Programme
20-21 March 2024
20 March: 10:00 - 19:00 CET | 21 March 09:00-14:00 CET
Handelsbeurs | Antwerp, Belgium | & Online
21 March
11:30-12:30
Meet ten minutes before departure at the venue's entrance
Study visits*
Smart
Green
Citizens
Draw inspiration from visits to interesting sites and discover good practices in and around Antwerp together with the thematic experts of the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform.
Three alternatives:
- Visit 1: Discover digital Antwerp with our experts
Discover the port of Antwerp-Bruges, wide open gates for tech innovation, and a testing ground and a place of innovation. Together with the port community and their partners, they turn today's challenges such as energy transition, digitalisation and mobility into solutions.
- Visit 2: Go green and dive into sustainable Antwerp
Discover Circuit, a circular playground for everyone who wants to live sustainably, animated by Kringwinkel Antwerp, owner of the good practice: the collection.
At Circuit, you take the first steps towards a sustainable life: shopping in the second-hand range of the thrift store or choosing from local circular products.
- Visit 3: Take a look at the Antwerp's cultural heritage and its future
Discover good practices and draw inspiration from the Recapture the Fortress Cities project in Antwerp. Discover a true ‘Time Machine’, allowing to virtually travel between past, present, and future of Fort Lillo.
*Note: visits take the full morning, advance registration is required (limited capacity). If you opt for a study visit, you will not be able to participate in the zoom-in sessions or explore the policy-learning discovery zone and talks happening at the venue during the morning.
Departure from the venue at 10:00, return by approx. 13:00.
Please note that the same study visit destinations are also available on 20 March (in the afternoon).
Speakers

Simon Hunkin
Thematic Expert for Greener Europe, Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform

Magda Michalikova
Thematic Expert for Greener Europe, Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform

René Tönnisson
Thematic Expert for Smarter Europe, Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform