Journey Matchmaker

Gamification

Gamification - eco driven mobility.

Move Smart Get Reward

Move Smart and Get Rewards

Create a central app registering all mobility moves and means taken for each journey , valuing each of them in ecological footprint. This leads to rewards for ecological friendly journeys that can be shared on social media and proposes even more ecological modal transport means.

Feedtrack

Low Cost Dataset

Preventing failure of public transport hardware causing delays.

Up We Rise

Think Global, Act Local!

The environmental collapse and the lack of unity and strategy within our current way of tackling it.

Leuven Heat Control

OneMobility

Co working places in Trains.

HU.GO

Smart Mobility

Personalised hustlefree mobility.

Hospital 2050

Empathy in Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare is changing fast through technology, but one thing won't change: Us, people! Our virtual assistant helps you on your journey when you fall ill, have a surgery planned or during rehab. Informed patients and efficient time management gives healthcare providers more time for meaningful human interaction. Bringing empathy back.

My Data Hunter

Clinical Trials

You have it, we buy it!

CareCar

Mobile Pharmacists

The mobile pharmacists for resource-limited environments.

CureNet

Innovating Clinical Trials

Our platform intends to connect both patients and researchers. Through a smart analysis of patient profiles, researchers will be able to find the specific patient population perfect for their trial. Patients will benefit from well-structured treatment guidelines, as well as access to all novel trials and treatments.

112 Is For Who?

Saving Lives by "Hacking" 112

112 cognitive callcenter (using AI) to filter incoming calls to 112 into urgent and non-urgent and handle non-urgent calls automatically.

112 No Blabla

GrowUrban

Unveil Local Food Production Potential

B2B and B2C consulting services for urban farming (spaces identification and feasibility studies).

Aquaforming

Food & Knowledge for Tomorrow Citizen

Educate about sustainable Food production on small surface in urban environment.

Round Eat

Food Waste

Food Wastage at the Household Level.

Fresh 4 you

Leverage City Data

Use a network of sensors spread around the city to improve city life

Cities Open Spaces

Just Use It!

We ofer an integrated consultancy and design service for cities to help them tackle the climate challenges through by optimising the allocation of unused open spaces.

Urban vibes

Space Flx

Airbnb for Public Spaces

Let's re-use the space!

City Hatch

Make It Real Instantly

Sharing platform facilitating idea manifestation and motar to brick tiny innovation hubs around the cities.

Data4Change

Nesting Ground

Helps you create personalized second hand furniture

Infiniture

Recyclable By Design

4NETIZENS

Create ripples of greener choices

Mesh of plug & play sensors managed by citizens which provide real time data of cities. Immediate insights, reward and gamification mechanisms stimulate a faster behavioral change which creates engaging and resilient cities.

Paperless Receipts

Reduce Thermal Paper

The Loopy Team

Circular Packaging

iSwap, Swap Your Style

Your Local Responsible Clothing Swap

iSwap, Swap your style, is like a Tinder for clothes! Create an infinite wardrobe without buying new clothes! Local, personal and responsible!

Eco-Ink

Organic Ink In Bulk

In place of trow away our empty pencil we are going to fil them with organic ink.

Ci-Circular

Sustainable Fashion

Make fashion more sustainable.

Radish / Bacub

Reduce And Reuse

Our project offers a service for restaurants, of reusable containers for home deliveries. Stop wasting money on waste-use Radish!

Green Ville

Rethink Packaging

Circular consumption: rethinking take away packaging.

Break The Impasse

Green Future

How do you get enterprises and industry to choose an (expensive) green future.

Hack My Roof

Energy

How to ease access to renewable energy production.

Slim Bill

Energy

Based on LEC concept we will be offering a communal solution through community electricity subscription instead of individual ones. Lower your capacity and trade your energy locally.

DSO Management

Off Grid Managment

Off Grid Managment

H2-KnOw

Pay Less On Your Water Bill

If you cannot measure your water consumption you never know how much you use and how much you will pay. With our plug and play device that you click on your water tubes, you can even measure how much water you consume on taking shower, toilet. Via our app you create a family profile and see where you can consume less and even get tips to help you. Become aware of household water consumption and pay less on your water bill

Beyond 21st / Still.IT

What if you could find everything you're looking for about digital in one place?

Diagotchi

Your Friend Diagotchi

Diagotchi is a personal DIABETES management and patient empowerment tracker.

Recrute the avatar

Recrute Skills Not Labels In VR

Recruiting through a custom VR Avatar focussing at skills. Gender neutral, no disabilities. First days at the VR office to connect through avatar and expressing skills, passions and knowledge. To avoid bias and stereotypes. VR immersive to understand the positive value of diversity and experience stigma.

WALC

Work and Learn Continuously

Support employees equip the workforce.

Yoda City

Hybrid solution for mobility

Moving around cities is a serious problem today! Mobility as a Service has a great roll to play. We re-invent a engine that could be use by almost everyone and make a big change in the way people move around cities.

