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Agoria paves the way for all technologically inspired companies in Belgium that strive for progress based on the development and application of innovations. More than 1,900 strong technology companies are members of Agoria. In a society in which technology contributes towards improving the quality of life, you can count on Agoria to connect everyone who is inspired by technology, increase the success of companies and plan for a sustainable future.

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Headquartered in Leuven (Belgium) and with research sites across Belgium, in the Netherlands, Taiwan and the USA, an rep offices in China and Japan, imec leverages its state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure and its team of about 4,000 expert scientists, to drive open innovation across the globe. They unite world-industry leaders, Flanders-based and international companies, start-ups, and academia and knowledge centers, for R&D in nano-electronics and digital technologies, including advanced semiconductor scaling, silicon photonics, smart health, smart energy, smart mobility and smart cities solutions, artificial intelligence, beyond-5G and sensing technologies and more.

Next to its R&D offering, imec also leverages its expertise and large international industry network to support smaller organizations that have limited in-house R&D resources as well as larger companies with their innovation process from initial idea to fully functioning product, from the design of a product or chip, to prototyping, testing and optimizing, and manufacturing.

Finally, imec supports tech start-ups and scale-ups with a tailored offering. The imec.istart program is a business acceleration program that provides tech entrepreneurs with specialized coaching, facilities and overall support to help them grow their businesses, while the imec.scale-ups program focuses on larger innovative tech scale-ups looking to conquer the European market.

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Commissioned by the Flemish government, Lantis is building connections that make the city and region flourish. Lantis is responsible for the realisation of the Oosterweel connection, which will increase prosperity and improve the quality of life. Lantis is contributing to this by promoting mobility, including the construction of numerous bicycle connections and multimodal junctions on the city outskirts of Antwerp.

Lantis strives for operational excellence in order to carry out projects as efficiently as possible and deliver quality. Thanks to intensive cooperation with the surrounding area, the organisation works transparently and with a focus on results. Innovation and transformation ensure future-oriented projects with a lasting impact on the dynamics of the region. This is the Lantis way of successfully realising large projects in an urban environment.

Lantis stands for Liveable Antwerp through Innovation and Cooperation and is a public limited company. The day-to-day management is in the hands of the management committee led by managing director Luc Hellemans. David Van Herreweghe chairs the board of directors.

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As Europe’s second-largest port and largest integrated chemical cluster, the Port of Antwerp Bruges is a major lifeline for the Belgian economy: annually around 238 million tonnes of international maritime freight are handled. The Port of Antwerp Bruges accounts, directly and indirectly, for a total of around 143.000 jobs and more than €20 billion added value.

Innovation and digitisation enable our mission to be ‘a home port for a sustainable future’ as we aim to flexibly respond to a rapidly evolving maritime market. By supporting The Beacon, we want to ensure that our port platform finds relevant points of contact and vice versa. Furthermore, we want to facilitate the exchange effect created through the ecosystem being built around The Beacon.

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The city of Antwerp welcomes businesses, researchers, citizens and city officials to experiment with smart technologies that aim to make urban life more enjoyable and sustainable. Antwerp is a living lab where solutions are tested and co-created with its inhabitants. The city is home to highly innovative businesses and with 171 nationalities that live in Antwerp, it is above all a very diverse, and international city. The Ecosystem in Antwerp is developing rapidly, over the past years the amount of start-ups and scaleups in Antwerp doubled.

Innovative companies are the driving force behind the Antwerp knowledge economy. Their growth is crucial for our future. The City of Antwerp therefore strongly believes in the power of digital networking and is developing an ecosystem for digital innovation in which large and small businesses, startups, scaleups, researchers and capital providers with an interest in the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence can meet each other. Thanks to the cross-pollination that occurs in The Beacon, innovative products are developed that are relevant to Antwerp’s ‘smart city’ ambitions and to our financial stakeholders: industry and logistics.

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The University of Antwerp is a research university where pioneering, innovative research is conducted at an international level. Research and education are closely linked, with 20,000 students and 6000 staff spread across our nine faculties. As a driving force in the Antwerp innovation ecosystem, innovation is a constant focus.

