Event agenda
Monday, 23 November 2026
08:30 - 09:30
Check-in & Welcome - Free Breakfast
10:00 - 10:45
Du local à la durabilité : comment une boulangerie fait de ses valeurs un avantage compétitif
- Corporate culture
- Food
- Strategy
Olivier De Cartier, Copains Group
Finance and sustainability: when interests align
- Economics
- Strategy
- Finance
Frédéric de Mévius, PlanetFirst Partners and Peter De Keyzer, Growth Inc.
La transition, catalyseur d’une Bruxelles plus forte, résiliente et souveraine
- Economics
- Strategy
- Regulations
Laurent Hublet, Minister of Employment & Economy, Brussels
Nature risk Is now a CFO Problem, and an infrastructure opportunity
- Carbon
- Biodiversity
- Risks
- Water
- Finance
Kjell Clarysse, Program Director, Scale it Agro
Sustainability vs. profit: the real trade-offs of a listed company CEO
- Corporate culture
- Food
- Strategy
- Finance
Stefan Descheemaeker, Nomad Foods
When the old economy blocks the new: the glass ceiling of sustainable technologies
- Risks
- Strategy
- Construction
Jan Haemers, CEO Haemers Technologies
10:00 - 18:00
Meeting block
- Networking space - XX ROOM
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
11:00 - 11:45
Direct Air Capture at scale: from engineering challenge to business reality
- Products
- Carbon
- Energy
Thoralf Gutierrez, Sirona Technologies
[PANEL] 2026 summer heatwaves: Which impacts, which call to action for companies ?
- Energy
- Risks
- Strategy
- Change management
Panel by Igneos
[PANEL] Finance and Sustainability: From ESG reporting to competitive advantage
- Strategy
- Reporting
- Finance
Panel by CNP
Les médailles VSME : de la donnée ESG à la reconnaissance européenne
- Carbon
- Reporting
- Regulations
Justine Devaux, VSME Medals programme manager. Marie Buron, Head of Sustainability, BECI. Eric De Vreese, Founder, Circle Dev, moderator (Solvay Alumni)
Réduire son scope 3 grâce aux filières agricoles durables: les leçons du terrain
- Scope 3
- Food
- Agriculture
Clotilde de Montpellier, Founder FarmForGood
The economy we built and the one we need: a frank conversation about what has to change
- Economics
- Strategy
- Finance
Bruno Colmant, Economist, Member of the Royal Academy
When sustainability enters the boardroom: lessons from Proximus
- Corporate culture
- Scope 3
- Strategy
- Change management
Catherine Bals, Group Sustainability Lead, Proximus
11:00 - 12:45
[PANEL] 2026 BE TRUTH Index: Can Companies Afford Climate Reality?
- Risks
- Economics
- Strategy
- Finance
Panel by KAYA
12:00 - 12:45
[PANEL] Scaling low-carbon materials across the building value chain
- Carbon
- Reporting
- Construction
- Finance
- Regulations
Panel by South Pole
Backlash and responsibility in transformation pathways
- Corporate culture
- Strategy
- Change management
Sybille van den Hove, Bridging for Sustainability, co-founder 2030, Chair Canopea
How agroforestry & Net Zero ambitions can boost development & protect tropical forests in the Congo Basin?
- Carbon
- Biodiversity
- Agriculture
- Finance
François Toussaint, Envirium. Antoine Geerinckx, Positive Impact Team.
It's not too late. And life is not infinite
- Risks
- Strategy
- Change management
Denis Van Weynbergh, First Belgian to complete the Vendée Globe. Quentin Debois, Skipper, ODIGO.
La Fondation Helios : comment mettre le capital au service de la décarbonation de la Belgique. De Vinçotte à Helios une belle histoire Belge
- Carbon
- Strategy
- Finance
Bernard De Cannière, Fondation Helios & ULB
Les Petits Riens : réinventer un modèle d'économie sociale et circulaire pour le rendre durable.
- Corporate culture
- Circular economy
Hadewig De Corte, Les Petits Riens
13:00 - 13:45
2050 : ce que le climat va faire à vos chaînes d'approvisionnement, et ce que les données permettent d'anticiper dès maintenant
- Risks
- Food
- Agriculture
- Water
Serge Zaka, CEO, AgroClimat2050
Bâtir des filières agricoles pour une société plus juste et durable : le grand défi de la transition.
- Food
- Agriculture
- Strategy
Olivier Van Cauwelaert, CEO Foire de Libramont
Climate risks & decarbonisation pathways in logistics
- Carbon
- Energy
- Logistics
- Risks
Kobe Van Doorsselaere, Van Moer Logistics
Finance & resilience: how impact investing shapes sustainable economies
- Economics
- Strategy
- Finance
Bertrand Badré, Former CFO, World Bank & Société Générale. Founder, Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital
Finance durable : du cadre réglementaire à l'avantage compétitif
- Strategy
- Finance
- Regulations
Marek Hudon, Solvay Brussels School / ULB
Mobility Reset: How Energy and Budget Are Accelerating the Transition
- Energy
- Economics
- Strategy
Tangi Merckx, CEO, D’Ieteren Energy & Mbrella. Guillaume Bouckaert, Head of Commerce, D’Ieteren Energy & Mbrella.
Sustainability is not a silo: making ESG part of your business DNA
- Corporate culture
- Strategy
- Reporting
- Change management
Veronique Toully, UCB
14:00 - 14:45
[PANEL] From risk to revenue: the new real estate playbook
- Energy
- Risks
- Construction
- Finance
A talk organised by ING
A common language, a common goal: how to make sustainability projects stick in the real world
- Corporate culture
- Food
- Strategy
- Change management
Jean-Philippe Michaux, CFO, Puratos
Construire un portefeuille de marques durables : de Kazidomi à Pulse Protein
- Products
- Food
- Retail
- Strategy
Emna Everard, Kazidomi
Garder le cap : piloter une entreprise industrielle en période de crises
- Risks
- Strategy
- Change management
Fabrice Brion, CEO, I-care
Riding the storm with enterprise data: from clean data to competitive advantage
- Risks
- Strategy
- Reporting
Stijn Christiaens, Founder and Chief Data Citizen, Collibra
The cost of looking away: rethinking business responsibility in turbulent times
- Corporate culture
- Risks
- Economics
- Strategy
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Club of Rome
What the science actually says about the decade ahead and what it means for your business
- Carbon
- Risks
- Economics
- Strategy
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Former Vice-Chair, IPCC. Professor, UCLouvain.
14:00 - 16:00
[Workshop] The Fresk of the Mission-Driven Company (La Fresque de la Société à Mission)
- Corporate culture
- Strategy
- Change management
Workshop by KAYA