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Discover the programme of the BLCCA Academy 2022!

After two years of virtual meetings, the BLCCA Academy is back this year for a brand new live edition, which will be held on 5 and 6 September 2022, in Brussels and Limburg. This is the perfect opportunity to share a moment with your colleagues and to participate in the various workshops, visits and meetings that we have prepared for you. Get ready and register now!

The BLCCA Academy is a highlight in the calendar of our network of chambers abroad. It allows our different members to exchange their best practices and various experiences, but also to meet for a simple moment of exchange in all conviviality.

You wish to register and you have not received an invitation? Contact us now!

Possibility to stay in Novotel Brussels Airport Hotel*

09:30     Welcome

10:00     Internal Workshop

The objective is to exchange ideas on and to develop instruments that can support chambers in their governance, activities, membership relations, etc. Possible topics include: the development of specific services (e.g. domiciliation, recruitment), assuring a discussion on how to assure the continuity of chamber management, joint activities between chambers, the diversification of revenue sources, working with SDGs, etc.

12:00     Networking lunch with BDO country desks

13:00     Individual meetings local – bilateral chambers

16:00     Departure for Maasmechelen Terhills Hotel* (Zetellaan 68, 3630 Maasmechelen)

19:00     Departure for Genk restaurant Giuliano

19:30     Official BLCCA Academy dinner

07:00     Breakfast at the Terhills Hotel

08:00    Transfer from Maasmechelen to Bilzen

08:30    Visit of the company Vandersanden
The family company Vandersanden is one of the largest brick production companies in Europe. They have an excellent reputation in terms of market development, innovation and sustainability.

11:00    Transfer from Bilzen to Genk

11:30    Presentation by LRM
LRM is an investment company that develops and stimulates economic growth in Limburg. It has a great international focus and provides a solid foundation, allowing companies and projects which create jobs in Limburg, to grow.

12:00    Lunch at Thor Park
Strategically located business, technology and science park where renowned research institutions, start-ups, growth companies and global players in the energy sector, manufacturing industry and smart city applications come together.

13:15    Guided tour of Thor Park and the Energyville Campus
Campus EnergyVille houses the research facilities of EnergyVille. It represents an integrated service-center which combines both office spaces and state-of-the-art lab facilities.

15:15    Transfer from Genk to Hasselt

15:30    Guided tour of the Corda Campus
Over 250 companies and 5000 people are based at Corda Campus, making it is one of the largest business campuses in Europe. A good mix of startups, scale-ups and Belgian and international corporates makes the campus irresistibly attractive for anything innovative and tech-driven.

17:15    Transfer from Hasselt to Brussels

Participation fee

FormulaParticipation feeEarly Bird fee (till May 15)
2 full days160€120€
Day 1 (without dinner)60€45€
Day 260€45€
Dinner Day 175€60€

* Hotel fees are not included in the price.

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