Articles with the tag 'Wim De Waele'

Innovation: some personal thoughts

Written by Wim De Waele on Friday 19 October 2012

In the month of August, I took my 16-year old son hiking through the jungle of Borneo. The last year I had been getting increasingly worried by his digital habits: Facebook and on-line gaming dominated his life, to the point that his social life and school results were starting to decline. Read more...

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IBBT in three minutes

Written by iMinds on Thursday 17 November 2011

Did it slip your mind who we are and what we stand for? REC Radio Center is eager to freshen up your memory with a short, original video introduction. Read more...

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A seminar about the technology transfer of ICT innovation took place in Brussels, just one day before the European Parliament in Strasbourg approved the ‘Innovation Union’. Read more...

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Who invented the mashup?

Written by iMinds on Monday 13 December 2010

Interactive call from Wim De Waele to attend the Future Internet Week. A meshup from music, text, video and interesting websites. Read more...

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The Robots are coming!

Written by iMinds on Monday 13 December 2010

See you at the Future Internet Conference Week one of these days! Read more...

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Second iMinds conference on Thursday December 16th

Written by iMinds on Thursday 18 November 2010

At our second iMinds conference on Thursday December 16th we will reflect on the internet, as it became one of the most critical infrastructures of the 21st century and by supporting social and economic developments will enable a truly knowledge based society. Read more...

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Flemish Nocturne ITEA ARTEMIS

Written by iMinds on Wednesday 17 November 2010

In the evening prior to the Co-summit of ITEA and Artemis, IBBT organized a Flemish Nocturne at the ICC in Ghent. Several speakers highlighted the importance of scientific research for companies both big and small. Wim De Waele of IBBT called out to scientists to undertake groundbreaking research. Read more...

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Just over a year ago, Wim De Waele, our CEO, came up with a new idea: “How would it be if we combined our iMinds conference with another existing European conference so that we can generate some cross-fertilisation between the local and the European level?” The report of the past year by Karen Boers. Read more...

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In an interview last week with The Next Silicon Valley Wim De Waele, general manager of IBBT discussed some of the funding and VC investment challenges facing would be ICT and electronic startups. Read more...

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Money Counts

Written by Wim De Waele on Tuesday 06 April 2010

Due to shifts in my organisation I have been spending a lot of time on the start-ups and spin-offs created within IBBT. Every week you are then confronted with the two main challenges facing these starters. Firstly they have to breakthrough in a small national market and find their first international customers. The second challenge is finding enough money, not only to finance the development of the products but also the development of a marketing and sales apparatus. Read more...

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