AI-Native Meetup #3 Jev, Open-weight models and Tech sovereignty.

Jev. Open-weight models. Tech sovereignty. 🔥
The AI-Native Meetup is back for its #3 edition!

📅 Meetup Agenda

• 17:30: Doors Open, welcome & drinks
• 18:15: Opening Remarks
• 18:20: Talks
• 19:30: Closing Remarks
• 19:35: Networking Drinks & Bites
• 22:00: Doors close

📍 Getting there
BeCentral — Cantersteen 12, 1000 Brussels (right above Brussels Central Station). Take the Cantersteen / Ravenstein exit from the station.

• Train: Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal, we're literally right above it.
• Metro: Lines 1 & 5, Gare Centrale / Centraal Station (±2 min walk)
• Bus: Lines 38, 48, 52, 63, 65, 66, 71, 89 — Gare Centrale stop (±1 min walk)
• Tram: Line 92 — Parc/Park stop (±5 min walk)
• Parking: Interparking Grand-Place, Rue de la Montagne (±4 min walk) or Interparking Albertine-Square, Place de l'Albertine (±5 min walk)
• Bike: Secure bike parking at Brussels Central Station, plus Villo! stations around Carrefour de l'Europe

Jev. Open-weight models. Tech sovereignty. 🔥
Three topics every AI builder in Europe should have an opinion on. Here's why:

Open-weight models mean renting your AI is no longer the only option. Tech sovereignty is getting real: "buy European" is making its way into EU procurement rules. And Jev is a reminder to choose wisely: the right tool for the right task, not frontier models for everything.

Make up your own mind on October 29 at edition #3 of the AI-Native Meetup, in the heart of Brussels at BeCentral.

The best way to keep up with AI isn't more scrolling. It's an evening with the people doing the work.

Meet the three speakers of this edition:

🚀 Niels Claeys - Lead Data Engineer & Partner at Dataminded
🔥 Mehdi Ouazza - Data/AI Engineer & DevRel at MotherDuck
💪 Charlotte Verhamme - EU digital policy expert (AI, cybersecurity & telecom)

If you're building with AI in Belgium and want plenty of time to meet like-minded people, don't miss this.

Huge thanks to BeCentral for supporting the AI-Native Meetup.