Belgian delegation to campus

Fondation Weizmann.be pour la science (Belgian Society of Friends of the Weizmann Institute, chaired by Mr. Christian Hendboeg) and Bank Degroof, Belgium's premier privately owned investment bank together with the European Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science, hosted 25 influential business leaders from Belgium on campus in May. The two-day program emphasized Institute advancements in personalized medicine, cancer research, brain research, computer science, environmental science, and physics.

Baron Alain Philippson, Chairman of Bank Degroof and Head of the Delegation, said, “I have been a supporter of Israel for 40 years and am now one of the Weizmann Institute, and for me it is important and exciting to see the investment in research for the benefit of humanity.”

Among the delegation's participants was Mr. Jean- Marie Solvay, President of the International Solvay Institutes. “What has come through loud and clear to me is how at the Weizmann Institute, research is driven by curiosity and the freedom to think and explore creates a successful research culture,” said Mr. Solvay. “Witnessing this first-hand confirms to me that the Institute has the right approach to science and the results are obvious.”

“Visiting the Weizmann Institute was a wonderful experience of learning about what science can do for mankind and a better future. Apart from this, it is all about people, and the people we met at the Weizmann Institute are certainly special,” says Claude Kandiyoti, CEO of Krest Real Estate Investments.