Leuvenโs best innovators were presented followed by an ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ but also a ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ and an ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ย
Climathon is a city-based, global programme that offers a pathway to climate action. Itโs a place where we brought different people with various backgrounds to brainstorm innovative ideas to tackle problems together. All the coaches, jury members and experts lent their expertise to guide and nurture the fresh ideas crafting strategies to make Leuven a green city.
THERMALTOWER won the challenge, promoting the most innovative project and pitch.
StartUP WarmUP is the place where we watched startups and scaleups pitch their innovative ideas, products and services to a seasoned jury, networked with representatives and enjoyed the afterparty (AfterNetwork), with amazing music played by our DJs.
This is a chance to get out there and network in the gardens of Irish College, an idyllic old monastery. We enjoyed some sunshine in the beautiful garden while meeting new, interesting people.
The bรจta launch of our paid community platform was launched in order to give a more consistent and productive service to the members of แช แฏ แ.
The monthly Value Networks received a slight make-over with the goal to improve the self-development of attendees even more.ย
The outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, was an unforeseen challenge for the event industry. As a result,ย ย แช แฏ แ started to set up new, online events like the completely sold out first edition of Startup Stories where young entrepreneurs could share their experiences.
Whereas the focus initially laid on mostly organizing events, it has grown towards a full-scale community including close partnerships with big players like Leuven MindGate, KU Leuven, UCLL, Cronos Leuven, City of Leuven and many more.
By constantly recruiting qualitative additions to the team we ensure to be ever dynamic, innovative and open-minded. The healthy mix between fresh faces and core members guarantees a non-stop exchange of divergent expertise.
Eventually, the hard work of the young and ambitious team resulted in the organization's first-ever event, namely AfterNetwork. From then on,ย แช แฏ แย would become the go-to organization for addressing the innovative value of Leuven.
It was also remarkable that from the very beginning young minds were the main building blocks of แช แฏ แ's DNA. Not only the team itself but the community as well, as around 80% consists of young innovators.
Jente founded Leuven Value Network: a community which sets up networking events that form a perfect mix between work and play with music being "the sauce".
Our founder Jente spends a lot of his time organizing outgoing activities and events. These took place in some of Leuven's iconic venues such as Alma 2, Blauwe Kater and Albatros.
