Belgian Economic Mission

to Seattle & Vancouver 8-14 March 2008

Organised by the regional institutions for Foreign Trade (Brussels Export, Flanders Investment & Trade - FIT, the Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency - AWEX) and the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency 3 His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium

HRH Prince Philippe was born on 15 April 1960 in Brussels, Belgium, as first child of Japan and Brazil (2005), South Africa, the Federation of Russia, Canada and Bulgaria & HM King Albert II and HM Queen Paola. He is first in the line of succession to the throne Romania (2006), China and Bahrain & Qatar (2007). of Belgium and, as such, he bears the title of Duke of Brabant. On 3 May 2003, Prince Philippe was appointed Honorary Chairman of the Board of the On the 4th of December 1999, the Prince married Miss Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz. Foreign Trade Agency, replacing the BFTB.

On the 25th of October 2001 Princess Mathilde gave birth to a daughter, Princess On June 21, 1994 he became a member of the Senate. Elisabeth. Her brother Prince Gabriel was born on the 20th of August 2003. On the 4th of October 2005, Princess Mathilde gave birth to her third child, Prince Emmanuel. In addition to his various official duties, Prince Philippe concentrates on gaining more in-depth knowledge of his country, its role and its image in the world and in international At the end of secondary school, which he attended both in French and in Dutch, the relations. Prince continued his education at the Royal Military Academy from which he graduated in 1981. He then subsequently qualified as fighter pilot (1982) and as a paratrooper- and The Prince is keenly interested in the situation of young people and their integration in commando officer before assuming command over a paratrooper platoon. He now holds the society of tomorrow. He therefore visits schools and universities, but also follows the rank of Major-General in the Armed Forces (2001). closely various social issues such as unemployment and the struggle against poverty and exclusion. Prince Philippe completed his academic training at Trinity College, University of Oxford (UK) and at the Graduate School of Stanford University (USA) where he took a In May 1997, Prince Philippe was appointed Honorary Chairman of the Belgian Federal “Master of Arts Degree” in political science in 1985. Council for Sustainable Development, created after the Conference of Rio.

The Prince holds an Honorary Doctorate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (conferred In 1998 the Prince Philippe Fund was created, with the aim of fostering exchanges in 2002). between citizens or organisations from all three Communities of our country.

As a result of the increasing number of commitments, the “Household of Prince Philippe” In 2003, Prince Philippe became Honorary Chairman of BIO (Belgian Investment was created in 1992. Company for Developing Countries).

On August 6, 1993, by Government decision, Prince Philippe was appointed Honorary Since 2004, Prince Philippe is also Honorary Chairman of the European Chapter of the Chairman of the Belgian Foreign Trade Board (BFTB). He succeeded to his father, who had Club of Rome and of the International Polar Foundation. been Honorary Chairman of the BFTB since 1962. In this capacity, Prince Philippe has In May 2004, Prince Philippe obtained his licence as a civilian helicopter pilot. He spends headed more than forty important economic missions, of which the most recent are his rare leisure moments at home with his family and also likes to read, especially on Malaysia, Chile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Kuwait, Australia & New-Zealand (2002), subjects related to the problems and challenges confronting men and women in today's Mexico & California, Vietnam and Poland (2003), United Arab Emirates & the Sultanate society. He practises sports regularly and is keen to maintain a healthy physical of Oman, Turkey, Algeria & Tunisia and the People's Republic of China (2004), India, condition. 4 His Royal Highness Prince PHILIPPE of Belgium

5 Born in Overmere on January 27, 1954 Resident in Berlare, Oost-Vlaanderen

Educational background Political career

Master in Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1976) Mayor of Berlare (2006- ) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004- ) Secondary school education: Latin-Mathematics, Member of Parliament (2003- ) Royal Atheneum Aalst (1971) Minister of State (2002- ) Member of the European Parliament (1980-1994) National President VLD (1999-2004 ) Mandates Member of the Flemish Parliament (1995-2003) Senator (1994-1995) Lawyer Honourable Member of the local Council of Berlare (1989- ) Professor European Law VUB National vice-President PVV (1985-1988) Member of Parliament Alderman of Finance in Lebbeke (1983-1988) Minister for Foreign Affairs National President Liberal Youth (1977-1979) Member of the party executive PVV/VLD (1977- ) President National Liberal Student Union (1975-1977) President Liberal Student Union Brussels (1974-1975)

6 HE Karel DE GUCHT Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

7 Born in Edegem, Belgium on April 29, 1941 Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget since 2003 Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs UNIVERSITY DEGREES Secretary of State for Development Cooperation (1983-1985) Minister of Defense (1985-1988) Bachelor of Economics and of Applied Economics (Un. of Louvain-la- Mayor of the City of Brussels (1995-2000) Neuve, Belgium) Minister-President of the Brussels- Capital Region - also in charge of Scientific MBA (U. of California, Berkeley) Research (2000-2003) Ph.D. in Economics (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam) 2. International organizations PRESENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES Member of the European Parliament (1989-1991) Minister of State (Member of the Crown Council) President of the EU Council of Ministers on Research during the Belgian Member of the Belgian House of Representatives; Chairman of the Committee Presidency of July-December 2001 on Finance and Budget; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs President of the Belgian delegation to the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) Head of the Belgian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (2003-2007) Vice- President and Former President of the Belgian delegation to the Rapporteur of the First Standing Committee (Peace and International Security) Inter-parliamentary Union of IPU in 2005-2006, on the trafficking of small arms and light weapons Chairman of MEDEA (Research Institute on Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue). and Rapporteur of the Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Develop - Member of the Board of the Royal Institute for International Relations ment, Finance and Trade) in 2007-2008, on “Parliamentary Oversight of (Belgium) State Policies on Foreign Aid” Member of the Strategic Council of the “Université Saint Joseph”, Bey - Chairman, on behalf of Belgium, of the 62nd plenary meeting of UNECE, routh, Lebanon Geneva, spring 2007 Professor Emeritus at the University of Louvain 3. Private organizations PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor of Economics and Public Management at the University of Louvain 1. Belgian Public Sector (Full time 1971-1981; part time 1982-1997)Chairman of the Board of the public television broadcast station “Télé Bruxelles” (1995-97) Member of the Belgian Parliament (I981-1989, 1991-2000 and again since Member of the Board of Crédit communal de Belgique and Crédit local de 2003) Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of France which merged into Dexia (1992-2000). Representatives (1995-1998) 8 HE François-Xavier de Donnea Minister of State

9 Born in Awans, on 16 October 1956

1974-1979: University of Liege, Juris Doctor in Law Since 1979: Attorney at the Liege Bar (On leave since 1992) 1992-1994: Director of Cabinet of the Walloon Regional Minister for Internal Affairs 1994-1995: Director of Cabinet of the Walloon Regional Minister for Internal Affairs, Civil Service and Budget 1995-1997: Director of Cabinet of the Walloon Regional Minister for Budget, Finance, Employment and Training and French Community Minister for Budget, Finance and Civil Service 1998-1999: Director of Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy and Telecommunications 1999-2003: Director of Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment 2003-2004: Director of Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice

Since 2004: Minister for Economy, Employment, Foreign Trade and Heritage of the Walloon Regional Government

10 HE Jean-Claude MARCOURT Minister for Economy, Employment, Foreign Trade and Heritage of the Walloon Regional Government

11 Born in Maaseik on 5 June 1965

Education

In 1988 Patricia Ceysens graduated at the Catholic University of Leuven with a Masters in Law. Additionally she received a certificate in 1991 of marketing manager.

Professional experience:

From 1988 until 1999 Patricia Ceysens practised Law at the Bar of Leuven. From 1990 until 1995 she specialised in Intellectual Property Law within the Law firm Loeff Claeys Verbeke (now Allen & Overy). Within the same period she lectured undergraduates at the Catholic University of Leuven (1989-1990) and was until 1999 editor-in-chief of a Flemish juridical magazine until 1999.

Political career:

Since 1995 Patricia Ceysens is city councillor in Leuven and for a short period of time seated she was also part of the provincial council (1995). In the same year she was elected as a Member of the Flemish Parliament. In 1999 she became chairwoman of the Commission Welfare, Health and Equal Opportunity within the Flemish Parliament, a Commission she successfully chaired until June 2003. From June 2003 until July 2004 Patricia Ceysens is appointed as Flemish Minister of Economy, Foreign Policy and E-Government. From July 2004 until October 2007, she was Leader of the Open-VLD party in the Flemish Parliament.

Since October 2007 Patricia Ceysens is Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade.

12 HE Patricia CEYSENS Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade

13 Summary

PAGES Private Public Organisations, Chambers & of Commerce and Federations 17

Industrial Service Companies & 33

Public Sector 111

15 Private & Public Organisations, Chambers of Commerce and Federations

17 AGORIA

Agoria is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association representing 1.550 members, active in the following 13 sectors that form the pillar of the Belgian economy – the technology industry: aerospace; automotive; Diamant Building construction products; contracting & maintenance; electrical engineering; Boulevard A. Reyers 80 industrial automation; information and communication technologies (ICT); 1030 Brussels mechatronical engineering; metals & materials; metal processing; mounting & +32 2 706 79 39 cranes; plastics; security & defence. +32 2 706 79 43 Agoria member companies supply goods and provide services for many [email protected] international projects abroad: equipment for large-scale infrastructure works, www.agoria.be oil, gas and petrochemical plants, international sports events, environmental infrastructure, construction, renewable energy, ICT solutions for the financial sector, equipment and services for the medical and paramedical sectors, textile machinery, R&D, etc.

18 François de HEMPTINNE Advisor - Area Manager AGORIA RENEWABLE ENERGY CLUB

The Agoria Renewable Energy Club is a network of experienced Belgian companies which provide solutions, products & services in renewable energy projects with a dedicated focus on wind energy, solar energy (thermal & Diamant Building photovoltaic) & biomass. Boulevard A. Reyers 80 1030 Brussels We offer a structured overview of solutions and references and serve as +32 2 706 79 39 principal point of contact. +32 2 706 79 43 The Agoria Renewable Energy Club regroups the most prominent Belgian [email protected] companies with particular know-how and experience related to innovative www.agoria.be solutions for renewable energy projects.

François de HEMPTINNE 19 Director BELGIAN AEROSPACE / FLEMISH AEROSPACE GROUP (FLAG)

FLAG (Flemish Aerospace Group), is the association of all the Dutch (Flemish) speaking aerospace companies based in the North of Belgium (Flanders) with about 80 members. This includes major companies such as Sabena technics Vosstraat 343 (MRO, maintenance repair and overhaul of airliners), ASCO (high value, hard B - 2100 Deurne metal structural components), BARCO (avionics, displays, and visualization solutions), Sabca Limburg (composite structural components) and LMS (design +32 3 294 68 47 software modules including for acoustics and fatigue). +32 3 294 68 56 The group also includes a whole series of very young and dynamic SME’s with [email protected] very interesting new aerospace and associated technologies. www.flag.be Website: http://www.flag.be with links to the 80 plus member companies

20 Karel VERVOORT Managing Director BELGIAN AEROSPACE / SKYWIN WALLONIE

The new Wallonia Aerospace Cluster SKYWIN was officialized by the Wallonia Government in July 2006. SKYWIN is a federation of two existing clusters: EWA (60 affiliated aeronautic companies) and Wallonia Space Cluster (25 members) Chemin du Stockoy 1-3 representing a total workforce of 6,500 and a total turnover of 1.15 billion B - 1300 Wavre euros.

