TIMETABLE

Invite only 11:00 - 13:00

ESN Member Meeting

Startup / Scaleup Ecosystems

13:00 - 13:30

Jan Borgstädt, 

Frédérique Joos

European Tech Resilience: Defense, Deep-Tech & The Race for Autonomy

14:00 - 14:30

Catalina Daniels, 

Roeland Pelgrims, 

Axelle Moortgat

Breaking Into the U.S.: Hard Truths, Big Wins & Lessons Learned

Scaling Growth Funding

14:30 - 15:00

Xavier Pansaers

Why did we succeed where other fail?: Lessons from a Unicorn

Scaling Growth

15:00 - 15:30

Davio Larnout

Has Europe Lost the AI Race—Or Is the Real Battle Just Beginning?

AI

15:30 - 16:00

Praveen Penmetsa

Flanders: The Gateway to European Growth for Startups

Growth

16:00 - 18:00

The Next Trillion Dollar Company (from Europe)

11:00 - 11:30

Kim De Nolf, 

Dewi Van De Vyver, 

Ingrid Verbauwhede

Leading the Way: Insights from Female Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

11:30 - 12:00

Caroline Lafon, 

Johannes Vermeire, 

Romy Quick

How DELA Insurance transformed billing with POM – and made paying a breeze

Collaboration

12:00 - 12:30

Thijs Dijkman, 

Gary Vanbutsele, 

Michiel Meyer

Breaking into Silicon Valley: How to successfully scale into the US?

Scaling

12:30 - 13:00

Louis Jonckheere

Project Europe: funding the next European unicorn?

14:00 - 14:30

Juan David Villegas Mendieta, 

Sammy Perel

The Tokenization Revolution: Is Everything Moving On-Chain?

14:30 - 15:00

Erwin Vandendriessche, 

David Dessers

Scaling and Exiting…on time: Insights from PMV's Portfolio

15:00 - 16:00

Charlotte Boeckaert, 

Steven De Laet, 

Steffen Georg, 

Christian Montag

The Power of Solutions: How Antwerp Businesses Tackle Water, Soil & Urban Challenges