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Energy Mission build by Living Labs for industry & built environment

10.17.2023

Thor Central Genk

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It is time for the 4th challenging edition of
Energy Mission

Since 2020, we embarked on our mission-oriented and cross-sectoral energy transition journey. We showed solutions and financial opportunities for the built environment, industry and electrification. The successful conferences brought together over 500 engaged stakeholders from the quadruple helix.

Agenda

Energy Mission 2023 will take place on 17 October in Genk, Belgium. The venue Thor Central, located in the middle of Thor Park, offers a unique location to inspire, share and connect.
 
Thor Park itself is one of the advanced European living labs on energy transition. It transformed from a coal mine into a state-of-the-art technology park.

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AM program

08:30 - 09:30


Registration + Coffee

09:30 - 09:45

Moderator
Björn Crul
The living lab ecosystem - example of Open Thor Living Lab
Minister Brouns & Koenraad Debackere to announce inauguration ConstrucThor

09:45 - 10:00

Board member (European Network of Living Labs)
Joelle Mastelic
International Keynote - Energy Living labs: challenges and opportunities

10:15 - 12:00

Managing Technological Research (EnergyVille/VITO)
Marlies Van Holm
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Build environment
Presentation from: ABB - Emile Vekemans, Litobox - Lieven Smeyers
EnergyVille KULeuven - Dirk Saelens, Klimaan - Elise Steyaert
Blue Corner - Sam De Frene - Noven - Jeroen Rabaey

10:15 - 12:00

Professor (EnergyVille/imec)
Jozef Poortmans
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Sustainable industry
Presentations from Next Gen District - Dries Van Gheluwe, Brightsite Center - Céline Fellay
John Cockerill - Regis Frankard, Febeliec - Peter Claes
Fieldlab Industrial Electrification - Peter van Hooft

12:00 - 12:50


Lunch

PM program

12:50 - 14:10

Moderator (POM Limburg)
Annelies Gorissen
The living lab ecosystem - Debate with investors
Presentations from: Soltech - Bas Van de Kreeke, Aconterra - Ron Schuermans
LRM - Roeland Engelen, InnoEnergy - Frank Gielen
Korys - Brieuc De Hults, BNP Fortis Paribas - Jill Caubergh & Conchita Vercauteren

12:50 - 14:10

Unit Manager (EnergyVille/VITO)
Leen Govaerts
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Open data, AI, digital innovation
Presentations from: Johanneberg Science Park - Evdoxia Kouraki, EDIH EBE - Irena Kondratenko
Smappee - Pieter Werbrouck
EnergyVille KULeuven - Geert Deconinck, Daikin - Albert Rosich

14:10 - 15:10


Break & Match making
Existing living labs and interested partners

15:10 - 15:30

Education Director (EIT InnoEnergy)
Frank Gielen
International keynote
Energy innovation ecosystems in the EU

15:30 - 17:00


A roundtrip of EU energy living labs
Interactive - real time tour of frontrunner energy living labs in different Member States.
oPEN lab - Dorien Aerts, Green Village Living Lab - Stefan Hoekstra, Energy Living Lab Association - Joelle Mastelic, Transfo-site - Dominiek Vandewiele
Open Thor living lab - Daan Six, Green Energy Park - Inne Peersman, Snowball - Alexandra Vanhuyse

17:00 - 18:15

Moderator
Björn Crul
Closing and reception
EnergyVille - Gerrit Jan Schaeffer
City of Genk - Wim Dries

08:30 - 09:30


Registration + Coffee

09:30 - 09:45

Moderator
Björn Crul
The living lab ecosystem - example of Open Thor Living Lab
Minister Brouns & Koenraad Debackere to announce inauguration ConstrucThor

09:45 - 10:00

Board member (European Network of Living Labs)
Joelle Mastelic
International Keynote - Energy Living labs: challenges and opportunities

