Event agenda
Monday, 23 November 2026
09:00 - 09:30
Check-in & Welcome
10:00 - 10:45
Du local à la durabilité : comment une boulangerie fait de ses valeurs un avantage compétitif
Olivier De Cartier, Copains Group
La transition, catalyseur d’une Bruxelles plus forte, résiliente et souveraine
Laurent Hublet, Minister of Employment & Economy, Brussels
Nature risk Is now a CFO Problem, and an infrastructure opportunity
Kjell Clarysse, Program Director, Scale it Agro
Sustainability vs. profit: the real trade-offs of a listed company CEO
Stefan Descheemaeker, Nomad Foods
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
Thoralf Gutierrez, Sirona Technologies
From greenwashing to gold: translating climate strategy into business decisions
Serge de Gheldere, Founder, Klimaatzaak & Futureproofed (Sweco). Climate Ambassador, Al Gore.
When sustainability enters the boardroom: lessons from Proximus
Catherine Bals, Group Sustainability Lead, Proximus
12:00 - 12:45
Backlash and responsibility in transformation pathways
Sybille van den Hove, Bridging for Sustainability, co-founder 2030, Chair Canopea
La Fondation Helios : comment mettre le capital au service de la décarbonation de la Belgique. De Vinçotte à Helios une belle histoire Belge
Bernard De Cannière, Fondation Helios & ULB
Les Petits Riens : réinventer un modèle d'économie sociale et circulaire pour le rendre durable.
Hadewig De Corte, Les Petits Riens
13:00 - 13:45
Climate risks & decarbonisation pathways in logistics
Kobe Van Doorsselaere, Van Moer Logistics
Finance & resilience: how impact investing shapes sustainable economies
Bertrand Badré, Former CFO, World Bank & Société Générale. Founder, Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital
Finance durable : du cadre réglementaire à l'avantage compétitif
Marek Hudon, Solvay Brussels School / ULB
Sustainability is not a silo: making ESG part of your business DNA
Veronique Toully, UCB
14:00 - 14:45
[PANEL] From risk to revenue: the new real estate playbook
A talk organised by ING
A common language, a common goal: how to make sustainability projects stick in the real world
Jean-Philippe Michaux, CFO, Puratos
Construire un portefeuille de marques durables : de Kazidomi à Pulse Protein
Emna Everard, Kazidomi
Riding the storm with enterprise data: from clean data to competitive advantage
Stijn Christiaens, Founder and Chief Data Citizen, Collibra
The cost of looking away: rethinking business responsibility in turbulent times
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Club of Rome