Digital Talks

By supporting the #development of the video #game industry, the city of #Brussels intends to #promote its local #talents. A first space dedicated to video game #creators , via the games.brussels association, was inaugurated on March 30th, laying the foundations of a new creative space for this rising industry. It was the perfect timing to interview Guillaume Bouckaert on his projects! A growing ma...

According to BCG, #cities account for about 80% of global GDP, making the #future of cities a priority for #governments and #businesses. Before #COVID-19, cities had started to #reimagine themselves through “#smartcity” #initiatives beset by growing & aging #populations, the rising #cost of living, public #health, and more than anything, environmental / #sustainable concerns. The #pandemic and...

Without visual game artists, a game would be nothing more than ideas in a designer’s head. Game art design comes in the pre-production phase of the development of a video game (2D or 3D) where the game art designer brings the game’s characters, stories, and worlds to life. This can also include anything from clothes, character models and surface textures to visual effects or storyboards. To have a...

The #gaming industry and community has always been a predominantly male space. From #developers to characters to #players, men are at the forefront of gaming from every angle. But the reality is much more #diverse than that. Indeed, #women have played key roles and have been #influencial in the industry - such as Jade Raymond, who helped in the creation of Assassin's Creed. Women influence tre...

#GenerativeAI (GenAI) is gaining in #popularity, especially with today's #hype around tools such as #ChatGPT, #Midjourney, DALL-E... Artificial intelligence - #AI - has been a crucial part of games creation & development for decades. It’s neither a new nor revolutionary field. However, GenAI is a new tool and has the capacity to revolutionize game development. This is where generative AI o...

Since september 2022, Beatrice de Mahieu is CEO of BeCode * - one of the major #training center for #coding in #Belgium. She has an extensive #career in the #tech industry and supported several major #IT and #media companies through their #digital #transformation. She has held senior integrated #marketing positions at Microsoft and ELLE Belgium Magazine. Béatrice has helped #clients manage end-to-...

SEO is one of the most dynamic fields of #digital #marketing. Why? Because # Google is constantly updating its #ranking #algorithm and evaluating #signals to provide high-performing #web pages and make #search a better #experience for #users. This means that organizations must understand these shifts, reevaluate their #SEO tactics, #content relevancy and user experience so as to respond quickly to...

How can we motivate #minorities and #citizens to be part of the #digital era?  D&I, and now #DEI, is increasingly recognized as a strategic pillar within businesses, governments, institutions and is considered a lever for #success and #innovation.  In this episode, Digitalcity.brussels interviewed Mariam Harutyunyan , #diversity & #inclusion advocate, an inspiring #entrepreneur, and a lot...

How can we build a more inclusive / diverse digital world? Diversity, #equity, and inclusion (#DEI) are knowingly #challenging topics that require #consideration as they are also key sources of #competitive advantages for #businesses. But how can we shift the mindset for a broader DEI perspective? To answer this, we have interviewed Leïla Maidane, a social #entrepreneur focused on #diversity and e...

The gender gap in technology starts at school and carries on through every stage of girls’ and women’s lives. In 2021, only 18.2%* of all people working in #IT are #women in #Belgium. How can we see beyond the #gender gap and #sensitize women about the digital #opportunities in the #Tech industry?  This mission isn’t so simple. Women remain # underrepresented at every level in the #corporate...

Learning from Women #Tech #Leaders: Dewi Van de Vyven Just as they are in many sectors, #women are underrepresented in tech #leadership. According to BCG*, women made up almost 28% of the leadership #positions in the #IT industry. After the #pandemic, this rate went - sadly - down the road. Why? Because women still have to overcome #challenges that most #men don't have to face.  So, how can t...

A Data Consultant is a professional who helps organisations to harness the power of data to drive growth and improve their operations .  The #career involves working with #clients to understand their #data needs, implementing #data-driven #actions, and providing ongoing #support and #guidance to ensure the #success of these solutions. The # opportunities in this field are vast, as #businesses...

