🇧🇪 Tech Events in Belgium

Learn fundamental software testing concepts in our comprehensive 3-day course.

Ten editions in, and three years of getting together in Kortrijk to talk about the work behind the work. How teams collaborate, how organisations change, how projects actually get done, and about everything that gets in the way.

Whether you've been at this for years and want to share what you've learned, or you're simply curious how others handle the same challenges: you're welcome. No experience required, no preparation needed.

Team lead, scrum masters, coaches, product owners, project managers, developers, testers, managers, but just as much people from HR, marketing or operations. Every perspective counts, and the best conversations here often happen between people who don't work in the same field at all.

We use the Lean Coffee format: no agenda, no speakers, no slides.

Participants bring the topics, we vote on them together, and we discuss whatever the group finds most interesting. Collaboration, leadership, AI, ways of working, change, focus, feedback. It's up to you.

To keep the energy levels high, pizza will be provided.

There is parking in front of the building. The barrier will open automatically. The event will take place at De Kade, the building located at the back right of the parking lot.

Special thanks to the people from Lean Coffee @ Izegem, who showed us how good a conversation without an agenda can be.

Join us at Odoo Experience 2026 for an epic in-person meetup full of learning, networking, and fun!

Odoo Experience 2026, Europe's biggest Tech & Business event.

Odoo Experience is the perfect opportunity to get inspired by industry trends & tech innovation. Join us during these 3 incredible days and get ready for endless fun and unlimited networking opportunities with business leaders, experts and inspiring speakers.

Discover new features, innovations and improvements in the brand-new version of Odoo and meet our dynamic Odoo community. Our suite of open source business apps is covering all your company needs (CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, HR etc.) & it's going to revolutionize your way to work. Don't miss this chance & reveal the potential of Odoo for your business!

Agenda :

• + 400 talks
• + 40 000 attendees for our 2025's edition
• + 400 exhibitors to guide you on your own business growth
• 2 fun evening parties with catered dinner by our chefs

Practical information

When? September 24th and 25th from 9am to 6pm & September 26th from 9am to 5pm

Where? Brussels Expo

You can register here: https://www.odoo.com/r/AiJi

Une journée dédiée à l'IA dans la gestion de projets créatifs. Détails de l'après-midi: CASE STUDY.

CASE STUDY

Nous vous présenterons l'utilisation de plusieurs IA utilisées daCASE STUDY — DE L’IDÉE AU PROJET

Comment utiliser l’IA pour faire avancer un projet créatif, étape par étape ?

À travers un case study réel, découvrez comment plusieurs IA peuvent devenir de véritables outils de travail : pour chercher, créer, structurer, affiner et maintenir une cohérence globale tout au long d’un projet complexe.

Nous vous montrerons les prompts réellement utilisés, les différentes itérations, les résultats obtenus et surtout ce qui se passe entre l’idée et le résultat final — aussi bien numérique que physique.

L'IA COMME ASSISTANT

L’objectif n’est pas de vous montrer ce que l’IA pourrait faire, mais ce qu’elle peut réellement vous apporter dans votre travail quotidien.

Découvrez comment construire avec elle un projet brique par brique, lui donner du contexte, lui faire prendre en charge certaines tâches et garder la main sur les décisions importantes.

Un workshop concret, basé sur un projet réel, pour repartir avec des méthodes et des réflexes directement applicables à vos propres projets.

Le CETIC vous propose un moment d'échange et d'expertise dédiée aux trajectoires d'évolution de vos outils logiciels.

Fin 2024, le rachat de PC Soft (WinDev) par le groupe Volaris a marqué un tournant pour de nombreuses entreprises : passage progressif à l’abonnement, fin des licences perpétuelles, redevances d'usage...Outre les éditeurs de logiciels, Windev est répandu dans les entreprises industrielles et de la construction pour réaliser directement leurs logiciels internes. Au-delà du cas spécifique de WinDev, cette situation met en lumière un enjeu stratégique majeur pour le tissu économique wallon : que devient une PME lorsque son application métier critique dépend entièrement d'un écosystème propriétaire ?

En tant que centre de recherche appliquée neutre et indépendant, le CETIC vous propose un moment d'échange et d'expertise dédiée aux trajectoires d'évolution de vos outils logiciels.

💡 Pourquoi participer ?

• Objectiver la situation : Comprendre les risques liés au lock-in (dépendance fournisseur) et la viabilité de vos architectures applicatives.
• Explorer les alternatives : Découvrir les approches d'éditeurs et experts du domaine (modernisation, transition, alternatives open source ou hybrides).
• Partager des retours du terrain : Bénéficier de témoignages concrets d'entreprises confrontées à ces défis dans le secteur industriel et de la construction

14h00 – 14h15 | Mot de bienvenu et introduction au problème du lock-in + cadrage des enjeux par le CETIC, tiers de confiance neutre et indépendant.

14h15 – 15h00 | Témoignages sur le cas Windev.  Par un éditeur de logiciel et un utilisateur de Windev du secteur de l'industrie / construction. 

15h00 – 15h45 | La communauté des utilisateurs Windev et ses contacts avec l’éditeur PCSoft. Par l’association WX Alliance.

15h45 – 16h30 | Cadre méthodologique : Risques de dépendance logicielle et souveraineté applicative Par un expert du CETIC.  

16h30 – 17h00 | Table ronde et perspectives Discussion ouverte avec l'ensemble des intervenants, suivie d'un tour d'horizon des possibilités d'accompagnement sur mesure.

17h00 – 17h30 | Moment d'échange et networking drink

Cette session s'adresse aux responsables IT, dirigeants de PME et éditeurs de logiciels souhaitant piloter l'avenir de leur système informatique avec clarté et indépendance.

Cet événement est organisé dans le cadre du projet Wallon_IA , une initiative stratégique visant à soutenir le développement et la diffusion des nouvelles technologies au service des entreprises wallonnes.

