Sportinnovatiecampus

🔙 Throwback Thursday: 2017 — het jaar dat een studentenidee een sportkamp werd.

De eerste stappen waren gezet: studentenopdrachten werden concreet, tools ontwikkeld, draaiboeken geschreven. Maar op papier werkt alles. De echte vraag was hoe je dat stresstest, tastbaar maakt — en hoe je er kinderen en jongeren mee in beweging krijgt.

Het antwoord kreeg een naam: TechGo, het allereerste TechMove-kamp.

Alle good practices goten we in een kampformule. Het kamp bleef groeien: ondertussen maakten al zo'n 1.000 jongeren kennis met exergaming, gamification en nieuwe sporten. nam het concept nadien over als 'Next Level sportkamp' — met overnachting, bovenlokaal, en intussen een populaire kampformule.

Lokaal leeft het concept verder, samen met — en nog steeds zijn het studenten die het bedenken én begeleiden.

Van studentenidee tot kampformule met impact op duizenden kinderen. Dát is 10 jaar experimenteren.


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What if your biggest challenge has already been solved by someone else?

Across Europe, sport professionals are tackling similar questions. How do we engage inactive people? How do we make sport more inclusive? How do we keep participants motivated?

Too often, we try to reinvent the wheel.
International Level-Up Week brings together professionals from different countries, organisations and backgrounds. Not to compete. To learn. To share. To build together.
Because innovation travels faster when knowledge does too.

👉 Join a community of people who believe the future of sport is something we create together.

ℹ https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/evenementen/level-up-week-bruges-2026

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🔙 Throwback Thursday: 2016, waar het allemaal begon.

Dat jaar tekenden Sport Vlaanderen en Howest de overeenkomst die van de Sportinnovatiecampus een heuse Living Lab maakte — het startpunt van 10 jaar experimenteren, testen en innoveren in sport en bewegen.

Van een idee op papier naar een plek waar ondertussen duizenden studenten, sportprofessionals en bezoekers zijn langsgekomen.
10 jaar later vieren we dat met... jullie raden het al. 😉 (Meer daarover binnenkort!)

🙌 Ode aan de OG's van toen

Op zoek naar een unieke invulling voor jullie sportdag, bedrijfsevent of teambuilding?

Onze Sportinnovatiemobiel brengt een volledig uitgeruste trailer vol exergames — VR, BlazePods, Plankpads, CycloBeat, roeiergometers — rechtstreeks naar jullie locatie. Mét chauffeur en begeleiders inbegrepen.

In opdracht van Sport Vlaanderen bereikten we intussen 15.000+ Vlamingen en voerden we 100+ opdrachten uit in twee jaar tijd. Onze meest tevreden klanten: sportdiensten van steden en gemeenten, grote sportevents én bedrijven.

👉 Bedrijven met een Sport Vlaanderen-sportlabel genieten 20% korting.
📍 Wij reizen door heel Vlaanderen
👉 Meer info en offerte: sportinnovatiecampus.be/mobiel

Met dank aan Sport Vlaanderen, Howest en Volvo Automobilia.

What if sport adapted to people — instead of the other way around? 🤝

For 10 years, that question has shaped everything we do at Sportinnovatiecampus.

A child with a visual impairment discovering tech-driven play through TechMove for all. A wheelchair user trying out exergaming through Exerchair. Different needs, same right to move.

That's what innovation looks like when it starts with people, not technology.

👉 Discover both projects — https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/onderzoek

Dominiek Savio Howest Howest Sport en bewegen

🚴 Klaar om indoor fietsen écht te beleven?

Of je nu voor het eerst op een racefiets stapt, gericht wilt trainen of samen met vrienden een sportieve uitdaging zoekt: op onze vier Wahoo KICKR Bikes fiets je op jouw niveau én tempo.

🌍 Verken virtuele werelden via Zwift
⛰️ Beklim beroemde cols in ROUVY
🔥 Werk een intervaltraining af
🏁 Neem het tegen elkaar op in een virtuele wedstrijd
📊 Test je conditie en volg je vooruitgang

Dankzij de realistische fietsbeleving vergeet je bijna dat je binnen zit. Bijna — de Belgische regen tegen het raam verraadt het soms. 😉

Luc is steeds aanwezig voor persoonlijke begeleiding en advies over je houding, traptechniek en trainingsopbouw. Ervaring is dus niet nodig. Goesting om te fietsen volstaat.

