Notes from BS 2021
Notes from BS 2021
“A stimulating post-COVID high level conference that has put our challenges and innovations in the energy domain back on the main stage” Lieve Helsen and Wim Boydens, Conference Chairs IBPSA’s 17th International Conference was held in the medieval city of Bruges from August 31 to September 3, hosted by IBPSA NVL. The BS2021 Organising Committee created a breeding ground for quality and excellence, embraced by history, industry and policy, in the relaxing atmosphere found in the calm, safe, inspiring and welcoming city of Bruges. Their aim was an experience which is more than a conference, and that’s what they realized, in a world full of disturbances and uncertainties, thanks to their positive mindset, their perseverance, their dedication, their energy and flexibility, but above all the dynamic BS community that stood tall in the complex and challenging situation we faced. Attendees who participated onsite enjoyed social and networking activities as never before: it was the first live conference after a long period of working behind screens. The music competition and BS2021 theme played by the carillon, the welcome reception with typical Belgian flavours, the gastronomic networking dinner, the concert full of power and emotion, the conference dinner with a new zero-carbon travel award and the sunny farewell reception all epitomized the Belgian art of
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