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Conferences

We show up where the ecosystem gathers: sharing our robots, ideas, and stories at Tectonic, Brucon, and Odoo Experience, with our own conference track coming soon.

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Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Brucon
Autodiscovery
Hugging Face
European AI Office
iMagineLab
Nerdlab
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
AP Hogeschool
Dwengo
Brubotics
Wintercircus
Grand Poste
AI for Good
The Beacon
Commons Hub Brussels
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Lovable
WeSTEM
Odoo Experience
City of Antwerp
Campus 19 (42) Belgium
LeRobot
Tectonic Conf
Young Engineers Liège
E6K Kortrijk
WAT
UCLL Techniek- en WetenschapsAcademie (TWA)
Stripe
Creative STEM
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
North Star

Paths to North Star

March 8, 2025
AI Hackathon I

AI Hackathon I

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

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May 10, 2025
AI Hackathon II

AI Hackathon II

The 2nd edition - bigger and better!

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June 5, 2025
SIGNAL I

SIGNAL I

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

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June 14, 2025
Robotics Hackathon I

Robotics Hackathon I

Our first 2-day hackathon co-organized with HuggingFace

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August 21, 2025
SIGNAL II

SIGNAL II

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

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August 30, 2025
AI Hackathon III

AI Hackathon III

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

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September 25, 2025
BruCon Security Conference

BruCon Security Conference

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

CONTRIBUTED
October 11, 2025
Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon ⭐️🧇

Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon ⭐️🧇

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

ORGANIZED
October 18, 2025
FUTURE IN BLOOM PT1

FUTURE IN BLOOM PT1

🤖 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.

ORGANIZED
November 5, 2025
Tectonic

Tectonic

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.

CONTRIBUTED
November 7, 2025
Cassini Hackathon - Consumer Experience

Cassini Hackathon - Consumer Experience

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

CONTRIBUTED
November 20, 2025
27th Belgium NLP Meetup

27th Belgium NLP Meetup

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

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November 22, 2025
Agentic Payments Hackathon with Stripe

Agentic Payments Hackathon with Stripe

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

ORGANIZED
November 28, 2025
Get Sip Done: Antwerp Kick-Off

Get Sip Done: Antwerp Kick-Off

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

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December 4, 2025
Museum Night: Lost in Diffusion

Museum Night: Lost in Diffusion

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.

CONTRIBUTED
December 11, 2025
ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon (Community Edition)

ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon (Community Edition)

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

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January 29, 2026
SIGNAL III

SIGNAL III

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

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February 26, 2026
AI Community Journal Club #001
Upcoming

AI Community Journal Club #001

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.

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The Cost of Connection
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The Cost of Connection

Brain drain breaks the chain of people lifting other people up. How do we ignite Belgium's tech ecosystem?

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THEME: AGENTS

AI Belgium x North Star

Kaai 102, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

(Near Kinepolis)

Date: Thursday, 26 Feb 2026

Time: 18:00 to 20:00 CET

Capacity: 25 participants

Presenters introduce peer-reviewed AI papers (~15 min + Q&A). Trending research, classic must-reads, or applied AI work. No academic background required.

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