Join us at the PwC Reward event, a unique opportunity to connect, learn, and stay ahead in total rewards and HR tax.
Why attend?
- Gain insights from distinguished guest speakers, including Mieke De Ketelaere (Adjunct Professor, Vlerick Business School) and Fabrice Brion (Manager of the Year 2025 and CEO of I-care group)
- Explore the impact of recent pension reforms and the latest pay transparency legislation
- Discover creative strategies for designing resilient salary packages
- Experience cutting-edge AI-driven solutions tackling HR, Tax, and Reward challenges
Don’t miss this chance to network and equip yourself with the knowledge to drive success in a rapidly evolving landscape!
Programme
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Welcome and registration |
| 16:00 - 16:05 | Introduction & setting the scene |
| 16:05 - 16:50 | Keynote speech by Mieke De Ketelaere, international keynote speaker and Adjunct Professor at Vlerick Business School |
| 16:50 - 17:30 | Interview with Fabrice Brion, Manager of the year 2025 and CEO I-care group |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | Break |
| 17:50 - 18:30 | Breakout session 1 |
| 18:30 - 19:10 | Breakout session 2 |
| 19:10 - 19:30 | Wrap up, closing and Q&A |
| 19:30 - 20:30 | Walking dinner |
Breakout topics and description
- Building future-proof salary packages
- Navigate the impact of recent pension reforms
- Navigate pay transparency with confidence
- Harnessing AI and expertise
Building future-proof salary packages
Join us for a captivating session on crafting future-proof salary packages designed to attract and retain top talent in today's competitive landscape. Dive into the intricacies of defining comprehensive salary and job grids, laying a solid foundation for your company's compensation structure.
As we navigate this essential framework, we'll also explore the critical aspect of cost management for employers, ensuring financial sustainability while rewarding top performers.
Explore innovative strategies to enhance this framework by introducing differentiated benefits tailored for high-performing management.
Discover how a well-structured salary house can serve as the cornerstone to augment your talent retention efforts while positioning your organization as an employer of choice.
Speakers: Pierre Demoulin + Maxime Franzen
Navigate the impact of recent pension reforms
Explore how the most recent pension reforms will concretely impact employers, employees and HR policies. Our speakers translate complex legislative changes into clear, practical insights, so you understand not only what has changed, but also how it affects your workforce planning and pension costs.
Discover where the reforms create opportunities to improve cost-effectiveness, realise savings, and redesign your pension offering without compromising on employee value.
Walk away with a sharper view of the evolving pension landscape and a better understanding of how to anticipate, adapt, and advise your stakeholders effectively.
Speaker: Pieter Gillemon and Florian Paternoster
Navigate pay transparency with confidence
Pay transparency is no longer a future concern. It's happening now. With the EU Pay Transparency Directive setting clear expectations for employers on how to manage, report and communicate on pay, understanding your obligations is essential.
In this breakout session, you will find out:
- The regulatory landscape, Key provisions of the latest legislation and critical timelines
- Market insights, How organisations across industries are gearing up
- Actionable next steps, Concrete strategies to build a transparent, fair, and future proof pay framework
The EU's new Pay Transparency Directive is pushing organisations to rethink how they approach reward. Those who get it right will stand out. Fair pay builds trust. Transparency builds reputation. This session helps you build both.
Speakers: Sandra De Weerd and Samira Rafaela.
Harnessing AI and expertise
What if the biggest shift in how your Reward challenges are solved isn't a new regulation or a market trend, but the unique combination of your experience, our expertise and a set of (AI) technologies that help us push together the boundaries of what's possible.
During this session, we will showcase how we are harnessing the power of AI and technology not as a gimmick, but as a genuine expertise-amplifier. We will guide you through a set of concrete use cases and solutions that demonstrate how the right blend of human expertise and AI can unlock better, faster and more personalised answers to the Reward challenges you face every day.
Speaker: Nicolas Ryckaert.
Keynote speaker - Mieke De Ketelaere
Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere is an Adjunct Professor at Vlerick Business School. She holds a master’s degree in civil and industrial engineering and specialised in robotics and artificial intelligence during her studies. Over the past 35 years, she has worked with several multinational companies, including IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SAS, covering all aspects of data and analytics. With her deep understanding of the hindsight, insight and foresight of AI technologies, she is frequently called upon as an expert and coach.
In her public talks and books, Mieke focuses on both the value of artificial intelligence and its ethical risks. In 2024, she was named “IT Personality of the Year”, and in 2025 she was a finalist in the “ELLE Women of the Year” competition. Today, she continues to share her vision on the future of AI as a speaker on international radio, television and at conferences worldwide.
More information can be found on her website.
Panelist - Fabrice Brion
Born in Jemappes, Belgium, Fabrice Brion is the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of I-care, a global leader in predictive maintenance and industrial reliability solutions. He holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Electromechanical Engineering from HELHa and a Master’s degree in Innovative Management from the Polytechnic Faculty of Mons, Belgium.
After starting his career as an industrial reliability engineer at Emerson Process Management – CSI, Fabrice Brion left the company in 2004 to co-found I-care with Arnaud Stiévenart, building on the work developed during his master’s thesis and driven by a strong ambition to innovate beyond the constraints of a large organization.
Under his leadership, I-care launched Wi-care™, a state-of-the-art wireless vibration sensor, supported by I-see™, an AI-powered analytics platform. These solutions are now recognized worldwide among the leading technologies for Industry 4.0 maintenance.
Main shareholder of I-care, Fabrice Brion has led the company for nearly 20 years, remaining closely involved in its strategic direction and corporate culture. His leadership was recognized with the Manager of the Year 2025 award. He also serves as Director of BEMAS (Belgian Maintenance Association).
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