Monday October 7, 2019 Start
End
Theme
Room
16:00
20:00
Registration at FMCCA
Atrium
Possibility to pick up your badge for the conference
Day 1 - Tuesday October 8, 2019 Engage / Exchange / Inspire Changing clusters in a changing environment Start
End
Theme
Room
07:30
08:30
Registration at FMCCA
Atrium
08:30
16:00
Departure from the FMCCA to visit the Clustertours (with presentations, visits and network lunch) Agrifood Tour (Flander's FOOD) Antwerp Smart City Tour (The Beacon) Coastal Marine Tour in Ostend (The Blue Cluster) Creativity Tour (Flanders DC) Digital Logistics Tour (VIL) Energy Community Tour (Flux50) Health & Life Science Tour (Flanders.Health, Health House) Social Economy Tour (De Kringwinkel, Arop, HERWIN!) Sports Tour (Flanders Bike Valley) Sustainable Chemistry Tour (Catalisti)
18:00
General Assembly
Darwin Hall
For TCI members only 19:00
20:30
Conference Welcome Reception
Marble Hall
Welcome by Merete Daniel Nielsen – Cluster Excellence Denmark Director and Co-founder & TCI Network President Tom Verbelen – Director of External Relations and International Affairs city of Antwerpen Short teaser on the theme of the conference Olivier Vanden Eynde - Managing Director Close The Gap
Day 2 - Wednesday October 9, 2019 Engage / Exchange / Inspire Changing clusters in a changing environment Start
End
Theme
Room
08:00
09:00
Registration at FMCCA
Atrium
08:45
09:15
Official opening of the conference
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Merete Daniel Nielsen – Cluster Excellence Denmark Director and Co-founder & TCI Network President Jan Jambon - Minister-President of the Government of Flanders 09:15
09:30
Boom time conference ice breaker
09:30
10:10
Globalisation, Robotics, and the Future of Work
Queen Elizabeth Hall Keynote
Queen Elizabeth Hall