10:15 - 12:00

Managing Technological Research (EnergyVille/VITO)
Marlies Van Holm
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Build environment
Presentation from: ABB - Emile Vekemans, Litobox - Lieven Smeyers
EnergyVille KULeuven - Dirk Saelens, Klimaan - Elise Steyaert
Blue Corner - Sam De Frene - Noven - Jeroen Rabaey

10:15 - 12:00

Professor (EnergyVille/imec)
Jozef Poortmans
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Sustainable industry
Presentations from Next Gen District - Dries Van Gheluwe, Brightsite Center - Céline Fellay
John Cockerill - Regis Frankard, Febeliec - Peter Claes
Fieldlab Industrial Electrification - Peter van Hooft

12:00 - 12:50


Lunch

12:50 - 14:10

Moderator (POM Limburg)
Annelies Gorissen
The living lab ecosystem - Debate with investors
Presentations from: Soltech - Bas Van de Kreeke, Aconterra - Ron Schuermans
LRM - Roeland Engelen, InnoEnergy - Frank Gielen
Korys - Brieuc De Hults, BNP Fortis Paribas - Jill Caubergh & Conchita Vercauteren

12:50 - 14:10

Unit Manager (EnergyVille/VITO)
Leen Govaerts
The living lab ecosystem Deep dive Open data, AI, digital innovation
Presentations from: Johanneberg Science Park - Evdoxia Kouraki, EDIH EBE - Irena Kondratenko
Smappee - Pieter Werbrouck
EnergyVille KULeuven - Geert Deconinck, Daikin - Albert Rosich

14:10 - 15:10


Break & Match making
Existing living labs and interested partners

15:10 - 15:30

Education Director (EIT InnoEnergy)
Frank Gielen
International keynote
Energy innovation ecosystems in the EU

15:30 - 17:00


A roundtrip of EU energy living labs
Interactive - real time tour of frontrunner energy living labs in different Member States.
oPEN lab - Dorien Aerts, Green Village Living Lab - Stefan Hoekstra, Energy Living Lab Association - Joelle Mastelic, Transfo-site - Dominiek Vandewiele
Open Thor living lab - Daan Six, Green Energy Park - Inne Peersman, Snowball - Alexandra Vanhuyse

17:00 - 18:15

Moderator
Björn Crul
Closing and reception
EnergyVille - Gerrit Jan Schaeffer
City of Genk - Wim Dries