+32 10 47 19 44 SKYWIN groups industrial companies, research centers and training centers on +32 10 45 33 43 the basis of specific projects according to the following strategic priorities: [email protected] - More composite materials (with the purpose to increase the use of [email protected] this material in the aeronautic sector) www.skywin.be - More intelligence (with the purpose to promote the use of electronic www.ewa.be and telecommunications systems and the “health monitoring” of aircrafts) www.wallonie-espace.be - More applications and services (for space applications and subcontracting among SME’s).

Pierre-Manuel JACOB Jean-Jacques WESTHOF 21 Managing Director Secretary General BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY (BIRA-IASB)

The main tasks of the Institute are public service and research in the field of:

Avenue Circulaire 3 - The physics and chemistry of the earth and planet(s) atmospheres B - 1180 Brussels and its effect on climate, ozone, air quality, aerosols …, through research, modeling and forecasting (chemical weather) +32 2 373 04 13 +32 2 375 93 36 - Space plasma, and the Sun-earth effect on the earth environment : « Space weather » [email protected] www.aeronomie.be

22 Noël PARMENTIER General Director BRUSSELS ENTERPRISES COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (BECI)

In 2007 the Chamber of Commerce of Brussels (CCIB) and the Brussels Business Federation (UEB) decided to cooperate under a joint and shared name: BECI – Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry. BECI has 3000 company members - SME’s and large Avenue Louise 500 companies, Belgian and international companies - located in the Brussels’ Region. B - 1050 Brussels The Brussels Business Federation is the interprofessional organisation regrouping the businesses in the Brussels-Capital Region. +32 2 648 50 02 The Brussels Chamber of Commerce and Industry offers its services to businesses and +32 2 640 93 28 self-employed workers in the Brussels-Capital Region.

BECI, private partner in the Brussels Export initiative, has an international department [email protected] to promote foreign trade and international relations of the Brussels’ businesses. This www.beci.be department provides a broad range of services: - Information: export lunches, seminars, publications, counselling; - P romotion actions: business trips, business clubs, welcoming of foreign economic delegations; - Administrative formalities: ATA booklets and certificates of origin.

Olivier WILLOCX 23 Managing Director CLUSTER DECHETS SOLIDES - CLUSTER SOLID WASTE

Wallonia’s Solid Waste Cluster gathers the expertise of more than 40 companies based in the Wallonia Region of Belgium involved in solid waste management including: Rue de Dampremy 77 B - 6000 Charleroi - household or standard industrial waste - dangerous industrial refuse or plant waste +32 71 31 74 44 - contaminated soil or mud +32 71 33 11 25 - inert or special products - incineration or composting [email protected] - bio-methanation or landfilling www.dechetssolides.com - development of land areas and industrial sites

24 Etienne KNOOPS Executive Director FEB - FEDERATION OF ENTERPRISES IN BELGIUM

The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB) is the only multisector employers' organisation representing companies in Belgium. FEB has 31 full members, all of which are professional sectoral federations - in addition to its Rue Ravensteinstraat 4 applicant and corresponding members. All in all, it represents more than 30,000 B - 1000 Brussels businesses, of which 25,000 are small and medium-sized firms. In job terms, it represents some 1.5 million workers in the private sector. +32 2 515 08 11 +32 2 515 09 99 The main activities of the Federation of Entreprises in Belgium are: [email protected] - promoting and stimulating entrepreneurship www.vbo-feb.be - defining common positions of Belgian employers - ensuring representation in many national and international advisory and administrative committees and institutions - acting as an intermediary between employers and government, administration, trade unions, consumers - providing a flow of information to its members and the general public.

Rudi THOMAES Elizabeth DE WANDELER 25 CEO Advisor GIMV

Founded in 1980, GIMV is a leading Belgian investment company listed on Euronext Brussels since 1997. Today the company manages well over EUR 1.6 billion in private equity and venture capital, turning it into one of the largest Karel Oomsstraat 37 listed equity companies in Europe. B - 2018 Antwerp

As a venture capital provider, GIMV aims to be an active partner for promising +32 3 290 21 94 companies in knowledge-based sectors such as life sciences, information & +32 3 290 21 05 communication technology, and cleantech. In more traditional sectors, GIMV focuses on providing growth capital and buy-out financing to small to midsized [email protected] companies and business projects in well defined markets, i.e. Belgium, The www.gimv.be Netherlands, Germany and France.

26 Herman DAEMS Chairman HEALTHCARE BELGIUM

Healthcare Belgium (HCare.be) is a non-profit organization established by 11 of the most reputable and important Belgian hospital groups with the support of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium and Agfa Healthcare. Rue des Sols 8 B - 1000 Brussels Healthcare Belgium’s objectives are to promote Belgian telemedicine and to organize and encourage the delivery of medical services to foreign patients +32 2 515 09 38 and foreign health care providers in an ethical and coordinated way. +32 2 515 09 39 Due to the combined offer of the centers of excellence of the member hospitals, [email protected] Healthcare Belgium is able to offer high quality medical care for a very wide www.healthcarebelgium.com range of treatments.

Telemedicine applications such as teleradiology and virtual colonoscopy have already been successfully presented to healthcare stakeholders in South Africa and Canada during previous missions.

Rudi THOMAES Falk BEERTEN Stefaan GRYSPEERDT 27 Chairman General Manager CEO VCTC IBBT

IBBT, the Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technology, is a research institute founded by the Flemish government, aimed at Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in general, and the development of broadband Gaston Crommenlaan 8 - bus 102 applications in particular. IBBT’s primary mission is to develop highly competent B - 9050 Ghent human capital and to carry out multidisciplinary research on behalf of the Flemish business community as well as the Flemish government. IBBT receives +32 9 331 48 00 a yearly budget of 23,2 million euro. Since its foundation in 2004, IBBT has +32 9 331 48 05 started over 30 projects with more than 120 organisations. These projects strive for the joint development of innovative applications in several domains, as [email protected] there are health care, mobility, new media and e-government. www.ibbt.be

28 Wim DE WAELE General Manager UNIZO

UNIZO, the organisation for independent entrepreneurs and SME’s is a non-profit interprofessional employers’ organization and social partner. With over 100 cooperating professional sectoral organizations and over 85.000 Spastraat 8 members, UNIZO is the largest organization for entrepreneurs in Flanders. B - 1000 Brussels

The main activities of UNIZO are: defending the interests of the entrepreneurs, +32 2 238 05 11 providing information and advice and stimulating networking. They are aimed +32 2 280 03 79 at five specific categories: start-ups, young companies, growing companies, international active companies and business transfer. [email protected] www.unizo.be UNIZO-Internationaal is responsible for stimulating international trade of Flemish SME’s and cooperation in European and international projects. Unizo is a member of UEAPME, the European SME-organization.

Jan SAP 29 General Director UWE - WALLOON BUSINESS FEDERATION

The Walloon Business Federation is an association of companies active in Wallonia. The aim of this private organization is to promote and support business, the driving force of the Region’s economic and social well-being. Chemin du Stockoy 1-3 B - 1300 Wavre The Walloon Business Federation is the official spokesman of industrial, commercial and service companies of all sizes established in Wallonia. It is +32 10 47 19 44 funded by contributions from its 6,000 members of all sizes, from all sectors, +32 10 45 33 43 and employs a permanent multidisciplinary staff based in Wavre.

[email protected] www.uwe.be

30 Jean-Jacques WESTHOF Director Department Foreign Trade VOKA - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MECHELEN

There are 8 Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) in Flanders (private institutions). Together with the Voka - Flemish Employers Association, these 8 Chambers O.L. Vrouwestraat 85 form the Voka alliance (politically independent) which unites more than 17.000 B - 2800 Mechelen businesses from all services within the Flemish region (the largest Flemish network of enterprises). Voka aims at stimulating economic activity and intends +32 15 45 10 20 to create an optimum framework for successful enterprises. Voka contributes to +32 15 45 10 21 supporting the economic development of Flanders by lobbying, networking and offering tailor-made services to small, medium and large businesses. Voka [email protected] - Chamber of Commerce Mechelen unites and serves over one thousand www.voka.be/mechelen companies from various industries in the region of Mechelen.

The Chamber offers highly experienced entrepreneurial advice and services, extensive opportunities for networking and both individual and collective lobbying services on all different government levels.

Willy IVENS Petra VAN BOUWELEN 31 Director Manager International Entrepreneurship INDUSTRIAL & SERVICE COMPANIES

3333 4ALL NETWORKS

4ALL NETWORKS is the only Belgian solution provider with a sole focus on Identity and Access Management. Molenstraat 65 4ALL NETWORKS’ solutions empower companies to manage the lifecycle of B - 2840 Reet digital identities and their privileges and policies from a business perspective as well as privacy, security and regulatory compliance. 4ALL NETWORKS services +32 3 880 75 75 health-care, mid-size, enterprise, governmental and military customers in +32 3 880 75 71 Europe and beyond for:

[email protected] - identity and Access Management As-a-Service www.identitymanagement.be - identity and Access Management TenderHelp (help IAM RFP’s) - identity and Access Management Architecture Consulting - implementation of Identity and Access Management solutions

34 Patrick COOMANS CEO ADAM SOFTWARE

ADAM is a Digital Asset Management company that provides clients the ability to manage, structure and deliver media between people, processes and systems. E-3 laan 84 B - 9800 Deinze Our software has an intelligent open architecture that provides the ability to customize and continuously develop new applications using our ADAM SDK. +32 9 381 63 36 +32 9 381 63 46 We understand our clients’ needs to share and collaborate, automate mundane tasks and control quality. We are passionate in providing our clients with [email protected] intuitive and easy to use software to help them organize media and distribute www.adam.be assets as quickly as possible. We have the knowledge of the way the media supply chain works, its people, the workflow and the common goal to publish and distribute quality content.

Pieter CASNEUF 35 Executive Partner AD ULTIMA

Ad Ultima is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner which implements ERP projects with Microsoft Dynamics AX (a.k.a. Axapta) since 1999. Along several ERP implementations Ad Ultima also integrates business Vlamingstraat 4 intelligence (BI) solutions and information worker solutions such as Microsoft B - 8560 Wevelgem Office SharePoint Server.

+32 56 43 28 06 Ad Ultima has developed its own add-on products, called UltimAX Suite, which +32 56 41 76 36 contain all our sector-specific know-how and expertise in order to offer the perfect fit with the existing Business processes of each customer. Therefore we [email protected] focus on the following sectors: healthcare, high-tech industries, wood & www.adultima.be furniture, metal & machinery and construction.

36 Filip BOSSUYT CEO ADVANCED PRODUCTS

Development and manufacturing of polymer sealing solutions for extreme conditions. Rupelweg 9 Advanced Products NV was acquired by Parker Hannifin in 2005. B - 2850 Boom

Our core product is sold under the trade name FlexiSeal. +32 3 880 81 50 +32 3 888 48 62 Typical applications are in aerospace and oil- and gas industry. [email protected] www.parker.com

Gino DE REGTER 37 Engineering Manager ADVANCO

Advanco is an end-to-end solution integrator for manufacturing, logistics and retail processes enabled by automatic identification technologies (RFID). We also have software development activities based mainly on Microsoft Rue de la Fusée 66 technologies. Advanco has certified partnerships with SAP, ‘SIEMENS automation B - 1130 Brussels and devices’ and MICROSOFT.

+32 2 726 88 00 In 1992 Dr Yenersoy won the ‘Entrepreneurship Award’ in Belgium. +32 2 726 40 39 In 2005 Advanco won the ‘most innovative BPM application’. In 2007 Advanco won the ‘most important deployment using RFID award’. [email protected] www.advanco.be The main software product of Advanco is ARC™ (Advanco RFID Controller). ARC is one of the two products certified by SAP in Europe. This ‘Integration Software’ is presented as a component of the solution integration philosophy and methodology of Advanco.

