Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship is the contact point for entrepreneurs in Flanders. We encourage and support innovation and entrepreneurship, and contribute to a favourable business climate. By being a one-stop-shop, we build a bridge towards stronger entrepreneurship.

Antwerp breathes fashion. It is the home of the prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where internationally renowned fashion designers developed their artistic and innovative fingerprints. In this city of the Scheldt, you stroll through cozy streets where ready-to-wear and high street fashion go hand in hand. Less visible is the huge fashion industry with designers and supporting services. Fashion is business in Antwerp. That’s why we are delighted to welcome Fashion Talks again in Antwerp.

SCIRT is a unique collaboration between industry and research, involving the entire textiles value chain to push boundaries in order to create real change and support the transition to a circular fashion industry. The SCIRT project aims to demonstrate an entire textile-to-textile recycling system for discarded clothing, focusing on the recycling of natural and synthetic fibres, as well as fibre blends. The project also wants to enable conditions and supporting measures to facilitate the transition towards a circular system for apparel. During Fashion Talks, SCIRT will present intermediate results and host a workshop to explore the potential of true cost economics in the fashion industry.

Zalando is a leading European online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando brings head-to-toe fashion to millions of active customers in 25 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories, and beauty. The assortment of international brands ranges from world famous names to local labels and designer brands. Zalando’s platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, interaction and shopping. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, Zalando works hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.

For companies that breathe life into our wardrobes, car interiors, furniture and more, Lectra is crafting the premium technologies that facilitate the digital transformation of their industry. Lectra’s offer empowers brands, manufacturers and retailers from design to production, providing them with the market respect and peace of mind they deserve. Founded in 1973, today Lectra has 32 subsidiaries across the globe, serving customers in over 100 countries.

At Lectra, we focus on innovation. With research and development as a main priority, we are always preparing for tomorrow; developing new cloud applications and new cutting room solutions to support our customers' transformation and success in the digital age.

The Dot Society wants to enable getting great products / business ideas the attention and market fit they deserve. Because every great business deserves a solid strategy to scale up ! Together we develop a tailor made (kick-ass) digital strategy that fully supports your business goals. While keeping an eye on performance by measuring and tracking the right KPI’s, we implement digital strategies with direct impact on your bottom line.

Creative Finance is the accounting firm for companies in the creative sector

Circular Flanders is the hub and the inspiration for the Flemish circular economy. It is a partnership of governments, companies, civil society, and the knowledge community that will take action together. These organisations are the core of our partnership. Each one has committed to carrying out a specific action.

Polestar cars are a new form of electric performance. One defined by minimalistic design, technological innovations, sustainable solutions, and a complete lack of compromise.

Polestar began in Scandinavia. Since then, both the products and the brand have spread across the globe. Retail spaces, offices, production facilities, and a service network can be found in multiple countries. Proving that more sustainable electric performance is at home everywhere.

As part of The Bicester Collection, Maasmechelen Village brings together a unique selection of the best European brands for a diverse audience of guests from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The Village offers a vibrant mix of contemporary fashion, international gastronomy, exceptional guest services and unique collaborations with local and international artists - all in a cozy shopping environment inspired by the region's historic architecture. Discover an extensive selection of fashion and lifestyle brands at more than 100 boutiques at prices up to 60% lower than the recommended retail price all year round.

Maasmechelen Village is known for actively supporting all things Belgian. With an exceptional range of Belgian fashion and lifestyle brands, the best Belgian chocolate boutiques, a typical Belgian brasserie and an impressive six-meter-high Manneken Pis statue as its mascot. Thus, the shopping destination gathers all the most important heritage elements of one of the most unique countries in Europe in one place.

Maasmechelen Village is part of The Bicester Village Shopping Collection, which includes 11 unique destinations in Western Europe and China near some of the world's leading cities: London, Paris, Shanghai, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Dublin, Brussels, Antwerp, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt and Suzhou. The Collection offers both physical and virtual shopping and is characterized by a unique mix of renowned fashion and lifestyle brands. Beautiful Villages in rolling countryside, exceptional service and discounts of up to -60% provide even the most discerning guests with a unique shopping experience.