The Beacon is the university’s pioneering pre-incubation structure for the domain of Metropolitanism, Smart City, Mobility & Logistics. It houses the IDLab research group and the Design Sciences Hub.

The IDLab research group of the University of Antwerp and imec performs fundamental and applied research on Wireless technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things. IDLab, headed by prof. Steven Latré, targets the most daunting challenges industry is facing to deliver digital transformation, connecting everything and extracting high value from data. Bringing researchers and industrial partners together at the same location facilitates knowledge transfer and enables the cross-fertilization and co-creation insights on smart cities, IoT and AI towards the industrial partners in The Beacon.

The Design Sciences Hub of the Faculty of Design Sciences is an interdisciplinary innovation and valorization lab. They offer design solutions for urban challenges and wicked problems in the triangle of urban planning, built environment, and urban health.

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Agoria paves the way for all technologically inspired companies in Belgium that strive for progress based on the development and application of innovations. More than 1,900 strong technology companies are members of Agoria. In a society in which technology contributes towards improving the quality of life, you can count on Agoria to connect everyone who is inspired by technology, increase the success of companies and plan for a sustainable future.

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Headquartered in Leuven (Belgium) and with research sites across Belgium, in the Netherlands, Taiwan and the USA, an rep offices in China and Japan, imec leverages its state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure and its team of about 4,000 expert scientists, to drive open innovation across the globe. They unite world-industry leaders, Flanders-based and international companies, start-ups, and academia and knowledge centers, for R&D in nano-electronics and digital technologies, including advanced semiconductor scaling, silicon photonics, smart health, smart energy, smart mobility and smart cities solutions, artificial intelligence, beyond-5G and sensing technologies and more.

Next to its R&D offering, imec also leverages its expertise and large international industry network to support smaller organizations that have limited in-house R&D resources as well as larger companies with their innovation process from initial idea to fully functioning product, from the design of a product or chip, to prototyping, testing and optimizing, and manufacturing.

Finally, imec supports tech start-ups and scale-ups with a tailored offering. The imec.istart program is a business acceleration program that provides tech entrepreneurs with specialized coaching, facilities and overall support to help them grow their businesses, while the imec.scale-ups program focuses on larger innovative tech scale-ups looking to conquer the European market.

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Commissioned by the Flemish government, Lantis is building connections that make the city and region flourish. Lantis is responsible for the realisation of the Oosterweel connection, which will increase prosperity and improve the quality of life. Lantis is contributing to this by promoting mobility, including the construction of numerous bicycle connections and multimodal junctions on the city outskirts of Antwerp.

Lantis strives for operational excellence in order to carry out projects as efficiently as possible and deliver quality. Thanks to intensive cooperation with the surrounding area, the organisation works transparently and with a focus on results. Innovation and transformation ensure future-oriented projects with a lasting impact on the dynamics of the region. This is the Lantis way of successfully realising large projects in an urban environment.

Lantis stands for Liveable Antwerp through Innovation and Cooperation and is a public limited company. The day-to-day management is in the hands of the management committee led by managing director Luc Hellemans. David Van Herreweghe chairs the board of directors.

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As Europe’s second-largest port and largest integrated chemical cluster, the Port of Antwerp Bruges is a major lifeline for the Belgian economy: annually around 238 million tonnes of international maritime freight are handled. The Port of Antwerp Bruges accounts, directly and indirectly, for a total of around 143.000 jobs and more than €20 billion added value.

Innovation and digitisation enable our mission to be ‘a home port for a sustainable future’ as we aim to flexibly respond to a rapidly evolving maritime market. By supporting The Beacon, we want to ensure that our port platform finds relevant points of contact and vice versa. Furthermore, we want to facilitate the exchange effect created through the ecosystem being built around The Beacon.

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The city of Antwerp welcomes businesses, researchers, citizens and city officials to experiment with smart technologies that aim to make urban life more enjoyable and sustainable. Antwerp is a living lab where solutions are tested and co-created with its inhabitants. The city is home to highly innovative businesses and with 171 nationalities that live in Antwerp, it is above all a very diverse, and international city. The Ecosystem in Antwerp is developing rapidly, over the past years the amount of start-ups and scaleups in Antwerp doubled.

