Programme BCF Career Event Belgium

We are proud to anounce the programme of BCF Belgium on 26 November 2026. To give you an idea of which presentations to expect, please find below the programme. See here for the overview of confirmed speakers.

Recruiters: Interested in presenting your company to a large audience through a presentation? Request our participation brochure and price list here or contact us via bcf@hyphenprojects.nl or call 0031 35 628 66 59.


Room Flex 1-2

Room Flex 3-4

09.00Registration open for Premium Ticket attendees
09.20 - 09.50
          

Kim Heylen, Shift Happens

09.45Exhibition floor open
10.00 - 10.30


Keynote Presentation
Built by Argonauts: Entrepreneurial Science and the People That Make It Happen


Loes Bresseleers, Head of HR at argenx
Keynote speaker


10.30Registration open for Free Ticket attendees
10.40 - 11.10

                
"My Career Path – Lessons Learned"
Ina Vandenbroucke, VP Research & Development at Fujirebio

Vanessa Vankerckhoven
CEO & Co-founder at Idevax


The future is calling: Cell Therapy @ J&J
Aline de Bock, Learning and Development Lead CAR-T EMEA 
at Johnson & Johnson

11.20 - 11.50


Introducing ATB Therapeutics
Joost Uitdehaag, Head of Research at ATB Therapeutics



Why Scientific Messages Get Lost and How to Fix This: Careers in Scientific Communications
Sander Hulsmans,  Project Delivery Manager at Akkodis   


Yuwen Gu,  Project Manager at Akkodis 

Irena Zurnic Bonisch, Publication Writer at Akkodis


12.00 - 12.15


Reaching Patients Through Immunology Innovation – the argenx Way

Dieter Defever, Sr Manager Employee Communications and Engagement at argenx



Make your way into the Clinical Research, Data Management or Regulatory Affairs world

Virginie Hamtiaux, Sr Trainer & Business Coach at ECCRT

12.40 - 13.10


"Belgium Biotech Pioneers" - Part 1 
Emile Redant, CEO at Zymofix




Bernard Sagaert, CEO at Etherna



"Leaving the Lab – Examples of Non-Scientific Roles" - Part 1
Laurien Van Dyck, Grand Challenges Portfolio Manager at VIB 

Evelien Van den Eeckhoudt, Business Development Manager at Labo Nuytink, anacura
13.20 - 13.50



"Belgium Biotech Pioneers" - Part 2
Veerle De Schepper, Head of R&D at Rainbow Crops
14.00 - 14.30

From Quiet to Impactful: Career lessons for introverts in Life Sciences
Haifen Hu, Hyphen Projects

"Leaving the Lab – Examples of Non-Scientific Roles" - Part 2
Michaël Vlemmix, Partner at Gimv Life Sciences
14:40 - 15:10

"From PhD to CEO & Founder"

Norah Benmeridja, CEO & Founder of 1SCPD ("One Scoop A Day")


15.10 - 16.00
  



Panel members


Maria Fonseca, Portfolio Lead at Obulytix



Marek Piprek, MD, FWO PhD Fellow at  VIB & Nucleate


Catarina Pereira, Scientific Business Analyst  at  Hyloris

16.30 Exhibition floor is closed

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