Speakers

  • Dorien Aerts
    Dorien Aerts
    Project Manager at Unit Smart Energy and Build Environment (Energyville/Vito)
    Dorien Aerts has over 10 years of experience in the field of energy efficiency in the built environment. At present, she is a Project Manager at the Smart Energy and Built Environment department at VITO, and Coordinator of the Open Thor Residential Living Lab in Genk (Belgium), currently under development in the oPEN Lab project. She’s passionate about facilitating social and technological innovation in a complex, multi-stakeholder setting.
  • Jo Brouns
    Jo Brouns
    Minister
  • Peter Claes
    Peter Claes
    Director (Febeliec)
    Peter Claes graduated in Managerial Economics at the Catholic University Leuven in 1984 and was Research Assistant in the same department until 1986. From 1987 until 1992 he was Research Department Analyst of the Belgian Economy at the BBL in Brussels. In 1992 he became Director of the Economic Department of essenscia (Federation of the Chemical Industry and Life Sciences, previously called FEDICHEM), where he was General Manager from 2002 until end 2008. He also became Board Member of FEBELIEC (Federation of Belgian Industrial Energy Consumers) in 1994, and from May 1996 until May 2003, he was President of this same federation. Since January 2009, he has been full time active for FEBELIEC. Since November 1998, he has been Vice-President of IFIEC Europe (International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers), and was also President of this federation between April 2003 and 2007, and again since June 2021.
  • Jill Caubergh
    Jill Caubergh
    Innovation hub relationship manager, BNP Paribas Fortis Business center Limburg
    With a dedicated team of innovative bankers as a partner helping scale-ups grow to become an international success
  • Björn Crul
    Björn Crul
    Moderator
    Björn Crul (50) is founder and managing director of the content company, a content creation agency based in Brussels, that specializes in copywriting, PR, video production, podcasting and event storytelling for B2B companies, media, federations and public institutions. Björn has over 30 years of experience in journalism, communication, media relations and events. He keeps his finger on the pulse of the energy transition, digital transformation, Industry 4.0 and new technologies. He will be the host of the Energy Mission 2023 and moderate the panel discussions.
  • Koenraad Debackere
    Koenraad Debackere
    Professor (KU Leuven)
    Koenraad Debackere is a professor of economics and management of technology and innovation at KU Leuven. He is chair of KU Leuven Associatie and a member of the Board of Governors of RWTH Aachen. He has held or holds directorships in several companies. He studied engineering, economics and business at the University of Ghent and MIT and held visiting professorships at several international universities.
  • Geert Deconinck
    Geert Deconinck
    Professor KU Leuven
    prof.dr.ir. Geert Deconinck is full professor at KU Leuven university, where he heads the research group on electrical energy applications and systems since 2013. He is a board member of, and an active researcher in, EnergyVille. From 30 years of experience, as a researcher / control engineer in power systems, he has the suited background to make smart grids robust and efficient, based on data-driven and model-based distributed coordination.
  • Sam De Frene
    Sam De Frene
    Head of Energy Management (Blue Corner)
  • Brieuc De Hults
    Brieuc De Hults
    Investment Director (Korys)
    Brieuc is Investment Director at Korys, Colruyt’s family office, and focuses on the development and management of the enabling technology portfolio within the Energy Transition ecosystem. Brieuc has 17 years of experience in the investment industry, acquired through various positions in major banks and investment firms in Belgium, Europe and the US, of which 11 specifically on the energy transition at Korys. He also sits at several boards in tech companies in Belgium and Europe.
  • Wim Dries
    Wim Dries
    Mayor of Genk
    Wim Dries serves as the Mayor of Genk and holds the positions of President of Fluvius and the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG). In his role as Genk's mayor, he demonstrates unwavering dedication to advancing sustainable initiatives, such as investments in renewable energy sources and the advocacy for environmentally friendly policies. His resolute commitment to both the economic development and sustainability of the region, as well as his dedication to local communities and progress, establish him as a highly esteemed mayor and president.
  • Roeland Engelen
    Roeland Engelen
    Head of Investment (LRM)
  • Celine Fellay
    Celine Fellay
    Program manager (Brightsite)
    She hold a PhD in Chemistry from EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland. She has 15 years of experience in chemical industry in diverse R&D positions. She recently joined Sitech services where She is working as Program manager for Brightsite. She lead the program on Transition scenarios and system integration, looking at how to realize the transition for an entire site like Chemelot in a safe, sustainable and economically sound way.