Innovative companies are the driving force behind the Antwerp knowledge economy. Their growth is crucial for our future. The City of Antwerp therefore strongly believes in the power of digital networking and is developing an ecosystem for digital innovation in which large and small businesses, startups, scaleups, researchers and capital providers with an interest in the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence can meet each other. Thanks to the cross-pollination that occurs in The Beacon, innovative products are developed that are relevant to Antwerp’s ‘smart city’ ambitions and to our financial stakeholders: industry and logistics.

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The University of Antwerp is a research university where pioneering, innovative research is conducted at an international level. Research and education are closely linked, with 20,000 students and 6000 staff spread across our nine faculties. As a driving force in the Antwerp innovation ecosystem, innovation is a constant focus.

The Beacon is the university’s pioneering pre-incubation structure for the domain of Metropolitanism, Smart City, Mobility & Logistics. It houses the IDLab research group and the Design Sciences Hub.

The IDLab research group of the University of Antwerp and imec performs fundamental and applied research on Wireless technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things. IDLab, headed by prof. Steven Latré, targets the most daunting challenges industry is facing to deliver digital transformation, connecting everything and extracting high value from data. Bringing researchers and industrial partners together at the same location facilitates knowledge transfer and enables the cross-fertilization and co-creation insights on smart cities, IoT and AI towards the industrial partners in The Beacon.

The Design Sciences Hub of the Faculty of Design Sciences is an interdisciplinary innovation and valorization lab. They offer design solutions for urban challenges and wicked problems in the triangle of urban planning, built environment, and urban health.

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All-Connects is the specialist in digital transformation for your company. They offer the solution to manage and track your mobile employees, vehicles and materials in one application. In this world where everything becomes measurable, the digital management of your vehicles, mobile teams, materials, machines and infrastructure is indispensable for an optimal operating result.

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ADLC provides drone transportation services while ensuring safety and integrating into companies' business activities. As a drone operator, ADLC manages a complex ecosystem in order to offer a high-end service that eases companies' transition to Industry 4.0 and smart logistics.

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AllThingsTalk markets a scalable IoT Application Enablement platform which can be used as an agile, rapid prototyping environment, as well as for full service roll-out of connected products. It is called AllThingsTalk Cloud.
AllThingsTalk Cloud enables you to focus on the business logic of your IoT Application. It lets you connect your devices over a variety of networks and seamlessly manages your devices and users, organising access and usage of the collected data. AllThingsTalk Cloud is offered as Platform-as-a-Service both under the AllThingsTalk brand as well as privately labeled.

In the summer of 2019, AllThingsTalk was acquired by the Swiss Also group and today forms the cornerstone of this 12 billion euro group's IoT strategy. AllThingsTalk is a Belgian company based in Mechelen, and has an office in Belgrade, Serbia, where the team of developers holds office.

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Aloxy offers reliable industrial Internet of Things solutions tailored to the needs of the chemical, oil and gas and other process industries. Our technology makes assets smart and allows to automate processes further and deliver actionable insights into industrial operations.

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Atos delivers, manages and secures the full IoT value chain from connected devices to edge computing to the datacenter.

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A Seat At The Table is an organisation that wants to advance young diverse talent in our society through weekly leadership, entrepreneurship and mentoring programmes with top Belgian and international business leaders.

In the past 3 years, A Seat At The Table has organised more than 700 activities with young diverse talent and leading and inspiring figures in Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, London, Paris & New York.

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BASIL enables businesses to leverage any on-premise data, wherever it is located. They solve the problem of continuously collecting data from diverse, hard-to-reach, remote sources. This allows Their customers to focus on their core business.

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BDO Digital provides the business intelligence to translate IoT data into real business value through Advanced analytics and AI as part of a broader IoT partner ecosystem. They provide solutions for Industry 4.0, Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Smart Cities.

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Bopro – a company regulated by the RICS [Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors] – manages your most complex real estate and building projects, and is responsible for achieving your objectives in terms of sustainability, quality, timing and budget. As an independent partner in the project team, they defend your interests at all times.