👉 Zin om het eens te proberen, alleen of samen met vrienden? Stuur ons een bericht voor meer informatie of om een sessie te plannen.

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"For 10 years, students have been part of the Sportinnovatiecampus Living Lab. Not as spectators. As creators.

They design concepts. Build prototypes. Organise events. Test new ideas. Work with real partners.

Many innovations start with a simple question from a student willing to challenge existing practices. Fresh perspectives create new possibilities. And that is exactly what innovation needs.

👉 During International Level-Up Week, discover how students contribute to shaping the future of sport and physical activity."

ℹ https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/evenementen/level-up-week-bruges-2026

When people attend professional development events, they often focus on the programme. The workshops. The tools. The sessions.

But the real value often comes from something else: **the people.**

At **International Level-Up Week**, you won't just meet speakers. You'll meet coaches, teachers, researchers and innovators who spend their days testing new ideas, solving practical challenges and helping people move more.

People who understand the realities of the field. People who face the same questions you do. And people who might approach those questions completely differently.

That's exactly why we're bringing sport professionals from different countries and backgrounds together in Bruges: **to try, share, discuss and create.**

Because innovation becomes more powerful when it is shared.

👉 During Level-Up Week, you'll learn from experts. But you'll also learn from each other.

🌍 Meet international peers
💡 Exchange ideas and experiences
🏃 Discover new sports, exergaming & gamification
🤝 Build connections that can continue long after the week ends

**Come for the programme. Leave with a network.**

📅 7–11 December 2026
📍 Bruges, Belgium

https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/evenementen/level-up-week-bruges-2026

What if your sports infrastructure could do more?

Most sports facilities are designed for one purpose.

A football pitch.
A sports hall.
A swimming pool.

But what if a sports environment could constantly evolve?

What if it could become a testing ground for new ideas, new sports and new ways to get people moving?

For the past 10 years, Sportinnovatiecampus Living Lab (Howest-Sport Vlaanderen) has been doing exactly that.

Our campus is more than a collection of sports facilities.

It is a place where coaches, teachers, students, researchers and organisations come together to experiment.

Where a dance hall becomes an active gaming environment.

Where new sports are tested before they become mainstream.

Where technology, gamification and movement meet.

Where ideas don't stay on paper.

They get tested.

Improved.

And experienced.

Because innovation needs space.

Not just to think.

But to do.

👉 During International Level-Up Week, you'll gain exclusive access to the Sportinnovatiecampus and discover how a living lab can accelerate innovation in sport and physical activity.

Come and experience a place where the future of sport is not being discussed.

It's being built.

📍 Bruges
📅 8–11 December 2026

And let's be honest — there are worse places to explore the future of sport than a campus located in the historic city of Bruges.

👉 More info & registration:
https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/evenementen/level-up-week-bruges-2026

What if sport and physical activity were always fun?

For many people, movement is something they *should* do.

Something that is healthy.
Something that is necessary.

But not always something they look forward to.

And that might be part of the problem.

Because if we want people to move more, and keep moving, perhaps we need to rethink the experience itself.

👉What if movement felt more like play?

👉What if participation mattered more than performance?

👉What if people left a session wanting to come back for more?

At Sportinnovatiecampus Living Lab (Howest-Sport Vlaanderen), we have spent the last 10 years exploring exactly that question.

👉Through exergaming.
👉Through gamification.
👉Through new sports.
👉Through innovative movement experiences.

Not because fun is a bonus.

But because fun can be a powerful driver of motivation, engagement and long-term participation.

The challenge is not simply getting people active.

The challenge is creating experiences they want to return to.

👉 During International Level-Up Week, you'll discover how play, technology and creativity can help transform the way people experience sport and physical activity.

Because movement should not feel like an obligation.

It should feel like something you want to do again tomorrow.

📍 Bruges
📅 8–11 December 2026

And let's be honest — there are worse places to rediscover the fun of movement than the historic city of Bruges.

👉 More info & registration:
https://www.sportinnovatiecampus.be/evenementen/level-up-week-bruges-2026