SPEAKERS & GUESTS
Those who take the floor
SPEAKERS
On stage
Massine Igalla
Founder & Executive Director of MEB, co-founder of GIPC
S.E. M. Ahmed Réda Chami
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Morocco to the European Union
M. Maxime Prévot
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation
Moderator
Badr Boussabat
AI International Speaker, AI Automation Expert, Professor of AI in Business and President of Morocco’s 40 Under 40
Youssef Imghi
CEO & Founder, Portus Advisory International · Port of Antwerp-Bruges Representative for Morocco
Panel 01, The Gateways of Tomorrow
Patrick Van Cauwenberghe
International Trade Networks Manager, Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Panel 01, The Gateways of Tomorrow
Michael Dooms
Professor of Strategic Management at VUB, specialist in port strategy, infrastructure governance and the competitiveness of maritime ecosystems
Panel 01, The Gateways of Tomorrow
Jan De Keuster
Managing Director, Soulco NV
Panel 02, Building Without Borders
Souleymen Mlalih
Business Leader, Technology & Digital Transformation Expert
Panel 02, Building Without Borders
Invité d’honneur
The identity of the special guest will be revealed at the MEB Summit 2026.
The programme and the participation of the personalities mentioned remain subject to official confirmation.
INSTITUTIONAL GUESTS
A targeted circle
The MEB Summit 2026 brings together a targeted circle of institutional representatives, diplomats, public officials and economic decision-makers, selected for the relevance of their profile to the Summit’s themes.
Senior figures and diplomatic corps
M. André Azoulay
Adviser to His Majesty King Mohammed VI
S.E.M. Mohammed Ameur
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
S.E.M. Ahmed Réda Chami
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Morocco to the European Union
S.E.M. Eudes Régis Immongault Tatangani
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Gabonese Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union
S.E.M. Abou Dosso
Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union
S.E. Mme Rua Issa Ashraf Alzadjali
Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union
S.E. Dato’ Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union
Public officials and elected representatives
M. Maxime Prévot
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation
M. Matthias Diependaele
Minister-President of the Flemish Government
Mme Melissa Depraetere
Deputy Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Housing, Energy and Climate, Tourism and Youth
M. Sammy Mahdi
President of CD&V and federal MP
M. Georges-Louis Bouchez
President of the Mouvement Réformateur, MR and federal MP
M. Mohamed Ridouani
Mayor of Leuven
Mme Nawal Farih
Leader of the CD&V group in the Chamber of Representatives and federal MP
Mme Nadia Naji
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Mme Rajae Maouane
Federal MP
Public economic development agencies
AWEX, Agence wallonne à l’Exportation et aux Investissements étrangers
One or more representatives responsible for supporting Walloon companies internationally and attracting foreign investment to Wallonia.
Hub.brussels, Agence bruxelloise pour l’Entrepreneuriat
One or more representatives responsible for the development, internationalisation and support of Brussels companies.
Flanders Investment & Trade, FIT
One or more representatives responsible for the internationalisation of Flemish companies and support for foreign investors in Flanders.
Non-exhaustive list. Titles reflect the information available at the time of writing and may be updated before the event.
ECONOMIC DELEGATION
A selected delegation
The entrepreneurial dimension of the Summit rests on a selection of 70 entrepreneurs, executives, investors and economic decision-makers based in Belgium, Morocco and several international ecosystems.
Selection favours the solidity of career paths, the complementarity of the sectors represented, decision-making capacity and each profile’s potential for cooperation. This delegation forms the economic core of the Summit.
The list of names is not published online.
