2025 Speakers
Rik Leenknegt, General Manager, Flanders Game Hub
Rik Leenknegt aims to create an internationally attractive game ecosystem in Flanders where talent and entrepreneurship can quickly and efficiently grow to become successful game companies through professional guidance. Gathering a network of FGH partners to join a co- financing model is one of the important parts of the job. In his 17-year long career as founder and academic director of Howest - Digital Arts and Entertainment, Rik noticed the amount of talent leaving the 3-time award-winning game design and development school in the world. With the help of Minister Dalle, Flanders Game Hub was created to support the Flemish talent pipeline and develop a Flemish game ecosystem. Rik is determined to attract everyone, inside and outside Europe, who wants to start a game company to Flanders, together with all the already existing initiatives and actors in Flanders.
