InQbet Hackathon kick-off

We're kicking off our 1 month hackathon with a kick off event that will energize, inspire and connect participants, experts and companies. We invited premium keynote speakers like Olivier Van Duüren and we'll be revealing some of the challenges the FMCG industry is facing today. Join us and meet some of the most innovative startups in Europe today.


9.00-10.00
Arrival at reception and registrations

10.00-11.00 Informal networking and team introductions

11.00-11.30 Official welcome and warmup (A. Convents – P&G)

11.30-12.00 Inspirational keynote presentation (Mr Olivier Van Duüren – The Dualarity)

12.00-13.00 Networking lunch

13.00-14.00 The power and future of Robotics with experts from ABB, Fanuc and Coesia

14.00-15.30 The power and future of AI with experts from Microsoft, Google, IBM and SAP

15.30-16.00 Networking break

16.00-17.15 Partner companies share their challenges and how teams can address them

17.15-17.30 Recap logistics and plan for the 4 weeks support by sponsor teams

Afterwards you'll get the chance to network with experts from partner companies and with other attendees. You'll also get the opportunity to register for the hackathon. 



Speakers:

 Introduction  André Convents, Open Innovation Entrepreneur, P&G

 Keynote        Olivier Van Duüren, Founder The Dualarity – Former Microsoft Executive

 IBM                Remus Lazar, Executive Director Development Watson Data Platform IBM

 Google          Ruben Vander Stockt, Customer Engineer Google Cloud

 SAP               Tine Vandenbreeden, Chief Operating Officer at SAP

Microsoft       Jan Tielens, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft

Benelux         Filp Tuypens, Business Development Manager FANUC Benelux

ABB               To be decided


Find out more and to register as a hacker on www.inqbethackathon.com


For those who seek to participate, during the four weeks of development the following support will be provided:

1. Webinar teaching sessions during the first week

2. Appointments with the coaches 

3. Scrum sessions: every Thursday afternoon with the coaches (you can also join virtually) 

Location

Procter & Gamble Services Company - Belgium
Strombeek-BeverBelgium

Dates

From 27th October 2017 - 09:00 AM
to 27th October 2017 - 06:00 PM