38 Olgun YENERSOY President - CEO AGFA HEALTCARE

Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and image management solutions, and state-of- the-art systems for capturing, processing and printing images in hospitals and Septestraat 27 healthcare facilities. The company has over a century of experience in diagnostic B - 2640 Mortsel imaging and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990’s. Agfa HealthCare today employs 5,700 staff members, with sales offices +32 3 444 80 01 and representatives in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales in 2006 amounted +32 3 444 72 85 to 1,452 million €, accounting for 43% of total group sales. www.agfa.com/healthcare Agfa HealthCare accompanies healthcare providers in their transformation from analog to digital to integrated Imaging & IT solutions, leading to improved access and the delivery of enhanced medical and patient care, all of which support more cost-effective healthcare.

Michael GREEN 39 President and VP Sales Agfa HealthCare Canada ANUBEX

Anubex has been a leader in automated legacy transformation for the past 15 years. Anubex technology has driven the migration of mission-critical software for Veldkant 35C over 40 companies throughout Europe and beyond. Currently Anubex specializes B - 2550 Kontich in migrations involving mainframe architectures.

+32 3 450 42 50 Our typical customers have software legacy with dependencies on IDMS, +32 3 450 42 51 SAG-Natural/Adabas, Wang/VS, VSAM, or BS2000/OSD, and migrate to open web-enabled, SOA-ready architectures, and relational databases. [email protected] www.anubex.com

40 Louis HEYMANS Ben WILSON Managing Director Director of Research and Development ASCO INDUSTRIES

To be a world leader in design and manufacture of high lift devices, complex mechanical assemblies and major functional components for the aerospace industry ASCO is a proven specialist in the co-development, design, precision Weiveldlaan 2 machining, processing and certified assembly of complex high-strength aircraft B - 1930 Zaventem components (flaps and slats mechanisms, engine mounts, landing gear components, etc.) out of titanium, high-strength steel alloys and aluminium. +32 2 716 06 02 Asco usually participates as a risk-sharing partner and single source supplier in most large commercial aircraft programs. +32 2 716 07 77 Asco works closely with its customers as partner in the development and design [email protected] of new products and continuous improvements using new technologies www.asco.be developed from its large internal research and development program.

Asco is the world leader in the precision engineering and manufacturing of complex subassemblies and assemblies for most commercial aircrafts over 50 seats. The Asco Consortium is currently the world-leading manufacturer of slat actuation systems and a leader in flap actuation devices.

Emile BOAS 41 Director BARCO

Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Pr. Kennedypark 35 Barco has its own facilities for sales & marketing, customer support, R&D and B - 8500 Kortrijk manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees +32 56 26 26 01 worldwide. +32 56 26 29 00 Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006. www.barco.com

42 Herman DAEMS Chairman BARCO AVIONICS

Barco is a recognized international technology leader providing high- performance display systems for high-integrity aerospace applications. Building on decades of experience and innovation, Barco provides the avionics market Pr. Kennedypark 35 with technologically advanced, cost-competitive visualization solutions. B - 8500 Kortrijk

Barco’s broad offering of display products ranges from Mission Displays and +32 56 23 30 45 Electronic Flight Bags up to Control Display Units and safety-critical Primary +32 56 23 35 38 Flight Displays. Thanks to the unique MOSArt Modular Open System Architecture, these solutions are easily integrated into a wide variety of new and retrofit [email protected] aircraft and helicopters. The company’s global customer base includes system www.barcoaerospace.com integrators as well as aircraft and helicopter manufacturers.

Kristof VIERIN 43 Director Marketing & Sales BELGACOM

The Belgacom Group (Euxonext: BELG) is the Belgian benchmark provider in the field of integrated telecommunications services. Backed by its experience as the country’s national operator and its capacity to innovate, the Belgacom Boulevard Albert II 27 Group, through the strong brands of its subsidiaries (Belgacom, Proximus and B - 1030 Brussels Telindus) provides a full range of offers, solutions and expertise in the areas of fixed and mobile networks. +32 2 202 81 53 +32 2 217 99 66 The Belgacom Group proposes a complete quadruple-play solution comprising fixed and mobile telephony, the Internet and television. [email protected] www.belgacom.be For the fiscal year ending 31 December 2006, the Group posted a total revenue of €6.1 billion and a net operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of €2.15 billion.

44 Didier BELLENS President & CEO BELVI

The innovative light-weight floor system Airdeck® is internationally patented and owned by the holding company NV Belvi. This energy and material saving building concept has already created a true revolution in the multistory Molenweg 41 construction industry. With a wide range of architectural, building, hygienic and B - 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren technical advantages Airdeck® gives each construction project valuable competitive assets. Advanced technologies, as heating and cooling through a +32 11 26 96 00 thermally active concrete core will make life more comfortable. Based upon a +32 11 26 96 01 licensee agreement with local prefabricated concrete floor producers we are searching for valid partners to further expand and commercialize our [email protected] international business. www.airdeck.be Net, our innovation…your comfort and profit.

Ewald HOUBEN 45 CEO BIOPLANT IN VITRO

Founded in 1983, Bioplant runs a tissue culture laboratory that specializes in in- vitro micro propagation of acid-loving ericaceous plants, producing a wide range of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmias. Rue Eysden Mines 43A B - 6698 Grand-Halleux The company is located in Belgium where it produces a wide range of plants, which are exported to the four corners of the world. By combining traditional +32 80 21 57 93 horticultural skills with detailed scientific knowledge Bioplant achieves that rare combination, the best of both worlds. +32 80 21 44 90 In 2000 the company set up a partnership with the University of Liège, called [email protected] Phytesia. It carries out further in-depth research into hardy ornamentals. The www.bioplant.be first results are impressive, resulting in a wonderful range of perennial terrestrial orchids that are now available for avid gardeners everywhere.

Bioplant employs a highly professional team. Together they cover the intricate and varied disciplines necessary to run the complex operations involved in the tissue culture production of our products.

46 Guy G. CABOOT Fabienne CABOOT-FLOUR CEO Management Assistant BIRD & BIRD

Bird & Bird is an international law firm that provides a full range of legal services and manages cross-border activities across Europe and Asia. The firm has established a long relationship with several prominent “best friends” law firms Avenue d’Auderghem 22-28 - box 9 in Seattle, Vancouver and other North American cities. Our practices cover the B - 1040 Brussels full range of intellectual property law (including a.o. patents, licensing, trademarks and copyrights), information technology law (including a.o. +32 2 282 60 00 outsourcing operations, privacy and data protection aspects), EU & competition +32 2 282 60 11 law (including a.o. trade and customs, all EU regulatory aspects and public affairs), corporate transactions (including a.o. mergers and acquisitions and [email protected] incorporation of new companies), commercial agreements (including a.o. www.twobirds.com licensing, leasing, sales & marketing, advertising, franchising, distribution), finance (including a.o. project finance and marketing and distribution of financial products), employment, real estate and dispute resolution.

Paul HERMANT 47 Managing Director BIZZDEV

BizzDev develops custom smart client applications for Windows Mobile based terminals. BizzDev sets-up the necessary infrastructure and security on the client data centers in order to be able to run de applications safely. The Zone industrielle de l’Europe 4 applications are developed using the Microsoft .Net framework technology and B - 7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut the .Net development tools.

+32 69 66 95 10 The applications are targeting Internet, Intranet or Extranet, being connected or +32 69 66 95 45 not and in a secure way. We are using our own technology: Bizzlink and M- worker. Using these technologies, we minimize the development time and the [email protected] risk of the project, creating therefore more value than classic development www.bizzdev.com schemes. BizzLink is a framework, a superset of .Net that allows quick and safe development of mobile apps and enable standard development, takes care of data synchronization, manages both online and offline states, and deploys applications automatically of mobile devices and keeps the applications up-to- date. M-Worker is a software application suite that offers standard mobile functions in order to optimize the field forces tasks.

48 Christian VERDONCK Emmanuel OTTEVAERE President Managing Director BMT AEROSPACE - EURAIR

Gears and subassemblies for aerospace applications

- slat leading edge racks and pinions Kampveldstraat 51 - turbine engine gears B - 8020 Oostkamp - auxiliary power units - gears for fuel and lubrication pumps +32 50 82 69 07 - actuation systems +32 50 82 69 74 - helicopter drives [email protected] www.bmtaerospace.com

Luk ROELS 49 CEO BROTHERS OF CHARITY

The Congregation of the Brothers of Charity is a pontifical congregation founded in 1807 by the Very Rev. Peter Joseph Triest, titular canon of St. Bavon of Ghent. For over 200 years the Brothers have helped the poor, handicapped and Stropstraat 119 mentally ill. B - 9000 Ghent

Presently there are ongoing projects in 25 countries, involving 15,000 workers. +32 495 21 31 20 The organization is well-known for its professionalism and Christian charity. +32 9 216 35 51 Inspired by Christ’s message of universal love and charity, its primary mission is to help the poor, the mentally ill and the disabled, motivating the [email protected] commitment of 600 brothers and 150 associate members who work in the www.brothersofcharity.org congregation’s social projects.

50 René STOCKMAN Johan MAERTENS General Superior Director International Development CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL - CWT

Worldwide leader in travel distribution, CWT realized in 2007 a business volume of approximately 26 billion USD. In Belgium, CWT represents a business volume of 420 million €. Boulevard de la Woluwe 34 B - 1200 Brussels CWT is active in business and leisure travel and organizes the Belgian economic missions. +32 2 258 10 05 +32 2 258 13 08 [email protected] www.cwt.be

Baudouin GILLIS 51 Vice-President BeLux CEGEKA

With more than 1.000 employees and a turnover of about 102 million euro, CEGEKA undoubtedly ranks in the top 10 of the Benelux suppliers of end-to- end solutions. Cegeka presents the image of a unique and complete supplier Universiteitslaan 9 for the whole ICT value chain: business and ICT consultancy, architectural design, B - 3500 Hasselt development and maintenance of software applications, support and helpdesk, maintenance, hosting and housing of applications and IT infrastructure. +32 11 24 02 17 +32 11 24 28 71 Thanks to a large know-how and expertise, Cegeka can design, develop and implement solutions that meet the major challenges of sectors such as health [email protected] care, social security, media, public and finances. www.cegeka.be Cegeka supplies health care solutions to more than 40 Belgian hospitals. In the field of ICT applications for clinical labs, Cegeka is one of the European top players.

Cegeka’s headquarters are situated in Hasselt, with establishments in Antwerp and Leuven.

52 Luk SCHOONBAERT Business Unit Manager Health Care CERAN LINGUA USA

CERAN LINGUA USA is the US branch of Etilux, a well-known Belgian company active in more than 60 countries worldwide. 3614 Wade Street In 2004, CERAN LINGA USA was established to ensure a stronger presence of USA - 90066 Los Angeles, CA Etilux on the US market and to develop business relationships in its sectors of activity, starting with the promotion of CERAN intensive language immersion +1 310 429 7406 programs. The CERAN concept, which was developed in Belgium over 30 years +32 485 68 25 69 ago, is now considered as one of the most effective way to learn a foreign language. The unique combination of complete immersion in the language, a [email protected] highly personalized approach to language training, and the CERAN methodology www.ceran-us.com enables participants to achieve a maximum of progress in a minimum of time. CERAN language programs are delivered at the 7 CERAN centers located in Belgium, France, Spain and the UK.