Company Culture II

Company Erasmus

Company Erasmus: short internship in a region where they don't speak your native language to learn about the other regions (company) culture and learn the language.

ID Management

Powered By Blockchain

How might we monetize our own data? How might we decentralise our data? How might we easily revoke access to our data?

Challenge Your Talent's

Every Childs Potential Unlocked

The school system doesn't give teachers enough support to make sure every child in the class has the opportunity to discover and develop their own talent. We want to produce themed discover-boxes for different school levels and provide training for people to become a talent expert. These talent-experts order the discover-boxes of the Challenge-your-Talent's company and give the schools the Challenge-your-Talent's workshops. During this workshop, every child can unlock their own potential.

2Gather

Loneliness

Fight loneliness and individualism.

BREF

On-Demand Media

Personalized on-demand media.

AIducate

Unlock Your Potential

Create a tool, that allows students of all ages. To reach their full potential. We want to achieve this by an AI analyser and adviser that will guide and give suggestions to follow a certain learning path, adapted to the talents and interests, society considered.

Ninja

Fact Checking

Gathering news for fact checkers.

Hornetrack

Honey Losses Stable

Track Asian Hornets to their nest with mmWave Harmonic FMCW Radar carried by a drone transmitting 35Ghz signal to biased transponder glued onto Hornet which sends back a 70Ghz signal to the Radar receiving unit by multiplying the frequency with a Schottky diode multiplier.

DataWaste

Supermarket makeover

Jamnik

Integrated News Companion

Jamnik employs machine learning techniques from fraud detection, similarity matching, digital fingerprinting as well as ratings and accreditations by a list of trusted partners, to assess the credibility of news content. The easily understood jamnik score can be shown to users who are drafting a post. This nudges the user to consider the credibility of news content before sharing it. We check - you share!

News for youth

Make Youth Smarter With News

We need something between the news for kids and the news for adults. A platform.

GreenEuro

Advice App

User transparancy: how do I know the energy received or the bio-labeled products are really green. User awareness: advice on how to be greener, safe money. Organisation branding: show "will" in eco-initiatives. Organisation sales: new channel for product/services.

Finteen

Finance

Finteen aims to improve financial literacy by providing a safe and fun experience for teenagers. Schools, banks and parents: this is a call to action! Join us now, and help create a better world.

Footprint Budget App

Finance

Outgrow

Digital Platform to Attract Investment to Sustainable Startups

Making sustainable investments attractive to the financial sector. We create a digital platform to select, filter and guide Startups towards their growth, according to ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Guidelines. Pitching investors with a selected portfolio of Startups.

DreamOn

Improve Education

Technology to improve education.

Parteacher

Attract Talent

How can we attract more talented people into the teaching profession?

Tackle Your Gaps

Lifelong Learning

coach³

Make Coaching Accessible

Parlangi

Connecting Generations

Connecting people from different generations, cultures and nationalities via a video chat and matchmaking app.

Migrants degree & skills recognition

Migrants empowerment

Migrants skills and degree recognition.

Deep Sleep Learning

Learning During Sleep

Idea Market For Students

Where Students Thrive

Platform on which different companies can drop some cases or projects. Teachers and students can browse on this platform to find interesting projects that they can work on. In this way the students get more real work life experience, the teachers can find new and interesting projects, and the companies get publicity and have access to possible future employees.

Green Car Charging

Green Energy

We want to deliver convenient, affordable electrical car charging with green energy only.

KidStart

Breng Specialisten In De Klas

Blue Digital Experience

Virtualizing Smart, Sustainable Ports

We are designing a port ecosystem simulation game to achieve smarter ports. Digitalisation is the key enable. Our vision is to build ports that are more efficient.

Hack Your Furniture

Give before you leave!

Connecting people who want to give their furniture for free upon leaving Brussels with newly arrived immigrants and refugees who might need the extra help.

Environmental Education at School

Empower Students About Climate

The younger generations are currently mobilizing massively for the climate cause. However, the decision makers' response to their distress call is weak or non-existent. Therefore, the project we are proposing aims to enable young generations living in Belgium to take concrete and responsible actions to help improving the state of the planet and its ecosystems. This project will take place in Belgian primary and secondary schools. It is divided into two parts: first, students and teachers will be made aware of environmental issues through relevant scientific studies whose information will have been made accessible. This sensitization will take place in the form of games adapted to the age of the beneficiaries (board games, posters, challenges between schools...). Secondly, they will be tooled (in a participatory way) to enable them to find and implement concrete, simple and personalized solutions to this crisis. Participatory workshops will be held in schools. This will allow everyone to express themselves on the subject and find concrete and accessible solutions related to these environmental issues. This project is based on the following assumptions: the younger generations are the decision-makers of tomorrow, so it is important to empower them from an early age. In addition, by sensitizing and empowering them, we do the same with their parents. Indeed, what is set up and becomes a habit at school can also turn into a habit at home. In addition, providing content related to the environment will allow teachers to answer more effectively to their students' questions about climate. In addition, making individuals closer to the environment makes them more aware of their condition. Finally, learning while having fun and participating can lead to much better and lasting results over time."