FXT26 is all about connection, food(tech) innovation and sustainability, with the aim of supporting Belgium startups

FROM START TO SCALE – Accelerating the Next Generation of Food Innovators

How do great food ideas become successful businesses? What does it really take to move from startup to scale-up?

On 24 September 2026, FXT Connect brings together Belgium's food innovation ecosystem in Hasselt for its fifth edition.

Join food entrepreneurs, startups and scale-ups, investors, industry leaders and innovation experts for an inspiring journey from Start to Scale. Through founder stories, keynotes and thought-provoking conversations, we explore the real challenges behind building and scaling a food business: from validation and funding to B2B and B2C growth, internationalisation, impact and exit.

And because food innovation shouldn't just be talked about, it should be experienced, the evening continues at Bistro Effixtée. Our FXT Chef will turn a selection of innovative Belgian ingredients, food products and beverages into what we aim to make one of the most innovative menus of the year.

Come for the insights. Connect with the ecosystem. Taste the innovation.

📅 Thursday, 24 September 2026
📍 PXL, Hasselt, Belgium
🚀 FXT Connect 2026 – From Start to Scale

👉 Limited spots available – secure yours today!

Welcome to the #2 edition of the AI-Native Meetup 👋
👇 Practical information 👇

📅 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

The AI-Native Meetup is back for its #2 edition, in the heart of Brussels at BeCentral!

Belgium is having a moment in AI. Real companies, real products, real momentum. But it's moving too fast to keep up with on your own.

The room was full for the first edition and the energy was great. Honestly, the conversations were as good as the talks. You'll love this next one.

Three 18-minute talks. No fluff, straight to the point, from speakers who've been in the field and are building AI companies here.
Everything they share was earned the hard way.

If you're building with AI in Belgium and want plenty of time to meet like-minded people, this is your room.

🎤 Meet the three AI entrepreneurs of this edition:
🚀 Kristof Martens — Co-Founder of Expedait
🔥 Ismail Baran — Founder & CEO of HITAI
💪 Nathan Bijnens — CEO of Scrydon

It's important to us that everyone feels welcome. Feel free to reach out if you have any special requests.

Thanks to Collibra for sponsoring, and thanks to BeCentral for partnering with the AI-Native Meetup.

After a nice summer holiday BeJUG is back and were going to Hasselt again this time!

A big thank you to we+ for hosting us once again.

We have two excellent speakers ready to share some knowledge:

• Artem will show us how to make cybersecurity fun by hosting your own security-themed hackathon, sharing lessons from running a CTF-style event at his own company.
• Makan will introduce Capability Mesh, a new architectural pattern for the agentic era, exploring how the service mesh ideas that tamed microservices chaos need to evolve for a world of AI agents.

Come join us for this next event!

Schedule
18:00: Doors open + Food and Drinks
18:45: Intro and BeJUG updates
18:50: Talk 1
19:35: Little break
19:45: Talk 2
20:30: Mingling + Drinks

Topics

Make Cybersecurity Fun: Host Your Own Security-Themed Hackathon

Developers often hear about cybersecurity in the abstract, but rarely get hands-on experience unless something breaks in production. To make security learning less dry and intimidating, we organized a jeopardy-style CTF hackathon at our software consultancy company. We created engaging puzzles and added some friendly competition — and it turned into one of the most effective (and fun) ways to get people thinking about security.

In this lightning talk I’ll share how we planned it, how we designed challenges that feel natural for backend developers, and what we learned along the way. You’ll leave with a practical blueprint for running your own security-themed hackathon that boosts awareness and gets developers genuinely excited about the topic.

About Artem
Artem Makarov is a Principal Engineer at Code Nomads, based in Utrecht. He's spent the past 12 years building Java systems across a range of industries.

Capability Mesh: Architecture for the Agentic Era
Ten years ago, microservices chaos led to "Service Mesh" solving the discoverability problem by replacing network endpoints with meaningful references, enabling scalability and observability. It worked brilliantly for connecting services. Today we're living through the same cycle with Generative AI and Agents, but the chaos is about integration, not networking.

The old problems discoverability, scalability, observability are back because orchestrators now pick agents by capability, not name. Plus we face new challenges: explainability of agent actions and the possibility of unintended actions due to the non-deterministic nature of large language models.

We need the same evolutionary leap from "Service Mesh" to "Capability Mesh" shifting from technical service contracts to semantic capability integration for autonomous AI.

About Makan
Makan Sepehrifar is a Senior Solutions Architect at Code Nomads, based in Amsterdam.

Additional notes:

• This meetup includes food. Please keep your RSVP status up to date so we do not waste any of our food.
• Some pictures might be made. If you feel uncomfortable about this, please mention this to the organizers (or anyone with a camera).

PyData Belgium is Back! 🐍

Welcome to the latest PyData Belgium meetup! We have 3 (Gen)AI-free talks ready 🙀:

• Johannes Lootens: "An updated take on MLOps with dbt Python models", on how to leverage databricks’ MLFlow integration to get the best of both worlds of dbt and MLFlow
• Jeroen Boeye: "Embracing the Variance: Probabilistic Forecasting for Logistics" - a view on how Monte Carlo simulations and probabilistic models helped with operations: planning, adjusting to ETA shifts, cargo fluctuations, etc.
• Aditya Paliwal: "Geo-Intelligence: Unlocking Insights Through Open-Source Geospatial Analytics" - on the full lifecycle of geospatial applications from PosgreSQL to Kalman filters.

This edition will be hosted in the Dataroots offices in Leuven (thanks for hosting us!). Talks start at 7pm. Hope to see you there!

🗓 Date: 24th Sept 2026
📍 Location: Arnould Nobelstraat 32, 3000 Leuven, Dataroots
⏱️ from 18:30. Talks start at 19:00

please remember to register on meetup - it helps us order enough food.

De Open Garage is een wekelijkse nerdvriendelijke café-avond in de makerspace/garage van Anthony Liekens.

Wekelijks zijn er een paar stamgasten present en ben je zeker ook welkom om eens te komen kijken of een ideetje of technisch probleem op informele manier aan de groep voor te stellen.

