Alumni meeting
Alumni Event - Brussels, Belgium (POSTPONED)
As an alumnus of Wageningen University & Research, you are invited to join an alumni event on Thursday 12 June in Brussels. We look forward to meeting you again!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!
The Alumni Chapter Belgium, together with Team Alumni Relations, is happy to invite you to the next alumni event in Brussels. The topic of the evening will be ‘Shaping a safer and more sustainable food system’. There will be plenty of time to connect with other alumni. We hope to see you again on Thursday 12 June 2025.
Find more information about the programme and the alumni speaker below.
Programme
17.30 Welcome with coffee/tea
18.00 Welcome by Team Alumni Relations and Alumni Chapter Belgium
18.15 Keynote by alumna Ilaria De Simone, Government Affairs and Food & Feed Safety Regulatory Manager at Bunge
18.45 Questions & discussion
19.00 Networking drinks
19.30 Transfer to a nearby restaurant for dinner (optional)
About Ilaria De Simone
Ilaria De Simone is a Food Safety Regulatory Affairs Manager working in public affairs as part of the Government Affairs team at Bunge. She holds a Master’s degree in Food Safety from Wageningen University. After starting her career as a microbiologist at Coca-Cola, she completed an MBA-equivalent in Management of Food and Beverage Enterprises. Passionate about cooking, she even made it to the selections for MasterChef Italia. Today, she combines her love for food with her professional expertise, focusing on regulatory strategy and stakeholder engagement to help shape a safer and more sustainable food system.
Registration
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!
Looking forward to meeting fellow alumni? Click the button below to register.
The programme at De Kriekelaar is offered by WUR. The dinner afterwards is at your own expense. Please let us know if you will join the dinner by mentioning this in the ‘remarks field’ on the registration form.