PortTech Summit by COOCK Smart Port 2025
The Coock Smart Port 2025 project comes to an end. Look back at what we have achieved and let us inspire you for a final time in this setting. We invite you to talk about innovation in the port and network with peers.
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Program
13:00 – 13:30 Doors open
13:30 - 13:45 Welcoming by Bart Verhoeven of imec-IDLab and Robin Pauwels of The Beacon
13:45 - 14:20 Looking back on past projects
- POC Albertkanaal by Simon Van den Eynde of Qonic (former imec-IDLab)
- POC Wind turbine modellering by Sofie Van Hoecke of imec-IDLab
- POC nautical chain optimalisation by Valentin Carlan of University of Antwerp
14:20 - 14:45 Originated COOCK projects from industry
- Sergio Barbarino, Senior Director Research Fellow at P&G
- Toon Wassenberg, Mobility Advisor at Siemens
14:45 – 16:00 Break
- Demo fair & matchmaking through Conversation Starter
16:00 - 16:40 Keynotes
- Anne De Beule, Teamlead Intermodal at Haeger & Schmidt Logistics - Sustainability Challenges for Logistics Service Providers
- Jef Verbruggen, Product Owner FAST platform at Euronav - The FAST platform and collaboration with ZeroNorth
16:40 - 17:00 Closing word by Erik Mannens of imec-IDLab
- Impact of COOCK in numbers
17:00 - 22:00 Networking with walking dinner, drinks and DJ
About COOK Smart Port 2025
This event is organized in the framework of the COOCK Smart Port 2025 project. This three-year program, funded by VLAIO, aims at disseminating the vast knowledge that the University of Antwerp and Imec have in terms of Model-Based Systems Engineering Artificial Intelligence, to the port and logistics community in Flanders. As part of this project, The Beacon is organizing activities and events at which tech companies, port, and logistics operators, and academia are represented.