SPEAKERS

Tim Waegeman

Tim is co-founder and CTO of Robovision.
In 2009 he obtained a Master degree in Computer Science Engineering at Ghent University applying machine learning in robotic behavior research. Afterwards, in 2013 he completed a PhD at the Reservoir Lab of Ghent University, building new machine learning approaches where neural networks and reinforcement learning algorithms were investigated and applied on advanced robot and control tasks. In his spare time, he is a hardware enthusiast and Dwengo member.

TIMi

Company name: TIMi SPRL
Address: Chemin des 2 Villers, 11, 7812 Ath
Contact name event: Frank Vanden Berghen
E-mail: frank@timi.eu
Mobile: +32 479 992768
Website: www.timi.eu

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We are creating TIMi. TIMi is a software solution that covers all the analytical needs of any organizations, from the most basic needs (such as data collection, creation of KPIs and dashboards) to the creation of high precision predictive models and Big Data. TIMi eliminates the sufferings typically associated with analytical systems and replaces them with a responsive, interactive, visual, user-friendly and self-service interface (with or without code). Exploring your data has never been so easy and fun! With TIMi, companies can capitalize on their data to develop new ideas, make critical business decisions faster and easier than ever (« TIMi: Faster Predictions, Better Decisions »). Our mission is to: « Provide our customers with user-friendly, fast and productive tools for predictive analytics, BI and Big Data to solve real business problems in days, not months. » « To boldly go where no dataminer has gone before ».

Excellium

Company name: Excellium Services
Address: Culliganlaan 1B – 1831 Diegem
Contact name event: Fabrice Hequet
E-mail: fhecquet@excellium-services.com
Phone: 00 3224031281
Mobile: 0478 82 03 03
Website: www.excellium-services.com

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Excellium Services offers best in class security operations, incident response and penetration testing. By combining Software as a Service model and by using Cloud Capability we help companies to react in case of intrusion. Excellium Services is able to offer the best of scanning technologies and ethical hacking methods with knowledge and expertise. The Excellium Team will provide services for measuring their exposure on an ongoing basis, helping them to verify that their assets are not exposed to vulnerabilities. Our goal is to make the Interne infrastructure of a company more secure!

Thomas Van Durme

Thomas Van Durme is a computer science/aerospace engineer, entrepreneur and founder of ThinkNexT. Thomas has a master in engineering specialised in Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Electronics as well as a master in Space Technology and Applications. Following graduation, Thomas started working at the European Space Agency (ESA) on AI in the field of mission control systems.

In 2011 he co-founded ThinkNexT. ThinkNexT specialises AI applications and prediction applications in the customer service domain with its cornerstone product Orion. Orion is an AI platform enabling enterprises to take automated action on customer questions. Over the past years ThinkNexT carried out projects in the field of utilities, aviation and healthcare. Among others, their clients include Eneco Belgium, the University of Maastricht and the U.S. Air Force.

Mieke De Ketelaere

Mieke De Ketelaere is Customer Intelligence Director at SAS for the West Europe region. She holds a master degree in civil and industrial engineering and specialised on robotics and artificial during her studies. Over the last 25 years, she has worked for several multinationals on all aspects of data and analytics. In the last years, she started to focus more on customer intelligence environments: from transactional CRM to advanced analytical customer insight and interactive marketing. She is specialized in helping customers in defining the steps to grow in maturity in customer experience, customer intimacy and customer lifecycle management. With her deep understanding of the new digital data streams (online, social, mobile, sensor, chatbots, etc) and her understanding of big data platforms, Mieke De Ketelaere is requested by different business schools as a guest speaker on the topic in the last 5 years. Recently, she created a series of knowledge exchanges on Artificial Intelligence, in order to demystify the hype around it and to focus on the real value it can bring to the business teams. In 2018, she was nominated « ICT Woman of the Year » by Trends. »

SPEAKER INFO

Mieke De Ketelaere
Director Customer Intelligence ▪ West Europe

Mobile +32 (0)479 73 00 20

Orion

Company name : ThinkNexT / Orion
Address : Minderbroedersstraat 17 / 2, 3000 Leuven
Contact name event : Thomas Van Durme
E-mail : info@thinknext.be
Phone : +32 (0) 16 41 87 24
Website : www.thinknext.be/orion

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At ThinkNexT we believe in challenging the status quo to simplify business. We do this with pragmatic thinking and using state-of-the-art technology. That is why we have developed Orion, an Artificial Intelligence engine, that automates customer service processes and plugs in on top of the existing CRM system. Orion is based on 6 years of experience in this field, at Eneco Belgium for example where the applications built by ThinkNexT support the daily interactions with 300 000 existing and new customers.

Icity.brussels

Company name : icity.brussels
Address : Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 50 1050 Brussels
Contact name event : Pauline Urger
E-mail : pauline@icity.brussels
Phone : 02 650 31 84 / 0470 21 33 68
Website : www.icity.brussels

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icity.brussels is a technology hub focused on research, development, innovation for society. We help Brussels emerge as the ICT Heart of Europe.

Funded by the ERDF and Innoviris and as a joint initiative of ULB, VUB and SIRRIS, icity.brussels is entirely devoted to strengthening Research and Innovation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Brussels. It has already launched R&D ICT projects in several key domains like education, e-Health, mobility, Internet of Things or 5G.

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Mieke De Ketelaere 📎

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