Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board assesses projects with a strong research potential and provides advice on these projects to the Steering Committee. All relevant knowledge institutions with a link to the blue economy are represented in this board.
Composition
The Scientific Advisory Board is composed of representatives from all relevant knowledge institutions under the chairmanship of VLIZ. They are also the point of contact for the knowledge institutions they represent. Since 2020, the meetings of the Scientific Advisory Board have been hosted by one of the institutions.
Below you can see the current composition of the Scientific Advisory Board.
| Organisation | Representative | Alternate |
| Antwerp Maritime Academy | Geert Potters | Marc Vervoort |
| Flanders Hydraulics Research | Karim Bellafkih | Patrick Peeters |
| Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) | Sofie Coelus | Thijs Vackier |
| Flanders Make | Marc Engels | |
| Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) | Jan Mees | Hans Pirlet |
| Ghent University | Colin Janssen | Peter Troch |
| Hasselt University | Nele Witters | Marijke Jozefczak |
| HOWEST | Ronald Hermans | William Schokkelé |
| ILVO | Hans Polet | Kris Hostens |
| IMEC | Jan Adriaenssens | Sarah Malevé |
| KU Leuven | Pieter Rauwoens | Johan Driesen |
| RMI | Joris Van den Bergh | |
| University of Antwerp | Patrick Meire | Ann Aerts |
| VITO | Piet Seuntjens | |
| VIVES | Hanne Van den Berghe | |
| Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics | Peter Simkens | |
| Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Jan Helsen | Christof Devriendt |
