Speaker

Jo De Boeck received his EE and PhD from KU Leuven. After a research career, he became VP and part of the executive board of imec. He managed imec NL at Holst Centre and lead the Smart Systems unit. As CTO and later CSO & EVP, he heads teams on government relations, public-private partnerships, innovation investments and start-ups. He was NATO Fellow (Bellcore, USA), AST Fellow (Japan), Professor TU Delft and at KU Leuven (present).