What can you learn from innovation in the entertainment sector?

Get an exclusive look behind the scenes of entertainment studio Fabric Magic, the creative force behind the popular youth series #LikeMe, which kick-started the careers of pop stars such as Pommelien Thijs and Camille.

Fabric Magic’s success didn’t come easy. The dream factory faced several innovation challenges around funding models, leadership, talent development and technological shifts such as AI.

Innovation in the entertainment sector can teach us a lot about challenges every sector faces:

• How do you stay innovative and financially agile in a hypercompetitive market?
• How do you build an ecosystem that continues to fuel new business and fresh creative ideas?
• How do you keep purpose and passion alive when budgets are under pressure?
• How do you spot talent and develop it sustainably?

Join the conversation, learn and connect with experts and peers during this Strategy & Innovation Challenge at Antwerp Management School.

Program

18:00 – Welcome & sandwiches
18:30 – 21:00 – Strategy & Innovation Challenge

• Keynote + Q&A: Ben Vetters & Thomas Van Goethem reveal how Fabric Magic future-proofs its business model, talent ecosystem and funding strategy.
• Challenge tables: Choose your angle on four sharp “how might we” questions and exchange ideas.
• Panel + academic reflection: Professors Robin De Cock, Geert Scheipers and Wouter Van Bockhaven connect the group insights with cutting-edge research.

21:00 – 22:00 – Networking reception (Open Bar)

Speakers

• Ben Vetters – CFO & Co-founder, Fabric Magic
• Thomas Van Goethem – Creative Director & Co-founder, Fabric Magic
• Robin De Cock – Academic Director Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, researcher “Innovating Strategies & Operating Models”
• Geert Scheipers – Program Director Master Class Business Strategy and Leadership – Academic Director Master Class Management in Healthcare, Delaware Consulting
• Wouter Van Bockhaven – Professor Strategy & Innovation Ecosystems, researcher Smart Ecosystems & Networks

Tickets

Are you the kind of frontrunner who wants to launch a new concept today rather than tomorrow?
Or the financial realist who only accelerates once ROI, risk and governance are crystal clear?
Or do you balance somewhere between both, determined to grow purpose and performance at the same time?

Reserve your seat now — tickets are limited.

€45 (excl. VAT) for AMS alumni
€65 (excl. VAT) for non-alumni

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Questions? Feel free to get in touch via ina.averhals@ams.ac.be.

Location & accessibility

Antwerp Management School, Boogkeers 5, 2000 Antwerp
Please note: There is no on-site parking available, but several public parking garages are nearby. The closest option is Interparking Oudaen. The venue is easily accessible by public transport.

More info

Every two years, Antwerp Management School connects academic insights with real-life corporate dilemmas. This edition of the Strategy & Innovation Challenge focuses on Organizing for Innovation, a short executive program that helps you make innovation successful within your organization.

Just like the program, the challenge links five core building blocks that help organizations stay strategically agile — directly applicable to your own context.
Take a look via this link.