[Healthy Eatery]

 To provide cooking sessions within communities for urban young families.

To provide cooking sessions within communities for urban young families. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Qian.Zhao@vub.be

PARLANGI.

Learning by connecting generations

Parlangi connects people across generations, languages, countries and cultures via video chat on our platform. There are two types of users of our platform:

• Juniors, who want to learn a foreign language;
• Native language speaking seniors, looking for social contact and a meaningful contribution.

CapMap

The classic Curriculum Vitae was hacked. We propose a new contemporary way of presenting ourselves, the CapMap

CapMap is a digital, modular, visual, pictogram based, map of one’s capacities and skills, education, life-road, personality, network, portfolio,… This digital tool is the new tool when applying for a job, and is developed in the first place for people with low chances on the job market, because it focuses on skills rather than on education. Also the use of pictograms makes it suitable for people with low literacy. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Duncan via Duncan@laboraters.com.

Bananackathon

What if we could re-purpose food, not as bio-energy, but as real food?

If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Stijn Van Herzele via Stijn_Van_Herzele@be.ibm.com.

Virtual Reality Training

VR and Biomonitoring in psychological healthcare

Implementation of VR and Biomonitoring in psychological healthcare. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Matthias via mattvdw@me.com.

Jentl

Improve the experience of children in the hospital

Jentl is an app that will improve the experience of children who have to visit the hospital regularly for a long time due to a severe illness. To inform the child about what's going to happen during the treatment in a fun and interactive way, we will make use of an avatar. In AR the avatar will guide the child through its hospital stay to make him/her feel more at ease. At the same time the app will also help to keep the child entertained and can get him/her to connect with other children at the hospital via this Avatar. Jentl can be used in preparation to a hospital stay, during a hospital stay and also when back at home for follow-up. Hospital staff can be fed relevant information about the patient through based on his/her input & reaction to the app. Watch their live pitch here, or here if you don’t like Facebook. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Tim via tim.vanderhoeven@be.ibm.com.

JustHuddle

Watch content together while living apart

JustHuddle is a platform that enables people living apart to watch content together at the same time. They will be able to see that content and interact with each other by voice, chat, video (whatever their preferences are). This can be done both by friends who want to watch something together, or it can be used as a tool to find like minded people and watch content together. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Thibault via Thibault.marrannes@gmail.com.

GIMMEH

Give Me My Electronic Health Record

Watch the pitch here. Your doctor is currently the only one that has access to your medical record. In most Electronic Health Record systems, this information is only stored on the PC of the doctor, instead of somewhere in the cloud. So if you want access to this information, you'll have to go to your doctor. But it's not that he can give that information with you. The best he can do, is send you an email with a subset of the info. This is far from ideal. It's not complete, it's not structured, and it cannot be combined with other data. The Belgium eHealth Organisation is working hard on SUMEHR (Summarised Electronic Healthcare record), which is a summary of important aspects of your health record, and they envision the people to have access into this. It's already a challenge to get the summary of your EHR centralized, from a technical perspective, data ownership perspective and change management perspective. Even if there is progress, patient access to the summary data is low on the priority list, and full data access in a portable format is even lower on that list... So how can we build our Digital Health Twin, if we don't have even access to our own EHR? Google and Apple are offering their Health/Fit components, which could be leveraged as a technology for your Digital Health Twin. They have a possibility to import your medical record. Unfortunately, if you have no structured data file, you won't get far. But there is a solution to move forward. The EHR systems offer export functionality, in a standard Belgium eHealth format, in order to transfer your record to another doctor. With the new GDPR regulations coming in May, everybody will have the right to get access to this data, in a structured format. But of course this format is not compatible with the Apple Health or Google Fit platform. We will build an OPEN SOURCE solution to bridge that gap, so you can take your full EHR back home with you on your next doctor's visit. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Emeric via ruben.bentein@merck.com.

Autonomous Transport

Unused railways lines as mobility testing sites

Belgium has got a lot of unused railway lines. I would like to develop a safe space (Site Propre/Own sites) in order to test autonomous vehicle or busses for a very acceptable cost for society. > Using: AI & Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Emeric via fb@massaut.be.

Dockflow

Interconnected sets of trade networks for better logistics

We strive for a transition from traditional linear supply chains to interconnected sets of agile and dynamic trade networks. Imagine the endless possibilities of smart, open and automated systems: faster, cheaper, better and greener logistics around the world. We believe the solution lies in high-quality digital data governance and exchange. Creating an open, digital backbone for data exchange in global trade networks will lead to efficient and sustainable logistics. This will enable disruption of the traditional linear supply chain, evolving into to a set of dynamic networks. We help businesses, governments and industries implement new technologies through a holistic approach: by considering the technical aspect as merely a part of the puzzle. We start from the real-world business and legal requirements, critically assessing how technology could improve the current situation. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Michiel via michiel@dockflow.be.

