19 – 21 November | Nivelles, Belgium
A uniquely intimate event by and for business support experts and skilled innovation practitioners.
EBN Techcamp goes to Nivelles, Belgium, where innovation drives change.
Co-hosted by EU|BIC CAP Innove, EBN Techcamp 2025 offers an immersive learning and networking experience through expert insights, practitioner testimonials, peer exchange, and field visits.
Over a 2-day programme, incubation programme managers and entrepreneurship & innovation support practitioners will be exposed to the latest technological trends in:
Autonomous systems
Agri-food
What role can EU|BICs and Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESOs) play in promoting and supporting the development, uptake and scaling of breakthrough innovation technologies?
Join to co-learn and explore organisational strategic dimensions, incubation infrastructures, coaching techniques, and cross-sectorial collaboration support: while digging into the peculiarities of innovation and entrepreneurship support in agri-food and autonomous systems, participants will be able to reflect and exchange on the broader strategic approach, and the programmatic and methodological dimensions of ESOs and EU|BICs.
Moreover, on November 19th afternoon, we organise a training workshop dedicated to Spaces for Innovation: FabLabs and Makerspaces. Hosted by the outstanding premises of CAP Innove, the workshop aims to investigate how prototyping can help innovation, how to set up and run a maker space, and how EU|BICs can integrate such infrastructures and services in their innovation and entrepreneurship promotion and support strategy.
Join us at EBN Techcamp 2025 in Nivelles and be surprised by the (r)evolutionary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship support EU|BICs can bring to their regional ecosystems for a fairer and smarter future.
At Techcamp 2025 incubation managers will visit CAP Innove and explore first-hand their thematic incubators - created in 2019 - to understand how their decision to invest in sectorial strategies melts into a broader ecosystemic vision driving regional change through innovation and entrepreneurship.
Rethinking BSOs business models:
from university spinoff-oriented incubation approaches to sectorial incubation models.
What does it take to reconsider the overall strategy of an EU|BIC and enable the change(s) in the ecosystem?
Techcamp will provide a complete understanding of sectorial specificities and novelties, focusing on the specific coaching needs and techniques and considering dedicated sectorial incubation approaches and programmes.
On the 21st, both tracks will merge, exploring how autonomous veichles and agri-food interact.
Uptake of breakthrough technologies:
Agri-food & Agritech: How can breakthrough technologies impact the food journey from farm to fork?
Autonomous Vehicles: How will autonomous systems enable changes to other businesses in the coming years?
Be part of this learning experience and make the most of it by joining group discussions, participating in peer-learning workshops and putting yourself in the game - literally!
For example, have you ever played drone football?
Practical approach, with open discussions and onsite visits
a programme that brings you new knowledge, new contacts and new experiences
By examining different FabLab models (thematic, generalist, open, etc...) we will explore: strategy and culture, assessment and planning, education, training and business support services, sourcing and material management, design for innovation, facility and operation modifications, community and collaboration, policy and funding.
Fab Labs and Makerspace - Prototyping for innovation
on the 19th, we will explore - hands-on - how EU|BICs can leverage their spaces to promote and support innovative entrepreneurship in their ecosystems. Specifically, what are the best strategies in running a FabLab?