Oct 10, 2018
Experience at Supernova Conference
“technology and future festival” in Antwerp, Belgium
Last 28th Thursday and 29th Friday, September 2018 I had the occasion to assist to Supernova Conferences in Antwerp, the first edition of the what was called “technology and future festival”.
This event had been the biggest meeting place in Flanders for ambitious entrepreneurs, companies, investors and researchers so as to shape the future together with the general public under the motto: tomorrow is unstoppable.
The event was organized by Flanders DC, Scale-Ups and The Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI Department) of the Flemish government. The event was divided in Conference and Sofa sessions, Expedition, Investor Pitching, Tech Fair and TalentBuzz.
The conferences bring more than 47 speakers in an awesome scenario located in the entrance of the venue, all the animation and graphic design is from Boondoggle and the space is in collaboration of Barco, Achilles…
Names as Tim Harford, Philip Inghelbrecht, Nina Tandon and Armin Pohl in the 27th morning and Duco Sickinghe Aline Muylaertm, Pieterjan Bouten & Louis Jonckheere, Luc Van den hove, Bram Vanderborght, Jan Peter Balkenende, Jan Rabaey, Vivienne Ming, Seth Godin and SNASK during the 27th afternoon.
Biz Stone, Neil Harbisson, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Jane McGonigal during 28th in the morning and following Leon Jacobs, Jan Adriaenssens & John Baekelmans, Jonathan Berte, Charlotte D’Hulst, Jasna Rokegem, Robert Dingemanse, Peter Maynard, Sebastiaan Hooft, Angelo Vermeulen and Ray Kurzweil in the afternoon.
The exhibition brought more than 90 companies at the Tech Fair and the different pavilions divided into Tech Fair, Drones, Sports, Port, Health, Fashion, Food, Sustainability, Work, Science, Living & Retail, Mobility…. The exhibition was with more than 120 interactive installations and demos.
One of the top innovations was the world’s first flying car, A car that flies. A plane that drives. The PAL-V Liberty is both. Inspired by nature, engineered by men and evolved over time, this groundbreaking product inaugurates the age of the flying car.
The entrance was in charge of Accio10, an invitation together from ADIFAD to join the mission organized by Accio10 with Bcd, Rafaella Perrone, Albert Fuster and Neus Escoda. We were invited to network with the Districts of Creativity (DC) Network. Founded in 2004, unites regions around the world to share and develop practices on stimulating creativity in society to foster innovation and prosperity.
Different state and public organizations share their work with their citizens. Flanders Make was there, Flanders Make is the strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry. From their sites all over Flanders, they stimulate open innovation through excellent research. Was giving demonstrations together with Aeroplane, Noesis, Dynamic Dimensions and Arkite. co-curating the ‘Future of Work’
The MAKE LAB, a 4.0 lab that supports new technologies and new processes in the new way of working, thought robotics and automation offers an answer to contemporary challenges.
The Health House, is a unique “experience center” and takes its visitors on an inspiring and interactive trip through the future of health and care.
Related into health was a good product the Holo Anatomy application by Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic helps you better understand human anatomy. Learn about the different parts of the brain or identify the organs in the digestive system, simply by exploring the human body using Microsoft HoloLens.
The IoTBE is the Belgian cluster of IoT high-tech companies & startups, research organisations and experts.
At the retail pavilion there was an Smart Mirror, an interactive mirror that helps you choose the perfect look. It give you smart suggestions on the accessories you should put on, depending on what outfit you wear.
Antwerp is a very interesting city, an important harbour, a city of contrasts between old and new, between the more new and expensive diamonds shops and the oldest spaces. The event is thanks to the support of Atypical Antwerpen, a future hub for Circular economy and Digital innovation.
Antwerp is the home of Studio Job, where Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of move their vast oeuvre into a new loft, where they have their studio.
A city with a story in Fashion, with one the school’s of fashion more important in Europe: the Royal College of Fashion, the Museum of Mode and Photographic hotspots like FOMU, Fiftyone, studioworks or Ibasho.
A city with architecture hotspots like the Museum aan de Stroom, the Havenhuis, The Port House or Maison Guiette….. other interesting places, like the magazine shop IMS Kaasrui, where you can find the more exquisite magazines.
The visit to Anterp was possible thanks to Accio10 missions. We visited the Fair together with people of Adi Fad, BCD, Elisava and IED Barcelona.