World Wide Energy Web

Find the best location for renewable energy

Designing a tool to find the best suitable location for renewable energies, like wind and solar. By use of machine learning, we will predict future changes in weather conditions to determine site locations that will generate the most energy during their lifetime. The case study will focus on one site, where data is available, but there is potential for and expansion to a global network. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Thomas via thomas.vanwyck.95@ugent.be.

Paletto

DIY furniture with wooden pallets

Give everyone the possibility to create their own furniture by using industrial wooden pallets. Services: - Gather Wooden Pallets - Deliver them at your home - Tools Leasing - Selection of the best tutoriels/Plans Advantages: -Straight to the market -Easy to implement -Already great feedback Let's do it! More info? Contact davidlaschet@gmail.com

Waves2Water

Generating drinking water from boat movement

We want to bring safe cheap drinking water to fishing communities in third world countries. As the fishermen and vessel owners vessels lay out at sea bobbing up and down in the waves, we want to generate drinking water by harvesting the energy from the up & down movement of the boat to power the drinking-water-maker. The whole community could benefit from this by having access to cleaner water improving life's standards, health and comforts. The boats generate water from the moments they are on anchor or moored at a buoy and generate drinking water continuously. Using: Bio as Technology If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Marc via markbol@hotmail.com.

Findingme

Integrating finding yourself in education

Rethinking the fundamentals of finding yourself through education. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to BramVera via bram.decuypere@gmail.com.

Ready2Eat

Keep track of discounts on soon-to-expire food in your neighborhood

We try to develop a webplatform where organisation such as youth mouvements and retailers (Colruyt, Delhaize,...) are getting in contact and where retailers can sell their "near to expire products" at a cheaper price. Download a deck of our work here. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Louise via louise.vanysacker@gmail.com.

Son of a Beach

Youth camps for cleaner oceans

The “Son of a Beach” wants to create “experience workshops” for children between 4 and 15 years with the aim to bring them closer to two main topics:

· less waste and less plastic

· energy of the future

These ‘experience workshops’ will be organized following the ‘circular economy’ concept: for example 1st workshops collection and separation of waste / plastic, 2nd design and build from the waste (e.g. toy car with plastic bottle, small wind mill with bamboo, surfboard with plastic bottles) and 3rd the fun activity. All ‘experience workshops’ will be organized according to the age of the participant and with the objective to have fun while learning about our future.

These ‘experience workshops’ can be held during summer camps, surf camps, school lessons, milieu centrum or as part of NGO programs.

Fast Focus

Tinderlike app for job seekers

Tinderlike app for job seekers. > Using: AI & Analytics If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Alexandre via almereca@gmail.com.

Play with the Duck

Flatten the energy curve with gamification

Gamification of energy use monitoring, for the end user, to help flatten the energy curve through a green scoring open platform. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Nicolas via cerfnicolas@gmail.com.

Check it up team

Health checkup kits delivered to your door

Preventive health checkup kits delivered to your door and analyzed later by a certified professional. > Using: AI & Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Kristof via kristof.moens@gmail.com.

E-Mergency

Reducing time to get paramedic assistance

An app aimed to optimize the intervention of first aid in case of physical emergency.

If you (or another person) have an accident or physical discomfort, you can send a simultenous pulse to a social group of paramedics (and first aid certified people) and to emergency services(112).

While emergency services take on average 10 to 11 minutes to reach you, you can send out a pulse to you network that is within a short range (geolocalisation). Benefit: the time scale of first help can be reduced significantly. It can be physical help, but if needed it can be other kind of help (eg. drones).

[Collard Gilles] Witnesses can use the app as well either from their own smartphone or with the smartphone of the victim with the help of an emergency button actionable from the locked screen without the need of a password or fingerprint.

The app will contain a list of the AED existing around. The app can also contain bio data.

The added value of our app, in comparison with other existing lies in :

- the scope is not limited to heart attacks or epilepsy but is extended to any kind of physical emergency

- We will only use a network of certified first aid

- App easily actionable via a button on the locked screen

- Double action of the app: sending a pulse to the first aid network and calling 112

- This is the app that sends a pulse to the first aid network and not the 112

- The app is easily actionable via the locked screen

- Light versions can be developed for large companies or big events

Using: Internet-of-Things

Too good to waste

Bringing people and their leftovers together

Bringing people and their leftovers together.

APPortunity

Mapping the demand for transportation

Creation of a model that mapping the demand for transportation. This will offer the possibility for public transport to adjust planning to the needs of the passenger. On the other hand it offers the possibility for new players on the transportation market to find and fill the gaps or provide more efficient modes of transportation. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Bram via bram.malfroot@gmail.com.

Harbour Energy

Using high speed stream in Zeebrugge as energy

Use the high speed stream just outside the port of Zeebrugge as a source of energy. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Laurence via laurence.ketels@ugent.be.

