We are proud to anounce the programme of BCF Belgium on 26 November 2026. To give you an idea of which presentations to expect, please find below the programme. See here for the overview of confirmed speakers.
Room Flex 1-2 | Room Flex 3-4 | |||
| 09.00 | Registration open for Premium Ticket attendees | |||
| 09.20 - 09.50 | Kim Heylen, Shift Happens | |||
| 09.45 | Exhibition floor open | |||
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Keynote Presentation Built by Argonauts: Entrepreneurial Science and the People That Make It Happen Loes Bresseleers, Head of HR at argenx Keynote speaker | |||
| 10.30 | Registration open for Free Ticket attendees | |||
| 10.40 - 11.10 | "My Career Path – Lessons Learned" Ina Vandenbroucke, VP Research & Development at Fujirebio Vanessa Vankerckhoven | The future is calling: Cell Therapy @ J&J Aline de Bock, Learning and Development Lead CAR-T EMEA at Johnson & Johnson | ||
| 11.20 - 11.50 | Introducing ATB Therapeutics Joost Uitdehaag, Head of Research at ATB Therapeutics |
| Why Scientific Messages Get Lost and How to Fix This: Careers in Scientific Communications Sander Hulsmans, Project Delivery Manager at Akkodis Yuwen Gu, Project Manager at Akkodis Irena Zurnic Bonisch, Publication Writer at Akkodis | |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | Reaching Patients Through Immunology Innovation – the argenx Way Dieter Defever, Sr Manager Employee Communications and Engagement at argenx | Make your way into the Clinical Research, Data Management or Regulatory Affairs world Virginie Hamtiaux, Sr Trainer & Business Coach at ECCRT | ||
| 12.40 - 13.10 | "Belgium Biotech Pioneers" - Part 1 Emile Redant, CEO at Zymofix Bernard Sagaert, CEO at Etherna | "Leaving the Lab – Examples of Non-Scientific Roles" - Part 1 Laurien Van Dyck, Grand Challenges Portfolio Manager at VIB Evelien Van den Eeckhoudt, Business Development Manager at Labo Nuytink, anacura | ||
| 13.20 - 13.50 | Kim Heylen, Shift Happens | "Belgium Biotech Pioneers" - Part 2 Veerle De Schepper, Head of R&D at Rainbow Crops | ||
| 14.00 - 14.30 | From Quiet to Impactful: Career lessons for introverts in Life Sciences Haifen Hu, Hyphen Projects | "Leaving the Lab – Examples of Non-Scientific Roles" - Part 2 Michaël Vlemmix, Partner at Gimv Life Sciences | ||
| 14:40 - 15:10 | "From PhD to CEO & Founder" Norah Benmeridja, CEO & Founder of 1SCPD ("One Scoop A Day") | |||
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15.10 - 16.00 |
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Panel members Maria Fonseca, Portfolio Lead at Obulytix Marek Piprek, MD, FWO PhD Fellow at VIB & Nucleate Catarina Pereira, Scientific Business Analyst at Hyloris |
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| 16.30 | Exhibition floor is closed | |||
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