Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles

🚀 I am excited to announce that hub.brussels will be at #TCDisrupt2024 from October 28-30 at Moscone West, San Francisco! We’re ready to showcase the talent and innovation coming from Brussels at our booth E23.   💡Meet 8 amazing #Brussels #startups and #entrepreneurs who are reshaping their industries: - GEME - ByQwest - ulalo.io - VoxelSensors - CashewNotes - Ingram Technologies - Skemmi - Maison Le Vaux 🗓️ Don’t miss our 3-minute pitch session on Tuesday, October 29th at 11:30am! It’s a fantastic opportunity to hear directly from our innovative startups.   👉 We’re expecting over 10,000 attendees from 125 countries. It’s going to be an incredible event for networking with investors, founders and potential customers!   ➡️ Be sure to stop by the hub.brussels pavilion (E23) and join us at #TCDisrupt2024! Ping me if you need a free pass to meet with our #startups! Gauthier Hecq Julia Poncin BELWEST - Chamber of Commerce David Hubert Will Sweeney-Samuelson Milan Vervoort Nathalie D. Sophie Hottat Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles hub.brussels | Americas #whybrussels #tcdisrupt #startups #innovation #hubbrussels #entrepreneurship

The European Union is the most important trade and investment partner for the United States. In California alone, EU investment generated around 300,000 jobs in 2023. In 2023, the EU invested $159.9 billion in California, and California exported more than $26.6 billion worth of goods to the EU. For more information on how transatlantic trade benefits our community, have a look at the European Union Delegation to the United States' new trade footprint study that examines not just the overall EU-U.S. trade relationship, but also EU trade relationships with each U.S. state: https://bit.ly/4cEMmf0 #EUUSTrade #BelgiumintheUSA Embassy of Belgium in the United States of America California Chamber of Commerce Sophie Hottat

Consul General Sophie Hottat welcomed a distinguished group of guests for an intimate evening with Diane von Furstenberg, in conjunction with the opening of the Fashion & Lace Museum’s exhibit "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion" at the Skirball Cultural Center. The Belgian fashion designer, author, and philanthropist shared highlights from her life and career with the standing-room-only crowd, which included the Fashion & Lace Museum team (originating curator Nicola Lor, head curator Caroline Esgain, and City of Brussels director general for culture Anne Vandenbulcke), along with Skirball chief curator Cate Thurston. We are so thankful to the Skirball for bringing this exhibit to LA so we can all experience it! Thanks also to BELWEST - Chamber of Commerce for their support of the evening. #Belgiumintheus #DVF #Fashion #Icon #DianeVonFurstenberg #thatsawrap

Consul General Sophie Hottat welcomed a distinguished group of guests for an intimate evening with Diane von Furstenberg, in conjunction with the opening of the Fashion & Lace Museum’s exhibit "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion" at the Skirball Cultural Center. The Belgian fashion designer, author, and philanthropist shared highlights from her life and career with the standing-room-only crowd, which included the Fashion & Lace Museum team (originating curator Nicola Lor, head curator Caroline Esgain, and City of Brussels director general for culture Anne Vandenbulcke), along with Skirball chief curator Cate Thurston. We are so thankful to the Skirball for bringing this exhibit to LA so we can all experience it! Thanks also to BELWEST - Chamber of Commerce for their support of the evening. #Belgiumintheus #DVF #Fashion #Icon #DianeVonFurstenberg #thatsawrap

Consul General Sophie Hottat joined the team from the Brussels Fashion & Lace Museum to celebrate the U.S. opening of "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion" at the Skirball Cultural Center. The exhibit, originally curated last year by @nicolaslor for the 50th anniversary of the iconic #WrapDress, will be on display in Los Angeles through Aug 2025. Do not miss this comprehensive look at Belgian fashion designer, author, and philanthropist Diane Von Furstenberg's life and career. To quote DVF about the honor of having the Fashion & Lace Museum organize the exhibit: “When Brussels recognizes me it means more than anywhere else.” #Belgiumintheus #DVF #Fashion #Icon #DianeVonFurstenberg

Today is the final day for early bird pricing for the upcoming BELWEST - Chamber of Commerce gala, taking place on November 9th in Hollywood. Join us for this perfect opportunity to network and open doors to partnerships across borders. Best of all, the evening will feature a live performance by Grammy Award-winning composer and performer, Nathalie Bonin - do not miss out!

🇧🇪🇺🇸 Belgium & the U.S.—a trade partnership worth $73 billion! 🤝 The U.S. is Belgium’s 4th biggest export destination. 📈 Belgium is 14th export destination and top 20 trading partner for the U.S. 🌐 Bilateral investment supports 190,000 jobs. 🚢 Belgium is 8th largest exporter of goods worldwide.

The upcoming BELWEST - Chamber of Commerce Gala is an event not to be missed for our West Coast business community! Early bird pricing deadline is October 9th. For more information, see below. #BelgiumintheUS, Embassy of Belgium in the United States of America

#WorldSpaceWeek | We’re thrilled to celebrate a major milestone for Belgian innovation in space! Aerospacelab, a leading Belgian manufacturer of small satellites, has officially opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Torrance, CA (in the Los Angeles metropolitan area).  This new state-of-the-art facility will significantly enhance production capacity of satellite technology, in particular mission-ready satellite systems, serving the growing global space market, including government and military needs. A year ago, Aerospacelab kicked-off its U.S. presence in Palo Alto, CA, and now opens the doors to its first factory designed to address its growing U.S. customer base. The facility can produce on average 2 satellites per week. Founded in 2018, Aerospacelab has quickly emerged as a key player in the aerospace sector.  It’s another step forward in strengthening the ever-growing ties between Belgium and the United States, particularly in the high-tech and aerospace sectors. Congratulations, Aerospacelab, for expanding your pioneering work across the Atlantic!  Info: https://lnkd.in/e8QfDkV5 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium, AWEX USA, Tina Ghataore , Embassy of Belgium in the United States of America #WorldSpaceWeek #Aerospacelab #Aerospace #worldspaceweek2024 #WSW2024

Our condolences to the family and friends of John H. Herman, who passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Like his father before him, Herman served as the honorary consul for Belgium to Oregon and Idaho for over 30 years, and was a former dean and emeritus member of the OREGON CONSULAR CORPS, where he helped launch a scholarship program for Oregon college students in international studies. His passing is a great loss to his community, and we are grateful for his many years of service.