Following our #Podcast serie on the #digital transition in #Brussels through the CIRB / CIBG, we have interviewed complimentary #experts that participate in this #transformation.  In this Episode, Sarah Tillous shares her #professional background and the missions / #actions she undertakes as a #coordinator for WePulse* and the "Regional #IT Governance" (gouvernance régionale IT). She exp...

Big data is #data that contains greater variety, arriving in increasing volumes and with more #velocity.  Today, big data has become capital and is everywhere, streaming across our #world through a growing array of sensors, #applications, and #business models. Much less common, though, are #companies that actually use data and #analytics to transform what they do and how they do it. If you ta...

Experience is everything. Companies should get it right! Customer experience – or #CX - is the customers’ holistic vision of their experience with a #business. Delivering a great CX is, therefore, hugely important for any #company. This is why corporate investments in CX has heavily increased. However, more often than not, CEOs end up making only incremental #solutions & improvements to the st...

Tech companies must start identifying priority use cases and start building winning capabilities in green technologies. However, Green IT is still at a nascent stage despite the growing demand for more sustainable technologies. BCG* estimates that Green Tech will become as large as a US$45-55 Billion market by 2027. This growth can only be supported by sustainability-driven model transformation ac...

It has never been more crucial to make #cities smarter, more efficient, and #sustainable for their residents.  Indeed, with the sustainability #commitments, continued #urban growth and the accelerated improvements of new #technologies - such as #AI, #Cloud Computing or #5G - cities get smarter and have the potential to shape more livable and #responsive spaces. Public and #businesses need to...

The carbon footprint of the tech sector is huge. In addition, experts estimated in 2021 that 3% of the world's electricity supply (+2% of total GHG emissions) was  generated by the impact of Big Data and Cloud Computing alone*. Figures are alarming and yet they are still not widely publicised...  With sustainability now a business imperative, we decided to interview some experts to have...

Digitalisation is omnipresent in our #society and its adoption has accelerated during the Covid-19 #pandemic.  Whether it is to book a doctor's appointment, to transfer money, to enroll children at school..., the #digital way is often the most convenient one. In this context, "being digital" is increasingly becoming a requirement for full social inclusion. It is, thus, essential to increase t...

In this Podcast Episode, we have interviewed Yves Mathonet - Head of the Digital Transformation Entity at the CIRB/CIBG - to follow up our #insights on the Digital Transformation within Brussels. In this #episode we go through a couple of points: - What is the #Digital Transformation? - How can this #transition be implemented by #governments / businesses? - Have #leaders made significant #progress...

Everyone’s buzzing about the #metaverse but what are the implications for #businesses and more than anything, what is it exactly? At Digitalcity.brussels we were curious to learn how #brands should venture into this new space where #private #capital is vividly pouring in* and whose potential #value is estimated in trillions** - values that seem too huge to ignore. Listen to our new # Podcast episo...

#Climate change is one of the greatest global #challenge we will face in the coming years. #Governments and companies have already set ambitious objectives to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. How? By fostering actions, rethinking #business models and reshifting the #IT value chain. And this shift is also a tremendous #opportunity for businesses.  #Green-Tech growth is driven by the...

Success with transformation, in general, has always been hard to come by. In the digital world, the challenge became more critical during the Covid-19 pandemic when technologies accelerated vividly. Only about 30%* of companies have navigated a digital transformation successfully worldwide. And navigating it in the midst of uncertainty is complex as new behaviors emerge and evolve dramatically. It...

The business of e-Sport is a multi-billions dollar #industry with a growing international #audience that is estimated to reach 646 million by 2023*. As the #industry expands, there are #job opportunities in various areas, including engineering, #law, #marketing, artificial intelligence, PR/events, #virtual reality... Underpinned by an #agile infrastructure and passionate users, the market clearly...

Gaming is a fast-growing sector, powered by the passion of 3 billion enthusiasts worldwide. With its substantial #revenue potential, the high-quality jobs it creates, #Gaming presents vibrant #opportunities for industry and governments alike.  Digitalcity.brussels interviewed Guillaume Bouckaert - Game Designer - to dive deeper with insights on the topics that matter, including: the ecosystem...