Charlotte NEVE 53 Managing Director CITOBI

Citobi is a CRM solution provider. Thanks to the unique combination of CRM consulting, CRM software and interactive marketing capabilities, Citobi offers tailor-made CRM solutions, quickly implemented into your business and Rue de Clervaux 8 delivering concrete results. The difference is not the tool but how well you B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve operate it. Too many CRM projects have forgotten the essentials: a true talent for marketing operability and results. With the philosophy of delivering CRM +32 10 45 85 14 assist its clients with consulting, interactive marketing & software skills to help +32 10 45 85 23 them delivering & maximizing their results. This philosophy is applicable for small projects (e-mailing campaigns) or large projects (building a customer- [email protected] centric organization from HQ to retail). www.citobi.be Thanks to its sectorial approach, namely health and pharmaceuticals sector, automotive and financial services, Citobi has collaborated with the main players in the market. Vertical solutions are perfectly integrated into existing business models, infrastructures & technologies. Thus, considerably reducing the costs of setting up a CRM project as well as increasing the return on investment.

54 Benoît DE NAYER CEO CUSTODIX

Custodix specializes in data protection solutions for eHealth as a trust service provider. Custodix acts as trusted third party for privacy protection in many biomedical data flows (research & pharma). Verlorenbroodstraat 120 - box 14 Its data protection services are supported by a combination of technical and B - 9820 Merelbeke legal expertise in privacy protection (e.g. encrypted storage, de-identification, …) and e-security solutions (e.g. PKI, VPN, Web Services security frameworks, +32 9 210 78 90 time-stamping, …). +32 9 211 09 99 Custodix helps businesses deal with security and privacy related aspects of [email protected] modern data management (cf. European Data Protection Directive, www.custodix.com 2001/20/EC, 2005/28/EC, HIPAA Privacy Rule, WHO GCP, GPMP/ICH/135/95, ...) by offering end-to-end solutions for data protection in e-Clinical Trials, disease management and other longitudinal studies.

Georges DE MOOR 55 Founder CVT - COMPRESSED VOLUME TRAILERS

CVT manufactures and sells compression and horizontal ejection tanks that make it possible to achieve significant reductions in volume and thus cut transport costs. These applications are mainly earmarked for industrial Quartier des Anglais 4 companies active in the processing of waste and of recyclable and reusable B - 7110 Houdeng-Goegnies materials.

+32 64 21 65 21 This development is organized in partnership with the University of Mons and +32 64 26 26 25 with the assistance of the Walloon Directorate General of Natural Resources and/of the Environment (DGRNE). [email protected] www.sectors.wallonia- In addition to the operational gain, these applications make it possible to obtain export.be/en/firm.asp?pole_id=4§or_id= a considerable reduction in environmental pollution thanks to a reduction in 111&firm_id=1841 CO² emissions per tonne of processed materials.

56 Luc CABAY Managing Director D’ALCANTARA ECONOMIC CONSULTING

We conceive and build state of the art quantitative models for safe, secure and optimal economic decisions to be taken by Boards of Directors of international companies and political decision makers. With teams of experts in various Stadscampus - Prinsstraat 13 disciplines, we compute the impacts of alternative policy decisions and bureel B-222 scenarios and provide decision support. For more than 30 years we have B - 2000 Antwerp references as independent consultants or in joint ventures with consultants +32 3 220 41 82 such as PwC, McKinsey, A.T. Kearney, Sema Group, Arthur Andersen… +32 2 672 88 27 We are active in the following fields: safety & security applied in different fields, [email protected] international negotiations of the energy, refinery and petrochemical industries, www.alcantara.be regulation of the postal sector, projecting the social security system, public www.ua.ac.be/ARGoSS budgetary control instruments, explaining air pollution as a function of economic activity, budgetary balance of public transport infrastructure plans, European harmonization of internal market policies, measuring country risks for asset management. Prof. d’Alcantara is Professor at the University of Antwerp and member of the Antwerp Research Group on Safety and Security (ARGOSS).

Gonzales d’ALCANTARA 57 Professor in Quantitative Economic Methods at the University of Antwerp and Economic Consultant DEDUCO EUROPE

DeDuCo is a leading Belgian provider of best-of-breed software solutions for the consumer goods industry, the DIY industry and the pharmaceutical sector Doorniksesteenweg 241 in the sales and marketing areas. B - 8500 Kortrijk Due to our vertical specialization, our extended experience and strong expertise we have become a preferred partner for leading consumer goods companies in +32 56 40 29 27 Western Europe. Our reference list includes Altadis, Campbell Foods, ICI Paints, +32 56 40 41 80 Mars, Nestlé, Pernod-Ricard and many more.

[email protected] DeDuCo’s software suite contains 7 modular, standardized and flexible products www.deduco.com which are constantly adapted to new sales and marketing insights. These products optimize the business processes within marketing and sales, field service and helpdesk & customer service. Furthermore, these solutions help you to optimize marketing effectiveness, sales productivity and efficiency and foster customer relationships.

58 Tom DUJARDIN General Manager DE KRINGWINKEL ZUIDERKEMPEN

Collection of reusable items (furniture, clothing, household items, bicycles, ...) in a region called Zuiderkempen, cleaning and repairing of these items and giving them a second life selling them in 1 of our 6 own shops or exporting Noordstraat 25/1 them to the US, Finland, India,… B - 2220 Heist-op-den-Berg

Organized as a social profit company, all people working in our company have +32 15 23 73 93 reduced chances on the labor market. +32 15 23 73 99 [email protected] www.dekringwinkelzuiderkempen.be

Rik OPLICHTENBERGH 59 Delegated Director DENALI

DENALI specializes in business process analysis and service oriented architectures. We have a team of very high level engineers that deliver tools and services to Rue de Clervaux 8 large companies for helping them to bridge the gap between business and IT. B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

We are experts on model driven development and business service +32 10 43 99 51 orchestration. +32 10 43 99 52 We have developed and are selling the Flexo Tool Set that provides business [email protected] and IT actors with a common language to specify their needs, design and www.denali.be document their underlying processes before building running applications automatically from these process models.

60 Dominique SNYERS Dominique de WALEFFE CEO Technical Director DYNAMIC RESOURCES CONSULT - DRC

Founded in 2003, the company is specialized in foreign trade consultancy. The company helps the small and medium sized enterprises in search of partnerships, personnel or business contacts. Rue Blockmans 8 - box 9 Even though we are mainly focused on Canada and Luxembourg, we are also B - 1150 Brussels interested in working in/with other countries.

+32 2 734 57 57 Our fields of expertise are the food and the renewable energy industries, but +32 2 648 66 62 we can be dealing with other economic sectors as well. [email protected] We also organize business missions in Belgium for Canadians interested in the www.dynamicconsult.be Belgian and Luxembourg markets.

Michel COURTIN Jacqueline HUBERT Rachel CLAESSENS 61 President Director Counsellor ECO PROJECTS

ECO PROJECTS has a ‘solution for pollution’ for excess manure and organic waste and produces green energy through biomethanization. Bosstraat 36 It has developed a unique high tech fully automated biogas – installation, with B - 8790 Waregem end treatment of the digestate after fermentation. By means of the co-fermentation of manure, energy crops and organic waste +32 475 66 63 37 streams, electrical energy is produced and sold to the grid as green or +32 50 36 24 15 renewable energy. After fermentation, the digestate is separated in a solid and a liquid fraction. [email protected] With the thermal energy recouped from the gas engines, the solid fraction is www.eco-projects.com dried and pasteurized to a new organic fertilizer and the liquid fraction is filtered with VSEP RO membranes to re-usable or dischargeable water.

62 Jos SANTY Director, CEO ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

Since 1964 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS N.V. is a designer & manufacturer of printed circuit boards for world-wide located companies in telecommunications, data processing, medical equipment, test- and measurement devices and space & Ravenshout 6-089 avionics. B - 3980 Tessenderlo

1. Design & development of all kind of printed circuit boards, operating with +32 13 66 24 44 systems as Mentor Graphics, Cadence Allegro and Cadstar-Zuken +32 13 66 77 92 2. Manufacturing of printed circuit boards: rigids (from 2 to 60 layers), backpanels [email protected] (1450 mm x 750 mm x 15 mm), flexibles (from 2 to 20 layers), flex rigids [email protected] (from 2 to 40 layers) www.ea-pcb.com 3. In house technology: burn-in-boards, blind- & buried via’s, micro via’s in pad, laser drilled micro holes, laser routing, laser structuring, glass epoxy, polyamide, teflon, high-frequency materials, high-power plane boards, impedance controlled boards

Gabrielle SMEYERS Brian COWELL 63 Vice President Sales Manager USA ePOWER

ePower provides web based software to automate several human resources processes like: Ternesselei 330 - performance & competence management B - 2160 Wommelgem - training administration - basic employee administration +32 3 293 66 38 +32 3 293 66 39 All solutions are built using Microsoft technology.

[email protected] www.epower.be

64 Gert VAN MEERBERGEN General Manager ETILUX

Since its creation in 1972 Etilux has developed a strong reputation in areas such as identification, marking and labeling solutions, professional audiovisual equipment and language training solutions. Rue de l’Espérance 42 B - 4000 Liège Etilux also provides office supplies including a complete collection of labels which are nowadays considered as one of the main standards and has been +32 87 67 93 00 / +32 4 224 99 99 adopted by labeling software companies like Seagull Scientific. +32 87 67 80 71 / +32 4 224 99 86 [email protected] www.etilux.com

Benoît RONDEUX 65 Marketing Manager EUROPLASMA

Europlasma is a manufacturer of low pressure plasma treatment equipment for a variety of markets: aeronautics, textile and non woven, automotive, medical, plastics in general and electronics. De Bruwaan 5D B - 9700 Oudenaarde Our activities:

+32 55 30 32 05 - surface treatment “hydrophobation” of insulation “Melamine Foams” for the +32 55 31 87 53 aircraft industry.

[email protected] - surface pre-treatment “activation” of plastics to obtain good adhesion before www.europlasma.be painting, gluing, printing and coating.

66 Anthony VANLANDEGHEM Managing Director EURO-SUPPORT

Euro-Support, Inc. provides interim management services, basically by Roger Thijs himself. An interim management steers processes of transition and/or change as line responsible within the client company for the time it takes for Van Frachenlaan 89 getting the “to-be” level. B - 1820 Steenokkerzeel

Focus is general management, and particularly operations and supply chain +32 475 92 46 88 management, with special focus on lean implementations and MRO +32 3 449 30 02 optimizations. Reengineering is often combined with the introduction of ERP packages. Start-ups have been coached for Movex, SAP, Axapta, Oracle [email protected] Applications and Maximo. www.euro-support.be Roger thijs got an engineering degree in electricity and mechanics from Leuven University, got a m.b.a. degree in Antwerp and an executive certificate in management and leadership from MIT-Sloan. He is Apics certified as CPIM, CIRM and CSCP.

Roger THIJS 67 President FRAGOMEN GLOBAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES

Fragomen is the largest law firm in the world dedicated exclusively to providing corporate immigration services. We represent a broad range of clients, including a majority of Fortune 500 clients, and we assist them in their recruiting, hiring Avenue des Arts 44 and retaining foreign workers. Every aspect of our firm, from our practice model B - 1040 Brussels to our proprietary technology, has been developed specifically and exclusively to support the practice of immigration. +32 2 550 10 20 +32 2 550 10 29 Our firm is made up of a large and diverse group of professionals who maintain key leadership roles in the field of immigration, many of whom have held [email protected] positions at major governmental agencies. This team provides our clients with www.fragomen.com detailed knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements, to enforcement procedures and potential penalties that may be applicable in different countries.