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Bubblydoo makes real-life family fun thanks to fully personalized children’s books. Their personalized products for children have over 100.000 personalization options which make it the most inclusive books in Belgium. They deliver in Germany, Flanders and The Netherlands.

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B_Robots stands for Business Robots and was founded end of 2017. We are a Belgian tech company that specializes in process automation.

We have a proven track record in business & IT automation covering multiple sectors. Together with our clients we automate business processes improving efficiency and guaranteeing quality.

In our Intelligent Automation toolbox: Robotic Process Automation, Low Code Development, AI Automation & Process Mining.

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Cegeka is a European family-owned IT company. Their IT experts provide end-to-end IT solutions, services & consultancy In Close Cooperation with their clients.

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cinvio is a payment platform and digital wallet solution for B2B logistics. It monetises business opportunities and gives companies' e-commerce activities a boost while facilitating trade between all stakeholders, making payments smoother, easier and simply possible.

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Citymesh turns connectivity into a real art. It specializes in the development and management of large-scale wireless networks based on a wide range of technologies. The company has broad expertise and realizes connectivity in different sectors and niche markets through a combination of WiFi, 4G, 5G, smart sensors and data visualization.

Citymesh plays a pioneering role in the development of smart communication and data platforms within various sectors. The company supports over 75 cities, festivals and events, more than 10 exhibition halls, major industrial players (such as Port of Zeebrugge and Brussels Airport) and the Belgian railroads in building a smart infrastructure.

Within the rapidly growing market of mission-critical communications, Citymesh builds unique 5G private networks to support automation in (air) ports, healthcare, warehouses, logistics and other industrial sectors. In addition to rolling out a customer-commissioned infrastructure, Citymesh invests in rolling out its own networks in niche markets, such as offshore wind farms, drone communications and 5G for smart cities.

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Our mission is to democratize tools, data & platforms to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. We build software to help large and public listed companies calculate, manage and reduce their Carbon Footprint. Manage footprint at any level in the organization, Set & Manage Targets and make your teams accountable, and integrate this within your own enterprise systems.

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Cubitec is an agile tech start-up from Antwerp. They build innovative technology platforms and develop tailor-made software solutions. Cubitec is a software agency that connects digital systems and unlocks the power of your data.

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De Lijn offers sustainable public transport solutions.

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DIGI-FLOW focuses on supporting complete end-to-end industrial transformations. They stand for Engineering, Consulting and Solutions. From Industry to Smart Industry (4.0) by enriching existing platforms with various new technologies including IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,…

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Dockflow reinvents trade for the digital era. They strive for a transition from traditional supply chains to interconnected sets of agile and dynamic trade networks.

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e-BO Enterprises
e-BO Enterprises (founded in 2000, 100 FTE, 20 Mio€ revenue) is an industrial partner for IT and OT Services in selective corporate and institutional markets. The portfolio of services covers the full stack from connectivity, security and networking to the application level. The tailored solutions are designed and built with off the shelf components integrated with added value services, based on their own developed software and hardware components.

Today, e-BO is active as a supplier of highly secured private LTE, Wifi & BLE network services in a European context, mostly for offshore wind energy farms but also emergency response situations for public safety services like police, firefighting and justice departments.

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Edgise is an agile engineering team combining the world of AI and electronics. They design AI and hardware to enable realtime intelligent algorithms in the field, elevating the next generation of your hardware product to unprecedented heights.

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Faktion is an Applied A.I. boutique firm that combines strong business acumen with technical mastery. They’ve been doing so for some of world’s largest companies. With specializations in natural language, signal data and computer vision, Faktion supports customers from strategy and engineering, all the way to the integration into their business processes.

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Fire Engineered Solutions Ghent is an independent fire safety consultancy that offers ready-to-use technical solutions. FESG is a spin-off from UGent and specialises in buildings, car parks, industry, tunnels and training.

FESG audits, checks building plans, risk analysis, design, detailed design, cost-benefit optimisations, and follow-up of the works up to completion and certification.

