A bold idea is rarely the hard part. Turning it into lasting impact is.

VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and Flanders Technology & Innovation (FTI) join the Love Tomorrow Summit as partners, bringing Flemish startups, scale-ups and innovation ecosystems to an international stage.

Two roles, one ambition

VLAIO and FTI are both initiatives of the Flemish Government, each playing a complementary role.

VLAIO is the point of contact of the Flemish Government for all entrepreneurs in Flanders — supporting startups, scale-ups and organisations as they innovate, grow and connect with the right partners, funding and expertise.

FTI makes that innovation visible. Through a large-scale technology festival and a broader experiential programme, it brings innovation closer to citizens, entrepreneurs and organisations.

Together, they share one ambition: positioning Flanders as a place where ideas move.

Why Flanders, why now

Love Tomorrow Summit connects Flemish innovators with global thinkers, investors and partners exploring the future of intelligence — and what it takes to move bold ideas into real-world impact.

From bold ideas to real impact, live on stage

No long keynote. Just real stories, real questions, real answers.

From Bold Ideas to Real Impact: The Power of Innovation Ecosystems unfolds as four short, high-energy sessions:

  • Sustainable challenges & opportunities — A startup puts its real challenges on the table. Experts from research, finance and the ecosystem respond with concrete ways forward.
  • Sustainable scale-up journeys — Gutsy and Koppie share how they're scaling impact-driven businesses: from first support to growth and funding.
  • Sustainable collaboration — With Transformaker, manufacturing companies and designers team up to turn existing materials and ideas into new circular solutions, presented on stage by LUCA School of Arts, which coordinates the project.
  • Making sustainability visible — In conversation with the director of FTI: how does innovation become tangible for society? From the stories on stage to a large-scale technology festival this autumn.

The session is powered by VLAIO & FTI, moderated by Anke Albregts (VLAIO).

Built for the long term

Innovation doesn't grow in isolation. It moves through collaboration between entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and ecosystems that know how to translate momentum into results.

That's the work VLAIO and FTI do every day — and it's why this partnership with Love Tomorrow Summit runs deeper than a stage appearance.

Love Tomorrow Summit, 23 July 2026, Tomorrowland, Boom, Belgium. Tickets available at https://www.lovetomorrow.com/love-tomorrow-summit/tickets