68 Dirk NUYTS Practice Leader Member of the Brussels’ Bar HELIOS-IT

Helios-IT, with headquarters in Belgium (Keerbergen) and The Netherlands (Groningen), has grown into a full size Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the competences Microsoft Business Solutions and Independent Software Vendor. Tremelobaan 50 B - 3140 Keerbergen With a team of 100 highly qualified people, Helios-IT focuses upon the implementation and the support of ERP software, BI solutions, CRM software +32 15 27 47 24 and EAI solutions based on Microsoft technology. Besides traditional +32 15 27 09 73 implementations, Helios-IT focuses on automotive software with Drive-IT and Incadea®, beverage and brewery software with Drink-IT and project [email protected] management software with an industry specific add-on (Top Solutions). www.helios-it.com

Alex VANDEREYCKEN 69 Partner HICT

HICT is an independent management consulting and ICT company in the healthcare industry. HICT believes that through further re-engineering, automation, innovation and integration of healthcare processes, resources and Ezelstraat 69 stakeholders, it can assist in raising the level of service and quality in favor of B - 8000 Brugge the patient, and in optimizing the use of the available resources of the healthcare providers. +32 50 33 33 40 HICT positions itself as architect/delivery organization of projects in the market +32 50 33 33 39 of healthcare providers, healthcare suppliers and healthcare related public services and this in a fully independent way. [email protected] www.hict.com HICT’s 3 solution domains are: management consulting, software architecture and business & IT integration. HICT delivers its projects with a multidisciplinary healthcare consultancy team. Projects where HICT is mostly involved are strategic, operational, project management & change management projects, resulting in business and ICT solutions for the healthcare organization.

70 Jan DEMEY Gunther DESMEDT Managing Director Operations Manager HOMES INTERNATIONAL

HOMES INTERNATIONAL NV specializes in land transport and aerospace law and economics under two aspects: publishing and consultancy. Rue Froissartstraat 119 - box 5 Recent publishing includes: B - 1040 Brussels

1. One Sky for Europe? World-wide Challenges +32 2 230 21 87 2. European Trajectories in Space Law +32 2 653 10 85 Besides promotion of our publications, we would like to professionally represent [email protected] North American aerospace interests with the European Institutions, be it www.homesinternational.be industrial companies, trade associations or regional authorities.

Jean-Louis VAN de WOUWER 71 Managing Director HOTEL BENTLEY

The Bentley Hotel is happy to welcome you right in the centre of the capital of Europe within recently renewed surroundings. Avenue Rogier 51 Our hotel counts 30 luxurious rooms with bath or showers, fridge, TV-set and B - 1030 Brussels phone in each room.

+32 2 511 52 65 +32 2 513 61 65

[email protected] www.hotel-bentley.com

72 Hakan ERBAS Managing Director IHC GROUP

IHC is a software company building applications for the healthcare market and hospitals in particular. The applications support the administration and the patient care process in a hospital. IHC uses the Microsoft technology for the Legeweg 157/E02 development and the integration of its applications in an existing IT B - 8020 Oostkamp environment.

+32 50 20 79 11 The vision of IHC as a hospital software vendor is to create an integrated +32 50 20 79 12 solution, not by one system, but by bringing together 'the best of breed' applications that seamlessly work together. In order to achieve our mission, we [email protected] collaborate closely with the hospitals to meet the overall goals of the hospitals. www.ihc.be Electronic drug prescription in a hospital environment is one of the main products of IHC.

Jan POLLET 73 CEO IOK WASTE MANAGEMENT (IOK AFVALBEHEER )

IOK Waste Management: intermunicipality/29 municipalities - 500.000 inhabitants-average waste production 550 kg/pp. Antwerpseweg 1 Waste policy: prevention, home composting, separate collection B - 2440 Geel (paper/hardboard, bio-waste, packaging waste), limit rest-waste. Waste management (processing biowaste, processing restwaste (biological +32 14 56 27 73 drying-mechanical separation). +32 14 57 10 30 IOK Waste Management is also responsible for the Nike reuse-a-shoe facility in [email protected] Europe and is setting up a project for recycling textiles in collaboration with KLC www.iok.be Zuiderkempen. Global results: + 70% separate collection - reuse and recycling. Restwaste very strong limited: 120 kg/pp Turnover IOK Waste Management: 33 million euro - 250 employees. Flanders global: 26 different intermunicipalities (association Interafval) – global turnover 461 million euro.

74 Paul MACKEN Managing Director IOK Afvalbeheer Chairman Interafval IRIS

IRIS is an international technology driven company that specializes in the life cycle processing of digital documents. Its activities cover the scanning and indexing of documents, intelligent recognition and the searching, consulting, Rue du Bosquet 10 management, sharing, archiving and storage of documents. B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve IRIS develops software packages intended for office users and IT systems integrators and markets them in around a hundred countries. The company +32 10 45 13 64 supplies its various technologies to scanner manufacturers and major software +32 10 45 34 43 publishers, including HP, Kodak, Apple, Adobe, Samsung, Panasonic, Microsoft, Fujitsu and Plustek. IRIS also implements effective professional solutions for [email protected] government agencies, banks, insurance companies, industrial firms and www.irislink.com European institutions.

The company currently has over 450 internal and external staff at its offices in Louvain-la-Neuve and Vilvoorde (Belgium), Orly (France), Windhof (Luxembourg), Maastricht (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany) and Delray Beach (United States).

Pierre DE MUELENAERE 75 President & CEO JETAIRFLY

Jetairfly is the second largest Belgian airline, with yearly 1.6 million passengers (2006). Ringweg - Luchthavengebouw 45 Flights are operated from Brussels, Ostend and Liege to 71 destinations around B - 1930 Zaventem the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Canary Islands and the Caribbean.

+32 2 712 97 20 Jetairfly is a hybrid airline, with both a holiday, low-cost and business clientele. +32 2 749 92 63 Onboard services range from no-frills to VIP-service.

The Jetairfly fleet consists of 10 aircrafts for medium and long haul, including [email protected] various Boeings "Next Generation". During high season Jetairfly employs 550 www.jetairfly.com staff people.

Jetairfly is part of TUI Belgium, the largest Belgian holiday group, member of the international TUI Travel PLC, Europe's leading travel group. Activities include touroperating ( Jetair), aviation ( Jetairfly) and travel agencies ( Jetaircenter).

76 André BERGER Director Flight Operations JOBS INTERIM / BIS

Jobs Interim Staffing & resourcing Solutions Interim resourcing solutions Ruytenburgstraat 11 Search & Selection B - 2600 Berchem

BIS NV +32 3 239 84 89 ICT-Consultancy & Support +32 3 239 84 90 ICT-Resourcing solutions ICT-Security [email protected] www.jobsinterim.be Jobs Interim & BIS NV: Staffing solutions on all 3 domains: consulting-interim- www.bisnet.be search and selection.

All our clients are the reference in their sector. We work for financial institutions, insurance, public and multinational companies.

Edward BERGER 77 Managing Director KEY & KEYS EUROPE

Key&Keys, LLC and Key&Keys Europe SA are web-based services companies. We provide a proven, online solution that makes it possible for manufacturers to track and guarantee the authenticity of their product(s) in order to detect and Boulevard de France 9 A reduce effectively fight against counterfeits, theft, piracy. Key&Keys also B - 1420 Braine-l’Alleud provides manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a unique and powerful online customer relationship management (CRM) application. +32 2 352 87 17 The basis of Key&Keys’s unique innovation is the secure and anonymous +32 2 389 98 00 registration of each product at the point-of-manufacture and its subsequent tracking through the supply chain from distributors to retailers and on to [email protected] consumers and the second-hand market. www.keyandkeys.com Product tracking works seamlessly with existing supply chain procedures and processes and is achieved by linking each product and shipment with a unique “key” generated by Key&Keys. This service is provided to distributors, customs, retailers and consumers free-of-charge and operates in real-time over the internet without the need for any specific hardware or software.

78 Fabian LEROO US Representative LEVEL IT

Level IT is a company located in the Liege Science Park near the University of Liege in Belgium. Established in 2000, Level IT provides solutions and services to their customers using benefits of new technologies to address real customer Liège Science Park challenges. Allée des Noisetiers 6 B - 4031 Liège At Level IT, we deliver integrated and customized software platforms for key +32 4 221 33 30 modern management activities like total productive maintenance (TPM), +32 4 250 60 49 business process/performance management (BPM) and regulatory and certification compliance (ISO, REACH, ...). These people’s solutions are designed [email protected] to address simultaneously the specific needs of security, quality and www.level-it.be environment domains meanwhile leveraging more than 25 years of global experience in IT systems and technology investment of our R&D department.

Olivier HAULT 79 Co-Founder and Software Architect LYDIAN LAWYERS

Lydian, founded in 2001 as Lontings & Partners, is one of the leading independent law firms in Belgium, driven by 50 motivated and highly competent lawyers. ‘Lydian’ is a term used in jazz music and means ‘note Tour & Taxis system’ or ‘touchstone’, the backbone on which jazz musicians rely in jam Avenue du Port 86c - box 113 sessions. In the same way, the firm seeks to be the backbone of its clients’ B - 1000 Brussels business ventures. +32 2 787 90 66 +32 2 787 90 99 Lydian is a full service law firm, providing its clients - large and medium-sized Belgian and international companies - with prompt assistance and to-the-point [email protected] advice, both in domestic and cross-border files. The firm is structured around www.lydian.be four departments: Commercial & Litigation; Corporate & Finance; Employment, Pensions & Benefits and Real Estate, Environment & Regulatory.

80 Jane MURPHY Lawyer METRIS

Metris (Euronext - MTRS) provides a unique range of 3D hardware and software inspection systems servicing design and manufacturing industries. The company’s reliable & innovative metrology solutions cover the full range of Geldenaaksebaan 329 measurement volumes required by automotive and aerospace customers, in B - 3001 Haasrode both fixed and portable configurations and with optical and touch sensors.

+32 16 74 01 00 Metris metrology solutions include coordinate measuring machines articulated +32 16 74 01 30 arms, optical CMMs , 3D laser scanners , laser radar , iGPS systems, CT inspection systems and metrology software for 3D inspection and reverse engineering . [email protected] Metris completes its product portfolio with a vast range of support, metrology www.metris.com and integration services. Metris headquarters are based in Leuven, Belgium. Metris provides a worldwide network of sales and supports offices located in Europe, Asia, and the US.

Bart VAN COPPENOLLE Philip VANDORMAEL 81 President & CEO COO MICROSOFT

At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems and stay connected to what's most important to them. Culliganlaan 1 A We run our business in much the same way and believe our three core business B - 1831 Diegem divisions offer the greatest potential to serve our customers:

- Platform products and services division: includes the client group, the +32 2 704 30 00 server & tools group and the online services group +32 2 704 35 35 - Business division: includes the Information worker group, the Microsoft business solutions group, and the unified communications group [email protected] [email protected] - Entertainment and devices division: includes the home & entertainment www.microsoft.com group and the mobile & embedded devices group

We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies.

82 Phillip VANDERVOORT General Manager Microsoft Benelux MISSION CRITICAL IT

Software has become critical to almost every aspect of modern life, but the construction of reliable software remains a very big challenge. This is the well known “software crisis”. Mission Critical IT has pioneered a new form of Boulevard de France 9 - Bât. A software development, ODASE™, where: B - 1420 Braine-l’Alleud

- Domain experts, with the help of knowledge engineers, build a +32 2 757 10 15 formal model of the Business problem – an ontology - using standard +32 2 759 27 60 semantic web languages; -“Robots” automatically generate, from this ontology, the corresponding [email protected] program source code, which is then compiled into a high performing www.missioncriticalit.com and scalable application.

The tight integration of formal model and code delivers low cost, high flexibility, excellent usability and swift time-to-market. Production time is further reduced by round-the-clock development at Mission Critical’s two sites in Brussels (Belgium) and Melbourne (Australia).