  • Regis Frankard
    Regis Frankard
    VP Technical & Proposal, Integrated Renewable Solutions (John Cockerill)
    Régis Frankard is graduated as civil Engineer, electromechanics, specialized in energy. He has been working at CMI/John Cockrill for 22 years, always in the energy sector. For the first 15 years, he worked on heat recovery steam generators, in project and proposal management. He became the Proposal Director of the HRS BU. Then, he switched to renewable energy, mainly dealing with battery storage. He launched the Energy Storage BU in 2017, including the MiRIS project. Now, he is the CTO and VP Proposal and Technical of IRS (Integrated Renewable Solution), and he also has the software developers of the EMS in his team.
  • Frank Gielen
    Frank Gielen
    Education Director (EIT InnoEnergy)
    Prof.Dr.ir. Gielen has extensive experience with R&D in the telecommunication and software technology sector as well as in raising venture capital, university-industry collaborative research and spin-off creation. Prof.Dr.ir. Gielen held a number of technical and management positions in the software industry. He started as a software architect with AT&T Bell Labs in the USA and was director of software technology at Alcatel. In 1998 he joined Tellium, a US based start-up company in optical network technology, as the VP of Software Engineering. Tellium had a successful IPO on NASDAQ in 2001. He then returned to Europe in 2001 as the CEO for Tellium EMEA. From 2010 to 2015 he was the Director of the Incubation & Entrepreneurship at iMinds, the leading digital incubator and business accelerator in Flanders. The iStart incubation programme of iMinds was ranked number 4 in UBI’s global ranking of university accelerators in 2015. Prof.Dr.ir. Gielen was head of the EIT Digital Professional School with the ambition to lead the innovation of professional development and executive education for companies, organisations and individuals going through a digital transformation. Since 2017 he has been the Education Director at InnoEnergy. Currently he is also a professor of software technology entrepreneurship at the University of Ghent.
  • Annelies Gorissen
    Annelies Gorissen
    Moderator (POM Limburg)
    Annelies Gorissen thrives on fostering sustainable energy and circular economy initiatives. As part of the POM Limburg team, the Economic Development Agency for Belgian's Limburg, she actively contributes to making Limburg the friendliest province in Flanders to work, do business, innovate and excel. Annelies is driven to connect companies, knowledge institutes, and the public sector, enabling fruitful collaborations and pioneering in breakthrough projects. Her commitment revolves around accelerating and facilitating both successful and sustainable economic development, with a strong focus on digital transformation, carbon reduction, and scalability.
  • Leen Govaerts
    Leen Govaerts
    Unit Manager (EnergyVille/VITO)
    Leen Govaerts has longstanding experience in research on energy and sustainable urban development. At present, she leads the Smart Energy and Built Environment department of Research and Technology organization VITO and is also a member of the executive committee of EnergyVille – a research collaboration between the Belgian research partners KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt in the field of sustainable energy.
  • Stefan Hoekstra
    Stefan Hoekstra
    Projectmanager (Green Village /TU Delft)
    “Learning by doing” is the motto of Stefan. In his role as project manager Energy transition he works with researchers, students, startups, entrepreneurs and government bodies to accelerate innovation for a sustainable future. The Green Village is an “open air laboratory” at TU Delft Campus, exempt of standard rules and regulations, with a focus on the built environment where testing takes place on neighbourhood, street and building level. By paying attention to technical, corporate, social and policy-based challenges, we help innovative parties accelerate from theory to practice.
  • David Ketelaers
    David Ketelaers
    Product Marketing Specialist (ABB)
    He is more than 15 years active in the world of Automation, Building Automation, Lighting and Energy Optimization in residential and commercial buildings. With his personal strong passion for innovation and a company that brings smart, safe and sustainable innovative products we realize projects where the user’s comfort is key and the building contribute to a better neighborhood and world.
  • Irena Kondratenko
    Irena Kondratenko
    Project Manager at Unit Smart Energy and Built Environment (EnergyVille/VITO)
    Irena Kondratenko has over 15years experience in managing research and innovation projects. At present, she is a Project Manager at the Smart Energy and Built Environment department of Research and Technology organization VITO, and Coordinator of the European Digital Innovation Hub on Energy in the Built Environment. She actively contributes to market uptake of innovations enabled by advanced digital technologies for a circular, efficient and decarbonized built environment.
  • Evdoxia Kouraki
    Evdoxia Kouraki
    Project Manager (Johanneberg Science Park)
