BRIEC – Einstein Telescope – Information and Business opportunities

Einstein Telescope – Information and Business opportunities

Have you heard about the underground Einstein Telescope, Europe’s most advanced gravitational wave observatory? It’s an amazing tool that will enable researchers to hear black holes collide and learn about the early universe. Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany are jointly studying whether they can host this world-class observatory in the border area between the three countries. The decision will be made in 2025.

For businesses, various projects and programmes have been set up to encourage innovation in and the accelerated development of new technologies for the Einstein Telescope. Sharing these innovations and the opportunities they offer is important – including across sectors.

This is the mission of the Belgian Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Community, or BRIEC (https://briec.be/), which FEB established in 2018 to break down barriers and foster inspiration between the academic and business worlds, between small and large companies, and between Belgium’s three regions.

BRIEC sessions are high-end networking events where attendees discuss a number of innovation cases focusing on a particular theme. On Thursday 29 February we will zoom in on the innovation and business opportunities presented by the Einstein Telescope(*).

We would like to invite you to attend this fascinating event with us. Early birds can register today!

We hope to see you there and we wish you all the best for an excellent 2024 full of extraordinary discoveries.

^(*) For more information about the Einstein Telescope: Home – The Einstein Telescope (einsteintelescope.nl/en)

Detailed program 

• 13:30 – Welcome and introductory word – Pieter Timmermans (CEO FEB VBO)
• 13:35 – Opening Keynote – Jo Brouns (Flemish Minister for Employment, Economy, Innovation & Agriculture)
• 13:45 – The Einstein Telescope as a revolutionary new Big Science infrastructure – Nick Van Remortel (Professor of Physics UAntwerpen)
• 14:00 – The Einstein Telescope as a Big Science technology supply market – Christian Dierick (manager of the Big Science Technology Club – powered by Agoria)
• 14:10– The Einstein Telescope as a Big Science construction project – Marc Dillen (General Director Embuild Flanders) and Niels Hulsboch (R&D expert at Buildwise)
• 14:20– Socio-economic impact of Big Science projects – Geert Noels (CEO & Chief Economist Econopolis)
• 14:50 – Keynote – Willy Borsus (Vice-President of Wallonia)
• 15:00 – Break
• 15:20 – Core talks: (technological) business opportunities today (mock-up of infrastructure and specific developments) and in the future, if Einstein Telescope is built in Belgium. The current situation and what still needs to be developed
  • 15:20 – Speaker from Flanders (e.g. on Pathfinder technologies etc.)  – Maxime Corvilain (Sectormanager maakeconomie POMLimburg & Valorisatie expert Einstein Telescope FWO)
  • 15:40 – Speaker from Wallonia (on E-TEST technologies, etc.) – Prof Christophe Collette (Wallonia, Precision Mechatronics Laboratory – ULiège) & Michel Stassart (Project Leader “Einstein Telescope” – GRE Liège)
• 16:00 – Closing Keynote – Thomas Dermine (State Secretary for Economic Recovery and Strategic Investments, in charge of Science Policy) 
• 16:15 – Networking Event

Practical Information

When: Thursday, 29 February from 13:30 to 16:30 (participants are welcome to arrive from 13:00 p.m. onward).

Where: Bevenue – Rue Ravensteinstraat 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Language: This event will be held in English

Price

Free of charge

Contact

Emily Couturier, T 02 515 09 50, [email protected]