Michel VANDEN BOSSCHE Vinciane CAPELLE 83 CEO CFO MOSTforWATER

MOSTforWATER NV was founded on 20th December 2006 as a spin out company of HEMMIS. Other shareholders are Ghent University, Baekeland Fund II (the seed and early stage fund of Ghent University), Flanders Innovation Fund Koning Leopold III laan 2 “VINNOF” (initiated by the Flanders Government) and some employees. All the B - 8500 Kortrijk rights related to WEST® are transferred to MOSTforWATER. WEST software offers a user-friendly IT environment for the modelling and +32 56 35 43 90 simulation of wastewater treatment plants but also for integrated process +32 56 36 02 30 design (including sewers and rivers, water re-use, …). MOST(acronym of Model Optimisation Services & Technology) for WATER will [email protected] add model building services to the software in order to have the most efficient www.mostforwater.com use of the world-leading technology in relation to water quality modelling, helping to reduce investment and operational costs of water infrastructure by 10 to 40%. HEMMIS established and expanded a worldwide network of “Scientific Support Centers for Modelling and Simulation” including EU-countries, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Japan.

84 Dirk VAN der STEDE CEO - Director OPTIMAL AIRCRAFT DESIGN (OAD)

The main activity of OAD is to develop and commercialize a new software dedicated to make the conceptual design of any aircraft from very light UAVs to a light commuter aircraft like the Avanti Piaggio for example: the so-called Rue de l’Yser 31 aircraft design software (ADS). ADS is the new standard for the conceptual B - 5020 Namur design of the modern generation of light aircraft. The know-how of OAD was translated into ADS, a powerful software tool which is now on the market and +32 497 90 96 96 available for aircraft designers, amateur builders, universities and research +32 81 21 26 87 institutes. [email protected] ADS is the indispensable software package to design or to modify single and www.oad.aero twin engine aircraft in an efficient way. In addition, ADS can be used to: understanding the design process of products in general; understanding more specifically the design process of an aircraft; trying out new ideas or new concepts; exploring all the flight conditions of an existing aircraft; studying the impact of modifications on an existing aircraft.

Didier BREYNE 85 Managing Director OPTIZEN

Optizen is a leading European provider of campaign management software. With the Messagent Suite, Optizen offers a unique solution for the design of interactive cross-channel marketing campaigns. Messagent facilitates seamless Lambroekstraat 5A design of multi-step communication scenarios over all interaction channels with B - 1831 Diegem effective personalisation features for true 1to1 marketing based on behavioural profiling. +32 2 719 03 10 +32 2 719 00 10 It empowers marketeers to maximally exploit the on-line channels for real- time lead generation integrated with traditional off-line channels. The [email protected] Messagent Suite is an end-to-end solution for planning, creating, executing and www.optizen.be analyzing campaigns. It is widely adopted in many different industry sectors like retail, finance, travel, automotive, telecommunications, recruitment and many others.

86 Jan TEERLINCK Managing Partner PAUWELS TRAFO BELGIUM

Pauwels is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacturing of innovative three-phase distribution, power transformers and integrated solutions for generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy. Antwerpsesteenweg 167 B - 2800 Mechelen Pauwels operates manufacturing plants (transformers) and subsidiary companies (contracting & services) on 3 continents. These plants produce more +32 15 28 33 33 than 30,000 transformers each year, representing a total output of above +32 15 28 33 00 35,000 MVA. [email protected] Pauwels also provides complete turnkey systems, such as AIS & GIS substations www.pauwels.com up to 500 kV, and is a world leader in mobile substations & mobile transformers up to 245 kV. Pauwels is especially active in the renewable energy industry with the environmental friendly SLIM® transformer which introduces a new generation of compact transformers. Pauwels is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crompton Greaves Limited, an important industrial conglomerate based in India.

Jan DECLERCQ 87 Technology & Business Development Manager PEOPLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL

People Solutions International is a Pan-European network formed of well- established independent HR consulting companies. Our core activity is search & selection, complemented by HR consultancy, organisation & management Avenue Lloyd George 6 development, training, and competency assessment. B - 1000 Brussels

Our mission is to support our clients with their human resource management +32 2 647 95 09 projects by developing long-term partnerships and by providing them with a +32 2 513 99 29 value-added dimension in their specific industry. To add an extra dimension of service and quality, we have set up Pan-European practice teams. Their [email protected] objective is to optimise the efficiency of HR projects in terms of know-how, www.psi-belgium.com time and quality of results.

People Solutions International is a growing organisation. We are constantly strengthening our presence in local markets and enlarging our network, in line with the needs of our clients and the dynamics of the global economy.

88 Christian DUMON CEO REALCO

REALCO is the first company in Europe to produce non-toxic environmentally friendly cleaning products. REALCO has been a specialist in the bio cleaning (detergency and wastewater treatments) for the past 20 years. And since then, Avenue Albert Einstein 15 it has developed enzymes and/or bacteria based green products. B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

REALCO has an effective, rapid and integrated solution for effective cleaning, +32 10 45 30 00 perfect hygiene for all surfaces, as well as reduced equipment maintenance. +32 10 45 63 63 Enzymes digest fatty matters into soluble organic residues. Ideal for wastewater treatment: enzymes transform fat while the bacteria transform it into natural [email protected] elements. www.realco.be REALCO is involved in the following areas: household, service institutions (hospitals, schools, plants...), food industry, wastewater treatment (grease traps, septic tanks, pipes,…).

Thibaut JACOBS 89 Export Manager REVER

As a spin off from Namur University, Database engineering lab-Prof JL Hainaut, we offer innovative technology to take care of the enterprise Information System. Boulevard Tirou 130 B - 6000 Charleroi Rever’s Model Driven Data engineering technology (database engineering, database reverse engineering, database re-engineering) gives the enterprise +32 71 20 71 61 the opportunity to eliminate all risks and delays encountered during every +32 71 20 71 65 evolution brought to a computer application manipulating data (database maintenance, database migration...). Rever technology has already been used [email protected] successfully with several customers like the Belgian Ministry of Finance, the www.rever.eu French Eurocopter …

90 Dominique ORBAN de XIVRY Jean-Marc HICK Managing Director Senior Analyst SABCA

SABCA is a major Belgian aerospace company active since 1920 in the design, development, production and support of civil and military aircraft, as well as space programs. Chaussée de Haecht 1470 B - 1130 Brussels Among the company’s specialties:

+32 2 729 55 49 - Large metallic and composite structures as a partner for civil aircrafts +32 2 729 58 96 and space launchers -Advanced thrust vectoring systems for space launchers, including [email protected] electro-hydrostatic and electromechanical actuators www.sabca.com Final assembly including flight testing, heavy maintenance and upgrades of military aircraft and helicopters (F-16, A10, Mirage, Alphajet, F5, Seaking, Agusta 109, etc..)

Remo PELLICHERO Patrick de WILDE d’ESTMAEL Marc HUMBLET 91 Chairman of the Board & CEO Business Development, Civil Aircraft Marketing & Sales Director SEPTENTRIO

Septentrio Satellite Navigation NV, designs, manufactures, markets and supports high-end dual-frequency GNSS receivers with the best possible performance at a very competitive price. Targeted at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Ubicenter, Philipssite 5 Septentrio’s core technology is being applied in precise positioning, timing and B - 3001 Leuven attitude determination applications. Septentrio Satellite Navigation NV is a young dynamic company founded to commercialize the Satellite Navigation +32 16 30 08 00 know-how developed at the Interuniversity Micro Electronics Centre (IMEC), the +32 16 22 16 40 largest independent microelectronics R&D lab. Septentrio’s headquarters are located in Leuven, close to Brussels, capital of Belgium and the European Union. [email protected] www.septentrio.com Septentrio’s technology is inherently multi-system, dealing with all available satellite navigation signals available today and actively promoting and developing the technology of tomorrow. We actively support customers with customization, prototyping, field-testing, and assistance in application integration.

92 James Christopher LITTON Business Development, Septentrio Inc., Los Angeles SONACA

SONACA SA , an aerospace manufacturing company located in Gosselies, south of Belgium, is the parent company of a group of affiliates located in Brazil, Canada and the United States, and employs more than 2,300 persons over the Route nationale 5 world. Its main activities are development, manufacturing, assembly and B - 6041 Gosselies testing of aerospace structures and associated systems.

+32 71 25 54 88 The company is a world leader in the design and manufacture of movable and +32 71 25 56 68 fixed leading edges for large commercial aircrafts, regional and business jets. Thanks to its involvement in civil programs with AIRBUS, EMBRAER, DASSAULT [email protected] and BOMBARDIER, as well as in military and space programs, SONACA is known www.sonaca.com worldwide for its know-how and its active participation in the development of new technologies.

Christian JACQMIN Michel MILECAN 93 CEO Executive Vice-President Business Development SPRONKEN ORTHOPEDIE

Spronken Orthopedie is a company that has grown from a one-man business to one of the biggest companies in soft-goods, orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs, walking aids, rehabilitation equipment and homecare products in Transportlaan 9 Europe. Due to the daily effort of more then 120 employees and their constant B - 3600 Genk care for each patient, the company keeps growing and is continuously seeking new challenges. +32 89 50 05 00 +32 89 50 05 20 The latest development of Spronken Orthopedie, invented by Mr Jan Van Manshoven, is the ‘HORS’ walking aid. [email protected] This is a unique and custom made walking aid, which combines orthotics and www.spronken.com a walking frame on 4 wheels, for people of all ages, suffering from orthopaedic, neurological or musculoskeletal system diseases.

94 Jan VANMANSHOVEN Thomas HUYS General Manager Product Manager STRAALTECHNIEK INTERNATIONAL

The Group’s main philosophy and targets are, to its largest extend, to cover the full range for the supply of products within the following trade areas: Antwerpsesteenweg 100 -industrial surface treatment and protection B - 2630 Aartselaar -corrosion technology -shot peening technology +32 3 870 61 77 +32 3 870 61 76 [email protected] www.straaltechniek.net

Henri DE BOECK 95 General Manager SUEZ ENERGY INTERNATIONAL (SUEZ-TRACTEBEL)

SUEZ Energy International is the division of SUEZ responsible for the Group’s energy activities outside Europe. It develops and manages electricity and gas projects, providing energy and related services to industry and commercial Place du Trône 1 customers. Headquartered in Brussels, it employs 4,946 people and operates in B - 1050 Brussels four areas: North America, Latin America, Middle East-Asia & Africa. Its assets represent more than 27,000 MW of power generation capacity. In 2006, SUEZ +32 2 510 70 69 Energy International achieved a turnover of EUR 6,242 million. +32 2 510 75 91 Based in Houston, SUEZ Energy North America, Inc. is the business unit of SUEZ [email protected] Energy International responsible for managing SUEZ’s positions within the www.suezenergyint.com energy value chain in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, including electricity generation and cogeneration, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), asset based trading and origination, and retail energy sales and related services to commercial and industrial customers.

96 Dirk BEEUWSAERT CEO Suez Energy International TECHSPACE AERO

Part of the Safran Group, Techspace Aero designs, develops and supplies modules, equipment and services for aeronautical and space engines. Over the years, the company has developed expertise in four areas of excellence: Route de Liers 121 B - 4041 Herstal Civil and military aeronautics propulsion: low pressure compressors and high technology parts (diffuser cases, disks etc.). Through partnership agreements with Snecma, General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, the company is responsible +32 4 278 81 11 for the low pressure compressors of the CF34-10, CFM56, GP7200, GE90, GEnx +32 4 278 52 07 engines.

Equipment: for aeronautics applications: engine lubrication systems for [email protected] launchers and satellites: valves and flow control equipment www.techspace-aero.be Services: maintenance, repair and testing for engines and equipments (first private depot for F-100 engine)

Test cell engineering: design, installation, modernisation of test cells and test cell equipment for aircraft and helicopter engines.

