# Startup & founder events in Brussels

Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily.

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11 upcoming events as of 3 September 2026.

## Founders Running Club :: Brussels

- Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:30 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Commons Hub Brussels, Rue de la Madeleine 51, Brussels
- Organizer: [Founders Running Club :: Brussels](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-running-club-brussels)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-running-club-brussels-316137516
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9639?p=md

Founders Running Club (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer, pets, friends, family, are welcome.…

## GTM Engineering, hype or reality?

- Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Beci, Av. Louise 500, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
- Organizer: Personal
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/gtm-engineering-hype-or-reality-noZxWp1CLaj2VAk
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7827?p=md

GTM Engineering: Hype or Reality? We dig into what most of you are already tinkering with: using AI to automate and augment GTM workflows. Practitioner-led, deliberately informal, and honest about what didn't work. Nathan and Kevin from Spott open on how they approach AI in GTM: what to automate…

## Payments Meets AI · What's Next for Banks and Fintechs

- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Meetup
- Price: €80
- Venue: Timelex, Rue des Pères Blancs 4, 1040 Brussels
- Organizer: [FinTech Belgium and Timelex](https://foundercal.com/organizers/fintech-belgium-and-timelex)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/payments-meets-ai-whats-next-for-banks-and-fintechs-2026-09-24
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9147?p=md

An evening on the two things reshaping European payments at once: the PSD3, PSR and FIDA rule changes, and what AI actually does inside a bank. Hosted with Timelex, the Brussels tech law firm, so the regulatory read is first-hand rather than second-hand. Keynote, panel, then drinks with the Belgian…

## Startup World Cup Belgium 2026

- Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026, 17:30 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Pitch
- Venue: Le Village by CA Brussels, Rue Guimard 14, 1040 Brussels
- Organizer: [Startup&Angels](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-and-angels)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-world-cup-belgium-2026-2026-09-30
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9153?p=md

Belgium gets its first national heat of the Startup World Cup, and the winner flies to the San Francisco grand finale to compete for a $1M investment prize. Ten selected startups pitch for four minutes each to a jury of investors, then the room turns into the densest gathering of Belgian founders…

## Connecting Brussels Companies to European AI Infrastructure

- Date: Thursday 22 October 2026, 17:30 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Workshop
- Venue: FARI AI Experience Center at BeCentral, Cantersteen 16, 1000 Brussels
- Organizer: [sustAIn.brussels and VUB](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sustain-brussels-and-vub)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/connecting-brussels-companies-to-european-ai-infrastructure-2026-10-22
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9149?p=md

Europe hands out serious AI infrastructure and almost nobody knows how to get at it. This evening at BeCentral puts you in front of the teams behind the AI Factories, the Belgium AI Antenna, the four Test and Experimentation Facilities and the AI Act regulatory sandboxes. The panel is deliberately…

## Code & Compliance 2026

- Date: Tuesday 27 October 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Maison de la Poste, Rue Picard 3, 1000 Brussels
- Organizer: [Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (Eclipse Foundation)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/open-regulatory-compliance-working-group-eclipse-foundation)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/code-and-compliance-2026-2026-10-27
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9152?p=md

The first Cyber Resilience Act obligations land in September 2026, and the AI Act is close behind. This one-day Brussels conference, run by the Eclipse Foundation's Open Regulatory Compliance working group, is about putting those rules into practice: what a compliant product actually looks like,…

## Apply AI Summit 2026

- Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026, 08:30 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Conference
- Price: Free
- Venue: The EGG Brussels, Rue Bara 175, 1070 Brussels
- Organizer: [European Commission](https://foundercal.com/organizers/european-commission)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/apply-ai-summit-2026-2026-11-17
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9150?p=md

The European Commission puts 900 people in The EGG for its flagship applied-AI day, hosted by Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen. Be clear about what it is: policymakers and industry as much as founders. But the parallel session on the AI Act and innovation, the exhibition floor, and the…

## FARI Brussels Conference 2026

- Date: 23 November 2026 – 24 November 2026
- Type: Conference
- Price: Free
- Venue: Studio Flagey and BeCentral, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels
- Organizer: [FARI · AI for the Common Good Institute](https://foundercal.com/organizers/fari-ai-for-the-common-good-institute)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/fari-brussels-conference-2026-2026-11-23
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9155?p=md

The annual gathering of the Brussels AI scene, run by the VUB and ULB institute that advises the region on AI. This fifth edition asks whether Brussels can call itself a capital of AI, with 800+ people, 50 speakers and a heavy dose of governance and regulation, which is what Brussels is actually…

## Digital Finance Summit 2026

- Date: Thursday 3 December 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Conference
- Organizer: [FinTech Belgium](https://foundercal.com/organizers/fintech-belgium)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/digital-finance-summit-2026-2026-12-03
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9154?p=md

The one day a year the whole Belgian fintech industry is in the same building. The 2025 edition ran four stages for 400+ attendees, 150 of them fintech people and 70 from banks and insurers, plus five hours of scheduled matchmaking with the banks. Tracks cover cross-border payments, MiCA and DORA,…

## UnitedXR Europe 2026

- Date: 7 December 2026 – 9 December 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Maison de la Poste, Rue Picard 3, 1000 Brussels
- Organizer: [AWE and Stereopsia](https://foundercal.com/organizers/awe-and-stereopsia)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/unitedxr-europe-2026-2026-12-07
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9148?p=md

AWE and Stereopsia merged their European editions into one event, so this is now the continent's main gathering for AR, VR and spatial computing. Three days of technical talks, a scientific track, an expo floor and an XR showcase, plus a startup pitch competition and the European XR Awards. The…

## BeAngels Investors Night · December

- Date: Tuesday 8 December 2026, 17:30 (Europe/Brussels)
- Type: Pitch
- Venue: Fosbury & Sons Boitsfort
- Organizer: [BeAngels](https://foundercal.com/organizers/beangels)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/beangels-investors-night-december-2026-12-08
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9151?p=md

BeAngels is the largest business angel network in Belgium, and its Investors Nights are where five pre-selected startups pitch its members face to face. The series rotates around the country; this December edition is the Brussels one. Doors at 17:30 with an intro session for newcomers, pitches from…