    Evdoxia (Eva) Kouraki, M.Sc. Environmental Management & Policy, is Project Manager of the Urban Development Open Arena at Johanneberg Science Park – Sweden’s leading collaborative arena for urban development. Her focus has been the development and coordination of open innovation projects as well as living labs/testbeds as innovation test environments in Gothenburg, Sweden. These include, HSB Living Lab - a world unique arena in the form of residence building where new technological and architectural innovations are tested for 10 years and testbed “Sustainable Smart Parks” - an open and innovative arena for developing the smart green areas of the future.
  • Frederik Loeckx
    Frederik Loeckx
    Managing Director (Flux50)
    Frederik Loeckx is Managing Director of Flux50. He graduated in 1996 as electrical engineer at the University of Leuven with a master thesis on data security and public key infrastructures. In 2001, Frederik obtained a Master in Business Administration from the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School. Frederik started his career at Utimaco, a data security specialist. Between 2002 and 2006, he worked as advisor on innovation strategy and innovation projects at the Flemish government. In 2006, Frederik Loeckx founded Triphase, a spin-off of the university of Leuven, operating internationally with research systems for smart energy systems and grew the company to 16 people on own accounts. Up to 2016, Frederik was CEO of the company. On behalf of Triphase, Frederik was founder and member of the board of Smart Grid Flanders, the predecessor of Flux50, for 6 years, as well as present in several innovation advisory groups in Flanders.
  • Joelle Mastelic
    Joelle Mastelic
    Board member (European Network of Living Labs)
  • Inne Peersman
    Inne Peersman
    Director General Management (Green Energy Park)
  • Jozef Poortmans
    Jozef Poortmans
    Professor (EnergyVille/imec)
    Jozef Poortmans graduated in 1985 as a Civil Engineer in Electro-mechanics and joined imec shortly afterwards. After his PhD on bipolar transistor technology he joined the solar cell technology group in imec where he was responsible for the advanced solar cell activity. In 2003, he became responsible for the entire solar cell activity in imec. Because of his impact in the domain, he was appointed imec Fellow in 2013. From 2016 he was responsible for coordinating the research activities of the 4 R&D partners within the EnergyVille collaboration and combines this with his part-time professorship at KUL and UHasselt.
  • Albert Rosich
    Albert Rosich
    Section Manager (Daikin Europe)
    Albert Rosich is passionate about new technologies and open innovation with a vast experience in collaborative initiatives between academia and industry. He is currently involved in digitalization and energy management systems for the HVAC industry in his role as Innovation Manager at Daikin EMEA Development Center. He believes that a new generation of heat pumps equipped with the latest technology will have a major impact on the present energy transition.
  • Dirk Saelens
    Dirk Saelens
    Prof.dr.ir.-arch. (EnergyVille/KU Leuven)
    Dirk Saelens (°1974) is a MSc graduate in architectural engineering (1997) from Leuven University (KU Leuven) where he also gained his PhD in Civil Engineering (2002) with research on ventilated double-skin facades at the Building Physics Section. Currently he is appointed full professor “Energy in Buildings” and head of the Building Physics and Sustainable Design Section at the Department of Civil Engineering at KU Leuven.
  • Gerrit Jan Schaeffer
    Gerrit Jan Schaeffer
    Managing Director (EnergyVille)
    Prof dr. ir. Gerrit Jan Schaeffer MBA (1966) is the General Manager of EnergyVille. After a career at the Energy research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) as a scientist and research manager he moved to the Flemish Institute for Technology Research (VITO) as Director Energy in 2007. In 2016 he became an entrepreneur in the solar business as CEO and co-owner of Dutch Solar Energy in the Netherlands. Since 1 June 2021 he got the position as General Manager of EnergyVille, the main sustainable energy research institute in Flanders, Belgium.
  • Ron Schuermans
    Ron Schuermans
    Founding Partner (Aconterra)
    Ron Schuermans is the founding partner of Aconterra, an early-stage VC fund focusing on European smart building technology and the energy transition. With a career spanning over two decades, Ron has extensive experience in launching and leading tech and energy startups. His background includes a wide range of technologies and solutions, such as sensor technology, wireless mesh networking, energy demand response and energy trading. Since co-founding Aconterra in 2019, his focus on innovation and sustainability has been instrumental in Aconterra's growth, aiming to contribute to Europe's progress towards a more efficient and environmentally conscious future.
  • Lieven Smeyers
    Lieven Smeyers
    CO-founder & CEO (Litobox)
    Lieven is an energy thinker with a passion for great inventions and innovative solutions. Passionate by renewable energy, he starts at the newly founded Solar-division of HVAC manufacturer and distributor Sanutel Belgium that will become market leader in solar thermal energy in less than three years.
