Inspiration Sessions - Morning

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Wednesday 24 May - Main Stage

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10h25 - 10h30

Welcome by your moderator
Deepak Mehta

11h25 - 12h05

Design story New Generation DAF - How the pandemic accelerated our digital transformation
Bart van Lotringen - Head of Design, DAF Trucks

10h30 - 10h45

Official opening speech
Erica Caluwaerts
Alderman for Innovation, City of Antwerp

12h05 - 12h40

Creating business through circular design
Pieter Van Os - Program Manager, Circo International

10h45 - 11h25

An essential contribution to the energy transition to climate neutrality
Hans Magits - VP Engineering, Atlas Copco 

Thursday 25 May - Main Stage

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8h00 - 10h00

Start-Up Huddle with Matthias Browaeys
Start-Up Antwerp

11h10 - 11h50

Mixed Reality and the Industrial Metaverse
Professor in Computer Science, ETH Zurich and Director of the Microsoft MR & AI Zurich Lab

10h25 - 10h30

Welcome by your moderator
Deepak Mehta

11h50 - 12h30

Once upon AI - Storytelling with tech
Mark Venter, Creative Lead, Leap Forward

10h30 - 11h10

Dare for Tomorrow - Leading, working, learning and living in a digital world
Saskia Van Uffelen, Manager Digital & BeTheChange Agoria

10h25 - Welcome by your moderator Deepak Mehta 10h30 - Welcome by your moderator Deepak Mehta 10h30 - Official opening speech Erica Caluwaerts, Alderman for Innovation, City of Antwerp 10h30 - Technology for better outcomes Guy Van Wijmeersch, Director Innovation and Design Thinking, Barco 1h45 - An essential contribution to the energy transition to climate neutrality Hans Magits, VP Engineering, Atlas Copco 11h10 - Dare for Tomorrow - Leading, working, learning and living in a digital world Saskia Van Uffelen, Manager Digital & BeTheChange Agoria 11h25 - Design story New Generation DAF - How the pandemic accelerated our digital transformation Bart van Lotringen, Head of Design, DAF Trucks   11h50 - TBC TBC 12h05 - TBC TBC   12h45 - Werkbaar Werk Vlaio 10h45 - AI, van strategie naar de praktijk Nicolas Deruytter, CEO, ML6 11h10 - My future product, a blueprint for smart future proof products Koen Verhaert, CEO, Verhaert 11h25 - 5G as the nexus of new value Ingrid Van de Voorde, Director, Nokia Bell Labs 11h50 - Of brains & computers (ENG) Prof Jan Rabaey, UC Berkeley, CTO, imec 12h05 - 3D Printing in agile product development Bart Van Der Schueren, CTO, Materialise 12h45 - Industrie 4.0, voorbij technologie: Werkbaar werk, human capital & circulaire maakindustrie Vlaio Indepth sessions in the afternoon