Brussels Exporters Day 2025

🚀 Ready to take your business beyond borders? This is your chance to connect with hub.brussels’ General Representatives—32 market experts from around the world, all back in Brussels for one week just to meet you!

Whether you’re already exporting or just starting to explore international opportunities, this event is your fast track to global success. Book a 30-minute one-on-one session with our experts to fine-tune your strategy, gain market insights, and get the answers you need to grow.

🌍 Meet Our Global Representatives
Our General Representatives cover key international markets. Schedule a meeting with the expert for your target region:

🇪🇺 Europe

• Germany – Nikola Winzler (Berlin)

• France & Monaco – Olivier Costa (Paris), Marie Vanaerde (Lille)

• UK – Samuel Servaes (London)

• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, EU & International Organizations – Reinout Van Hullebus (Brussels)

• Denmark – Nele Pyfferoen (Copenhagen)

• Switzerland – Maxime Dohogne (Geneva)

• Netherlands – Bart Schobben (The Hague)

• Poland – Nicolas Neve (Warsaw)

• Sweden – Terry Hughe (Stockholm)

• Italy – Guglielmo Pisana (Milan)

• Spain & Andorra – Ariane Leonard (Madrid), Carmen Coca (Barcelona)

• Serbia & Montenegro – Marijana Milosevic (Belgrade)

🌎 North America

• East Coast USA – Kathlijn Fruithof (New York)

• West Coast USA – Eric Gabrys (San Francisco)

• Canada (East & Bermuda) – Gilles Bredas (Montreal)

• Canada (West) – Robert Sas (Vancouver)

🌍 Latin America

• Brazil – Dieter Poleyn (São Paulo)

• Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay – Jimena Villar (Montevideo)

• Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti – Jean-Serge Rodrigues Dias de Sousa (Havana)

🌏 Middle East & Asia

• China – Mattias Debroyer (Shanghai)

• Japan – William Delsemme (Tokyo)

• Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia – Tran Tuyet Trang (Hanoi)

• India – Bart Vandeputte (Mumbai)

• Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei – Sébastien Hardy (Singapore)

• Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan – Stefano Missir Di Lusignano (Istanbul)

• Israel, Palestine, Jordan – Matthieu Labeau (Tel Aviv & Ramallah)

• Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE – Laurence Heyblom (Kuwait)

• Morocco, Mauritania, Mali – François De Vrije (Rabat)

🌍 Africa

• Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia – Micheline Vermeulen (Kinshasa & Nairobi)

• Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia – Ivan Korsak (Dakar & Nairobi)

💡 Exclusive Partner Access
Alongside our experts, meet key partners who can support your export journey:
✅ BECI – Brussels Chamber of Commerce
✅ Shiperise – Inventory financing & export trade solutions
✅ Ebury – International payments & currency risk management
✅ Credendo – Credit insurance & risk coverage

Our colleagues from Enterprise Europe Brussels (EEB) will also be here to support you in your search for qualified international partnerships.

💼 New to exporting? No problem! Our neo-export team is here to guide you through your first steps.

🎤 Conference: "Brussels Craftsmanship: Local Traditions, Global Ambitions": 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Doors open at 9:00 AM with a warm welcome and a light breakfast at Chaussée de Charleroi 112.
Kick things off with expert legal insights from a lawyer specialized in international trade, who will share essential tips on how to export with confidence. Then, join a roundtable discussion with two Brussels artisans who’ve taken their local craft to international markets. Learn from their journeys and discover how to grow globally while staying rooted in tradition.

🎤 Discover Business Opportunities in Turkey: 11 AM tot 12:15 PM

Join our seminar focused on the Turkish market in preparation for the economic mission to Eskişehir! As part of the Connect Days organized by hub.brussels, we are pleased to invite you to a seminar on business opportunities in Turkey, with a special focus on Eskişehir, a dynamic industrial hub in the heart of Anatolia.

🎤 Conference: Exporting to the U.S. in a Shifting Trade Climate**: 1.30 PM to 2:45 PM**

Join us for an insightful session on the evolving landscape of trade tariffs in the United States. Our General Representatives from San Francisco and New York City will provide an update on the latest developments.

🍽 Exclusive Lunch for Brussels Businesses
Brussels-based businesses with scheduled meetings with our hub.brussels agents are invited to join us for lunch—a great opportunity to network and exchange ideas in a relaxed setting.

📅 Event Details
📍 Where? hub.brussels, Chaussée de Charleroi 110, 1060 Saint-Gilles
🗓 When? Tuesday, May 20, 2025, from 9 AM to 6 PM

🌍 Brussels is making its mark on the world stage. Are you in?
📅 Limited slots available – register now to secure your meeting!

👉 [Register Today] and take the first step toward global success!

1) Registration

Register via the Register button.

2) Publish a business profile to showcase your needs

Create a clear and concise business profile to raise your visibility on the b2match platform.
Your profile should describe who you are, what you can offer to potential partners, and who you want to meet. A good profile will generate significantly more meeting requests. 

3) Browse profiles of attendees

Go to the participants list to find out who and where will best support your export projects.

4) Send & receive meeting requests

Browse published participants profiles and send meeting requests to those you want to meet during the event. 

5) Matchmaking Event

Access your meetings in My Agenda or Meetings, where you have your complete schedule for the event and the list of your meetings.

Happy matchmaking!