Mission
The starting point for discussions within the IRG 'Automotive' is primarily the establishment of a strategic innovation agenda for the existing industrial fabric in the 'automotive'. The IRG will also examine which are the proper mechanisms for innovation support. The automotive or vehicle industry is thereby widely interpreted and contains next to the car-assembly plants, the manufacturers of buses and cars, trucks, trailers, farm machinery, industrial vehicles and all suppliers of parts, services ...
Composition
Chairman:
- Dirk Boogmans, voorzitter, VRWI
Members:
- Marc Clockaerts, automotive, Recticel
- Chris Dewulf, zaakvoerder, Christulf bvba
- Bart Van Coppenolle
- Urbain Vandeurzen, CEO en voorzitter, LMS International
- Joeri Van Mierlo, ETEC-MOBI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Ignace Verpoest, afdeling mechanische materiaalkunde, K.U.Leuven
Special guests:
- Renilde Craps, directeur, Flanders Drive
- Leo Van de Loock, directeur bedrijfsprojecten, IWT
- Hilde Vermeulen, dept. Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie
Feedback:
- Guido Nelissen, ACV
Support:
- Koen Vandenbempt, dept. management en UAMS, Universiteit Antwerpen
- Danielle Raspoet, secretaris, VRWI
- Vincent Thoen, navorser, VRWI