Antwerp • Queen Elisabeth Hall • 12 June 2025
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10:30 - 12:30
SAS Keynote presentations package:
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14:00 - 15:30
Breakout Sessions: Industry
- 14:00 - 14:25
download: Reimagining the future of public sector productivity
Katherine Stewart, Economist Impact
- 14:25 - 15:00
Panel discussion: Building trust: implementing responsible AI in Public Services:
Alex Moltzau, Policy Officer at the European AI Office, European Commission
Jasper Kars, PhD Candidate AI & Democracy at Utrecht University and Senior Policy Officer Data & AI at the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK)
Hans Arents, Senior Advisor Digital Government, Flanders Digital Agency
Erik Mannens, Professor Sustainable AI, University of Antwerp
- 15:00 - 15:30
download: From vision to reality: how AI is already shaping public services
Paul Koot, Data Analyst at Notilyze
Mathias Coopmans, Head of Customer Advisory Benelux at SAS
Enhance your knowledge with these recommended assets:
- download: Exclusive insights from The Economist Impact on the future of banking & insurance in 2040.
Melanie Noronha, Global lead for New Globalisation at Economist Impact
- download: Agentic AI, meet financial reality. Discover how banks and insurers can drive intelligent automation—without sacrificing control, compliance, or trust.
Véronique Van Vlasselaer, Decision Scientist at SAS
- download: Cut through the GenAI noise. Learn how compliance teams in banking and insurance are using real analytics to fight financial crimes, boost productivity, and drive smarter decisions—without the hype.
Christopher Ghenne, Sr. Manager AML/Compliance, Customer Advisory at SAS
- download: Governance is the backbone of risk transformation. Learn how to align your data, models, and decisions with today’s EU regulations.
Maurits Bakker, Risk Lead Benelux at SAS
Enhance your knowledge with these recommended assets:
- download: Leveraging AI Agents to Substantially Reduce Manual Review and Enhance Code Validation
José Miguel Fernández Pueyo, Biostatistics Manager at SGS Pharma Clinical Research
Soundarya Palanisamy, Senior Industry Advisor, SAS
- download: The Power of Graph ML for Discovering Novel Targets and Drug Combinations
Gabriel Tarrason Risa, Lead AI Scientist at Rejuvenate Biomed
- download: Generic Clinical Trial Analysis: Driving Insights and Efficiency
Martijn Busselen, Head of Statistical Programming at Argenx
Enhance your knowledge with these recommended assets:
- download: AI-Driven Waste Reduction in Surgical Needle Manufacturing
Frederic Thys, Senior Data Scientist at SAS
- download: Optimizing residual heat usage for milk powder production
Amalia Musters, Data Scientist at Notilyze
- Sustainability in Manufacturing: Navigating Regulation, Unlocking Value
Ischa van der Molen, Data Scientist at SAS
Moderator:
Colin Nugteren, Co-founder, Notilyze
- downlaod: Solving the Capacity Puzzle: Data-Driven Insights from Beyond Healthcare
Steven Raekelboom, Technology & Innovation Director at The Grain
- download: Stop the Leakage: Applying Cross-Industry Fraud Detection to Healthcare Procurement
Olaf Passchier, Senior Pre-Sales Solutions Architect at SAS
14:00 - 15:45/18:00
Breakout Sessions: Technology
- 14:00-14:45
download: Empowering AI Development: Flexible Model Development & Trusted Synthetic Data with SAS Viya Workbench & Data Maker
Wesley Wuyts, Technical Account Manager at SAS
Edwin Van Unen, Principal Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
download: Mastering Data Like a Pro: The Latest SAS innovations in Data Management and Cloud deployment
Alfredo Iglesias Rey, Principal Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
Anthony Severeyns, Principal Systems Engineer at SAS
Silviu Simbotelecan, Principal Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
download: From Code to Production: Implementing CI/CD in SAS Viya.
Laurent de Walick, Senior Consultant at PW Consulting
Daan Bloem, SAS Consultant at PW Consulting
download: Veolia’s Cloud Transformation with SAS Viya on AWS
Frederik Vandenberghe, Advisory Business Solutions Manager • GTP EMEA, SAS
Gregory Ong, Practice Leader, LACO
Kim Hostyn, Business and Application Manager, Veolia
- 15:00-15:45
download: Empowering AI Development: Flexible Model Development & Trusted Synthetic Data with SAS Viya Workbench & Data Maker
Wesley Wuyts, Technical Account Manager at SAS
Edwin Van Unen, Principal Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
download: Generative AI Magic show from synthetic to safety
Joran Roor, Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
Ischa van der Molen, Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer at SAS
Kaat Tastenhoye, Sr Systems Engineer at SAS
Rik de Ruiter, Senior Systems Architect at SAS
download: Deploy with Confidence: SAS Viya On-Prem and across Clouds with Red Hat OpenShift
Wouter Van de Weghe, Cloud Architect at SAS
Hans-Joachim Edert, Advisory Business Solutions Manager at SAS
Ruud Zwakenberg, Associate Principal Ecosystem Solution Architect at Red Hat
- 16:00-18:00
SAS Hackathon Boot Camp 2025
Hack the Future: Sustainable Innovation with AI & Analytics
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15:30 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 17:30
Main Stage Sessions
- download: Imagining nature-positive futures - How can data and AI help to accelerate climate action?
Tim van Hattum, Program Leader Green Climate Solutions at Wageningen University & Research - Closing Keynote
Leveraging the Power of AI in the Never Normal
Peter Hinssen, global innovation, technology and leadership expert
17:30 - 18:30
Networking Reception at Innovation Square
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