# John Baekelmans - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about John Baekelmans for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-07-31

## Identity
- Name: John Baekelmans
- Role: Technology diplomat / representative
- Company: Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jbaekelm

## Expertise
- autonomous-vehicles
- robotics
- artificial-intelligence
- fake-it-till-you-make-it
- ai-infrastructure
- antwerp

## About
TLDR

John Baekelmans is Technology diplomat / representative at Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT). ## Background

Baekelmans explains that the US is Flanders' largest foreign investor and highlights success stories like AIdaptation  -  a DARPA-derived autonomous racing company establishing its global HQ at Droneport in Sint-Truiden  -  as well as Flemish scale-ups Legal Fly and TechWolf expanding to the US. He shares advice for Flemish entrepreneurs (be bold, position confidently, 'fake it till you make it') and argues today's AI boom differs from the 2001 dot-com bubble because business models and applicability are clearer.

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Talks about

Autonomous vehicles (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/autonomous-vehicles/llms.txt) · Robotics (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/robotics/llms.txt) · Artificial intelligence (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/artificial-intelligence/llms.txt) · Fake It Till You Make It · Ai Infrastructure · Antwerp scene (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/antwerp/llms.txt) · Digital Twin · Smart Cities

From public interviews and talks · updated 2026-08-01.
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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [concept] Autonomous vehicles: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/autonomous-vehicles/llms.txt
- [concept] Robotics: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/robotics/llms.txt
- [concept] Artificial intelligence: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/artificial-intelligence/llms.txt
- [concept] Antwerp scene: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/antwerp/llms.txt
- [company] TechWolf: https://techwiki.ai/companies/techwolf/llms.txt
- [company] imec: https://techwiki.ai/companies/imec/llms.txt
- [company] LegalFly: https://techwiki.ai/companies/legalfly/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-08-21] Love the movie on our lovely city Business in Antwerp 💥💪 & great to have the Antwerp Convention Bureau team now being part of The Beacon… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jbaekelm_experts-health-chemicals-activity-7496526691125678080-qp-Y)
- [2026-08-18] Welcome to The Beacon | Innovation Community Cloudar team! (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jbaekelm_antwerp-thebeacon-aws-activity-7495577699122556928-f4bg)
- [2026-07-09] Will we meet at our Spark session on September 16 ? Check it 👇 The Beacon | Innovation Community Hubs4Growth #PortTech #Antwerp… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jbaekelm_spark-6-autonomous-or-porttech-solutions-activity-7480932718047010817-4Gwg)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jbaekelm
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/john-baekelmans/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/john-baekelmans/llms-full.txt

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