The Program

Ceci n’est pas une conférence.

No breakout rooms. No parallel tracks. No fifteen minutes of standing around while the crew resets the stage.

AIIA is built on a single modular stage that shifts through the day without a single changeover.

Programme & timings

One story. One continuous day.

Doors open. The arena fills. The day builds through the Table of AI, the competitions and everything in between — and lands, together, at the AIIA Awards.

— Agency Hackathon Teams build all day in the AI Lab

  1. Registration & Networking
  2. Opening Event & Launch Hackathon
  3. At the table: Europe’s AI Future
  4. At the table: Value of Being Human in the Age of AI
  5. Coffee break
  6. At the table: Who’s in Control of AI?
  7. Lunch & Networking
  8. At the table: AI in Business: From Chatbots to Impact
  9. At the table: AI in the Physical World: From Digital to Real
  10. At the table: How AI Transforms Customer Experience
  11. Hackathon — The Results
  12. AI Championship — Finale
  13. Dinner
  14. AIIA Awards
  15. After & Networking Drinks

Program subject to change.

Two acts. One show.

From where we stand today to where we’re inevitably heading — from endless possibility to our collective responsibility.

Act oneBy day

The Arena

Together we unravel the chapters of tomorrow. Leading voices explore what AI means for people, for business, for discovery, and beyond. This isn’t a conference you watch from your seat. Every participant shapes what happens on stage.

This is impact, live.

Act twoBy night

The Gala

The evening opens with dinner. The networking starts before the first course is cleared. Then the room turns to the stage for the seated award show, crowning the year’s boldest achievements in AI. Afterwards, conversations pick up right where they left off — over drinks that last as long as you want them to.

The AIIA Awards, live.

The destination

One connected ecosystem. One room.

All in one room, in one continuous show.

Top view of the AIIA arena set-up at Corda Arena
  • Idea Stage

    Keynotes and talks from the sharpest thinkers in the room.

  • AI Lab

    Live AI creation — where the hackathon teams build in real time.

  • Table of AI

    Where the hard conversations about Belgium’s AI future happen out loud.

  • Main Arena

    1.200 seats in theatre setting, ringed by the Golden Circle and Skyboxes.

Our promise

You’ll connect with more than technology.

Pillar 01 — The Table of AI

Themes guide the discussion about Belgium’s AI future.

Dialogue on responsible AI that drives action.

  • At the table

    Can and should Europe compete in the global AI race?

  • At the table

    What is a human worth in the age of AI?

  • At the table

    When AI starts acting, who is in control?

  • Corporate Cases BE

    AI in practice: from chatbot to bottom line impact

  • Corporate Cases BE

    AI in the physical world: where it moves objects.

  • Corporate Cases BE

    AI in Customer Experience: changing the way we interact.

Runs the day

Steven Van Belleghem

Steven Van Belleghem doesn’t introduce speakers and step aside. He runs the day — connecting what happens on stage, pulling the thread from one act to the next, keeping 1.200 leaders inside the same story from the first minute to the last.

No audience. Only participants.

Who’s in the room?

Boards and CEOs. Founders and builders. Researchers, policymakers, agencies.

Everyone moving AI in Belgium — in the same room, on the same day.

The Room

Corda Arena — Hasselt. A venue built exactly for this, engineered for experiences beyond reality, located in the heart of Belgium’s most forward-thinking tech campus.

About the venue

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Competitions

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01 — Creation · Registrations opening soon

AI Agency of Belgium

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02 — Talent · Qualifiers opening soon

AI Champion of Belgium

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03 — Recognition · Nominations opening soon

AIIA Award

Built something that deserves national recognition? Leave your details and we’ll tell you when nominations open for Belgium’s most impactful use of AI.

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The people shaping AI should be in the same room.
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The people shaping AI should be in the same room.
Let’s build AIIA together.

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