Breng iets mee om te drinken en share het in onze community koelkast. Maak-projectjes om over te brainstormen of aan te werken, en vriendjes zijn zeker ook welkom.

Minderjarigen zijn welkom, maar enkel onder begeleiding van een volwassene.

Join us for a full day of collaborative work at HSBXL! This event is open to everyone who enjoys working in a community environment, whether you're advancing on business ventures, freelance projects, or creative endeavors. Bring your laptops, your enthusiasm, and your projects to collaborate, learn, and share in the main room of our spacious hackerspace.

During this 8-hour co-working event, you'll have the opportunity to work on your project, ask for feedback, offer help to others, and if you wish, share your achievements at the end of the day.

Please Note: While HSBXL has multiple rooms for various purposes, this coworking event is taking place in the main room. It's important to note that online meetings should be avoided during this event to prevent noise disturbance and to maintain a conducive work environment for everyone.

### What the day will look like:

1. Introduction and setting up: Find a comfortable spot in the main room, set up your workspace and grab a Club Mate, soft drink, or a coffee to get your day started.

2. Work Session: Dive into your project, seek assistance, and collaborate with others.

3. Sharing Session: Optional, but encouraged! Share what you've worked on, your challenges, and triumphs.

### How to get to HSBXL:

HSBXL is located in Brussels. For detailed instructions on how to get to the hackerspace, please visit here. If you encounter any issues while trying to get in, you can contact us at +32 28804004. Please note that the phone is inside the space. Alternatively, you can also reach out to us in our Matrix chatroom.

### Requirements

Please bring your laptop, and if you have, an extension cord. The space has WiFi, but having your own internet backup solution can also be useful.

Join us at this 8-hour co-working day in the main room of HSBXL, and we hope you'll have made progress on your projects, learned something new, and most importantly, enjoyed the power of community collaboration. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or creative, we welcome you to this day of productivity, sharing, and collaboration.

You come with a laptop and a real problem. You leave with a working machine: content that ships or an assistant that saves you hours.

AI Weekend at Betacowork Brussels

Most AI events send you home with notes. This one sends you home with something that runs.

You come on Saturday morning with a laptop and one real problem from your business. You spend the weekend building an answer to it, in a room with other entrepreneurs and with coaches in the room the whole time. On Sunday afternoon you show what you made.

Pick one when you register. You can switch on the day.

1. Your content machine Produce and publish content with AI that sounds like you, not like everyone else. From an idea to something actually posted. No technical background needed.

2. Your own working assistant Build an assistant that takes over a task you keep doing by hand, on your own data and your own machine.

3. DIY, build with peers No session and no one walking you through it. You start building on Saturday morning with the other people in the room, and there is help when you get stuck.

Saturday 26 September, 09:00 to 17:30 Breakfast, then a session with Toon Vanagt where you put your whole business on one page in twenty questions. The canvas pushes back on every assumption you make. After that, Betacowork founders talk about what paid off and what burned time and money. From 13:30 you pick your track and start building, and the rest of the afternoon is yours. Drinks and open conversation at 17:30.

Sunday 27 September, 09:00 to 17:30 Build time continues in all three tracks, with the coaches moving between the rooms. The afternoon is for finishing touches and getting your thing to actually run. At 15:30 everyone shows what they built and pitches the ideas they want to put in front of the room.

Your business on one page, and the questions you cannot answer yet. Something you built yourself, running by the end of the weekend. The unfiltered version from founders in this building. And people who work on the same problems, one floor away.

Practical

Who it is for: entrepreneurs, startups, business owners, and anyone with an idea they want to build with AI.

Bring: a laptop and one real problem from your business.

Included: breakfast, lunch and coffee on both days, and drinks on Saturday evening.

Where: Betacowork, in the ICAB incubator building, 4 Rue des Pères Blancs, 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels.

After the weekend: for a week after, you can come back to us with questions about the thing you built, when it breaks or when you want to finish it.

Three free days in the space: every participant gets three days at Betacowork, usable until the end of the year.

Recording: we record the sessions and send you the video.

Price: €99. Early bird €69 until 18 September. Betacowork and ICAB members €49. All prices excluding VAT.

Questions: host@betacowork.com, +32 2 737 67 69

Wil je graag aan de slag met code om samen met de coaches projecten te programmeren om zelf een game te maken of robots te besturen?

Every year, somewhere around the third Saturday of September, hackers, free software users and open source adepts celebrate Software Freedom Day. HSBXL is marking it on Saturday 26 September with a full day of talks, followed by a communal dinner.
This year's theme is Organizing with FOSS: how people actually use free and open source software to run events, manage their work and personal lives, and keep control of their own data. Talks on other FOSS topics are welcome too, so expect a spread across privacy, open data and security.
Schedule
11:30 - doors open, coffee, hang out
13:00 - talks begin
Evening - communal dinner, with drinks and snacks throughout the day
The full talk schedule will be announced closer to the date.
Practical
Free as in freedom. No ticket needed, just show up.
HSBXL, Rue Osseghem 53, 1080 Molenbeek, Brussels.
Can't make it in person? There will be a live stream, link posted nearer the time.
Questions: contact@hsbxl.be or Matrix at #hsbxl:matrix.org
Want to give a talk? Slots are 25 or 45 minutes. Send a title, a short summary, any prerequisites, your preferred duration and availability to contact@hsbxl.be before 20 August.

Kom op 26/09/2026 naar CoderDojo Borgerhout voor een gezellige, fysieke sessie vol programmeerplezier en technologische creativiteit!

Over CoderDojo

CoderDojo organiseert gratis programmeerclubs, de zogenaamde "Dojo's". Op die Dojo's leren meisjes en jongens programmeren, websites maken, apps en spelletjes ontwikkelen enzovoort. Ze ontmoeten gelijkgestemde deelnemers en laten elkaar zien waaraan ze gewerkt hebben. CoderDojo maakt van ontwikkelen en programmeren een superleuke, keigezellige en megatoffe leerervaring.

