{"id":14998,"date":"2020-10-20T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.gstic.org\/2020\/?page_id=14998"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:19:53","slug":"speakers-oceans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t200 conference speakers\n\t<\/h1>\n\t   \t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00d7<\/a>\n\t\t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers-1\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Keynote speaker<\/h2>\n<h3>Oceans<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/philippe-de-backer-2\/\" content=\"Philippe De Backer\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/PhilippeDebacker.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Philippe  De Backer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/>H.E. Philippe  De Backer\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Philippe  De Backer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8211;\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/PhilippeDebacker.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Philippe  De Backer\"\/>\n    H.E. Philippe  De Backer\n\t&#8211; \n    \tFormer Belgian Minister of North Sea\n\n                        Oceans\n\n    \tMeet H.E. Philippe  De Backer\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 10:35 &#8211; 10:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Belgium&#8217;s voyage to a new marine spatial plan during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-creating blue innovation<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Philippe De Backer (41) obtained a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Ghent and an MBA from the Solvay Business School<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being elected in the European Parliament, De Backer worked as Technology Transfer Officer at CRP-Sant\u00e9 and as an analyst at Vesalius Biocapital (a Luxemburg based venture capital firm specialised in life sciences). He has experience in valorization of IP developed by public research institutes and in establishing starting ventures in life sciences.<\/p>\n<p>De Backer was a member of the European Parliamant from 2011 till 2016. He was a member of the ITRE commission (Industry, Technology, Research and Energy), the ECON Commission (Economic and monetary affairs) and the TRAN Commission (Transport by land, sea and air).<\/p>\n<p>On the 2nd of May 2016 became a member of te Belgian federal government as State Secretary responsible for the fight against Social Fraud, Privacy and the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p>On the 9th of December 2018 De Backer was promoted to minister and became also responsible for Telecom, Postal Services, Digital Agenda and Administrative Simplification.<\/p>\n<p>In march 2020 De Backer was made responsible for the taskforce, charged with the management of medical aids and medicines in the fight against the coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>As a liberal-democrat, De Backer believes that it is his duty to take up responsibility in the society. He is committed to work actively for that society and for the people living in it. He has strong beliefs in individual liberty, self-development, free markets and equal opportunities for all.<\/p>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<h3>Oceans<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/alexander-dhooghe\/\" content=\"Alexander D'Hooghe\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-29\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DhoogheA.jpg-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander  D'Hooghe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Alexander  D&#8217;Hooghe\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Alexander  D&#8217;Hooghe\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tORG\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/DhoogheA.jpg-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander  D'Hooghe\"\/>\n     Alexander  D&#8217;Hooghe\n\tORG \n    \tDirector\n\n                        Oceans\n\n    \tMeet  Alexander  D&#8217;Hooghe\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 09:35 &#8211; 09:55<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Co-creating the resilient coastlines of tomorrow during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-creating blue innovation<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Alexander D&#8217;Hooghe is an associate professor at MIT and a senior founding partner of ORG Permanent Modernity, the international design agency and think tank specialising in urbanism and architecture. His urban designs and analyses have included sites in New York City, Shenzhen, Belgium, The Netherlands, Iceland, South-Korea, Malawi, Ghana and parts of Russia, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander D&#8217;Hooghe is a former director of the MIT Centre For Advanced Urbanism (CAU), which focuses on the large-scale complex urban issues of our time. In 2007, he obtained a PhD from the Berlage Institute in 2007 at the T.U. Delft. He previously obtained a Master&#8217;s degree in Urban Design from Harvard in 2001, and a Master&#8217;s degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Leuven in 1996. <\/p>\n<p>During his professional career, Alexander D&#8217;Hooghe worked with several internationally renowned architects, including Rem Koolhaas and Marcel Smets. One of his most recent achievements is the successful co-creation process &#8216;Over de Ring&#8217; which joins thousands of citizens and experts to co-create the future mobility of the City of Antwerp.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ann-katrien-lescrauwaet\/\" content=\"Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/LescrauwaetAK.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVLIZ\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/LescrauwaetAK.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\"\/>\n     Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\n\tVLIZ \n    \tDirector of International Relations\n\n                        Oceans\n\n    \tMeet  Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 10:15 &#8211; 10:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Space users and User&#8217;s space: fine-tuning multiple uses at sea during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-creating blue innovation<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Dr Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet studied zoology (MSc, University of Ghent) and Management of Protected Landscapes (University of Wales-UK). She obtained a PhD degree in Marine Sciences at UGhent, on the topic of Marine Historical Ecology and Fisheries. After her graduate studies she was engaged (20 years) in fieldwork in support of the conservation and protection of marine ecosystems. She worked on these topics in Belgium, Azores, Peru, Venezuela, and Chile, in particular working towards solutions to mitigate the impact of fisheries on marine life. In 2004 she joined the Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ, as head of the &#8216;Policy Information Division&#8217; since 2006. This unit supports a science-based implementation of an Integrated Maritime Policy by strengthening the marine knowledge basis, the science-policy interface, and by actively brokering policy-relevant scientific information in appropriate format. Target groups are the broad range of policy officers (multiple levels and domains), marine researchers (multiple disciplines), and the Blue Economy and Innovation sectors. Currently she is Director of International Relations at VLIZ.