Events
Every room we’ve built — and the ones still ahead.
Upcoming
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OpenAI Codex Community Meetup
Belgium's first OpenAI Codex Community Meetup at Wintercircus Ghent: Codex updates, live demos, an agents session, and an on-site OpenAI engineer AMA.
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Robotics in Belgium @ WAT.BXL
ROBIB's second edition at WAT.BXL in Brussels: lightning talks, a panel on where robotics is heading, startup pitches, and drinks. North Star joins as community partner.
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OpenAI Codex Community Meetup — Antwerp
Antwerp edition of the OpenAI Codex Community Meetup at The Vessel: Codex updates, live demos, and an agents session with the Belgian builder community.
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SCHIP: STEM-zomerkamp rond AI en robotica
A five-day STEM summer camp (3–7 July) at The Vessel where kids aged 12–16 explore AI, robotics, and coding through real Port of Antwerp challenges.
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Hack-Nation Global AI Hackathon: Brussels Hub
With WAT.BXL, North Star brings Hack-Nation's Global AI Hackathon to Brussels. 50 seats alongside teams from MIT, Stanford, Munich, London, Zurich and beyond. $35K+ in prizes and $200K in API credits.
Past events
2026
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Hackers & Ravers
12-hour AI hackathon fused with a proper rave inside the Wintercircus dome in Ghent. Co-organised by Soda and Wintercircus, with North Star as a partner.
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TechXperience: OpenClaw Workshop
Lunch workshop at The Beacon: a hands-on OpenClaw session by North Star covering AI agent architecture, memory, failure modes, and practical automation workflows.
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Benelux Robotics Meetup
Our first event outside Belgium. A sold-out night at TU/e Eindhoven on how the Benelux becomes a serious force in robotics.
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AI Community Journal Club #002
Second edition of the recurring paper-reading evening by AI Belgium and North Star. Presenters introduce peer-reviewed AI papers with Q&A.
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OpenLab @ The Vessel
First Open Lab Thursday at our new AI & Robotics lab in the Antwerp port area.
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AI Community Journal Club #001
A recurring paper-reading evening by AI Belgium and North Star.
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OpenClaw Deep Dive
An open evening for builders in collaboration with ICP Belgium, featuring a talk and live stations on OpenClaw AI agents.
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University Robotics Workshop
Hands-on SO-101 robotics workshop at AP Hogeschool Antwerpen covering the LeRobot ecosystem, VLAs, and imitation learning workflows.
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SIGNAL III
Flagship SIGNAL meetup featuring high-signal talks and demos.
2025
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ElevenLabs Worldwide Hackathon (Community Edition)
A community edition of the ElevenLabs global hackathon with voice AI builders in Ghent.
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Get Sip Done: Antwerp Kick-Off
A founder breakfast connecting Antwerp builders, operators, and investors.
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Agentic Payments Hackathon with Stripe
A payments-focused build weekend for agentic checkout and automation experiments.
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27th Belgium NLP Meetup
AI and multi-agent systems meetup centered on production-ready systems and real-world demos.
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Tectonic
Major Belgian tech conference where we contributed to ecosystem-level programming.
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Future In Bloom Pt. I
Embodied AI coworking and build sessions pushing practical robotics work forward.
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Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon
Youth-focused AI coding day introducing kids to building with AI tools.
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BruCon Security Conference
Belgium's premier security conference where we contributed with the North Star team.
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AI Hackathon III
Third AI hackathon with stronger multi-agent and product-focused builds.
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SIGNAL II
Second SIGNAL gathering for founders, engineers, and researchers.
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Robotics Hackathon I
Hands-on robotics weekend focused on building and shipping working systems.
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SIGNAL I
Our first SIGNAL meetup focused on practical lessons from real builders.
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AI Hackathon II
Second edition with stronger projects, demos, and team momentum.
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AI Hackathon I
Our first AI hackathon bringing builders together for rapid prototyping.