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Erwin Verstraelen

Erwin Verstraelen

Vice President Innovation , Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Belgium

As Vice president innovation, Erwin and his team transform the port into an innovation hub where the market readiness of promising tech such as drones, smart camera’s, autonomous ships and digital twins has been field tested over the past 5 years. It are building blocks of the emerging smart port. Smart also means resilient in turbulent times, being able to absorb disruptions and stay operational.

Co-founder of the Beacon, an ecosystem focusing on Internet of Things use cases, where startups, scaleups, academia and applied research come together. Erwin is also board member of several organizations and a well-respected keynote speaker.

What characterizes Erwin is a self-made quote: In life there are problems, challenges and opportunities. That’s actually three times the same thing, only the mindset is different.

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