Data Mesh meetup #8 @ Hasselt

Data Mesh meetup #8 @ Hasselt

Last updated: 8 October 2026

Join us for the next edition of the Data Mesh Belgium Meetup!This time, we're welcoming the community to the ACA Group office in Hasselt for an evening of knowledge sharing, practical insights and networking with fellow data professionals.

13 October 2026
17:00 - 20:00
Hasselt
More info

Data Mesh Belgium
Meetup #8 @ Hasselt

Join us for the next edition of the Data Mesh Belgium Meetup! This time, we're welcoming the community to the ACA Group office in Hasselt for an evening of knowledge sharing, practical insights and networking with fellow data professionals.

Whether you're already implementing Data Mesh principles or still exploring how data products could work in your organization, this meetup is the perfect opportunity to learn from real-world experiences and connect with others.

What to expect:

  • Data products as AI guardrails: why control can't rely on a human approving the final output, and how data products, ownership and data contracts fill that gap.
  • Computational governance: how to move from slow, siloed federated governance to policies and guardrails embedded in your platform.
  • Networking: food, drinks and plenty of time to swap experiences with fellow data professionals.

Register for free on Meetup →

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Practical info

When: Tuesday, October 13, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: ACA Group Hasselt, Herkenrodesingel 8B/2.01, 3500 Hasselt
Host: Tom De Wolf

Attendance is free. Registration runs through the Data Mesh Belgium Meetup group.

Register on Meetup →

Agenda

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - ACA Group Hasselt

Two talks, one recurring question: how do you keep data and AI under control without slowing everyone down?

Corné Potgieter (Sparkle) opens with data products and data contracts as guardrails for AI. After the break, Gaëlle Seret and Axel Mercier show how federated governance becomes computational governance once you treat it as a product, with policies and self-service guardrails built into the platform.

We wrap up with networking, so bring your questions and your own data mesh stories.

18:00 - 18:40
Food & drinks
Welcome at ACA Group Hasselt
18:40 - 18:45
Welcome
Welcome remarks
18:45 - 19:30
Talk
"Beyond 'Human in the Loop': Data Products and Data Contracts as AI Guardrails"
Corné Potgieter, Sparkle
19:30 - 19:45
Break
Short break
19:45 - 20:30
Talk
"From Federated Governance to Computational Governance"
Gaëlle Seret, Freelance & Axel Mercier, Kering
20:30 - 21:00
Networking
Drinks and conversations with fellow data professionals

Speakers

corne

Corné Potgieter

Data Architect @ Sparkle
Data generalist specializing in decentralized architectures and data mesh implementations. Talk: Beyond 'Human in the Loop': Data Products and Data Contracts as AI Guardrails.
gaelle

Gaëlle Seret

Freelance consultant @ Freelance
Author of Clean Data Architecture and former Head of Data Product at Decathlon. Talk: From Federated Governance to Computational Governance.
axel

Axel Mercier

Head of Data, AI and BI Platform @ Kering
Leads Kering's Data, AI and BI Platform and advocates domain-driven ownership and product-centric approaches. Talk: From Federated Governance to Computational Governance.
tom

Tom De Wolf

Senior Architect & Innovation Lead (host) @ ACA Group
Senior Software Architect with expertise in data mesh, platform engineering and architecture. Host of the Data Mesh Belgium meetup.
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