Wintercircus Ghent

As a kid, we all played with blocks. Optioryx CEO Bart Gadeyne made a career out of it! 🧱 Read all about his booming AI company in this week’s Campus Stories. 🎪

Looking for the most dazzling meeting room in town? 🎪 How about our Boardroom? ♟️ Large conference table. Huge screen. Spectacular view. Twenty cushy seats. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner by our premier restaurant, Tribune. It’s ideal for business, and pleasure. Board meetings, client presentations, team celebrations... Turn them into a one-of-a-kind experience! 👉 events@wintercircus.be

The full Inside the Circle X The Talks program is now live! 🟡 On Friday, Feb 21, discuss the future of nightlife and live entertainment at our (electronic) music conference with Ray Winkler (STUFISH LIMITED), Joris Beckers (Love Tomorrow), Myriam Buyl & Peter Decuypere (Sustafest), Nina Lambrecht (STROOM), and Tomas Raeymaekers (Boomtown Festival) + DJs & producers Ava Eva, Brennt, Pegassi, Polar Youth, and Faisal Chatar. 🎤 👉 Timetable & tickets: insidethecircle.be/ghent

Last night, our Startup Campus residents and Wintercircus Collective members got into the nitty-gritty of scaling for success. Including invaluable insights on how to build a product for scale from Aikido Security co-founder and former Showpad product manager Roeland Delrue, as well as Deliverect co-founder and CTO Jan Hollez. 🛫 Thanks to everyone who joined the conversation (and had a craft IPA with us afterward at Bar Bougie)! 🎪

The not-so-good news: Mattias Devriendt's upcoming lie-down concerts in February and March have officially sold out. 😞 The much better news: we added another one on Sunday, March 30, and ticket sales for the lie-down concerts on May 4 & 25 have also just started. 😊 By now, you know what to do, right? #hurry 👉 Tickets: bit.ly/wintercircus-events

Can we be your Valentine this week? 😉 1. On Tuesday, Roeland Delrue (Aikido Security) and Jan Hollez (Deliverect) talk about building a product for scale. (Collective only) 🎪 2. That same day, British duo The Heavy Heavy brings its soulful rock & roll to Club Wintercircus. 🎸 3. Also at Club Wintercircus this Saturday, Maxim Lany & Red D get Closer to you on the dancefloor. 🪩 Visit www.wintercircus.be/agenda for more Wintercircus events! This week’s Arena opening hours: • Mon 9am – 8pm • Tue 9am – 8pm • Wed 9am – 8pm • Thu 9am – 8pm • Fri 9am – midnight • Sat 9am – midnight • Sun 9am – 6pm

From staging concerts for the likes of Beyoncé, Adele, and U2 to creating ABBA’s mind-blowing VR Arena in London to the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony, Ray Winkler has been in the business of revolutionizing live entertainment for over 25 years. 🌍 And that makes the STUFISH LIMITED CEO and design director the perfect keynote speaker for our entertainment + tech conference Inside the Circle X The Talks on Feb 21! 🟡 Tickets & Info: insidethecircle.be/ghent

“Gosh, a little busy.” Feel it’s all a bit too much from time to time? You definitely could use some pointers to learn how to manage your professional and personal life? On February 20, Generation WOW invites a host of experts to Wintercircus to talk about mental health. 💆♀️ On the bill of WOW, Health Talks! (besides food & drinks): • Neurologist & sleep expert Inge Declercq (SleepWell & StressLess) • Author Yasmin Vantuykom (Workaholics) • Podcast creator Jef Willem (Onbespreekbaar) • Clinical psychologist Sarah Bal (Wat als we er samen over praten?) • Nutrition expert Amandine De Paepe (Insentials ) Tickets for this inspiring, fun, and relaxing evening are almost sold out, so hurry! (Sorry, we didn’t want to stress you out even more.) 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5zHrUbE

It's been 84 years ... The thrill of circus, burlesque, and cabaret returns to Wintercircus on Friday, March 7 & Saturday, March 8. Grab your tickets now via bit.ly/wintercircus-events! 🎪🤹

“Ghent is the perfect hub for the new company of Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.” Hey, look, if Inrupt’s Roel Naessens says so, we’re not going to contradict him. 🧑💻 Read all about Tim Berners-Lee’s Inrupt - one of many Wintercircus Startup Campus residents - in this week’s Campus Stories! 🎪