19 November
Location – CAP Innove
13h45 -14h15
Pre-registrations and welcome coffee
14h15 -15h45
Insight session | Circular business models in the Agrifood sector
Powered by CCRI - Knowledge Hub, the workshop is designed for EU|BICs and European cities and regions willing to understand how EU|BICs can serve regional policies on circular economy through dedicated incubation and innovation & entrepreneurship support programmes with a focus on the agrifood sector.
16h15 - 17h45
Training | Spaces for innovation, where innovation happens. How prototyping can help innovation?
Powered by the CCRI Knowledge Hub, this workshop will examine how EU|BICs, innovation and entrepreneurship support organisations, and local authorities can support would-be entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs in their prototyping phase. Participants will explore different makerspace models and their strategic and operational dimensions — from local strategy and community culture to training, materials, collaboration, and funding. The session will provide practical tools, examples, and case studies demonstrating how prototyping can accelerate innovation, support start-ups, and strengthen circular and resilient local ecosystems.
19h00 -22h00
Socialising and networking
20 November
Location – CAP Innove
10h30 -16h30
Parallel Thematic Tracks
Participants will be able to deepen their understanding of one of these sectors by attending one of the two sectorial training tracks. Each track will build on 3 insight sessions aimed at providing a good understanding of the specificities and novelties of the sector, focusing on the specific coaching needs and techniques, and considering dedicated sectorial incubation approaches and programmes.
Choose your thematic track:
Sectorial Focus on Autonomous Vehicles:
How autonomous systems (such as drones) will change the way of business in the coming years?
Sectorial Focus on Agri-food & AgriTech:
How can breakthrough technologies impact the food journey from farm to fork?
10h30
Transfer
Visit to Dynali
Dynali is a Belgian manufacturer of light helicopters. For the last 3 years, they started working on unmanned flights. Discover their exciting journey that opens unexpected markets.
11h30 - 12h30
Session | How autonomous systems will change the way of running/doing business in the coming years?
Autonomous systems (drones, rover, etc.) are part of daily news. For good and bad reasons. Will they really change our way of living? How can I take the most of them in my business on a regular basis? How can incubation managers/coaches push companies to rethink their businesses? These are questions that will be raised and illustrated with practical examples from various sectors.
12h30
Transfer back to CAP Innove
13h00 - 14h00
Lunch (drone soccer + motion capture camera demo)
15h00 - 15h30
Coffee break (drone soccer + motion capture camera demo)
10h30 - 11h30
Session | New production techniques, how to find the right balance between productivity and sustainability?
Production techniques are evolving quite fast nowadays, and companies need to find the right balance between productivity and sustainability. In the complex value chains of the agrifood sector, how can startups and SMEs consider both aspects and position themselves as impactful actors of the ecosystem?
11h30 - 12h00
Coffee break (drone soccer + motion capture camera demo)
12h00 - 13h00
Session | Alternative proteins, superfood, how new ingredients can boost new businesses?
Nowadays, we are bombarded with sales pitches promoting new foods for a healthier life, respect of nature/workers, etc. This session is about the way we can use them in a daily business and the boost they can offer to reach new markets.
How to coach such projects - for example working with researchers/academia in the agrifood sector?
13h00 - 14h00
Lunch (drone soccer + motion capture camera demo)
14h00
Transfer
Visit to Sur Le Champs
Sur Le Champs is a concept of agricultural coworking. A piece of land of 15 ha is available for projects that need to test new harvesting techniques.
16h00
Transfer back to Nivelles
17h30 -19h00
Side event (TBA)
19h00 - 23h00
Networking Dinner
21 November
Location – CAP Innove
09h30 -10h00
Welcome Workshop
The objective of this dynamic opening session is to let participants exchange about the key highlights from day 1. This will offer them the opportunity to learn what happened in the other thematic track and draw some common conclusions on how to best support breakthrough technologies.
10h00 -11h00
Session | How flying autonomous systems can impact agriculture?
This session shows how agrifood companies adopted autonomous vehicles into their operations and provides insights on how to help companies adopting new technologies. Some products/services using drones are already on the market to support the actors of the food value-chain. Let’s discover their input and the gains they bring.
11h00 -11h30
Coffee Break
11h30 - 12h30
Session | How land autonomous systems can impact agriculture?
Some products/services using rovers/ground robots are already on the market to support the actors of the food value-chain. This session is focussing more on how companies enter new sectors with a technology they originally developed for other purposes/sectors. Let’s discover their input and the gains they bring.
12h30 -13h00
Keynote: The chef’s point of view - the role of innovation in the agrifood value-chains, from farm to fork
Could there be a more fitting finale than hearing from a Michelin-starred chef who transforms innovation into flavour, from seed to kitchen?
Let’s get inspired by Iside De Cesare, Executive Chef and Owner of “La Parolina” for an out of the box keynote speech around creativity, innovation, and the importance of "unlikely alliances” in the agrifood sector. Innovation impacts the places, the actors, the methods, the products of the agrifood value chains: she will share her relationship with innovation and the way it is impacting her work.
Thanks to her long-lasting collaboration with Lazio Innova Food Innovation Hub, she will share first-hand insights and reflections on how a chef can benefit and support incubation and acceleration programmes fostering more sustainable, inclusive and innovative agrifood ecosystems in Europe and beyond.
Closing
13h00 -14h00
Lunch