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GATHERING BELGIUM'S TOP INDUSTRIES IN DAVOS
The Belgium House will open its doors for the first time during the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos.
The House is a private initiative by the most prominent Belgian companies to showcase the assets of the Belgian economy, supported by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and coordinated by European Business Summits.
It will feature conferences, workshops and panel discussions with the participation of global CEOs and inspiring speakers, in dialogue with major Belgian companies such as AB InBev, Syensqo, Fluxys, AvH-DEME, Belfius and Port of Antwerp-Bruges. A cocktail reception will be attended by T.T.M.M. the King and the Queen of the Belgians and the Prime Minister.
This inaugural initiative takes place near the start of Belgium’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union, placing it as a hub for new ideas from industries to face the reality of a world in transformation.
GUests
Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister of Belgium
Bill Gates
Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Colin Bell
CEO, HSBC
Alexandre Fasel
FDFA State Secretary of Switzerland
John Blood
Chief Legal & Corporate Affair Officer, AB InBev
Marc Raisière
CEO, Belfius
Brian Schmidt
Physics Nobel Prize Winner
Pascal De Buck
CEO, Fluxys
Luc Vandenbulcke
CEO, DEME
Jacques Vandermeiren
CEO, Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Ilham Kadri
CEO, Syensqo
Annelies Verlinden
Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reform and Democratic Renewal of Belgium
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director General, IAEA
Catherine De Bolle
Executive Director, Europol
Pascal Heyman
Ambassador of Belgium to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Julie Deré
Vice-President, ICC
Paul Hudson
CEO, Sanofi
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian Opposition Leader
Stephan Vanfraechem
Managing Director, Alfaport Voka
Zoleka Lisa
Vice President of Corporate Affairs, AB InBev South Africa
Michel Demaré
Chair of the Board, AstraZeneca
Adrian Cooper
CEO, Oxford Economics
Kartikeya Sharma
President, AB InBev India
Jeroen Dhanens
ICC Member
Krishan Maudgal
CEO, Belgian Brewers Federation
Julia Spencer
MSD Associate VP, Global Multilateral Engagement, Strategic Alliances, and International Relations
Tineke Van Hooland
Deputy Secretary General, The Belgian Life Science Industry Federation Bio.be/essenscia
Maria Leptin
President, European Research Council
Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Kristian Vanderwaeren
Head of the Belgian General Administration of Customs and Excise
Kent Walker
President Global Affairs, Google
Trevor Mundel
President of Global Health,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PARTNERS
WHERE WE ARE
At the heart of the World Economic Forum, the Belgium House in Davos is situated in a prominent spot on the Promenade, accessible to everyone (white badges not required.)
The Belgium House aims at joining forces and gathering energies of several Belgian stakeholders in one single venue during the entire WEF week.
“We are channeling the collective energies of Belgium’s top industries – notably the biopharma, renewable energy and international logistics sectors – into a single, influential focus point”
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