Philippe SCHLEICHER 97 CEO TECNOLUB

TECNOLUB is a company specialized in consulting, analysis, design, construction and implementation in the following fields: industrial lubricants, environmentally friendly micro-lubrication systems for various industrial ZI Kaiserbaracke 6 applications, treatment of metal turnings. B - 4780 Recht-St Vith

+32 80 67 95 59 +32 80 67 83 46

[email protected] www.tecnolubsystem.com

98 Raymond BLAISE General Manager TETRASOFT

Tetrasoft is the software publisher of “Leaflet” best described as “The professional solution for cross-media database publishing on demand”. Tetrasoft provides also project related services for implementing and supporting Leaflet. Avenue Voltaire 190 B - 1030 Brussels Database publishing solutions may be useful to companies wanting to publish their constantly evolving assortments cheaper, faster and error-free. Leaflet +32 2 215 41 04 users generate all kinds of structures documents like B2B catalogs, tariffs, +32 2 215 47 75 product sheets, illustrated tenders or activity reports. Because of its open structure, Leaflet can be easily integrated into any business environment, [email protected] whether simple or complex. www.tetrasoft.be

Emmanuel van HECKE 99 Manager THALES COMMUNICATIONS BELGIUM

THALES Communications Belgium (TCB) is the Belgian skills centre of the THALES group. It is recognized worldwide for its mastery in developing, producing, logistics and marketing on board systems of command, control, communication Rue des Frères Taymans 28 and information. These systems are designed for any type of platform and are B - 1480 Tubize intended for use by defence and security.

+32 2 391 22 11 TCB acts as a genuine partner with respect to its clients and offers them a +32 2 391 23 00 solution customized to their needs. To do this, its flexible and responsive team works in close co-operation with the platformists and the subcontractors. [email protected] www.tcb.thomson-csf.com To satisfy its clients and its shareholders, TCB makes it a point of honour to respect the following 7 values: corporate spirit, client focused, creativity, thoroughness, sense of responsibility, responsiveness, ethics. These values forge the corporate identity and are shared daily by the entire staff.

100 Gianni BUTERA Marketing & Sales Director TOTALHARMONY

Protect yourself from electrosmog with Memon transformers. We offer solutions for protection against all EMF for houses, offices, cars and phones. The memon® Water Transformer specifically counteracts damaging information Hommelheide 24 contained in water. B - 3511 Hasselt

The memon®4-system Combi Transformer considerably reduces particulate +32 53 70 87 36 pollution and removes the damaging side effects of geopathic interference +32 53 70 87 36 zones! Air particle measurement shows how much the concentration of particles in the air is reduced. [email protected] www.healthduo.com The memon® transformers are the technological innovation which most clearly embodies well-being, reduced stress, comfort and environmental safety. There is no other system which paves the way towards the future of removing energy-related environmental influences on people, animals and plants in the same way as the memon technology. This is our standard - for man, nature and the environment!

Luc JANSEN Greet CLAEYS 101 Director Director TRIPHASE

Triphase is a Belgian, privately owned company that provides solutions for the fast realization of complex, high-performance power electronics applications. Applications are motor drives, power grid control, hybrid vehicles power train Romeinse Straat 18 energy management, lighting and many more. B - 3001 Leuven

Key technologies are programmable and user-friendly systems for rapid +32 2 669 06 04 prototyping and deployment of new power electronics applications. Our +32 2 669 06 09 technology enables customers to migrate in a seamless way from prototype to final product. As a result development costs are cut significantly with a reduced [email protected] time to market. This allows our customers to differentiate themselves from www.triphase.com their competitors.

102 Pieter COPPENS Sales Director UCOMAR

Ucomar NV is an Antwerp based, family owned, forwarding company specialized in heavy lift, over-dimensional & project cargoes. St Katelijnevest 54 Established in 1956 Ucomar has served over the years a large number of B - 2000 Antwerp industrial clients as well as forwarders, with his expertise of the above through the port of Antwerp. A small but skillful team succeeds to offer client oriented +32 3 220 03 70 solutions for almost anything, through excellent relations with transport +32 3 226 43 83 companies & shipping lines. [email protected] We handle all kinds of cargoes moving through the Ports of Belgium ( Antwerp www.portofantwerp.be/ucomar - Ghent - Zeebrugge ) coming and/or destined to either European countries or further overseas destinations, i.e. North Africa, the Middle East, Russia & CIS countries etc. A particular product which is being moved on a regular basis is (coated) steel pipes for the oil & gas industry.

Erik WULLAERT 103 Project Manager VITALSYS

Vitalsys is a dynamic company that specializes in innovative medical technologies. Vitalsys develops, sells and maintains highly efficient telemedicine solutions and infrastructures. Rue des Palais 44 B - 1030 Brussels Vitalsys' mission is to provide technology to improve patients' quality of life. The complete range of medical services and equipment that Vitalsys provides +32 2 211 34 26 enables healthcare professionals to monitor patients in real time from home. +32 2 218 89 73 With this technology, healthcare professionals can follow their patients suffering from chronic disease ensuring prompt notification as conditions change. [email protected] www.vitalsys.be Vitalsys is the most important player in the area of medical telemonitoring in the Benelux countries. Vitalsys is partnering with the main insurance and telecom providers.

104 Paul GEERINCKX Diederick GEERINCKX President of the Board of Directors Managing Director VOICE-INSIGHT

In 1999 the founders of this Belgian company invented a new mobile user interface technology called VQL TM (Voice Query Language). Avenue J. Wybran 40 What VQL TM really does is interfacing existing speech engines available from B - 1070 Brussels the shelf to existing database content for queries and updates in natural language. It is not a speech engine (recognition nor synthesis), nor is it a +32 2 529 58 12 database application on its own. It is a middleware enabling automatic voice +32 2 529 59 83 activation of any existing database application. As such it allows fast deployment of voice-activated applications in any language, supporting any [email protected] device (telephone, GSM, microphones, PDA (personal data assistants), www.voice-insight.com television, remote controller, etc.), in a server-client or in an embedded architecture. This approach has been internationally patented. The company has developed solutions based on the SDK in different vertical niches: GIS, GPS, logistics, maintenance, security, e-government.

Charles KEMPER 105 CEO WATER CONVERT

Each person uses 120 liters of drinking water daily on average. On these 120 liters, 40 liters are used for the rinsing of the toilet bowl. The Water Convert are a new concept which enables you to daily save these 40 Rue Jules Claskin 84 liters of drinking water thanks to a new system of recovery of water starting B - 4030 Grivegnée from the bath-tub or the shower. This water is filtered mechanically, treated by UV and stored in a tank of 180 liters located at the site of the traditional tank +32 4 342 61 13 of your WC. The drinking water is increasingly invaluable. +32 4 349 17 70 This economy is at the same time direct, with less water consumption, and [email protected] indirect, by the State investing less money to treat water because the demand www.waterconvert.com for drinking water is reduced. The economy of water per year and per million inhabitants can be estimated at 14.600.000 m3 of drinking water. The Water Convert replaces the traditional system of rinsing of the toilet bowl without additional obstruction and important work of installation.

106 Malika ZAHAR Sales Manager WATERLEAU

The core activity of Waterleau is offering technology and solutions for environmental problems in a wide spectrum of environmental fields such as treatment of wastewater, sludge, polluted air and solid waste; production of Radioweg 18 process or drinking water and generation of renewable energy from waste or B - 3020 Herent bio-fuels. Waterleau’s proven track record is reflected in the design, construction, operation & maintenance of more than 1000 references. A team +32 16 65 06 57 of 175 engineers, a worldwide turnover of 75 million U$ and a 100 million U$ +32 16 65 06 63 order portfolio. [email protected] Waterleau serves its clients all over the world, either through its Belgian offices www.waterleau.com or through offices abroad or via its joint venture companies.

Field of activities: process & drinking water, desalination (brackish water & seawater); industrial & municipal wastewater; water reuse & effluent recycling; off-gas treatment & VOC control; sludge & bio-waste treatment; waste-to- energy plants.

Luc VRIENS 107 Managing director WINKING

Software development of a...... Multi-functional, Multi-CHANNEL and intelligent printer driver. Dorpsstraat 57/2 With one print command OPTIsend print does a lot more than just print. B - 8680 Koekelare OPTIsend Print offers new ways to process a print command.

+32 51 23 24 80 Thanks to the multi-channel output OPTIsend Print can execute more actions +32 51 23 24 89 with one print command: parallel workflow. Actions can be: Automatic e-mail, fax and/or transform the document to an XML-e-document, send the document [email protected] fully automatically, make notes and perform tasks in MS-Outlook, detect and [email protected] use all information on the print, recognize automatically data and actions, ... www.winking.be

108 Gerdi STAELENS Managing Director ZAO MEDIA GROUP

ZAO Media Group (ZAO) was founded by Siegfried DEBBAUDT in 2003. This company has specialized in trading, negotiating and managing video rights. It’s also a marketing specialist building up operation with the press combining Chaussée de Louvain 585 sales with DVDs. B - 1380 Lasne

ZAO employs today 15 people and a gross annual revenue of 15 Million dollars. +32 2 352 01 90 With this strong experience, ZAO has invested heavily in new promising +32 2 352 01 99 products such as www.clicmovies.net and Addict game. This website (owned by ZAO) offers a wide range of movies (almost 2,000) in a unique “download [email protected] to burn” solution. Clicmovies has signed a partnership with DivX Corp to secure www.zaoconsulting.com its content and offer high quality programs, available on both Mac and PCs. A definite marketing edge in this competitive segment. About ADDICT the great interactive quiz: named Game of the Year 2007 in France (category DVD), ADDICT (www.jeudvdaddict.com) is making its way to the US, the UK and Germany with multi-languages edition. Since ADDICT has no real competitor at this point, perspectives are very encouraging.

Siegfried DEBBAUDT Christophe De Pauw 109 Managing Director Business Developer Public Sector

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113 Filip Vandenbroeke, Embassy Attaché BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION BRUSSELS EXPORT - FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT OF THE BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION

The Foreign Trade Department of the Brussels-Capital Region is a public body, which aims to enhance and improve the export capacity of Brussels companies. To develop the export potential of Brussels companies, the Foreign Trade Avenue Louise 500/4 Department: B – 1050 Brussels

- provides information about foreign markets to Brussels companies, +32 2 800 40 00 through its network of economic and trade attachés +32 2 800 40 01 - organizes trade missions and group stands of international exhibitions - supports the prospect initiatives of Brussels companies through [email protected] financial incentives www.brussels-export.be The Foreign Trade Department of the Brussels-Capital Region also guides and helps foreign companies interested in Brussels products, services and techniques, to make the right contacts meeting their demands and to find business partners in the Brussels Region.

114 Isabelle LAVERGE Attaché FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE FINANCE FISCAL DEPARTMENT FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

Within the Federal Public Service FINANCE a team of experts informs and assists foreign investors and investors already established in Belgium on tax matters. The Fiscal Department for Foreign Investments was created in 1997 and it Rue Marie-Thérèsestraat 1/4 operates under the direct authority of the Chairman of the Executive Committee B - 1000 Brussels of the Belgian Federal Public Service Finance.

+32 2 579 38 66 This service of the FPS FINANCE guides and informs the foreign investor on tax +32 2 579 51 12 matters, and assists him in his contacts with the tax authorities. This public service works: [email protected] [email protected] - free on charge on a flexible, non-bureaucratic and investor oriented www.fiscus.fgov.be basis - everything disclosed to its officials remains strictly confidential, as they are subject to a legal and strict obligation of professional secrecy - for tax information with regard to foreign investments in Belgium, please get in touch with us (address below).

