Linda Corstjens

Linda Corstjens has over 20 years of experience in corporate and marketing communications and in public relations, in research, B2B and B2C environments. She started her career as a consultant at an internationally oriented communication agency. She was subsequently active as a Communications Manager at a pharmaceutical company for 8 years. In 2010 she joined Flanders Make as PR & Communication Manager.
 
Leveraging her own strengths to make a meaningful contribution to the success of organizations that fully embrace innovation, that is the common thread throughout her career.
 
At Flanders Make, she enthusiastically seized the opportunity to contribute to the launch of a brand new organization. Today, a team of more than 700 researchers, spread all over Flanders, supports companies facing various technological challenges on their way to digitalization and Industry 4.0 and in the development of vehicles, drone applications, machines and assembly production environments.
 
At the Icapital Show Linda will be sharing some of the most inspiring innovations she saw at Flanders Make in the past year. Think of robots and self-driving vehicles that take over boring, heavy or repetitive work from people, drones that contribute to sustainable agriculture, smart glasses used to provide remote support to get difficult work done easily, and much more...