Dojo's worden op vrijwillige basis opgezet en gerund door vrijwilligers. Enerzijds zijn dit coaches met voldoende ICT-kennis en de juiste drive om jongeren te coachen. Anderzijds hebben we ook cooks die de praktische organisatie van de Dojo op zich nemen. CoderDojo legt sterk de nadruk op open source en vrije software. De beweging heeft een snel groeiend netwerk van leden en vrijwilligers wereldwijd. CoderDojo wilt aan iedereen tonen dat programmeren niet enkel voor nerds is. Onze coders bouwen super leuke projecten en zijn daarom het voorbeeld bij uitstek dat technologie tof kan zijn. CoderDojo heeft daarom maar één regel: "Above all: be cool!".

Praktische informatie

Je kan deelnemen tussen 7 en 18 jaar. Ben je jonger dan 12 jaar dan word je het best begeleid door (een van) je ouders. Je ouders hoeven niet de hele tijd aanwezig te zijn, maar moeten wel in de buurt blijven zodat we hen kunnen contacteren. We appreciëren het als ouders een halfuur voor het einde van de Dojo terugkeren om het toonmoment mee te maken en de vrijwilligers achteraf wat te helpen bij het opruimen.

Je brengt best je eigen laptop mee. Heb je geen eigen laptop? Dan kan je een laptop reserveren bij de inschrijving. De coaches zullen ervoor zorgen dat alle benodigde software geïnstalleerd zal worden of zullen je vooraf laten weten als je iets specifieks nodig hebt.

Registreren & annuleren

Het inschrijvingsformulier zal voornamelijk persoonlijke gegevens verzamelen over de deelnemer. In enkele gevallen zal ook bijkomende informatie over de ouder/voogd worden gevraagd, en dat zal dan ook expliciet vermeld worden. We vragen bij de inschrijving aan alle deelnemers om een e-mailadres en telefoonnummer van de ouders of voogd op te geven. Indien nodig zal CoderDojo rechtstreeks contact opnemen met de ouders of voogd.

We waarderen het dat deelnemers de tijd nemen om hun bestelling actueel te houden, en als je niet aanwezig kan zijn, is het gemakkelijk om jouw inschrijving te annuleren vanuit jouw Eventbrite account. Meld je aan bij Eventbrite.com, ga naar de pagina tickets, en zoek uw bestelling. Klik op jouw bestelling om gedetailleerde informatie te bekijken, en selecteer vervolgens "Order annuleren" om uw inschrijving te annuleren. Je zal een e-mail ontvangen om de annulering te bevestigen. Blijkt dat niet meteen te lukken, dan kan je ons altijd contacteren via herselt@coderdojobelgium.be.

Trajecten

Er zijn verschillende trajecten waaraan je kan deelnemen. Als je nog helemaal geen ervaring hebt, start je best met Scratch.

Huidige trajecten:

• Scratch
• makeblock mBot (robot)
• micro:bit & micro:maqueen (robot)
• Electronica: micro:bit
• schoolium.me
• Eigen website maken (basis HTML & CSS)

Indien voldoende interesse:

• Minecraft (Redstone/Education/Python/MethodScript)
• (Micro-)Python
• Electronica (Raspberry Pi/ESP32), arduino (Python)
• 3D printen

Volgende Dojo's

12/09/2026

26/09/2026

08/10/2026

22/10/2026

Vragen

Contacteer ons via borgerhout@coderdojobelgium.be! Tot snel!

Wij respecteren je privacy

CoderDojo is leuk en daarom tonen wij graag waar we mee bezig zijn. We nemen tijdens onze activiteiten foto’s van onze deelnemers en begeleiders die we daarna op sociale media plaatsen. Het kan gebeuren dat je zoon of dochter daarom gefotografeerd of gefilmd wordt tijdens een CoderDojo activiteit. Wij gebruiken dit beeldmateriaal niet op flyers of voor uitvoerige campagnes zonder hiervoor nog eens expliciet toestemming te vragen. Indien je liever wilt dat geen foto’s van je kind gebruikt worden, kan je dat tijdens het registreren aangeven.

We respecteren bovendien ook je data. Meer weten? Bekijk dan zeker even onze privacy verklaring op de website.

Join us during the eCommerce Day

Whether you're launching your first online store or scaling a business across multiple channels and countries, this day is built for you !

Join us for a full day dedicated to everything related to eCommerce: practical sessions, success stories, and a first look at the latest features of Odoo 20. Discover how a fully integrated platform removes the friction from running an online business and lets you focus on growth.

From product pages, automated marketing, and logistics, you'll leave with practical ideas you can apply into your own project.

You'll learn a lot of thing!

You'll discover

• Why Odoo is a great fit for your e-commerce business
• Steps, design tips, and best practices for building a converting storefront.
• A look at Odoo's SEO tools and how to get your store found on search engines.
• How to turn your website into a lead machine with marketing automation, email campaigns, and promotions.
• Digital marketing strategies to go beyond retail by selling events and appointments.

12:30 - Welcome & Walking lunch

From 13:30 -Inspiring Talks

13:30 - Auditorium 2000 A
Let's set-up your online store !

14:00 - Auditorium 2000 A
From cart to doorstep: Master payments and deliveries in Odoo

14:30 - Auditorium 2000 A
Good website design: The hidden keys to turn visitors into customers

15:00 - Auditorium 2000 A
Is Odoo really good for SEO?

15:30 - Auditorium 2000 A
Turn your website into a leads machine!

16:00 - Auditorium 2000 A
Boost your website with marketing automation: emails & promotions

16:30 - Auditorium 2000 A
Beyond e-commerce: Sell experiences with Odoo Events & Appointments

Registration is free but mandatory here: https://www.odoo.com/r/Qj1o

Atelier gratuit pour les 7-18 ans : découvre la programmation avec CoderDojo Ans !

Viens découvrir la programmation de manière simple, ludique et créative avec Scratch, ce dimanche 27 septembre de 13h30 à 16h30 à la bibliothèque Arsène Soreil à Ans.

