Let's meet at the afternoon MPI Online Café for a cup of coffee ☕or tea 🍵 and discover together the Belgian Pavilion designed for World Expo 2025 in Osaka.

🧠 The team of Belgian Commissariat-General for International Exhibitions (BelExpo) will give us great insights of their design and construction process.

A consortium founded by La Louvière-based architect Cyril Rousseaux has been selected to build the Belgian pavilion at the World Expo, which will take place from 13 April to 13 October 2025.

The theme of the next world expo is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." The major event will be held on the artificial island of Yumeshima, off the coast of Osaka. Belgium has chosen the sub-theme "Saving Lives".

"This theme provides the opportunity to create a broad picture of many of Belgium's strengths. It is an opportunity to tell the story of the innovative nature of our companies, our significant investment in research and development, and our successes in healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, waste treatment and recycling, as well as public health and social and working conditions," BelExpo noted in a statement.

Rousseaux's project is on the theme of "saving lives" and puts human beings at the centre, as well as the sustainability of the building and the extent to which it can be restored. The architect focused on water and the cells that make it up to create life.

The project, named "Belgium – Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia", is financed to the tune of €9.8 million by the Régie des Bâtiments, while also counting on private sponsors from the construction sector.

The World Expo 2025 will welcome some 150 countries and more than 28 million visitors next year.

Prepare already your questions as we will have also time for Q&A!

✨ This session is complimentary for both MPI members and non-members!

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