The Flemish Minister for Culture, Youth and Media visits us

Sven Gatz, the Flemish Minister for Culture, Youth, Media and Brussels in the Bourgeois Government, recently visited the Brightlands Smart Services Campus. During this significant visit, Kay Schröder had the opportunity to present the work of the Human Data Interaction Lab to Minister Gatz and numerous other political representatives from both the Belgian and Dutch governments.

Our presentation showcased the lab's comprehensive research agenda along with several ongoing projects in cutting-edge fields. We highlighted our work in sustainable finance, big data statistics, and data-driven decision-making initiatives. Among the featured projects were Carbon[X]plore, which focuses on visualizing and analyzing carbon footprints across various sectors, and the Maritime Trade Flows project, which provides insights into global shipping patterns and their economic implications.

The ministerial delegation expressed particular interest in how our visualization approaches can make complex data more accessible to policymakers, potentially strengthening cross-border collaboration on sustainability and economic development initiatives between Flanders and the Netherlands.