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Smart Port Week
The Beacon's second Smart Domain Week. Multiple events about Smart Ports, including reverse pitches, a site visit to the Port of Zeebrugge and tech roundtables on cybersecurity, blockchain and space data.
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Smart City Week
The Beacon is the community for digital technology leaders. The Smart City Week is a concept in which The Beacons collaborates with other organizations to share knowledge about smart cities, inspire all stakeholders, and foster collaboration.
- 19 April - Calls & Architecture
- 20 April - Digital Inclusion & Digital Twins
- 21 April - Climate, Energy & Digital Tech
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Optimizing Energetic Performance for Retrofit Buildings
Multi-disciplinary research project by the University of Antwerp (IDLab - EMIB - DSH) that develops a prototype-tool to optimize the energetic performance of retrofit buildings in a city.
- Oct '21 - Kick-Off
- Mar '22 - Workshop 1
- Jun '22 - Workshop 2
- Sep '21 - Prototype Tool
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Innovation Briefings
The Beacon is supported by six strong founders. Part of their commitment is to provide the Community insights in their innovation strategy & pipeline.
- 7/10 - City of Antwerp
- 8/11 Port of Antwerp
- 23/11 Agoria
- 8/12 - University of Antwerp
- TBD - Imec
- TBD - Lantis
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IoT Bootcamp
6 entrepreneurs attend a 6-day IoT Masterclass, given by The Beacon Community
- 12/10 - A problem worth solving
- 28/10 - A solution worth making
- 9/11 - Building a robust solution
- 25/11 - Preparing for market
- 9/12 - Pitch and celebrate
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COOCK Smart Port 2025
A smart port needs smart companies. And vice versa. Digital technology offers unprecedented opportunities to make our ports, our companies and their value chains sustainable, resilient and competitive.
- 22/10 - Inspiration Session 2
- 19/11 - Co-Creation Session 2
- Whitepaper 1