Applying AI Events in Brussels
"AI research" and "AI in production" are two pretty different worlds at this point. This page collects events from the production side: how teams integrate LLMs into real products, build agents that are worth trusting, wire up RAG pipelines that don't quietly hallucinate, and ship Copilot-style features without breaking the rest of the app. Agentic coding is a particularly active thread right now, with dedicated meetups and studios popping up across the continent.
This page narrows the Brussels calendar to Applying AI events. It's a subset of Belgium's wider tech-event schedule, useful when you want something specific to go to in the city this month.
Brussels is unusually weighted toward tech-policy and open-source events because of the EU institutions concentrated in the city. FOSDEM each February is one of the largest open-source conferences in the world and draws tens of thousands. Around it, the calendar is full of AI-governance, data-protection, cybersecurity-policy, and platform-regulation events that reflect Brussels' role as the policy capital of European tech.
Upcoming Applying AI events in Brussels
AI-Native Meetup #3 Jev, Open-weight models and Tech sovereignty.
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
Jev. Open-weight models. Tech sovereignty. 🔥
The AI-Native Meetup is back for its #3 edition!
📅 Meetup Agenda
- 17:30: Doors Open, welcome & drinks
- 18:15: Opening Remarks
- 18:20: Talks
- 19:30: Closing Remarks
- 19:35: Networking Drinks & Bites
- 22:00: Doors close
📍 Getting there
BeCentral — Cantersteen 12, 1000 Brussels (right above Brussels Central Station). Take the Cantersteen / Ravenstein exit from the station.
- Train: Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal, we're literally right above it.
- Metro: Lines 1 & 5, Gare Centrale / Centraal Station (±2 min walk)
- Bus: Lines 38, 48, 52, 63, 65, 66, 71, 89 — Gare Centrale stop (±1 min walk)
- Tram: Line 92 — Parc/Park stop (±5 min walk)
- Parking: Interparking Grand-Place, Rue de la Montagne (±4 min walk) or Interparking Albertine-Square, Place de l'Albertine (±5 min walk)
- Bike: Secure bike parking at Brussels Central Station, plus Villo! stations around Carrefour de l'Europe
Jev. Open-weight models. Tech sovereignty. 🔥
Three topics every AI builder in Europe should have an opinion on. Here's why:
Open-weight models mean renting your AI is no longer the only option. Tech sovereignty is getting real: "buy European" is making its way into EU procurement rules. And Jev is a reminder to choose wisely: the right tool for the right task, not frontier models for everything.
Make up your own mind on October 29 at edition #3 of the AI-Native Meetup, in the heart of Brussels at BeCentral.
The best way to keep up with AI isn't more scrolling. It's an evening with the people doing the work.
Meet the three speakers of this edition:
🚀 Niels Claeys - Lead Data Engineer & Partner at Dataminded
🔥 Mehdi Ouazza - Data/AI Engineer & DevRel at MotherDuck
💪 Charlotte Verhamme - EU digital policy expert (AI, cybersecurity & telecom)
If you're building with AI in Belgium and want plenty of time to meet like-minded people, don't miss this.
Huge thanks to BeCentral for supporting the AI-Native Meetup.
Table Ronde · IA, énergie et souveraineté (par Bleen & Elia)
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
L’IA accélère, la demande d’électricité aussi. On fait le point sur les enjeux pour le réseau et la transition énergétique avec Elia.
Table Ronde · IA, énergie et souveraineté
L'intelligence artificielle générative s'est imposée en quelques années, à un rythme qu'aucune technologie n'avait connu avant elle. Derrière chaque requête, il y a des data centers, et derrière ces data centers, de l'électricité. Beaucoup d'électricité. Cette demande nouvelle arrive au moment où le système électrique se transforme en profondeur pour accompagner la transition énergétique et l'électrification de l'industrie, de la mobilité et du chauffage.
Comment le réseau absorbe-t-il cette croissance ? Qui raccorder, quand, et selon quels critères ? Quelle est l'empreinte réelle de l'IA, et que veut dire souveraineté quand énergie et numérique deviennent indissociables ? Trois spécialistes d'Elia, le gestionnaire du réseau de transport d'électricité belge, partagent leur lecture de ces enjeux.
Format : 1h de table ronde, suivie de 30 minutes d'échange avec le public et une session de networking.
Intervenant·es Elia : Stéphane Vanschoors (Head of IT Technology & Infrastructure), Sofie Stas (Sustainability Manager) et Jean-Philippe Deckers (Key Account Manager)
Modérateur Bleen : Olivier De Schutter (co-fondateur)
Info session: AI & Data Science Bootcamp
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
Discover BeCode's free 7-month AI & Data Science bootcamp in Brussels. Learn Python, ML & Gen AI. No degree required. Join our info-session!
****Become a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or AI Engineer in Belgium!****Join BeCode's intensive 7-month AI & Data Science Bootcamp in Brussels, designed to transform job seekers into industry-ready data and AI professionals. No prior tech diploma is required.Key Highlights
- 100% Free: No tuition or registration fees for job seekers.
- Hands-on Experience: Practical training covering Python & advanced programming, Machine Learning & predictive models, SQL/NoSQL databases, Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), Power BI dashboarding, Generative AI & Prompt Engineering, NLP, and Data Engineering.
- Internationally Recognized Certifications: Prepare for and pass AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), and Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900).
- Career Launch: Includes a 1-to-3 month internship post-training (90% internship placement rate, 80% employment rate within one year).
Event Details & Location
- Location: Gare Maritime — Tour & Taxis, Rue Picard 11, 1000 Bruxelles
- Partners: In partnership with Bruxelles Formation and Cevora.