Seasons Greetings 2026

Dear Esteemed Common Belgium Friends,

A heartfelt thank you to YOU our amazing community for making this year’s events such a success. Your enthusiasm and engagement are the true drivers of our growth. We are equally grateful to IBM, our sponsors, and our speakers for their outstanding support in delivering inspiring and high-quality experiences throughout the year.

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to celebrate, recharge, and look ahead with excitement. The Common Belgium team is already hard at work planning another dynamic year of innovative education and enriched networking—designed to elevate your skills and empower your business in the year ahead.

For 2026, the very first education is FOCUS, through Common Belgium’s membership of COMMON North America, two days of on-line 6 in-depth half-day workshops and deep dives, FREE to MEMBERS. See the must attend schedule and eminent speakers https://www.common.org/conference-at-a-glance/ Pay your membership invoices and avail of this exceptional cutting edge education with IBM Rochester labs and industry experts.

Other 2026 exclusive education activities planned are:

  • An in-person “New Year Education short customer and partner stories and Fun” event in an exceptional venue and with its prestigious prize of a free registration to Common Europe Congress worth over €1000, already save the date 03 March,
  • Latest education or solution provider webinars in April and October 
  • The General Assembly and IBM BoB workshop on 20 May,
  • The most coveted Common Europe Congress 2026 in Lyon, France, 14-17 June,
  • An IBM Spyre deep dive on 23 September,
  • Finally, our annual flagship event, Benelux Power 2026, in November.

We wish you all a quality family time, a well-deserved yearend break and a New Year full of Peace, Joy, Good Health and Success in all your projects.

With warm regards,
Philippe Vanden Bussche, Shrirang “Ranga” Deshpande, Koen Decorte, Guy Staskowiak,
Corneel Theben-Tervile, Dirk Hauwaerts, Toshaan Bharvani and Ingo Hesemans (IBM Liaison).
The Common Belgium Team