EGI2026 is coming to Ghent, Belgium!
Block your calendars between September 21 and 25, 2026.
Check out our conference website: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2026
Registration
Early Bird ends July 15
Deadlines
- Early Bird starts: April 28 12:01 CEST
- Early Bird ends: July 15 23:59 CEST
- End regular ticket sales: September 5 23:59 CEST
Useful Links:
- Registration Website: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2026_Registration
- Conference Website: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2026
Early Bird rates:
- Core conference (22-24 September) € 495.00
- Core Conference (22-24 September) & Networking Dinner € 580.00
- Day tickets €165
- Combination tickets and add-ons are possible
- Attending a closed workshop or project meeting and attending the conference as well? Wait for instructions from your workshop/meeting host.
All prices displayed are nett prices, VAT and a registration fee will be added upon check-out. All questions related to tickets should be addressed to our ticketing partner: EGI2026[at]runmate.eu.
Venue
The conference will be organised in the historical ‘De Bijloke‘ venue, a 13th century hospital/abbey, currently used as a location for concerts and events.
Programme Committee
- Gergely Sipos (EGI Foundation) – Chair
- Gwen Franck (EGI Foundation) – Event Manager
- Elisa Cauhé (EGI Foundation)
- Greg Corbett (STFC)
- Sabine Crépé-Renaudin (IN2P3)
- Niels Deriemaecker (Belnet/Belspo)
- Dale Robertson (EGI Foundation)
- Mirek Ruda (CESNET)
- Xavier Salazar (EGI Foundation)
- Sy Holsinger (OPERAS)
- Matthias Schramm (TU Wien)
- Sebastian Luna Valero (EGI Foundation)
- Alessandro Turco (EPOS ERIC)
- Volodymir Nochvai (NOSC)
- Call for Contributions open: February 24 2026
- Call for Exhibitors/Partners open: February 16 2026
- Deadline Call for Contributions: April 20 2026
- Start Early Bird Ticket Sales: ~April 23 2026
- Programme Live: ~April 30 2026
- End Early Bird Ticket Sales: July 15 2026
- Ticket Sales close September 5 2026
About Ghent
Welcome to Europe’s best kept secret! A city of around 300.000 inhabitants, Ghent (or Gent) is located right between Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels.
Ghent combines the charm of a medieval city centre with a vibrant cultural and culinary (night)life. It is also an emerging tech hub, host to UGent, one the largest universities in Belgium, and a technology cluster with plenty of start-ups having found their home in the city.
Getting around
Ghent is within easy reach of Brussels and Antwerp by train. There’s a regular train service from Brussels Airport Zaventem to Ghent (with or without easy transfer in Brussels), and a bus connection from Brussels Charleroi Airport.
If you’re coming in from Amsterdam, Paris , Köln or London by Eurostar, stay tuned because we will have a discount rate available for you.
Once you’re in the city, walking or cycling will get you anywhere – if you don’t feel like it, there’s a dense tram/bus system to take you around.
Coming by car? Think twice about trying to enter the city centre (there’s very limited car traffic possible), and consider parking your car at one of the P&R parkings at the edge of town (it’s a lot cheaper as well).
Credits
All images are courtesy of Visit Gent (© Stad Gent – Dienst Toerisme) or De Bijloke
The main image from De Bijloke sourced from Wikimedia Commons:
Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
