The Antwerp region is the economic engine of Flanders, thanks to its world port, the second largest chemical cluster, a strong creative sector and a shared ambition to grow the region through innovation.
The university's role has broadened to that of a driver, i.e. a driving force, for innovation: it will become an innovative regional force in knowledge-intensive ecosystems.
Watch the presentation by Silvia Lenaerts, Vice-Rector, & Jurgen Joossens, Head of Valorisation Unit, University of Antwerp, at the webinar Antwerp and Vienna calling: Universities as valorisation engines at the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2022
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