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Flow Pilots is a Belgian company, founded in 2011 and specialized in the development of user-centric and mobile applications. Their team brings together creative, technical and business people. At Flow Pilots, they believe that the smart use of smart digital technologies will be a keydriver in the success of modern companies. That is why they don’t just develop apps. They carefully design, build, deploy and manage the digital tools that help customers increase revenues, decrease costs or bring freedom and flexibility to their employees.

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Future Marketing Agency has the necessary technological and strategic expertise to bring companies to a higher level regarding growth hacking, internet marketing, chatbots, mobile wallet & beacons. They also work on social media marketing, training & education, consulting and real-estate growth hacking.

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Location is everywhere. GIM solutions provide companies, authorities and NGOs with clear insights to support their activities and future plans.

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Geosparc supports cities, municipalities and companies towards effective, smart and supported policy.

Gain insight into complex data with geo-components, total insight into your data in real-time, predictability of the impact of policy decisions, approaches to make infrastructure profitable and more.

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Google Cloud is on the mission to accelerate every organization's ability to transform through data powered innovation with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise for digital transformation.
- We provide organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions, along with expertise, for digital transformation.
- We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently, modernize for growth and innovate for the future.
- Customers in more than 150 countries, 21 markets and across 6 industries are true to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.

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Helicus provides medical transport by drone ecosystem.

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They help customers use technology to slash the time it takes to turn ideas into value. In turn, they transform industries, markets and lives.

Some of their customers run traditional IT environments. Most are transitioning to a secure, cloud-enabled, mobile-friendly infrastructure. Many rely on a combination of both. Wherever they are in that journey, HPE provides the technology and solutions to help them succeed.

From the edge to cloud, HPE uses the right mix of technologies, partners, services and financial models to help you thrive. HPE provides solutions from the edge, to the datacenter and to the cloud.

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IBM is one of the leading global technology and innovation companies in the world. Together with clients and partners IBM is using innovative technologies like AI and Cloud to pursue world changing progress. IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, security and quantum computing-related patent grants.

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The development of offices, retail and residential property is part of Immogra’s core business. For more than 50 years, the emphasis has been on stability, vision and financial strength.Immogra is responsible for the development process from A to Z. A total approach with a streamlined and efficient decision-making structure in which the client is central.

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With years of experience and in-house IT experts, Inuits build solutions to your problems with Open Source software.

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iOnLogistics provides innovative software solutions for logistics, warehouse and shipping terminal management.

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Jasna Rokegem is an award-winning pioneer combining innovative fashion and cutting-edge technology. She founded Jasna Rok, the first FashionTech design lab in Belgium, which was created to reconcile advanced technologies with interactive fashion and does so by collaborating with technology partners globally. Her visionary thinking helps decision-makers in different industries imagine how to come up with more sustainable solution.

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Lab Box is a Belgian start-up studio focusing on the future of mobility. Lab Box has the ambition to promote and develop new mobility solutions that will make cities more liveable and enjoyable in the future. Belgium is one of the most congested countries in the world. This is one of the reasons why Lab Box decided to make this small but complex piece of land its living laboratory. Lab Box has now launched or acquired 10 portfolio companies active in various fields of the mobility ecosystem. Lab Box is backed by D’Ieteren Auto, a company active in the automobile distribution and retail.

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Lanark – Digital Supply Chain Engineers develop and continuously re-engineer the supply chains of the future. Digital is what drives them in their work towards a fully integrated, smart network of digitised supply chains.

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LinkedCar AI driven Blackbox connects your vehicle (car, e-bike) with our intuitive mobile app. Not only to show real-time data, but you can share and monetize this data. (to insurers, road-side assistance, dealers, etc) . LinkedCar – Drivers of change, creating Drivers for Life!

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Logiqstar has an ERP solution based on the latest Microsoft technology. It handles the full operational and financial flow of Logistic Service Providers in several market segments.

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Made is a – Design & Innovation Agency. They help companies exploring, identifying their next big idea, and designing, building impactful innovations. Track record in SmartBuilding projects combining product, digital, business and service design. Made elaborates both the creative part as the business/financial modelling implements the latest technology into phygital solution to improve unicity of the offer and improve customer experience.

