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VAIA accelerates the adoption of AI in Flemish companies and organisations by gathering and redistributing a broad and relevant range of AI training courses for professionals in Flanders.

We help training organisations tailor their courses to meet current and future AI needs, by providing insights into the AI training requirements of different professional sectors and connecting them with AI expertise from academia and industry.

As a bridge-builder, we facilitate the smooth exchange of AI knowledge between academics and businesses. In this way, we promote lifelong learning in Flanders and make AI knowledge accessible for everyone.

Domain/sector

  • Across all disciplines (AI in general)

Related partners

Permanent courses

Automated detection of political trends and vaccine skepticism from social media text

VAIA Presents Pieter Fivez (UAntwerp) - webinar - VAIA

How design thinking and map sets improve AI products and services

VAIA Presents Laurens Vreekamp (author of 'The Art of AI') - webinar - VAIA

A Mixed Blessing: Big Data and AI for Migration

VAIA Presents Tuba Bircan (VUB) - Webinar - VAIA

Scheduled courses

Flanders AI Forum 2024

20 October 2026

event - Ghent - VLAIO, Agoria, Voka, Department of Economy, Science & Innovation, imec, Flanders AI Research Program

Building Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

8 December 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, UZ Antwerpen

Robots on the Factory Floor: What works today, what comes next?

16 December 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, Volvo Car Gent

Past courses

AI in Healthcare: Bridging Technology and Humanity

4 June 2025

symposium - Ghent - GHALL, HINT.Gent, VAIA

Machine Learning into Practice: Deep Dive into MLOps

22 September 2025

hands-on workshop - Ghent - UGain, UGent, VAIA, Flanders AI EDIH

Introduction to AI and Machine Learning for Biomedical Research

18 November 2025

training course - online - KU Leuven, VUB, UHasselt, UGent, VAIA

Edge Intelligence Unleashed: Mastering Embedded AI for Industry Advancement

15 September 2025
Course - Flanders - PUC - KU Leuven Continue, KU Leuven, VAIA

Edge Intelligence Unleashed: Mastering Embedded AI for Industry Advancement

28 January 2026

3-day Winter School - Mechelen - PUC KU Leuven Continue, VAIA

AI Agents voor geau­toma­tiseerde workflows

18 December 2025

Seminar - Kortrijk - Howest AI Lab, Flanders Make & VAIA

Navigating the EU AI Act

5 March 2026

Seminar - Bruges - PUC - KU Leuven Continue, CiTiP, KdM, VAIA

PhD Reflect & Connect - Artifhacking Intelligence

27 November 2025

keynote & reception - Hasselt - UHasselt, VAIA

twee vrouwelijke hoofden dat naar elkaar kijken, op een donkerblauwe achtergrond met daarvoor een binaire code

Explainable & Trustworthy AI

22 April 2026

In-depth course - online - VAIA & UGhent, UGain

Blog posts

Seeing is believing: data visualization is key for successful AI implementation

Data may be the new gold, but what do you do with all those insights? A good dashboard, a punchy graph or a great story are essential to ensure that people actually understand, use and follow data insights.

ChatGPT's revolutionary insight in language unlocks multitude of new applications

Beyond fun: the in-depth language knowledge of the new chatbot generation allows computers to deepen their collaboration with humans.

Middle finger problem, about the value of human colleagues in a world with AI

VAIA also got to work with DALL-E and discovered its pros and cons in practice.

Tine Goovaerts Goovaerts

Tine Goovaerts

VAIA UGent liaison & Project Leader

Isabelle Borremans Borremans

Isabelle Borremans

Not an AI expert! Communication about AI courses at VAIA

Femke De Backere De Backere

Femke De Backere

Project lead bij VAIA en associate professor in software engineering bij UGent. Specialisaties: eHealth & personalisering

Bart De Moor De Moor

Bart De Moor

Voorzitter VAIA (Vlaamse AI Academie), Co-auteur van het Vlaamse Beleidplan Artificiële Intelligentie, Gewoon hoogleraar - KU Leuven

Lisa Hilte Hilte

Lisa Hilte

University of Antwerp, VAIA, freelancer