15h30 AI in manufacturing

Flanders AI supports companies in the adoption of AI Ai Supporting Operators In A Flexible Manufacturing Environment Data-driven applications for industry: how AI is gradually transforming manufacturing Lifelong Learning in the Flanders AI Academy

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Thursday

Wednesday 24 May

Main Stage

13h30 | Key notes SIM Materials Forum a.o. Geert Noels

Geert Noels & Kristof Eggermont (Econopolis): Climate Shock – 20 solutions for government, companies & citizens in Belgium Kamila Slupek (Eurometaux): Metals for energy transition More information

15h50 | SIM Materiels Forum - Climate & Clean energy

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Blue Room

13h30 | Technologie voor werkbaar werk

13h30 | Introductie Tech4WW project Raf Vranken – Flanders Make 13h40 | “Het gebruik van XR technologie voor het realiseren van werker-georiënteerde Industry 5.0 oplossingen” Prof. dr. Maarten Wijnants – Flanders Make@Uhasselt 14h00 | Wie wil een exoskeleton dragen? Acceptatie van exoskeletons op de werkvloer Shirley A. Elprama – Imec-SMIT-VUB Lees meer > 14h20 | Pauze 14h40 | Technologie en Werkbaar Werk, een complex samenspel Dr. Milou Habraken – KULeuven – HIVA 15h00 | Belang en aanpak van training werkzoekende operatoren / productiemedewerkers verzorgen. Marc Cloostermans – VDAB 15h10 | Digitalis: “De technologie….. waar vind ik de ondersteuning bij de implementatie?”. Ger van den Kerkhof – Flanders Make

16h00 | VR/AR in product design & engineering

Tijdens deze XR espresso, die wordt georganiseerd door het XRvalley comité dat focust op Engineering, Design & Visualisatie, behandelen we het potentieel van VR/AR in product design & engineering. Voor deze XR espresso die we organiseren van 16u tot 17u30 hebben we mooie set sprekers:

Jelle Saldien, professor @IMEC-MICT-UGENT en Jelle Demanet manager van @HITlab_Howest @Howest en medeoprichter van @xrvalley zullen praten over hoe XR-technologieën kunnen worden gebruikt voor vroege gebruikerstests en zullen vertellen over hun nieuwe “Experience Twin” initiatief.
Mario Matthys, CEO van @ULiA zal onder de titel “Animated Spatial Time Machine” spreken over hoe XR-technologieën kunnen worden gebruikt om de geschiedenis te reconstrueren met behulp van gamification geïntegreerd in 3D stadsmodellering, 4D web en transmedia storytelling.
Mike Coeck, CEO van Cybernetic Walrus zal het hebben over hoe VR Digital Twins veel aspecten van uw bedrijf kunnen verbeteren.
Bernard Francois, CEO van PreviewLabs zal spreken over hoe fast prototyping het ontwerpproces in design & engineering kan helpen.

Green Room

15h45 | SIM Materiels Forum - Digitalization for sustainability

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AI-Hub

13h30 | Welcome to the Industrial AI Era

13h30 – 15h00: Plenairy pitches of AI companies

IMEC/IDLab // Bringing AI to Industry – Siegfried Mercelis (Program Manager AI Applications)
MCS/Scailable // AI on Edge Devices – Wim De Wispelaere (VP Strategic Business Development)
Faktion // A data-centric approach for industrial AI applications – Jeroen Boeye (Head of Machine Learning)
Proximus // Computer Vision for Maintenance – Alexis Wuyts (Advanced Analytics Strategist)

15u00 – 15u30: Panel discussion AI experts and Q&A

Jeroen Boeye	Siegfried Mercelis	Wim De Wispelaere	Alexis Wuyts

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Thursday 25 May

Main Stage

13h30 | 'The Designer as a Tool' - Strategic design thinking

13h30-15h00 “The Designer as a Tool” – strategic design Designers possess unique skills that make them a valuable innovation tool. They think creatively, approach problems from different angles and prioritize functionality, usability and also aesthetics. This makes them adept at identifying new opportunities and coming up with solutions that meet user needs while delivering business results. But what is design and what can it do for your business? Get inspired by 3 design experts and discover where design can make a difference within your company. Jurgen Tanghe, Head of Experience Design Wunderman Thompson, author Irresistible By Design Lukas Van Campenhout, Professor at University of Antwerp – Founder of Ground Eight, Design Research Agency David Pas, InnoLab coordinator Verhaert, Masters in Innovation An initiative of Flanders DC, University of Antwerp and ANTWERP. POWERED BY CREATIVES.

Blue Room

13h30 | How to make your smart product innovation a succes?

13h30-15h00 Key takeaways of the collective project “Orientation and decision-making in smart product exploration” by Imec & Sirris Dreaming of your future product, packed with smart functions, exchanging data and remotely controlled and serviced with apps? Coming up with a strong and well-founded solution concept for a smart product can be challenging. Especially when new business models, new technologies and new skills are involved. imec & Sirris have developed a set of tools for companies to orient themselves more efficiently and more successfully in the exploration phase of smart products. In this session you will learn about the key challenges of smart product exploration and how you can take advantage of the proposed tools. Topics you can expect: product life cycle management, product strategy, market fit, organisational maturity, systems engineering, technological solution development Speakers: Geert Willems, imec Thomas De Meester, imec Pieter Beyl, Sirris

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Green Room

13h30 | IoT wireless protocols for your smart objects

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AI-Hub

13h30 | AI for Industry 5.0: AI for a sustainable, human-centric and resilient manufacturing industry

AI is a technology with a major contribution to the new paradigms of Industry 5.0 for the manufacturing industry: sustainability, human-centeredness and resilience. This session looks at this theme from different perspectives:

Generic AI research questions and demonstrators of new AI technologies for the manufacturing industry from the Flanders AI Research Program. Sabine Demey, Director Flanders AI Research Program, imec
Using AI and domain knowledge to deal with highly variable production while using limited production resources, “AI-enabled smart manufacturing”, by Flanders Make, consortium partner of the Flanders AI Research Program. Bey-Temsamani Abdel , Flanders Make, Team Leader Computer Vision & AI
Virtual sensors for non-directly measurable process variables, data-driven machine and process setting optimization and self-learning machine controllers, by Leap Technologies, a spin-off from PhD students in the Flanders AI Research Program. Tom Staessens, LeapTechnologies, co-founder
A tool that detects and corrects errors in product, material, customer and supplier data, by HOGent, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, The tool is developed as part of an AI TETRA research project (funded by VLAIO). Johan Decorte, HO Gent, Department IT and Digital Innovation, teacher-researcher