  • Elise Steyaert
    Elise Steyaert
    Director Energy Cooperative (Klimaan)
    Klimaan vzw is a local citizen movement focusing on sustainably managing our commons: Air, Soil, Water and Energy. We have +250 members and various projects on-going regarding circular economy in practice, rain water recuperation, softening surfaces for water infiltration, air scans and energy savings at home.
  • Daan Six
    Daan Six
    Research program manager (EnergyVille/VITO)
    Daan Six received his master’s degree in commercial engineering in 2004 from the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Since 2008, he is with the Energy Technology Unit of the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) and EnergyVille, Belgium. Since 2018 he is research program manager and coordinates several research roadmaps on energy market design, flexibility, thermal systems and electrical storage in the built environment. Since 2021 he is coordinating the Open Thor living lab initiative by EnergyVille, Thor Park and City of Genk
  • Bas van de Kreeke
    Bas van de Kreeke
    CEO (Soltech)
    Ir. Bas van de Kreeke (51) is a civil engineer and CEO at Soltech. His passions are: Digitization, sustainability energy, innovation and finally sharing knowledge and helping people grow. He is involved in various innovation projects on making the built environment more sustainable.
  • Dominiek Vandewiele
    Dominiek Vandewiele
    Programme Manager Energy Transition (Transfo-site)
    Dominiek Vandewiele is program manager Energy Transition at Intercommunale Leiedal, supporting local authorities in Sout-West-Flanders. He is involved in innovation projects on 5th generation district heating, energy planning, empowering citizens in the energy transition, energy communities and the establishment of a living lab with smart microgrid.
  • Dries Van Gheluwe
    Dries Van Gheluwe
    Business development advisor (Port of Antwerp Bruges)
    In 2020 Dries took a new step in his career by joining the Invest and Development team in the port of Antwerp. In this team, he is responsible for the commercial development of the NextGen District, an 88Ha zone 100% dedicated to circular economy in the port of Antwerp-Bruges. His main focus lies within the domains of circular economy, energy transition and sustainable industry.
  • Peter van Hooft
    Peter van Hooft
    Director (Fieldlab Industrial Electrification)
    After obtaining the Ph.D. degree in Bio-Organic Chemistry at the Leiden University, he started his career at TNO as Research Scientist in 2001. In the successive years he occupied various other functions amongst others Project Manager, Senior Business Developer and Head of Department. As operational program manager at the Fieldlab Industrial Electrification (FLIE), he was tasked in May 2021 to set-up the infrastructure of the pilot hall. Since July 2022 Peter acts as Director of FLIE.
  • Marlies Van Holm
    Marlies Van Holm
    Managing Technological Research (EnergyVille/VITO)
    Marlies Van Holm is currently heading the research activities of VITO/EnergyVille on District Energy Modelling and Building Envelope Innovation/Construction Robotics. She started at VITO/EnergyVille as a researcher (°2010) and subsequently became program manager (°2015), leading several research teams on energy and environmental performance of buildings. She is also Board Member of Enperas, a VITO spin-off company and product Life Cycle Assessment SAAS business (°2021). She holds degrees in Civil Engineering – Architecture (Ghent University), Cultural Sciences (VUB, Brussels) and Business Administration (Warwick Business School, UK).
  • Alexandra Vanhuyse
    Alexandra Vanhuyse
    Cofounder (Snowball)
    Alexandra Vanhuyse is cofounder of Snowball. She is a hands-on entrepreneur with a passion for clean technology. As Managing Director at Snowball, she is in charge of Strategy, Partnerships and Alliances. Among others, Alexandra runs the Cleantech Accelerator at Snowball and heads a multi-year, multi-stakeholder Living Lab Research & Development Project supported by among others the Flemish Government and Interreg. She also represents Snowball and acts as sparring partner to different industry bodies, including Flux50 & VIL.
  • Guy Vekemans
    Guy Vekemans
    Business Development Manager (Flux50)
  • Conchita Vercauteren
    Conchita Vercauteren
    Innovation hub relationship manager, BNP Paribas Fortis , Business Center Antwerpen Metropool
    With a dedicated team of innovative bankers as a partner helping scale-ups grow to become an international success
  • Pieter Werbrouck
    Pieter Werbrouck
    Product Director - Smappee
  • Jeroen Rabaey
    Jeroen Rabaey
    CO-Founder & CEO of Noven
    Jeroen Rabaey is co-founder & CEO of Noven, an Esco company that specializes in providing energy-as-a-service solutions. Noven employs a range of technologies, including heat pumps and geothermal energy, to make both new and existing buildings more energy-efficient and sustainable. Prior to his role at Noven, he gained experience working at Boston Consulting Group and Electrawinds. Jeroen is a passionate advocate for sustainable energy, seeking to contribute to combating climate change.
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Bridging the gap