MoWa

Leasing Modular Walls

MoWa is based on the concept of modular walls including a leasing business plan and an optimal energy performance optimisation. > Using: Bio as Technology, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Charl̬ne via charlene.m.collin@gmail.com.

Nextbook

Interactive learning platform for higher education

Nextbook is a fully-automated publishing platform for authors, and an interactive learning platform for students. We transform low-tech textbooks into interactive experiences. Our learning analytics help teachers and schools to optimise the learning process and empowers students to help each other learn. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Bart via bart@nextbook.io.

Badaboum

Share the life and evolution of your children privately

A mobile application that allows parents and future parents to privately share the life and evolution of their children with whom they wish! > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Cyrielle via cyrielle.jacques@hotmail.com.

Story money

Micro-economy based on cryptocurrency for primary education

Creating a micro-economy based on cryptocurrency for primary education to educate children about earning and spending money and the way financing works. > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Kyra via kyra.roos.hidding@vub.be.

StuMatch

An app that connects students with places and with each other.

App to connect people to places. A person or group can find the right place for a certain activities (meetings, working or study place, gathering). With this tool places can become polyvalent and used (by using them also after closing time). If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Maud via dvmaud@hotmail.com.

Student Inclusief

Safe environment and help for students living in poverty

We are working on a way to be more inclusive for students living in poverty by creating a safe environment in which they can receive additional help without being stigmatized or being treated differently. > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Adriaan via vervoortadriaan@hotmail.com.

Planda

Virtual assistant for your emotional well-being

Virtual assistant who tracks your emotional well-being and gives you advice to prevent you from getting a burnout or depression. Download a deck of our work here. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things, VR & AR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jeroen via jeroen.putzeis@gmail.com.

Rounded Food Experience

3 day course to understand the impact of food on your brain and body

Your mind needs rest ..and the right food for your brain when you need to find rest or when you need energy are different. Your tummy is your Central Power Supply! Understanding phytonutrient will allow you to understand better how food gives the soldiers of your immune system the power to resolve problems ROUNDED FOOD EXPERIENCE allows you to understand the role of different food for you and the impact in yourself and the world. 3-day experience suiting everyone. Every age, even people in jail. It is an opportunity to start again. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Veruska via veruskanb@gmail.com.

Sea Laundry Box

A box containing plastic eating bacterias

We want to create a box that contains bacterias that eat plastic. It's natural and ecological. It reduces the volumes of plastic rubbish. Download our slide deck here. > Using: AI & Analytics, autonomous Vehicles If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Choi via cl@globalconnection.be.

Clean Up Belgium

Incentivizing and connecting clean up efforts

We are cleaning up Belgium by making big connections and incentivizing the clean up efforts. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to John via johnjdailey@gmail.com.

One Size Fits You

VR, Digital, No Waste Fashion Production

We dream of greening up the fashion industry by making it more ethical and sustainable. We would like to connect sustainable producers with engaged customers using 3D and VR/AR technology to reduce waste in the production process. We want the clothes to fit customers' body (tailor-made and stylish clothes) and values (sustainable and ethical). Using the 3D scan technology, we will create a 3D avatar of the customer and allow the customer to virtually - through our platform - try the clothes on. Until then, the production process has not started so no waste has been created. On top of that, we intend to use sustainable materials and provide ethical labour conditions to our workers. Download a deck of our work here. Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. > Using: AI & Analytics, Bio as Technology, Digital Fabrication, Internet-of-Things, Robotics If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Annick via info@annickdegeyter.be.

Pimp your hood!

Improving neighborhoods with inspiring workshop

We want to work with local communities (neighbourhoods) through workshops to find their common needs and desires and work with them to improve their local 'hood. We want to accomplish this through empowering and inspiring workshops, connecting people and using tech to give people the tools they need. > Using: VR & AR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jonas via jonasdeilgat@gmail.com.

S-Bahn/RER for Brussels

An S-Bahn/RER for Brussels by 2021

We want to develop a plan how to accelerate the works for the deployment of the S-Bahn (also called RER / GEN) so that it can be fully operational by 2022 (instead of 2030 by current plans). Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Emeric via emeric.massaut@infrabel.be.

IAPP

AI, AR and gamification software for education

Software that uses gamification, AI and AR to empower people to fun-learn at their own pace. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Alexandre via Alexandre.Rahir@hotmail.com.

We NEET u

Multi-corporate internship to NEET youth

We offer a multi-corporate internship to NEET youth, based on who they are (motivation, creativity,...). The purpose of this project is to prepare them for the job market by showing them how great a work environment could be. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Stanislas via stanislas.bedoret@compaqnet.be.

Mile Low

Auction platform to pool goods/parcel delivery demand

An auction platform to pool goods/parcel delivery demand and enable all sorts of deliverers do their job more efficiently. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Nico via ndv@posteo.eu.

Viewie-talkie

New communication tool for on-site workers

New communication tool for on-site workers to get help from an expert much faster and easier. > Using: Digital Fabrication, AR & VR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Alban via lefevre.alban@gmail.com.