Lors de cet atelier CoderDojo, les jeunes apprendront les bases de la programmation en créant leur propre petit projet : jeu, animation ou histoire interactive.

Grâce à Scratch et à son système de blocs visuels, aucune connaissance en programmation n’est nécessaire pour participer. Les jeunes avancent à leur rythme, accompagnés par nos bénévoles.

🎯 Au programme :

• Découverte de Scratch
• Premiers concepts de programmation
• Création d’un jeu ou d’une animation
• Défis et exercices adaptés au niveau de chacun
• Un moment pour tester, créer et surtout s’amuser !

👦👧 Pour qui ?
Les jeunes de 7 à 18 ans, débutants comme plus expérimentés.

💻 Matériel :
Si possible, apporte ton propre ordinateur portable. Du matériel pourra également être mis à disposition dans la limite des disponibilités.

💰 Participation gratuite

CoderDojo est avant tout un espace convivial où chacun peut découvrir le numérique, expérimenter, poser ses questions et apprendre à son rythme.

⚠️ Les places étant limitées, l'inscription est obligatoire.

Nous avons hâte de vous accueillir pour cette séance de CoderDojo Ans ! 🚀

ans@coderdojobelgium.be

De Odoo Academy zijn gratis eendaagse opleidingen waar deelnemers rechtstreeks kunnen leren van onze ervaren experts.

Wil je Odoo gebruiken als een WMS (Warehouse Management System) voor jouw bedrijf? Dan is deze gratis trainingsdag precies wat je nodig hebt! In één dag leer je hoe je je voorraadstromen configureert in Odoo, een alles-in-één bedrijfsbeheerplatform.

Schrijf je gratis in via onze website: https://www.odoo.com/r/BvV
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Praktische informatie:

📍Waar? Odoo Antwerpen | Roderveldlaan 3 - Berchem
📅 Wanneer? 28 september van 9u tot 17u
📝 Inschrijving? https://www.odoo.com/r/BvV
💰 Prijs? Gratis!

We kijken ernaar uit om jullie talrijk te verwelkomen en te ontmoeten!

Schrijf je in voor een meetup met Cybersecurity Café Limburg en Elastic op 29 september. De talks zijn in het Nederlands.

Locatie:
Officenter Hasselt
Hendrik van Veldekesingel 150, 3500 Hasselt
Maps

Agenda:
18u00 Deuren open, eten en drankjes
19u00 Welkom
19u20 Talk 1: ​​Wat overblijft wanneer alle systemen uitvallen
20u00 Talk 2: AI voor malware reverse-engineering
20u40 Networking

Talks:
​​Wat overblijft wanneer alle systemen uitvallen
Wat een cyberaanval ons leerde over leiderschap, veerkracht en continuïteit van zorg

Op 13 januari 2026 werd AZ Monica getroffen door een cyberaanval die leidde tot een onmiddellijke shutdown van alle kritieke systemen.
In enkele minuten tijd evolueerde een hoogtechnologisch ziekenhuis naar een organisatie die opnieuw volledig op papier moest werken. Patiëntendossiers, medische beeldvorming, laboratoriumtoepassingen, planningstools en communicatiesystemen vielen weg, terwijl de zorg voor patiënten moest blijven doorgaan.

In deze C-Talk neemt Tom Feyt, zorgmanager directie patiëntenzorg van AZ Monica, het publiek mee in een praktijkverhaal over de impact van een cybercrisis op de dagelijkse zorgverlening.
Vanuit het perspectief van patiëntenzorg wordt toegelicht hoe zorgteams, artsen, leidinggevenden en ondersteunende diensten zich in realtime moesten herorganiseren om patiëntveiligheid en zorgcontinuïteit te garanderen.

De sessie gaat niet over firewalls, ransomware of technische oplossingen.
Ze gaat over mensen.
Over leiderschap wanneer volledige zekerheid ontbreekt.
Over het maken van moeilijke keuzes, het afbouwen van activiteiten, het inzetten van noodprocedures, het communiceren in crisistijd en het stapsgewijs herstellen van een organisatie terwijl de zorg blijft doorgaan.

Aan de hand van concrete voorbeelden worden de belangrijkste lessen gedeeld rond crisisorganisatie, commandostructuren, voorbereiding, recovery leadership en de verrassend grote digitale afhankelijkheid van moderne zorgprocessen.

De centrale vraag van deze sessie luidt: wat gebeurt er wanneer een ziekenhuis zijn technologie verliest, maar zijn verantwoordelijkheid tegenover patiënten behoudt?

De belangrijkste conclusie is tegelijk eenvoudig en confronterend: Zorg kan blijven draaien zonder IT, maar niet zonder mensen en leiderschap.

Spreker: Tom Feyt, zorg manager, AZ Monica

AI voor malware reverse-engineering
De vraag naar reverse-engineering neemt enorm toe. Elke week komen er meer verdachte samples binnen dan een team met de hand kan analyseren, en die groei zet door. In deze talk kijken we eerst naar de oorzaak van die toename. Vervolgens bespreken we de verschillende manieren waarop je zoiets kunt aanpakken, van handmatig werk tot geautomatiseerde oplossingen, en waar die tegenaan lopen. Daarna laten we zien hoe AI een rol kan spelen om samples sneller te analyseren, en wat dat in de praktijk wel en niet oplevert. We sluiten af met de lessen die we onderweg hebben geleerd, inclusief de aanpakken die niet werkten.

Spreker: Remco Sprooten, Principal Security Research Engineer, Elastic

Bios
Tom Feyt is zorgmanager binnen de Directie Patiëntenzorg van AZ Monica, een gepassioneerd pleitbezorger van toekomstbestendige zorg met meer dan drie decennia ervaring in de ziekenhuissector. Met een achtergrond in spoed- en intensieve zorg, een master in Verpleegkunde en Vroedkunde en een opleiding ziekenhuismanagement combineert hij klinische expertise met strategisch leiderschap. Hij is daarnaast actief als docent aan verschillende opleidingsinstituten en als spreker over zorgorganisatie, kwaliteit, patiëntveiligheid en interprofessionele samenwerking. Vanuit zijn ruime praktijkervaring slaagt hij erin om strategische beleidskeuzes te verbinden met de dagelijkse realiteit van patiëntenzorg en zorgteams. De ervaringen die hij opdeed tijdens het crisismanagement van een grootschalige cyberaanval op AZ Monica bieden hem een uniek perspectief op leiderschap, veerkracht en het waarborgen van zorgcontinuïteit in uitzonderlijke omstandigheden.

