Press

L'arroseur arrosé - De Tijd 

Column of Peter Hinssen inciting to invest (or keep investing in innovation).

L'oeuf sur le point d'éclore - Pub magazine 

Article on iLab.o and the living labs in The Egg (Brussels), house of communication. 

Gentse gezinnen op klimaatrantsoen - De Morgen 

Article on the research on climate budget. A test project stimulates 150 families in the Ghent region to reduce their energy consumption with 5%. IBBT is involved in this project through the IBBT research group MICT, linked to the University of Ghent.

IBBT geeft proeftuinprojecten meer body - Data News 

Article on iLab.o 1 year after the integration with iCity.

Vlaams innovatiefonds - De Tijd 

Critical reaction of Bart De Smedt, manager corporate investments of Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV) in response to the article of Wim De Waele, CEO of IBBT in De Tijd, 25th February 2010.  

Wie wordt de ICT personality van het jaar? - Data News 

Announcement of the nominees for ICT ¨Personality of the Year. Amongst others, nominees are Dries Buytaert (Acquia), Toon Coppens (Netlog) and Bruno Segers. Bruno Segers is CEO of RealDolmen and member of the Board of Directors of IBBT.

Studio 100 en 2 Many DJ's zijn ook Vlaamse exportproducten - De Tijd 

Elaborate interview of Wim De Waele, CEO of IBBT. "The Flemish region and its sputtering driving force would benefit a great deal with a economic vigorous action plan for 1 or 2 sectors. Even the creative industry can be one of these sectors...."

Vlaamse games verleiden Hollywood - De Standaard 

coverage on the visit of Minister Peeters (Minister-President of the Flemish Government) and Minister Lieten (Flemish Minister of innovation, public investment, media and poverty) to the filmstudio Paramount Pictures.

L'Université de Gand au côté de Stanford et de Harvard - Le Vif L'Express 

Interview with Sylvia Van Peteghem (Chief of the Library) on the Google books project at the library of Ghent. This collaboration between Google and the library of Ghent was partially made possible by the input of Wim De Waele, CEO IBBT.

5 lessen uit Silicon Valley - De Morgen 

Elaborate interview with Martin Hinoul (knowledge economist KU Leuven) with reference to the Californian innovation mission with Flemish Minister Kris Peeters (Flemish Minister of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Policy) and Flemish Minister Ingrid Lieten (Flemish Minister of Innovation, Government Investments, Media and Poverty). As a Flemish research institute IBBT was also part of this innovation mission.

The article lists the Californian assets and challenges of the Flemish Government:

• The layered Silicon Valley model
• Knowledge economy = universities + companies + government
• Innovative mentality and R&D investments
• Clean technology, green economy
• Tax incentives and grants