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title: GeoSquare | Program Knowledge conference
description: Everything you need to know about GeoSquare's Knowledge Conference on June 12. Browse the full day program and find out who's speaking, when, and where.
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# Program

## Knowledge conference June 12.

## Overview of the day

From 12:00

**Lunch & networking break**

Reception • Maritime

13:00 - 13:15

**Welcome & intro: building a more resilient Europe**

Opening • Orangerie  
Wim Decraene, GeoSquare Belgium

13:15 - 13:50

**When disruption becomes the norm: investing in resilience in the age of AI**

Opening keynote • Orangerie  
Filip Maertens, Serial Entrepreneur & AI veteran - TEDx, Davos, Cannes Lions

13:55 - 14:40

**Data sovereignty in Europe: illusion or reality?**

**Session 1A (Business track) • Panel **• **Orangerie**  
Kurt Rommens & Herald Jongen, Google - Greenberg Traurig

13:55 - 14:40

**The future of work with AI**

**Session 1B (Technical track) • Class Room**  
Barbara Van Den Haute, Microsoft

14:45 - 15:15

**The energy transition as a driver of resilience: geospatial intelligence for the grid of tomorrow**

**Session 2A (Business track) • Orangerie  
**Bram Van Eeckhout, Fluvius

14:45 - 15:15

**Orbis Maps & resilient infrastructure: real-time geospatial intelligence for a changing world**

**Session 2B (Technical track) • Class Room**  
Jean-Claude Mattelaer, TomTom

15:15 - 15:30

**GeoAI & environmental resilience: mapping the future of our planet**

**Session 3A (Technical track) • Orangerie**  
Pieter Libin, VUB

15:15 - 15:30

**Leveraging governmental geospatial information for resilience**

**Session 3B (Business track) • Class Room **  
Ingrid Vanden Berghe, NGI, Administrateur-generaal, Former Co-chair UN-GGIM 

15:30 - 15:55

**Coffee & networking break**

Reception • Maritime Room

15:55 - 16:35

**The resilient organisation: from reactive to future-proof**

Closing keynote • Orangerie  
Öztürk Taspinar, Augmented Insights

16:35 - 16:50

**Key take-aways & what's next**

Closing • Orangerie  
Wim Decraene, GeoSquare Belgium 

16:50

**Closing drinks & networking**

Reception • Maritime Room

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