Luc Tayart de Borms was Managing Director of the King Baudouin Foundation until 2022 and Chairman of the Network of European Foundations (NEF) for Innovative Cooperation and the European Foundation Centre (now Philea). Luc has vast experience working in the foundation environment. He is still a Trustee of Give2Asia. 

Under Luc’s leadership, the King Baudouin Foundation was one of the first foundations to employ a Data scientist. Together with colleagues, Luc also played a key role in creating the European AI Fund inside NEF. Luc is author of three publications: "Global Philanthropy (2010)", "Philanthropy in Europe (2008)" and "Foundations - Creating Impact in a Globalised World (2005)". For him, effective philanthropy is "impact driven" and depends on a strategic mix of methodologies that reach beyond grant giving. Born in Belgium, Luc obtained a Master's Degree in Moral Sciences from the University of Ghent.

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Wim de Waele started his career as a scientific researcher at the university, applying AI technology in industry. He continued to work in AI at Siemens and Numetrix before joining i2 Technologies and moving to the US in the nineties. Upon his return to Europe, Wim became the founder and Chief Executive Officer at iMinds (now part of www.imec.be) whose iStart accelerator was rated one of the top 3 university business incubators. He is executive chairman at The Beacon, an AI and IoT innovation hub (www.thebeacon.eu), and co-founder of the Miles Ahead Venture Studio (www.milesahead.ai).

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Julia Stamm serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Data Tank. A purpose-driven leader with profound expertise in the areas of science, policy, sustainability, technology and innovation for the common good, Julia has long-standing leadership and management experience in national and international organisations, such as COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), the G20 and the European Commission, as well as founder and entrepreneur. In 2021, she received the Digital Female Leader Award, category “Global Hero”. 

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Corinna Hörst is an accomplished leader and manager as well as an expert on European affairs, transatlantic relations, diversity, gender, and women leadership.

Until early 2023, Corinna was Managing Director for Leadership Programs and a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) until early 2023. Prior to this she held several positions at GMF Brussels and Washington, DC. Corinna is a co-founder of The Brussels Binder, an online database of female policy experts, and was its first president from 2015 - 2022.

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