Our key challenge for the 2023 conference: how to bring all these promising innovations to the market? How to get the end user, the citizen, to accept them or even design them themselves? How to bridge the final gap to a broad application?
 
Without any doubt, “energy living labs” play a crucial role in this last mile to the market. These living labs are state-of-the-art, open innovation ecosystems where energy technologies are tested and improved in real interaction with end users and in real interaction with other components. After this phase, the innovations are ready for a go-to-market.

Your front row seat to Innovation in Action

What and who will you find at Energy Mission – Empowered by living labs?

  • Examples of living labs both for industry (e.g. power-to-X, hydrogen, energy and chemistry) and for the built environment
  • Industrial partners explaining how they found specific added value by joining living labs
  • Investors showing how they can support the innovations coming from living labs
  • Experts illustrating the benefits and challenges of AI and big data services at living labs
  • An interactive roundtrip along several advanced living labs in the EU
  • Examples of energy living lab ecosystems and practical ways how to participate, involving actors from quadruple helix: industry/finance, research, government, end-users.

Come to explore what an energy living lab ecosystem can mean for you and learn how to bridge the last mile to the market together!

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Venue

Thor Central
Thor Park 8000, 3600 Genk, Belgium
Navigation: André Dumontlaan 67 3600 Genk, Belgium

Visitors’ parking is available
Please let us know should you need to charge your electric car.
Warning! 
It is not allowed to park in front of the building: on the gravel, in the little ‘park’ or on the road in the whole of Thor Park. Parking guards check Thor Park very regularly for offenders.
A lift for disabled people is available.

Going to the venue from your hotel to Thor Central
Easy bus connections: www.delijn.be/en
From Genk railway station: Bus stop ‘Thor Park’ served by City Line G1 takes 15 minutes to arrive at Thor Park Between 6h and 20h, every half hour. Between 7h and 9h, every 15 minutes

Bus stop “Waterschei Mijn” served by other bus lines following school hours/days (lines 1, 31, and 33)

Bus stop “Waterschei Bascule” at 1 km of Thor Park served by: • City line G7 Genk - Zutendaal: frequency of one bus per hour in both directions • Regional line 8 Genk - Overpelt: frequency of one bus per hour in both directions with additional service during rush hour • Regional line 9 Genk - Lanklaar: various trips per day • Regional line 11 Genk - Maaseik: frequency of one bus per hour in both directions with additional service during rush hour • Regional lines 1, 31, 33, 40 and 45 with a number of services per day

Contact

Koen Vanhove
PCO conrad consulting
Koen Vanhove
Sponsoring
Stijn Paredis
PCO conrad consulting
Stijn Paredis
Event Manager