Fair Recruitment Training Programme

VR to overcome recruitment bias

In the job-recruiting system, people are not merely hired on the bases of skill and competences but the bias of the recruiter plays a big role in whether someone gets hired or not. It is generally accepted in science that people always have an subconscious bias. However, people will not admit or acknowledge that they in fact discriminate; if you ask someone to their face whether they discriminate they will always answer no. How might we tackle this problem of biased recruiters? We want to work on it on the level of the Human Resources-departments of companies and recruiting companies like the VDAB. Besides that, we want to tackle the problem from the roots and address universities that educate students that will work in HR later on.   How do we want to do this? We would like to develop a training programme to make the recruiters more aware of their bias and change the way they recruit people. We would use Virtual Reality (VR) to have the recruiter interview a multitude of fictional jobseekers. The recruiter writes down the strong-points and whether he/she would hire the fictional jobseeker or not. This data is then analysed to see to what degree the recruiter only looks at competences or to what degree the recruiter has a bias in one of the areas mentioned in the previous slide. If there is a bias, the recruiter is made aware of this, and he/she will follow a training programme to get rid of the bias. After the training programme the recruiter does another couple of interviews with the VR-headset, and based on what they write about the fictional jobseekers we can determine whether the training has worked and whether the bias is less than before.   We can do this every couple of years to check whether there keeps being as little bias as possible.   Companies would be able to contact us to use the VR-equipment and the trainings. We would bring it to the companies and give a small explanation to the HR managers. The recruiters shouldn’t know what the exact goal is of the VR-interviews, so they don’t pay special attention to bias. In this way, companies and recruiter companies get a realistic view on how biased their employees are.

Using: VR & AR, AI & Analytics

BOL.work

Bol.com / Amazon.com for the labour market

We want to create Bol.com / Amazon.com for the labour market, a one-stop-shop. In other words, a platform where all labour market services (training, job matching, career counseling, etc.) are made available to the citizen in a transparent way. The citizen (with his/her competences) is central to the platform and fully in charge of his/her data. He/she chooses with what services this data is shared. > Using AI & Analytics, Blockchain If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Koen via koen.polley@vdab.be.

Factory locations

Choosing factory locations with optimal energy exchange

The assembly of an optimal configuration of energy producers/consumers, in a truth-worthy and reliable way via the blockchain technology. This will take into account mobility needs, heat, electricity, material flows. Look for the optimal localisation for a factory. > Using AI & Analytics, Blockchain, Energy If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Thomas via thomasvanwijck@hotmail.com.

FinAndVisor

Financial advice based on multiple accounts via PSD2

Financial advisor. App that gathers all kinds of data and gives advice to people based on multiple accounts via PSD2. > Using AI & Analytics If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Koen via Koen.beek@soprabanking.com.

THIS IS NOT A CAKE

Entrepreneurial Lab for NEET youth

NEET youth learn what it’s like to run a business by running a bakery and selling cakes - in the process they learn skills and build self esteem. - Inspiration from this initiative. Download our slide deck here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Lotte via lotte.carremans@inbrussel.be.

Shar-E

Platform to use empty spaces in the city

An application that brings together people who need a space for a specific activity (event, band practice, coworking) with people who own unused spaces in a city. Imagine AirB'n'B, just for short-term, activity-focused use. Our project fills a current gap on the sharing-market whilst providing opportunities for citizens to realize their creative or entrepreneurial projects, bringing life to "ghost areas" and reducing the need for additional building stock in a city. Download a deck of our work here. > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Katrien via katrien.moeys@elia.be.

Make the ocean great again

Using drones to take plastic out of the oceans

We want to use drones to take plastic out of the oceans. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jens via Jens.vertongen1@telenet.be.

CityCoin

Earn coins through sustainable behaviour in your city

CityCoin allows you to earn coins through sustainable behaviour in your city, such as using public transport. The earned coins give you discounts or you can re-invest them in new projects for your city, like green areas or renovation of public spaces. Download our slide deck here. Watch their live pitch here, or here if you don’t like Facebook. > Using: Blockchain If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Stefka via stefka.dzhumalieva@gmail.com.

Maggie

Energy management for your home energy consumption

Energy management system to map, optimize and simulate your home energy consumption. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Sander via sander.wuyts@hotmail.com.

2PARC

App directing drivers to the nearest by free parking spot

Intelligent peer-to-peer platform that connects inputs from IoT sensors and smart cameras to get the real time data about parking availability. Drivers pay in the app for parking, and the money go to data providers and municipalities. Download our slide deck here. > Using AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Sergey via zjor.se@gmail.com.

Citizen’s Press Agency

Platform for data gathering and fact checking

So to put it simply, what we want to do is to create a platform that gathers data and reliably fact check them. It’s for people to have a reliable information source. Is it students? Sure. Is it journalists? Of course. Is it informed citizens wanting to be more informed? You bet! So join us, and help us out 🙂 Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. If you want to get involved, reach out to Jan via jan.ockerman@gmail.com.