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Makerspace Antwerp is a laboratory for urban renewal, located on the ground floor of The Beacon. In this meeting space and workshop with digital fabrication tools, they work constructively with citizens, organisations and companies on a stronger Antwerp. Makerspace Antwerp discovers and build answers to local problems in design sprints and create support for innovation in the smart city.

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We empower engineers in making data-driven decisions. We create a data analysis platform for engineering teams that deal with test- and measurement data.

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Microsoft develops, distributes, licenses and supports a wide range of computer-related products and services.

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MCS is a technology specialist providing partners with products and services for IoT and private mobile networks. Enabling them to offer complete solutions to communications, remote monitoring, logging and control issues

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ML6 are a team of machine learning experts who have been driving operational efficiency and value creation through self-learning systems since 2013. They believe that their uniqueness stems from their emphasis on staying on top of research, being innovative, cultivating talent and applying our research in practice. ML6 is trusted by global players in the retail & e-commerce, manufacturing, media, healthcare and financial services industry. Their company is spread across 4 locations in Europe and are a specialized machine learning partner for Google Cloud.

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Mobito enables businesses to gain acccess to smart data exchange and monetization tools through an advanced Data Marketplace.

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Mosmuur specialises in unique creations executed with mosses and natural materials. The team combines knowledge and passion for nature, botany, ecology and art to create exceptional projects. There are 6 low-maintenance moss wall types, all composed of a combination of reindeer moss or lichen, spherical moss, rag moss and stabilized plants. A project employee from Mosmuur will visit you on request to look at the ideal dimensions to obtain a maximum effect.

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NVISO’s IoT security team helps its customers to introduce security in every step of the product development lifecycle. This includes design security reviews, testing products for security vulnerabilities and teaching classroom sessions on how to create secure products.

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NxtPort is a Data Utility Platform which collects and pools data from various stages in the supply chain.

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Climate adaptation, drought, flooding, urbanisation, mobility, circular economy and infrastructure management are the challenges they face. Their work revolves around knowledge: objectification of the available data, proactive management by bringing together the right knowledge and the realisation of synergy in implementation. In this way, they arrive at sustainable, future proof & cost-efficient solutions.

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Orange Belgium provides mobile telecommunication services, internet and TV to private clients, as well as innovative mobile and fixed-line services to businesses.

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They are a global tech group that delivers end-to-end tech solutions through a global delivery model. At Positive Thinking Company, They aim to create positive business outcomes that support our clients through their ever-changing business environments so they can thrive in our global economy.

They invest our efforts in unlocking the full potential of not only our clients, but also that of Their coworkers by providing them an evolutive environment encouraging collaboration, creativity and positive mindset.

To meet Their client’s present and future challenges they offer a global delivery approach. This hybrid model leveraging both local and global delivery centers allows their customers to access flexible delivery options and find the best balance between proximity, cost, quality and risk.

Through 3,000 local tech specialists on the ground in over 35 cities across Europe, the USA, Asia, Australia and Africa, They offer a full portfolio of services that draw on a wide array of expertise, including apps & platforms, security, cloud, data & analytics, hyperautomation and digital workplace.

The industries that benefit include, among others, banking and financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, transportation, telecom and public sector. They serve each of them with a meaningful and collaborative mindset, always keeping at heart their historic motto: Collaboration betters our world.

Positive Thinking Company – let’s do something great together!

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A Belgian provider of telephony, Internet, television and network-based ICT services through their Proximus and Scarlet brands.
Their advanced interconnected fixed and mobile networks offer access anywhere and anytime to digital services and data, as well as to a broad offering of multimedia content. They invest in future-proof networks and innovative solutions, creating the foundations for sustainable growth.
They contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of the society in which they operate.

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As a unique property real estate player, Quares contributes its various professional services to a high quality of living, investment, management and consulting. From under one umbrella quality philosophy, their three complementary activities bring the best from and to the market, both individually and collectively

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A young fast growing data company driven by an enthousiastic team of master innovators. We build innovative projects from proof of concept to a production ready phase.

They build and deploy cutting edge applications for a broad area of industries, driven by their vast expertise in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things applications and supported by a robust foundation of scalable software.