Remco Sprooten is een Principal Security Researcher bij Elastic Security Labs, gespecialiseerd in het reverse-engineeren en analyseren van malware, met name binnen het Linux-domein. Met een brede achtergrond als forensisch onderzoeker bij de Nederlandse politie brengt hij een unieke mix van opsporings- en cybersecurity-expertise met zich mee. Bij Elastic richt Remco zich recentelijk op het bouwen van AI- en LLM-gedreven oplossingen voor geautomatiseerde malware-analyse. Zijn werk is essentieel voor het begrijpen en bestrijden van opkomende cyberdreigingen, waarbij hij gebruikmaakt van zijn uitgebreide ervaring in digitaal forensisch onderzoek en dreigingsanalyse.

Welcome to our September UX Beers in Antwerp!
This time, we will host our event on Tuesday the 29th of September at iO in Antwerp.
Ariad and Creative Skills sponsor our events.
Follow the event online? We stream live via Youtube

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### UX TALKS

Talks: to be revealed

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### SCHEDULE
18:00 - Doors open. Drinks & snacks
19.00 - 19.15 - Introduction to UX Belgium Meetup, announcements
19.15 - 19:45 - Talk #1
19:45 -20:15 - BREAK
20:15 - 20:45 - Talk #2
20:45 - 21:30 - Socialize

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### SLACK CHANNEL
We have our own UX Belgium slack channel.
Come join us and say hi!
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### YOUTUBE CHANNEL
All our livestreams and talks are recorded and available on our UX Belgium youtube channel.

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### ABOUT UX BELGIUM
UX Belgium is a growing community of User Experience (UX) professionals in and around Belgium.
Look for these types of events:

UX Beers
Periodically, we gather at a different agency or venue to drink beers, network and listen to speakers on various themes in the world of UX and digital design.
UX Antwerp: Each last Tuesday of the month
UX Brussels: Each second Tuesday of the month, 4x per year

UX Workshops
Now and then we organize events to dive deeper into specific skills and techniques in UX. These are smaller, hands-on workshops designed to boost your UX toolbox.
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The UX Belgium Meetup Team

She Loves To Code is a club for women+ who want to explore tech, learn by doing and meet others along the way

On 29 September, we’re hosting the first event in our new club format in Brussels, and we’re kicking things off with the Python language 🐍

N********o need to have a prior experience: just come along, try things out, ask questions and keep learning as you want! You can choose what you’d like to learn and progress at your own pace, picking up where you left off at each session.

After the workshop, we host tech talks from women working in the field, with networking, drinks and time to meet other people from the community✨

Be curious, learn at your own pace and meet a community of women+ exploring tech together!

Event agenda:

5:30 PM - Welcome & intro
6:00 PM - Python workshop
7:30 PM - Tech talks
8:00 PM - Networking & drinks

See you soon! 💜
The SLTC team

"The Ada Talks" is an event for (wo)men in tech, with speakers from this field. About their jobs and the challenges they encounter.

The goal?

We put strong women in the spotlight and create an opportunity for women to really get to know each other. That’s why we chose for a small scaled event. With four strong stories, we will take on the role as moderator and give direction to the topics and conversations, which you can continue yourselves afterwards.

What?

Every three months we will introduce twenty ladies, and men interested in the topic of women in tech, to each other during “The Ada Talks”. You will get inspired, meet new people but most of all, you will get the chance to share your story and learn from others. It's the perfect chance to broaden your horizon and to create a useful network in which you will discover each others specialities and learn how you are able to help one and other.

Format?

20 participants – 4 new speakers every session

from 19:00h to 22:00h

• 19:00h-19:30h : Welcome and networking before the Talk, a small bite will be foreseen.

• 19:30h-20:30h: 1 hour of talks - 4 talks 10min / 15min TedXstyle

• 20:30h-21:30h: 1 hour of after talks - 4 tables/ each speaker will have a table /each 15 min there will be a sign to move on to the next table if wanted.

• participants rotating between the tables/ 4 speakers = small groups of 4-6 people per table

• 21:30h-22:00h: Wrapping up

Inspiration?

Ada Lovelace is known for her description of the “Analytic machine”, the early mechanical machine used for general use by Charles Babbage. Now she is seen as the designer of the first computer program because she wrote programs to manipulate symbols according to fixed rules, on a machine that Babbage was yet to design.

An incredibly strong and inspirational character who now forms the inspiration for these talks.

De Odoo Academy zijn gratis eendaagse opleidingen waar deelnemers rechtstreeks kunnen leren van onze ervaren experts.

Wil je leren hoe je essentiële tools beheert voor de implementatie van geautomatiseerde MRP-processen? Ben je het beu om van de ene software naar de andere te schakelen om productieprocessen, voorraden en alle bijbehorende documenten op te volgen?

Dit evenement is een uitstekende kans om te ontdekken hoe je je productie kunt opzetten en beheren met Odoo, een alles-in-één bedrijfsbeheerplatform.

Schrijf je gratis in via onze website: https://www.odoo.com/r/0cDr
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Praktische informatie:
📍Waar? Odoo Antwerpen | Roderveldlaan 3 - Berchem
📅 Wanneer? 30 september van 9u tot 17u
📝 Inschrijving? https://www.odoo.com/r/0cDr
💰 Prijs? Gratis!
We kijken ernaar uit om jullie talrijk te verwelkomen en te ontmoeten!

Gain a deeper understanding of how digital sustainability skills can drive innovation, competitiveness, and sustainable growth across Europe

Europe is accelerating its digital and green transitions. Making sure people have the right skills is more important than ever.