PLASTIC FREE FUTURE

Website that proposes alternatives to plastic products

An app or website that offers alternatives to plastic. i.e. You click on a plastic toothbrush and the solution/alternative is a bamboo toothbrush. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jochen via jochendeblaere@gmail.com.

PositiveID

Facilitate meetings between different socio-cultural groups

There are more and more people in our cities but they are less and less connected and live within separate groups. We want to give to all people in a city a Positive ID card that lists their 3 top passions and interests so they can connect on that basis , bridging differences in religion, race, age, background,.... The mayor of Mechelen, who was elected best mayor in the world in 2017, really liked our idea. Download a deck of our work here. > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Guy via guy.de.koninck@pandora.be.

GENESIS

Ecosystem to bring your first prototype into production

Ecosystem to bring your first prototype into production. Matchmaking needs with capabilities and skills. > Using: AI & Analytics, Blockchain, Digital Fabrication, Internet-of-Things, VR & AR Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Davy via vandenbosch.d@pg.com.

The Last Mile

Open source model for parcel delivery

Bringing the last mile for parcel delivery in an open source model. Especially in remote areas we can have 'open' delivery point. Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. > Using AI & Analytics, Blockhain, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to David via dk2803@gmail.com.

BoufTransport

Picking up food leftovers after big events

Food waste is all around us. Especially after big events a lot of food can be left over. There are organisations working on this, but they don't come and pick up the waste. If we do the work for them, and pick up these leftovers, there is no excuse! We hope to connect events and food dispensers to reduce food waste. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Hannah via hannah.de.cauter@vub.be.

Charge ya Neighbour

Local micro-grids to produce and distribute energy

Provide access to energy through set up of local micro-grids to produce and distribute energy, especially in developing countries, together with a profound educational system to improve local insight. > Using: Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Peter via peter.manderick@close-the-gap.org.

Dynamic School

From a static school to a dynamic school relevant to society

supporting teachers by matching primary schools with passionate parents, neighborhood, enterprises, etc. Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. Download a deck of our work here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Sarah via Sarah.vanbesien@hotmail.com.

Uniplast

Solving the big issue of 1-time-use plastics

Solving the big issue of 1-time-use plastics. > Using: AI & Analytics, Bio as Technology, Blockchains, Energy, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Matthias via Sarah.vanbesien@hotmail.com.

Hacking The Leaf

Metal-Organic-Framework to convert CO2 to chemicals and energy

Hacking the Leaf is a high impact proposal to capture and transform waste CO2 emissions into intermediary chemicals. We treat waste carbon as on opportunity instead of a liability. Our artificial photosynthesis scheme will work in an analogous way to a natural leaf, absorbing sunlight to combine water and CO2 into chemicals. Less energy intensive and cheaper than the traditional systems, this offers big industries the means to foster economic growth without compromising on the quality of the environment for future generations. Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don't like Facebook. > Using: Biology as Technology If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Matthias via matthias.ide@gmail.com.

Shit! The Bin

App for waste recycling instructions

Correct disposal of plastic packaging can be challenging, let's not even mention selecting the right bin for recycling it. To ensure that plastic never end up in landfill and finally in the ocean, we plan to bring fun in the disposal process. Our solution? An AR game (remember Pokemon Go?) that allows you to collect points for correctly disposing of litter, get bonuses for sorting it. A collaborative game with special events, tournaments and leaderboards that will make you the hero of the cleanest neighbourhood ever! Join the move and never ever again wonder about: "Shit!? Where's the bin!? > Using: Digital Fabrication Download our pitch deck here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Nicolas via Oliveira.nicolas@gmail.com.

HomeAlone?

Online platform to connect elderly people

Online platform to connect elderly people among them (and possibly with other generations) so that they can share interests, experiences and activities. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Cedric via papa.pitoufo@gmail.com.

Sea Sick

Activating communities to clean up the oceans

There's a lot of marine data available upon today. Though, it's not being communicated or shared on a larger scale. Imagine what would happen if we help validating all the existing information and spotting undiscovered plastic soups. This way, we can be the missing link connecting individuals, companies and other initiatives. Our first experiment will be the installation of a couple disruptive containers along the Belgian coast in which ploggers, sailors and other locals can deposit their collected plastic. Let's connect all the dots and start building a strong community. Watch the live pitch here! Or here if you don't like Facebook. > Using Drones, Biology as Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, AI & Analytics If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jordy via jordyvanhoegaerden@icloud.com.

Salus

Hospital of the future: personalized information in the waiting room

Hospital of the future: get personalized information about your disease, your treatment and possible prevention using audio-visual material and virtual reality in the waiting room. > Using VR & AR, Internet-of-Things, AI & Analytics If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Mieke via mieke.goossens@sciensano.be.

Zero Bag

Zero waste shopping experience

Zero waste shopping experience. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Rik via rik@cubus.be.