Albert WOLFS 115 International Tax Expert FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FOREIGN TRADE & DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation manages Belgium's foreign relations. Belgium's Foreign Affairs network comprises 130 embassies, consulates and representations both at EGMONT I home and abroad. Rue des Petits Carmes 15 B - 1000 Brussels As an organisation with solid and long-standing experience in foreign relations, +32 2 501 81 11 the FPS channels its expertise into actions geared towards attaining the +32 2 501 81 70 following objectives: Defending Belgian interest abroad, promoting a stable, fair, thriving world community based on solidarity and combating poverty [email protected] around the world by building up high-quality development cooperation. www.diplomatie.be

116 Henk MAHIEU Thibaut de KERCHOVE Counsellor General Expert Direction Economic Interest FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Rue des Petits Carmes 15 B-1000 Brussels

+32 2 501 82 11 +32 2 511 63 85 [email protected] www.diplomatie.be

Sofie GEEROMS Laurent DE MEESTER 117 Deputy Director Counsellor FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - FEDICT

Fedict is the public service of the Minister of ICT, which is responsible for Belgium’s e-Government strategy. Rue Marie-Thérèse 1/3 Fedict has developed and continues to develop the IT infrastructure aimed at B-1000 Brussels enabling the government to improve the services it provides. E.g.: the federal portal, the federal network (FEDMAN) and access to the crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE): +32 2 212 96 24 +32 2 212 96 99 - Fedict supports the government’s ICT departments. The services provide d by Fedict range from giving advice about drafting Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and legal advice in general, to making user [email protected] management available free of charge to departments for their own [email protected]@fedict.be applications. www.fedict.be - Finally, Fedict contributes towards developing computerization for society in general by removing barriers relating to the use of PC’s and the internet. The programmes undertaken in this context include campaigns such as “internet for all”, “saferchat” for young people and the “PC-phobia” campaign.

118 Frank LEYMAN Manager International Relations FOREIGN TRADE AGENCY

The Belgian Foreign Trade Agency is a public body with a legal status. It was set up through the Co-operation Agreement concluded between the Belgian federal government and the three Belgian regional governments on May 24th, Rue Montoyer 3 2002.The Agency is run by a Board of Directors and its Honorary President is His B - 1000 Brussels Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium. The Agency's main tasks are:

+32 2 206 35 11 - organisation of joint economic missions +32 2 203 18 12 - collecting, organising and circulating information, studies and documentation on external markets on behalf of the regional export promotion organisations [email protected] www.abh-ace.org The regional export organisations are the single contact point for Belgian companies.

The entire version of this brochure is also available on the website of the Agency for Foreign Trade, on the following address: www.abh-ace.org/expor/initiatives-actions/abh-ace/missions-sar/2008/usa-canada/homepage.html

Michel GOVAERTS Fabienne L’HOOST Rosemary DONCK 119 Vice-President of the Board Deputy Director General Coordinator of the Mission GOVERNMENT OF FLANDERS

FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE - FIT

The Flanders Investment & Trade agency promotes sustainable international business, in the interest of both Flanders-based companies and overseas enterprises. Whatever sector you are involved in, Flanders Investment & Trade Gaucheretstraat 90 will help you establish contact with the Flemish companies you are looking for. B - 1030 Brussels This includes not only products or services you may be sourcing, but also various types of business relationships, from joint ventures to technology transfers. +32 2 504 87 11 +32 2 504 88 99 At another level Flanders Investment & Trade enhances Flanders’ position as the gateway to Europe for inward investors. [email protected] The agency identifies, informs, advises and supports overseas enterprises by www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com establishing production and research facilities, contact centers, headquarters, logistics operations and the like in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium.

Do visit our website and discover our worldwide network.

120 Dirk VAN STEERTEGHEM Catherine VAN RANSBEECK Greta VAN GIJSEGHEM Head of Department International Areamanager Assistant Areamanager Business Development GOVERNMENT OF FLANDERS Office of the Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade

Flanders is a region with legislative powers, with its own parliament and its own government. It has broad domestic and foreign powers. For example, the Government of Martelaarsplein 7 Flanders has competence in the field of education, the environment, public B - 1000 Brussels works, the economy, sports and culture, tourism, welfare policy, housing, health care, town and country planning, foreign trade and investment and scientific +32 2 552 61 00 research. In all other areas there is a strong co-operation and co-ordination with the federal Belgian authorities. +32 2 552 61 01 Flanders not only conducts an autonomous domestic policy but it also has a [email protected] great deal of autonomy in its dealings with foreign partners. www.patriciaceysens.be The Government of Flanders can conclude agreements and treaties with other countries and regions in each domain for which it has domestic powers. It has also exclusive competence for its trade and investment promotion with an elaborate network abroad.

Patricia CEYSENS is Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade.

Miguel CHEVALIER 121 Spokesman WALLOON REGION CABINET OF THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, FOREIGN TRADE AND HERITAGE

Within the context of the Belgian federal State, the Walloon Region has sovereign legislative powers, with its own Parliament and Government. It has broad domestic competences in important fields like Environment, Agriculture, Place des Célestines 1 Transport, Economic policy, Training and Employment policy, regional aspects of B - 5000 Namur the Social policy and Health care policy, Housing, Scientific research, organisation and supervision of the local authorities,... +32 81 23 41 11 +32 81 23 41 22 The Government of the Walloon Region not only conducts domestic policy, but can also conclude international agreements and treaties with other regions and [email protected] countries in each domain for which it has domestic powers. The Walloon Region www.marcourt.wallonie.be has its own competences in External relations and is responsible for Foreign Trade and Investment promotion.

122 Jean-Louis ROLLÉ Julien COMPERE Nathalie LAFONTAINE Advisor Advisor Press Advisor WALLOON REGION INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT (DRI)

The Wallonia International Relations Department (DRI) is responsible for all international matters related to the competencies devoluted to the Walloon Region of Belgium (notably economic and employment development and Place Sainctelette 2 scientific innovation). B - 1080 Brussels The environmental desk within the Wallonia International Relations Department is involved in the following activities: +32 2 421 82 11 +32 2 421 87 87 - Bilateral cooperation in matters such as environment, sustainable development and climate changes. We built projects with more than 50 regions or countries in the world. We maintain very close cooperation with some African French [email protected] speaking countries within the framework of the International Francophone www.wbri.be Agency. - Multilateral cooperation: we are a member of very effective “environmental” networks such as ENCORE, the Environment Conference of the Regions of Europe, and NRG4SD, the network of regional governments for sustainable development. - International trade: the environmental desk promotes worldwide the Wallonia-based businesses active in the environmental sector.

Jean-Marie WAUTHIER 123 Chief Engineer - Director WALLOON REGION WALLONIA FOREIGN TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGENCY-AWEX

The Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (AWEX) is the Wallonia Region of Belgium’s government agency in charge of foreign trade promotion and foreign investment attraction. The agency has a worldwide network of 105 Place Sainctelette 2 Economic and Trade Attachés. AWEX is ISO 9001 certified since April 2002. B - 1080 Brussels As a foreign trade agency, AWEX carries out a mission of promotion and information for the benefit of both Wallonia and the foreign business +32 2 421 84 93 community. AWEX assists buyers, decision-makers, importers and foreign +32 2 421 87 75 prospects by providing information on Wallonia’s export potential. As an export partner for Wallonia-based companies, Awex offers a wide range of export- [email protected] oriented services and activities (market surveys, organization of trade missions, [email protected] trade show pavilions, export incentives, etc.). [email protected] As a foreign investment agency, AWEX – via its Office for Foreign Investors (OFI) [email protected] – has an overall responsibility for the attraction of foreign investment in www.wallonia-export.be Wallonia. This includes seeking out and providing information to potential www.investinwallonia.be foreign investors. The Agency also offers a pro-active follow-up service to investors already established in Wallonia.

124 Christian VERDIN Francis KANIA Jean-Pierre MARCELLE Pierre LECLERCQ Director North America Area Coordinator Head of North American Investments Business Development Head of Marketing & Communications US Investments For further details concerning Belgian products, services and techniques, CONTACTS please get in touch with:

Luc LIPPENS Dirk VERLEE Frédéric DELBART Economic and Commercial Attaché for the Economic Representative of Flanders. Trade and Investment Commissioner Brussels-Capital Region c/o Consulate General of Belgium Belgian trade Commission Wallonia Export and Investment Office

1065 Av. of the Americas 22th fl 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200 155 Montgomery street - suite 207 New York, NY 10018 Los Angeles, CA 90048 San Francisco - CA 94104

+1 212 399 85 22 +1 323 857 08 42 +1 415 546 52 55 +1 212 399 85 17 +1 323 938 40 24 +1 415 341 65 13

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125 For further details concerning Belgian products, services and techniques, CONTACTS please get in touch with:

Jean-Pierre VASAUNE André MATHIEU Business Development US Investments Trade Commissioner for the Brussels-Capital Region, the Chicago Office Flemish Region and the Walloon Region Wallonia Export and Investment Office Trade Commission - Consulate of Belgium

333 North Michigan Avenue - suite 905 2 Bloor Street West – Suite 2508 - box 86 Chicago - Illinois 60601-4186 Toronto, Ontario M4W 3E2

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127 ECONOMIC PROFILE OF BELGIUM, THE HEART OF EUROPE

Belgium is a federal Kingdom, with three Regions (the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region) and three communities (the Flemish Community, where Dutch is spoken, the French Community and the German Community).

Belgium has a population of 10.584.534 inhabitants (as of 1.01.07) and is one of the most densely populated states in Europe. Brussels is the capital of Europe, the site of the headquarters of the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. Other major international organizations, such as NATO, are also located in Brussels. As a result, Brussels is the number two city in the world (after Washington) in terms of its number of accredited journalists, and fourth in terms of the number of international meetings and seminars held there.

With a surface area of 30,500 km², Belgium is one of the smallest Member States in the European Union. Nevertheless, it is a significant player in the world economy. GDP in 2006 was € 392 billion, making Belgium the 18th economy in the world. Belgium is a high income country, with a GNI (gross national income) per capita of $ 38,600 (World Bank data). According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), in 2006, Belgium was the 10th exporter of goods and the 14th exporter of services globally. Belgium’s share in world merchandise exports was 3.1% in 2006, while its share in world imports of goods was 2.9%. Belgium is the world leader in terms of export per capita. Belgium was also the 4th recipient of Foreign Direct Investment flows in the world in 2006 (UNCTAD World Investment Report 2007). FDI into Belgium more than doubled to $72 billion, raising its total FDI stock to $603 billion, which was more than the country’s GDP at the end of 2006. The continued presence in Belgium of TNC “coordination centres”, as well as the new tax incentives that entered into force in January 2006 (notional interest deduction) may have contributed to that increase. Belgium’s FDI outflows also increased in 2006, making it the 7th largest source of FDI worldwide.

128 BELGIUM - KEY FIGURES

Trade relations with the USA Trade relations with Canada

Belgian exports to the USA Belgian exports to Canada

2005 12 months 17 349 million EUR 2005 12 months 1 880 million EUR 2006 12 months 17 984 million EUR 2006 12 months 2 153 million EUR 2006 9 months 13 429 million EUR 2006 9 months 1 601 million EUR 2007 9 months 13 275 million EUR 2007 9 months 1 634 million EUR

Belgian imports from the USA Belgian imports from Canada

2005 12 months 13 891 million EUR 2005 12 months 1 086 million EUR 2006 12 months 15 002 million EUR 2006 12 months 1 289 million EUR 2006 9 months 10 899 million EUR 2006 9 months 882 million EUR 2007 9 months 12 006 million EUR 2007 9 months 1 296 million EUR

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