Join us in Brussels or online for the European Digital Sustainability Skills Conference.

The conference will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, educators, researchers, and skills experts to explore how Europe can build a workforce ready for a sustainable digital future.

The event will:

• Showcase key achievements and lessons learned from the first two years of the Digital4Sustainability project
• Create space to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead
• Share expert insights, interactive discussions, and real-world examples
• Explore how digital sustainability skills can support innovation, competitiveness, and sustainable growth across Europe

The programme will combine insights from the project with wider discussions on the future of skills for the twin transition.

Topics include:

• Skills needs and workforce challenges in a rapidly changing economy
• Digital sustainability and AI, including the impact of emerging technologies
• Education and training approaches that prepare learners for future careers
• Upskilling and reskilling strategies for professionals and organisations
• The role of SMEs in driving sustainable digital innovation
• Future workforce trends and youth engagement
• European policy developments shaping the skills agenda
• Practical tools, frameworks, and resources developed through the Digital4Sustainability project

The event is relevant to people working in policy, education, industry, and research.

It offers an opportunity to:

• Exchange ideas
• Discover practical solutions
• Connect with stakeholders working to strengthen digital sustainability skills across Europe

sivry@coderdojobelgium.be

CoderDojo De Sivry est un dojo affilié à CoderDojo Belgique.

CoderDojo organise des clubs de programmation gratuits, appelés « Dojos ». Dans ces Dojos, filles et garçons apprennent à programmer, à créer des sites web, à développer des applications et des jeux, et bien plus encore. Ils y rencontrent d'autres participants partageant les mêmes centres d'intérêt et partagent leurs créations. CoderDojo rend le développement et la programmation extrêmement ludiques, conviviaux et passionnants.

Les Dojos sont créés et gérés par des bénévoles. Parmi eux on trouve possédant des animateurs bénévoles qui ont connaissances en informatique et la motivation nécessaire pour accompagner les jeunes. Nous avons également des bénévoles qui s'occupent de l'organisation pratique du Dojo. CoderDojo met fortement l'accent sur les logiciels libres et open source. Le mouvement bénéficie d'un réseau de membres et de bénévoles en pleine expansion à travers le monde. CoderDojo souhaite montrer à tous que la programmation n'est pas réservée aux geeks. Nos codeurs réalisent des projets fantastiques et sont ainsi la preuve que la technologie peut être formidable. Tous nos supports sont disponibles gratuitement, et de nouveaux thèmes, langages ou technologies sont introduits à la demande des membres du club.

CoderDojo n'a qu'une seule règle : « Avant tout : soyez cool !»

Informations pratiques

Vous pouvez participer si vous avez entre 7 et 18 ans. Savoir lire couramment est indispensable.

Nos coachs vous accompagnent individuellement, selon vos besoins. Nous encourageons également les jeunes à s'entraider autant que possible, car c'est enrichissant pour tous. La présence d'un parent est appréciée lors de la première séance ; elle n'est pas obligatoire pour les suivantes, mais cela dépendra bien sûr de l'enfant. Et c'est formidable pour les enfants de montrer à leurs parents leurs créations à la fin de la séance.

Vous aurez à disposition des ordinateurs au sein du local EPN de la commune . Les coachs s'assureront que tous les logiciels nécessaires sont installés ou vous indiqueront à l'avance si vous avez besoin de quelque chose de spécifique. .

Inscription et annulation

Le formulaire d'inscription recueille principalement des informations personnelles sur le participant. Dans certains cas, des informations complémentaires concernant le parent ou le tuteur seront également demandées, et cela sera clairement indiqué. Lors de l'inscription, nous demandons à tous les participants de fournir l'adresse e-mail et le numéro de téléphone de leur parent ou tuteur. Si nécessaire, CoderDojo contactera directement le parent ou le tuteur.

Nous vous remercions de prendre le temps de tenir votre commande à jour. Si vous ne pouvez pas participer, vous pouvez facilement annuler votre inscription depuis votre compte Eventbrite. Connectez-vous à Eventbrite.com, accédez à la page des billets et trouvez votre commande. Cliquez sur votre commande pour afficher les informations détaillées, puis sélectionnez « Annuler la commande » pour annuler votre inscription. Vous recevrez un e-mail de confirmation d'annulation. Si vous rencontrez des difficultés, vous pouvez nous contacter à l'adresse sivry@coderdojobelgium.be.

Parcours

Plusieurs programmes sont disponibles. Si vous n'avez aucune expérience, nous vous recommandons de commencer par Scratch.

Des questions ?

Contactez-nous à sivry@coderdojobelgium.be ! À bientôt !

Nous respectons votre vie privée.

CoderDojo, c'est amusant ! Nous aimons partager nos activités avec vous. Nous prenons des photos de nos participants et animateurs pendant nos séances, que nous publions ensuite sur les réseaux sociaux. Votre enfant peut être photographié ou filmé lors d'une activité CoderDojo. Ces images ne sont pas utilisées pour des prospectus ou des campagnes publicitaires sans votre autorisation expresse. Si vous préférez que les photos de votre enfant ne soient pas utilisées, vous pouvez l'indiquer lors de l'inscription.

Nous respectons également vos données. Envie d'en savoir plus ? Consultez notre politique de confidentialité sur notre site web.

🏢 Location: Axxes IT Consultancy - Nijverheidsweg 1b, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle
🍽️ Come hungry: we'll have food and drinks
👍 We have a limited amount of spots, so only RSVP when you are sure you'll be able to make it.