They guide and advise you to navigate the territories of data driven innovation and help you to transform your business step-by-step to become a leading data-driven innovator.

Their team consists of three PhD's and a professor, with a combined experience of over 50 years in IT, AI, Engineering, Math and Statistics , making them the ideal partner to collaborate with for solving the most challenging technical problems.

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Rombit offers end-to-end solutions for both governments and for the port sector: it connects people, assets and devices in user-friendly software.

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The modular platform for unified & autonomous sensor communication in every environment.

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Siemens Digital Industries is an innovation and technology leader in industrial automation and digitalization. Together with our partners and customers, we are driving Digitalization in both the discrete and process industries, enabling flexibility, efficiency and shorter time-to-market. Digital transformation paves the way for innovation, services and new business models. We support our customers in realizing the full potential of digitalization for their business; as a partner delivering leading technologies for the automation and digitalization of the discrete and process industries.

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Siemens Mobility provides answers to all of these questions with its comprehensive portfolio; because modern, interconnected and IT-based mobility is the core competency of its four business units: Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Rolling Stock and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. Siemens Mobility develops optimal solutions to help overcome customers their challenges.

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Sirus is a dynamic IT company that focuses on software consultancy, development and architecture. In need of .NET or Microsoft solutions? Sirus delivers IoE & Cloud platforms that enable smart cities, citizens and enterprises. They improve the lives of people by providing easy access to digital tools and information.

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SKF delivers Bearings and Units, Seals, Services and Lubrication management for industries worldwide

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SkyeBase is the total service provider & developer that helps companies with the deployment and execution of robotic unmanned aeronautical applications with the aim to reduce costs and work more efficiently, ecologically and safely with a maximum use of smart software to obtain usable data analyses.

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Software AG reimagines integration, sparks business transformation and enables fast innovation on the Internet of Things so you can pioneer differentiating business models. We give you the freedom to connect and integrate any technology from app to edge. We help you free data from silos so it’s shareable, usable and powerful - enabling you to make the best decisions and unlock entirely new possibilities for growth. Software AG has nearly 5,000 employees and is active in 70 countries.

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Startups.be | Scale-Ups.eu create high-quality networking events that bring the ecosystem together for inspiration & matchmaking. To squeeze time, to grow faster.

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"Strides is a game-based experience for your team(s) that generates play and joy while delivering actionable insights. We are the first on the market providing unique unbiased insights into a team’s ecology by using nothing but data extracted from our custom digital games.

Wondering how your team scores on the Strides teamability index or curious on how you compare to other teams? We're the ideal solution for connecting hybrid teams, onboarding new talent, or connecting faster with clients."

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SyncTrace is specialized in “Fieldwork-Automation”. They build and manage their own databases and systems who are located in the cloud.

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The Argonauts help companies innovate and transform digitally through various processes. In this way, companies can remain meaningful in these fast-moving times. They provide innovation-as-a-service by facilitating innovation challenges, workshops and training. They do innovation journeys, labs & keynotes, business modelling & strategy and training.

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The Grain helps industrial companies achieve operational excellence through applied AI in the supply chain, manufacturing, and maintenance & reliability.

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Verhaert integrates technology development, business model design and user centered design in an integrated IR&D service (Innovation, research and development) for both leading companies and start-ups.

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Vooruitzicht represents more than 100 years of building and developing real estate in and around Antwerp. Quality is of paramount importance to them. You will find that quality in all aspects of their new-build projects. They always opt for a prime location in terms of accessibility, public transport, green spaces and parks, supermarket and shops. Combined with stylisch architecture that meets contemporary living forms and standards.

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Based in Antwerp, T-Mining makes maritime logistics processes like Secure Container Release more secure and efficient. Every day, more than 1.000 companies in over 20 different countries use our solution and infrastructure.

By using decentralized technologies such as blockchain and implementing concepts like Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Commercial Privacy, we provide the industry with easy-to-use instruments to remain in control of their data.

