Afternoon - Specialized Tracks
TechWolf Track
Event Time: 14:00–17:00
Host: Reinhard De Milt, VP Marketing at TechWolf
A look “under the hood” at our founding story, proprietary AI models, customers cases and engineering culture.
14:00 – 14:20
The year of the wolf
Jeroen Van Hautte, Co-founder & CTO at TechWolf
TechWolf co-founder and CTO Jeroen Van Hautte reflects on a landmark year for AI - both for the industry at large and for TechWolf in particular.
TechWolf co-founder and CTO Jeroen Van Hautte reflects on a landmark year for AI - both for the industry at large and for TechWolf in particular.
14:25 – 14:45
From Tesla Optimus to UMA: scaling humanoid intelligence
William Verstraete, robotics and machine learning engineer at Tesla Optimus
After trading his role on the Tesla Optimus project for a new chapter in Paris, Belgian robotics engineer William is leveraging his Bay Area experience to launch his own startup.
After trading his role on the Tesla Optimus project for a new chapter in Paris, Belgian robotics engineer William is leveraging his Bay Area experience to launch his own startup.
14:50 – 15:10
Publishing over patenting: how our model hit Hugging Face’s top 0.01%
Jens-Joris Decorte, Director AI at TechWolf
Marijn De Kerpel, Founder Associate to the CTO at TechWolf
TechWolf's Jens-Joris and Marijn highlight the company's commitment to transparency by open-sourcing their most groundbreaking, highly-ranked models like WorkRB and JobBERT instead of patenting them.
Marijn De Kerpel, Founder Associate to the CTO at TechWolf
TechWolf's Jens-Joris and Marijn highlight the company's commitment to transparency by open-sourcing their most groundbreaking, highly-ranked models like WorkRB and JobBERT instead of patenting them.
15:15 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 16:00
How the best AI coding teams pull ahead
Patrick Debois, independent advisor and Product DevRel Lead at Tessl
Patrick dives into why context is the essential fuel for AI agents and how organizations gain a competitive edge by managing their domain knowledge as a continuous flywheel of creation, evaluation, and distribution.
Patrick dives into why context is the essential fuel for AI agents and how organizations gain a competitive edge by managing their domain knowledge as a continuous flywheel of creation, evaluation, and distribution.
16:05 – 16:25
Career chat: becoming a 100x worker by integrating AI into your daily excellence
Panel session
Can AI really turn us into '100x workers'? Following our opening keynote, we’re diving deeper with a panel of AI experts to explore the tech driving this massive productivity leap.
Can AI really turn us into '100x workers'? Following our opening keynote, we’re diving deeper with a panel of AI experts to explore the tech driving this massive productivity leap.
16:30 – 16:50
AI lessons from the product cockpit
Yasamin Karimi, CPO at TechWolf, & Vincent Schelstraete, Director of Engineering at TechWolf
TechWolf CPO Yas’ mission is simple yet bold: building world-class HR software with AI at its core. She’s joined on this journey by Vinny, our very first employee and current Director of Engineering. From the highs to the inevitable hurdles, they’ve seen it all.
TechWolf CPO Yas’ mission is simple yet bold: building world-class HR software with AI at its core. She’s joined on this journey by Vinny, our very first employee and current Director of Engineering. From the highs to the inevitable hurdles, they’ve seen it all.
16:50 – 17:00
Q&A
17:00
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Ecosystem Track - SOLD OUT
Event Time: 14:30–17:00
Host: Enya Steenssens, Head of Product & Program at Wintercircus
A collective deep dive into Europe’s AI opportunity and our shared mission as builders: bridging today’s breakthroughs with tomorrow’s AI frontiers.
14:30 – 14:50
Entering Europe’ AI era
Dorien Van Steenberge, CEO at Wintercircus
14:55 – 15:15
Building the newest AI models in an ‘old-fashioned’ way
Julie Dumoulin, co-founder at Spotable
15:20 – 15:40
Publishing over patenting: a vision on advancing AI
Andreas De Neve, co-founder and CEO at TechWolf
15:20 – 15:40
Break
16:00 – 16:15
Europe vs US: the state of tech
Panel session
16:20 - 16:40
Building infrastructure and models for generative AI
Talfan Evans, co-founder at cursive.ai
16:45 - 17:00
The marriage of AI and art
Joëlle Slaith, digital artist
Stijn Jansen, Creative Director at Wintercircus
Stijn Jansen, Creative Director at Wintercircus
17:00
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Evening – Main Stage
Event Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Hosts:
Dorien Van Steenberge, CEO at Wintercircus
Andreas De Neve, co-founder and CEO at TechWolf
Power talks at twilight.
19:30 - 19:45
Matthias Diependaele
Minister-President of Flanders
19:50 - 20:10
Benedict Evans
independent analyst and tech visionary
20:15 - 20:35
To be announced soon
20:40 - 21:00
Jeroen Van Hautte
co-founder and CTO at TechWolf
21:00
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