Schedule
19:00 - Doors (food and drinks available)
19:40 - We Got Meta-Frameworks! Building an AI Pokédex in your favorite frontend stack by Sybren Willemot
20:30 - Orchestrating Millions Across the Globe: Reactive Payments at Scale by Faris Aziz
21:15 - Socializing
22:?? - End of meetup

Talk 1: We Got Meta-Frameworks! Building an AI Pokédex in your favorite frontend stack by Sybren Willemot

Abstract: In this talk, we’ll prove that your existing frontend stack is all you need to own the entire AI pipeline. Take some R&D time with me to find out how we can use our everyday frontend knowledge to build an AI-driven Pokédex, one that captures physical cards via webcam, securely processes them through Vision LLMs, and dynamically renders a 3D Pokémon in WebGL.
We’ll dive into the code to see how meta-frameworks let us easily handle secure server routes, AI SDK integration, and data caching, all without needing to spin up a Python backend or manage complex microservices.

Bio: Sybren is a front-end and full-stack developer currently working at BlueCrux (Axon) in Belgium. Formerly a dedicated member of the Chakra UI team (focusing on Vue and Ark UI), he has transitioned away from active core maintenance to focus on other priorities.

However, he remains a passionate figure in the ecosystem. Sybren continues to organize BEL Vue meetups and enjoys public speaking. He now prioritizes spending his days with his family, exploring new places, and enjoying life offline.

Talk 2: Orchestrating Millions Across the Globe: Reactive Payments at Scale by Faris Aziz

Abstract: “Just integrate Stripe” works, until it doesn’t.

As soon as a user-facing product accepts payments, whether one-time purchases, subscriptions, upgrades, or add-ons, payment flows begin to behave like distributed systems. Gateways, regions, retries, experiments, fallbacks, and partial failures all interact in ways that linear checkout flows were never designed to handle.

This talk distills how to think about payments through the lens of reactivity. Instead of modeling payments as a sequence of steps, we’ll explore how treating them as reactive orchestration systems, driven by state changes and events, leads to architectures that are easier to extend, reason about, and recover under real-world conditions.

Using concrete production examples, we'll walk through the technical lessons learned from operating high-volume, global payment flows and show how frontend payment orchestration becomes a first-class concern once products move beyond trivial checkout logic. While the examples use React, the underlying ideas apply to any frontend framework or library.

The best part? I’ll end with a live demo of this running in production on Smallpdf, where we built and shipped our in-house reactive frontend orchestration system in React, now serving tens of millions of users worldwide.

Bio: Faris Aziz is a Staff Frontend Engineer, international speaker, and product-minded engineer specializing in React, Next.js, resilient frontend architecture, and payment systems. From founding engineer to Staff Engineer and engineering leader, he has built systems used by tens of millions, co-founded the award-winning ZurichJS community, and speaks about building better software and healthier engineering cultures

We look forward seeing you at our meetup!

Salut à toutes et tous !
Notre meetup de rentrée est planifié pour le mercredi 30 septembre à 19h00.
Il se tiendra à la brasserie Sauvenière, 12 place Xavier Neujean — 4000 Liège.

MEETUP SOCIAL — édition rentrée
Les sacs à portable sont ressortis, les boîtes mail débordent de nouveau, les réunions Teams ont recommencé et le réveil sonne beaucoup trop tôt.
Bref… c’est la rentrée.
Après quelques semaines à hodler tranquillement nos mojitos, il est temps de reprendre une activité sérieuse (enfin… pas trop sérieuse quand même).
Pour cette rentrée, rien de tel qu’un bon meetup social pour se retrouver, refaire le monde et, évidemment, parler de Bitcoin et de cryptos.
Que vous soyez crypto-enthousiaste de longue date, hodler de retour au bureau, développeur, débutant ou simplement à la recherche d’une bonne excuse pour sortir après le boulot, vous êtes les bienvenus.
Parce qu'après une journée de travail, on se rend compte qu’un verre, une bonne discussion et quelques copains qui comprennent Bitcoin… ça compte !
Alors on vous attend nombreux.

Au plaisir de se retrouver à Liège !
L’équipe BECRYPTO

For the very first time, Belgium joins the Startup World Cup. One pitch. One spot at the Grand Finale in San Francisco.

🚀 Startup World Cup Belgium 2026 | Brussels Edition

The Startup World Cup is the world's largest startup pitch competition, present in 150+ countries and backed by Pegasus Tech Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC firm with $2B+ AUM, 300+ investments and 27 IPOs. Every year, regional winners from around the world compete at the Grand Finale in San Francisco for a $1,000,000 investment prize.

On September 30, 2026, Brussels hosts its very first edition — co-hosted by Startup&Angels, Le Village by CA Brussels (powered by Degroof Petercam), and BeCentral — bringing together founders, investors, partners and ecosystem builders for an evening at the crossroads of innovation, capital and ambition.

🏆 The Competition

10 selected startups will pitch live in front of an investor-led jury for a chance to represent Belgium at the Grand Finale in San Francisco (Nov 4-6, 2026), competing for a $1,000,000 investment prize.

📋 Program

🕠 5:30 PM — Doors open & networking

🎤 6:00 PM — Welcome speech by Leo DENES, Co-Founder Startup&Angels / INAUTALENT

🚀 6:15 PM — Startup pitches (10 startups, 4 min pitch + 2 min Q&A)

🏆 8:10 PM — Award ceremony, winner announcement & networking

🎉 9:00 PM — End of event

👥 The Jury

A panel of leading investors and ecosystem experts including:

[Judges to be announced soon]

🤝 Who is this evening for?

Whether you're a founder, an investor, a corporate, or simply curious about what's being built next - this evening is for you. Expect meaningful conversations with the people shaping the future of innovation in Belgium and beyond. The kind of room where the right introduction leads somewhere real.

🌟 Our Partners

INAUTALENT | Le Village by CA Brussels | BeCentral | Women @ ARTEFACT | Women in Tech | Maddyness | France Angels | ...

🎟 Seats are limited, grab yours now before they're gone.

This is not an event you want to watch from the sidelines!

📩 Questions? Contact us at alyssa@australiance.com

🌍 About Startup&Angels

Startup&Angels is a global network connecting founders, investors and ecosystem builders across 20+ countries and 5 continents. Founded in 2016, the network has organised 200+ events, supported 2,500+ startups and brought together 15,000+ participants worldwide.

🔗 www.startupandangels.com