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/marc-nuytemans\/\" content=\"Marc Nuytemans\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarcNuytemans-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marc  Nuytemans \"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Marc  Nuytemans \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marc  Nuytemans \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlue Cluster\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MarcNuytemans-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Marc  Nuytemans \"\/>\n     Marc  Nuytemans \n\tBlue Cluster \n    \tCEO\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Marc  Nuytemans \n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>27\/10\/2020, 15:15 &#8211; 16:30<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Marc Nuytemans is CEO of Blue Cluster. From January 2009 till November 2019, he was Managing Director of Exmar Shipmanagement and a member of the executive committee of Exmar, a Belgian listed maritime company. He lectures at the University of Antwerp on shipping and shipping management since 2000.<br \/>\nAfter an extensive career at sea, he became fleet personnel manager at CMB in 1997. In 2000, he took up the position of Managing Director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners&#8217; Association, leading the revival of the Belgian register.<br \/>\nMarc Nuytemans is a member of the board of several companies and organisations, including BRABO (a company providing port services  such as pilotage, mooring and unmooring), Caritas International (an NGO helping victims of war, natural disasters, migration and poverty in more than 200 countries and regions) and the Royal Belgian Shipowners&#8217; Association, where he also serves as a member of the remuneration committee. \n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/nathalie-oosterlinck\/\" content=\"Nathalie Oosterlinck\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-05\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NathalieOosterlinck.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Nathalie  Oosterlinck\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDEME\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NathalieOosterlinck.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Nathalie  Oosterlinck\"\/>\n     Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n\tDEME \n    \tHead of Special Projects \n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Nathalie  Oosterlinck\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 16:00 &#8211; 16:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Challenges in offshore energy and importance for the maritime sector during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Nathalie Oosterlinck is heading DEME Concessions, the offshore wind &amp; renewable participations of DEME Group, representing 1200MW of offshore wind capacity. She is also leading the development of the first industrial-scale green hydrogen plant that DEME is developing together with other partners in Ostend (Belgium).  She is responsible for Special Projects such as Energy islands and multi-use concessions areas.<\/p>\n<p>From 2012 until early 2020, Nathalie Oosterlinck was CEO of RENTEL and OTARY. She has been a driving force in the set-up, management and development of Otary&#8217;s offshore wind concessions in the Belgian North Sea, totalling 800 MW  since start-up. Nathalie has been active in the renewable energy sector for nearly 18 years, with executive management roles in project development, construction, financing &amp; transactions and daily management of clean-tech projects. She has been active in the wind sector since 2010. <\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Oosterlinck is member of the Board of Directors at the Belgian Offshore Platform and Advisory Board of Blue Cluster and takes an active role in advocating renewables, innovation and technology. She ranked 37 on the Top 100 Women Working in Wind &#8211; Women&#8217;s Power List, published March 2017, and ranked 38 on the European Power List 2019, Top 100 People in European Wind, published 2019.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/piet-opstaele\/\" content=\"Piet Opstaele\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Piet-Opstaele.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Piet Opstaele\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Piet Opstaele\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Piet Opstaele\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Antwerp\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Piet-Opstaele.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Piet Opstaele\"\/>\n     Piet Opstaele\n\tPort of Antwerp \n    \tInnovation Enablement Manager\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Piet Opstaele\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 15:20 &#8211; 15:40<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Building the Energy Port of the Future in Antwerp during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/energy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The future of ports and energy hubs<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>As the innovation &#8216;enablement&#8217; manager for the Port Authority, Piet Opstaele is one of the drivers of the digital and innovation transition in the Port of Antwerp. Based on a founded strategy with a pragmatic approach in executing concrete innovation projects, he makes the &#8216;Port of the Future&#8217; tangible and leads the development of Port of Antwerp as an open innovation platform. On this platform, startups, companies, knowledge institutions and other authorities can create new value for the Antwerp port ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>In the 1990&#8217;s, Piet Opstaele started at Tele Atlas, a producer of digital geographic data and one of the most successful start-ups in the Benelux, acquired by TomTom in 2008. Between 2011 and 2014 he managed a consultancy firm and was closely involved in start-ups in the energy sector. Piet holds Master degrees in History and Spatial and Urban Planning, Post-graduates in energy and environmental management, and an MBA International management.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/marijn-rabaut\/\" content=\"Marijn Rabaut\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-07-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/lucmill\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Luc Meulewaeter\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Marijn-Rabaut-20200723-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marijn Rabaut\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Marijn Rabaut\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marijn Rabaut\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlue Cluster\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Marijn-Rabaut-20200723-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marijn Rabaut\"\/>\n     Marijn Rabaut\n\tBlue Cluster \n    \tInternational Marine Policy Manager\n\n                     Oceans\n\n    \tMeet  Marijn Rabaut\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 09:30 &#8211; 11:00<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-creating blue innovation<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>As an international marine policy manager, Marijn Rabaut works for the Blue Cluster as a strategic advisor and he contributes to several projects with a science-business-policy nexus. 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