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Our first AI hackathon - hosted at The Beacon with over 60 participants

The 2nd edition - bigger and better!

Our first SIGNAL AI meetup featuring expert speakers from Bugify and imec, exploring the collapse of modern software development and social robotics.

Our first 2-day hackathon co-organized with HuggingFace

Talks by AI and robotics experts, live demos, and networking with pizza & drinks at The Beacon.

🚀 Over 400 man-hours of innovation packed into one weekend! Winners: Judges' Favorite, AI's Choice, and Atlas categories.

🛡️ Belgium's premier security and hacker conference in Mechelen. World-class speakers, security challenges, and deep-technical training with 600+ cybersecurity professionals.

Belgian chapter of the Worldwide Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon. Ages 9-13, 4-hour creative coding experience across multiple cities in Belgium.

🤖 A co-working, make-athon - 1st part of our FUTURE IN BLOOM series. Embodied AI is coming, and we need to be ready for it.

Europe's premier tech conference addressing AI's impact on work and society, geopolitics, and digital autonomy. Connecting startups, investors, and policymakers at Wintercircus, Ghent.

🛰️ EU Space hackathon across 10 locations. BeCentral Brussels for Belgium. Gaming, sports, and travel challenges using Galileo, Copernicus & EGNOS data.

AI and multi-agent systems meetup at The Beacon. From Monolith to Multi-Agent architectures, exploring production-ready AI systems.

💳 Hack, pilot and ship payment experiences using Stripe APIs. Build bold payment experiences with agents and automation in Brussels.

Exclusive power breakfast networking with 50 founders, leaders, and investors from Antwerp's innovation ecosystem. Coffee, pastries, and high-quality connections at The Beacon.

Algorave at Wintercircus with Design Museum Gent. Live-coded music and visuals generated from museum collection data. Preview of the new permanent collection through algorithmic visualization.

ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon - $200K+ in total prizes. One Night. Thirty Cities. Building the Future of Conversation.

A signal emerges. Our flagship meetup is back in 2026 🚀 Join us for another series of talks in AI at The Beacon.

A recurring event series by AI Belgium and North Star. Presenters introduce peer-reviewed AI papers covering trending research, classic must-reads, or applied AI work. No academic background required.