Membership

Individual membership

The individual membership costs about 40 euro per year. As a member you receive a discount on the Gent-BC events.

Company membership

Companies can request a group membership for their employees:

Category	Number of employees	Annual Fee
A	1-9	150 euro
B	10-49	500 euro
C	50-99	700 euro
D	100+	1500 euro

Associated members

We aim for companies that want to be involved in innovation and technological entrepreneurship and that want to be involved in the knowledge platform.

Benefits:

Reputation: Your company logo is present at all our events and communication materials. Apart from that you have the possibility to install a link on our website to your own website

PR: We offer an extra forum to publish your own news and vacancies on our website

Package partnership: an online network of members is added to our website. These members receive a discount on certain events of the knowledge platform and are invited to extra “members only” network events. Normally this individual membership costs 40 euros. As a associated member you have the right to change this to a package membership for 50 of your employees

Presence in the advisory platform: the advisory platform was created within Gent BC as the think-tank on innovation and technological entrepreneurship in the Ghent region. This platform assembles several times per year in public or in private, according to the agenda. You share this vzw-partnership with your fellow members.

The associated membership costs 5.000 Euros per year, based on an engagement for a period of 3 years.

Partners

We aim for organizations and industrial companies that wish to put their stamp on the Ghent knowledge region and/or want to be associated with innovation and technical entrepreneurship and can offer a constructive plus to the knowledge platform.

Benefits:

Executive Committee: You are represented in the Executive Committee of the knowledge platform and you decide its agenda.

Package membership: an online network of members is added to our website. These members get discounts on certain events of the knowledge platform and are invited at extra “members only”-events. Normally this individual membership is available at 40 Euros. As a partner you are entitled to a package membership for 20% of your total number of employees.

Events: Gent BC offers the facilities for the organization of several yearly events

Presence in the advisory platform: The advisory platform operates within Gent BC as a think-tank on innovation and technological entrepreneurship in the Ghent region. This advisory platform assembles a few times per year in public or in private according to the agenda. You and the other partners of the vzw and the associated members are part of this advisory platform.

Extra network events: During certain events you and the other partners will have the opportunity to bring forward extra network events in private.

Data base: You can use our member lists in order to reach a larger audience

Reputation: Your company logo is present at all our events and in a range of communications. A part from that you have the possibility to place a link on our website to your own website

PR canal: We offer you an extra forum to publish your news bulletins and vacancies on our website

Linking function: contact point for servicing from the city of Ghent, UGent, POM East-Flanders with regard to the localization and housing of companies, working papers for foreign researchers, etc

If you want to apply for a membership of Gent BC please fill in the application form.

For more information on partner membership, please contact us at +32 9 264.99.84 – info@gentbc.be