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Dataroots is a leading Belgian AI company with headquarters in Leuven and offices in Ghent and Brussels. It was founded in 2016 by data scientists Bart Smeets and Jonas Tundo and now has more than 90 employees. Dataroots is mainly active in Belgium but is gradually conquering other European countries.

The mission of Dataroots is to deliver data-driven solutions with an unmatched lifecycle and business impact for clients. In doing so, innovation and a clear return on investment (ROI) are paramount. In its AI, data engineering and data strategy projects, Dataroots carries its values of ownership, reliability and openness. The AI scale-up is also committed to a high degree of inclusiveness and diversity.

Since its inception, Dataroots has always invested a substantial percentage of its revenue in research and development (R&D). In early 2022, it set up a dedicated department for this purpose, Dataroots Research, led by Virginie Marelli as Head of Research. In the long run, Dataroots thus aims to bridge the gap between research and industry. This has already resulted in important academic and industrial partnerships, innovative projects, spin-offs and community events. More information on dataroots.io.

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At Iristick, we design, manufacture and support smart glasses that enable hands-free communication and information sharing for the deskless workforce in various industries. Iristick smart glasses are being used globally for remote assistance, step-by-step workflow guidance, pick-by-vision and videoconferencing. We also support NGOs with telemedicine equipment in most underserved parts of the world, enabling teleconsultation and remote expert guidance in rural areas. Our award-winning smart glasses are the most balanced and lightweight on the market, and they seamlessly connect with both iOS and Android smartphones.
For more information, visit the Iristick website, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Infofarm is your partner for transforming your company into a data-driven organization. We match strategy thinking with technical skills to help you in building sustainable and future-proof Data Platforms, while delivering value from your data with Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence techniques.

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Graymatics is a leading cognitive multimedia processing company leveraging the best and deepest of AI technologies for extracting deep insights and enabling compelling solutions around installed CCTV base. We were founded in Silicon Valley, and currently headquartered in Singapore, with various active markets globally. Our principal industry verticals include Smart Cities & Transportation, Smart Buildings & Factories and Smart Bank & Retail.

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Datacenter United is a Belgian provider of high quality datacenter services. Under the label Datacenter United & DC Star qualitative datacenter solutions are put in the market. With 6 datacenter locations in Belgium, two of which are located in the port of Antwerp, one at Zwijndrecht, in Gent, in Bruges and one in Zaventem, we are the ideal local partner for the outsourcing of your infrastructure. Each location is ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO27001, ISAE3402 (SAS70) and PCI DSS certified. In Antwerp we can also offer the ultimate high-quality of a Tier IV facility. Interested? Check out www.datacenterunited.com and get in touch.

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How will you make a difference?
This is the question we ask every KdG student.
What would you like to achieve? Where do you want to be?
And how do you want to contribute to the world?

Inspired and fuelled by the vibrant economic, cultural and diverse environment of Antwerp, we look beyond. We challenge our students and staff to learn from each other in a globalised world. In doing so KdG sets the tone for the future, KdG looks forward, with daring and with a view to innovation.

KdG offers everyone the opportunity to grow and make a difference.
With our highly diverse community, KdG offers a welcoming living, learning and working environment. Everyone can play their part and be heard, respected and valued. We are accessible and recognisable. And you can see and feel that in everything we do: respect for everyone, regardless of age, social class, heritage or gender. Diversity is a fact, inclusiveness is our choice.

Over 14.500 students across 7 campuses around Antwerp are part of the KdG community.

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Maritime Engineering Services (MES) offers nautical consultancy to smart startups and teams. Our clients save money, reduce time to market and increase profitability thanks to our bespoke advice. Through our unique combination of extensive maritime experience, market knowledge, tech expertise, extensive contact network, and successful realizations we ensure a substantial ROI on your product/service. Avoid costly mistakes and ensure maximum profitability by contacting us.

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CrowdScan is a spin-off of IMEC and the University of Antwerp (UAntwerp). The company measures crowds while respecting the privacy of the individual. They use an innovative and proven sensor technology solution based on low-energy radio frequencies. Smooth real-time processing of these measurements forms the basis for swift, calculated decisions on the management of these crowds. CrowdScan’s services are tailored to specific sectors e.g. public transportation, smart cities and events.

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