Europe is brimming with innovation potential. To strengthen Europe’s autonomy, innovation needs to go beyond incremental progress to bold, transformational change. That’s what Verhaert’s Innovation Day is all about this year. Through 4 market-based tracks, you’ll gain insights not only within but also across markets. Join Verhaert’s Innovation Day on November 25th at its innovation center in Kruibeke for in-depth talks and inspiring demos to turn shared knowledge into faster, more productive innovation!
Uniting sectors to step up Europe’s innovation game
One year after publishing his landmark report on European competitiveness, Mario Draghi has once again sounded the alarm. The man who famously vowed to do “whatever it takes” to save the Euro has now warned that “companies holding back on bold innovation threaten not only our competitiveness but our sovereignty itself”. His message underlines what’s at stake: innovation is no longer optional — it’s a matter of economic and political resilience.
The solution lies in channeling Europe’s vast innovation potential into breakthrough outcomes built on engineering excellence, strategic design and, above all, cross-sector collaboration. By linking expertise across industries and embracing digitalization, new business models and AI-enabled technologies, Europe can amplify the productivity of innovation. Let’s accelerate turning R&D investment into stakeholder value and transform complexity in regulation or supply chains into powerful catalysts for progress.
4 thematic tracks, with 12 in-depth talks
During Verhaert’s Innovation Day, you’ll discover how to turn shared knowledge into faster, more productive innovation. In 4 thematic tracks, experts will cover exclusive insights and firsthand experiences on linking knowledge across industries and embracing digitalization, new business models and AI-enabled technologies.
- TRACK 1 – Consumer: Protecting the consumer, driving innovation
Innovation now means building trust. Europe’s FMCG sector faces rising demands for transparency, sustainability and security amid complex regulation. This track uncovers how leaders can use user-centered design, IoT, data protection and circular practices to accelerate innovation, enhance user experience and unlock new opportunities. - TRACK 2 – Life sciences: Advancing personalized care in a regulated world
Europe excels in care quality and patient safety, but personalized treatments remain challenging. This track explores how life sciences can innovate responsibly, navigating data rules, validation and reimbursement, using AI discovery tools, microfluidics and digital platforms to turn regulation into a catalyst for patient-centered innovation. - TRACK 3 – Space & defense: From a closed industry toward an open innovation ecosystem
As space and defense move beyond government programs, dual-use technologies are bridging military and civilian innovation. This track explores how advances in AI, robotics, optics and systems engineering strengthen defense capabilities, while also enhancing everyday products, and how open innovation platforms enable start-ups and industry leaders to co-create Europe’s next generation of disruptive solutions. - TRACK 4 – Industry: Rebuilding our industrial capacity and why that comes with an innovation challenge
Europe’s industrial landscape is rapidly evolving to protect autonomy and sovereignty. Geopolitics, regulations and costs drive supply-chain shifts that create both risks and opportunities. This track explores using design-to-cost and Industry 4.0 technologies to enhance efficiency, manage risk and turn complexity into competitive advantage.
Discover how to accelerate innovation from a product, strategic, digital and high-tech perspective during Verhaert’s Innovation Day on November 25th! Visit the event website for the full program and to sign up by choosing the 2 tracks of your interest.