Team 88

Tackle social isolation by connecting passions across generations

Tackle social isolation by connecting passions across generations. > Using: AI & Analytics, Internet-of-Things, Robotics, VR & AR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Kato via katoderoos@hotmail.com.

Nomvee

Group transport with optimization of the routes by algorithm

A shared autonomous transport service to optimize mobility in Brussels targeted primarily at car commuters. > Using: AI & Analytics, Drones & Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Py via Py.bertaud@gmail.com.

Cre-Order

Platform to invest in local business and neighborhood change

We’re creating a platform empowering citizens by allowing them to invest in new local businesses or changes they want to see in their neighborhood. Use case: somebody misses a bakery/co-working/etc. in the neighborhood. He places a 50€ deposit and mentioned type of business he misses here. If there are enough people who do the same - it shows entrepreneur that demand is there and gives first customers, hence a business will come and open the bakery. In this case, 55€ are given back as a coupon to person who committed to this project (otherwise money is returned). Download our slide deck here. Watch their live pitch here! Or here if you don’t like Facebook. Use case: somebody wants to help start a local bakery. He invests 50€. If there are enough people who co-invest, a business will come and open the bakery. In this case, there would be 50€ invested and 55€ given back as a coupon to the original investor. > Using: AI & Analytics, Blockchain, VR & AR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Jason via jason.pettiaux@gmail.com.

SkillRadar

Visualization the digital skillset of people working for large corporations

SkillRadar: Bringing visibility and clarity on the digital skillset of people working for large corporations, to help them work on projects/initiatives using the skills they have and would like to further develop. > Using AI & Analytics & Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Claire via cbassil@deloitte.com.

Mybus

The idea is to develop a system on capacity planning for buses. > Using AI & Analytics, Blockchain, Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Joao via jferreira@be.ibm.com.

Audio Reality

Smart audio to enhance your focus

Audio reality. We want to conceive a way in which audio (podcasts, music, news...) can be adapted to your preferences, circumstances, surroundings.... Your depth of focus should ideally be lined up with the complexity of your listening material, so that audio can enhance your life in the most efficient way. > Using AI & Analitics & Internet-of-Things If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Aline via aline.lapeire@vanhalewyck.be.

Dream Platform

Get a grip on your finances and chase your dreams

We build a platform to chase your dreams. It can:

• Consolidate all your savings multibank / cards / cash
• Visualize your goals
• Educate kids & poor people

Space Invaders

Platform for optimizing space usage

Providing a platform for optimizing space usage. > Using AI & Analytics, Blockchain, Energy Internet- of-Things, VR & AR If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Steven via steven@vdks.be.

FreshStarter

Give your toys a new life while cleaning out your living environment

FreshStarter is a new life for toys while helping to clean out you living environment, and tech your kids a sense of value. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Karlis via karlis@botwiser.com.

Food ID

Personalized nutrition profile

Personalized nutrition profile. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Henrik via hendrik.geusens@elia.be.

Crust

Bread waste to liquor

Bread waste as a substrate for liquor production. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Gaspar via gaspar.tjon@ugent.be.

Smart Education Program

Educational program to learn children and adolescents to grow sustainable food and cook healthy

Come up with a new educational program to learn children and adolescents to grow sustainable food and cook healthy. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Roel via roel.debock@livingtomorrow.com.

Pipers Of Hell / Educational Video Games

Video games as support for teachers & parents

Introducing video games as support for teachers and parents to help teaching at school, at home or in institutes. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Thierry via thierry.orophin@gmail.com.

Not Too Farm

Web platform for local producers

Not Too Farm is an application where people can order fresh food from local producers. We transport the order to our hub which consist of cooled and secured lockers, available 24 hours a day. We delivered the order to the closest hub. Producers gain more visibility and customers can eat fresh food from local producers when they want! A web platform where local producers can sell their products and customers can ask or search for specific products. Download our slide deck here. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Maximilien via maximilien.zabbara@gmail.com.

Mission 90

Improve an employee's experience when starting a new job

App to improve an employee's experience when starting a job in a new company. Watch the live pitch here! Or here if you don't like Facebook. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Zoe via zoemesman@gmail.com.

SEA++

Platform linking all marine initiatives to large blue tourism events in Oostende

Building a Platform in order to link all marine initiatives to large blue tourism events in Oostende. SEA++ aims to gather all people wanting to share the positive image of the sea. The platform could: - Contain info on, for instance, a marine walk or swim event - Link different activities for kids (under water life, shells, garbage collection scoreboard, discovery tour, maritime information on the beach, sea life barometer, etc.) The city of Oostende should therefore appoint a SEambassador. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Astrid via Astrid.Vanackere@oostende.be.

VUBSTUDENTS6

App/Website Against Food Waste

App/website against food waste: people can put their leftovers (meal or ingredients) on this app/website and people in the neighbourhood can come and get it for free. If you want to know more about this project, reach out to Olivia via Olivia.bernadette.demonie@vub.be.