Want to break out of your bubble, spark new ideas, and broaden your entrepreneurial horizons? There’s nothing quite like discovering the journeys of those who have dared, experimented, failed, persevered, and succeeded. 

Sometimes, inspiration is just 6 minutes and 40 seconds away..

PechaKucha is the perfect opportunity for that: a fast-paced, visual, and surprising evening where 10 speakers share their stories around sustainability, design, and innovation. It’s a deep dive into inspiring journeys that encourage you to think differently, reinvent your approach, and turn your ideas into real drivers of change.

Rendez-vous le 19 juin à 19h pour PechaKucha Night Brussels Volume 72, organisée par Architempo en partenariat avec Beci. 

Come discover captivating, sometimes surprising, but always inspiring stories — each delivered in exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds!

What is PechaKucha?

 PechaKucha, translated from Japanese as 'chit-chat', is a storytelling format that uses images rather than reading text from the slides.

It was devised and shared by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture. The first PechaKucha took place in 2003 in Tokyo, and today more than 1,300 cities have PechaKucha Nights. 

What is the PechaKucha format?

The PechaKucha concept: each speaker has 400 seconds - 6 minutes 40 sec - for a presentation in 20 images. Each image is on screen for only 20 seconds, and they auto-advance. No more, no less.

PechaKucha nights typically have 8-14 presentations, and topics are diverse.

PechaKucha in Brussels

The Brussels edition was launched by Alok b. Nandi of Architempo in Brussels in 2007, and to date it has had more than 1,000 speakers sharing their narrative in 400 seconds - this is 6 minutes 40 seconds.

What will speakers talk about?

From the creation and growth of their businesses, to sustainability and innovation, the challenges faced and successes achieved… but also their personal journeys, inspirations, pivotal moments, or unexpected passions. With PechaKucha, each presentation is a window into an idea, an experience, or a worldview — sometimes serious, sometimes surprising, but always authentic. ​

The event offers a unique blend of inspiration, education, and networking opportunities that are essential for the success of entrepreneurs.

AGENDA

See you at PechaKucha Night and meet (in alphabetical order):

• Giuseppe Attoma Pepe - Designing Information and Taxonomies
• Elena Bollette - White Water
• Leïla Maidane - Interskillar
• Deepak Mehta - Why are we navigating a multidimensional maze with a two dimensional map?
• Boyana Menu - Réseau des acteurs bruxellois pour l'alimentation durable

Other speakers will be added as they are confirmed

Language

The event is held mainly in English

Participation

Free of charge; registration is mandatory

​​Would you like to share your story, too?
The call for speakers is open! Send us your proposal till 10 June 2025.

• Send us your proposal to share a story: five lines explaining what you will talk about and one image as an example to be used in the PechaKucha
• Tell us more about the theme and approach you are going to explore.  
•  We will come back to you and work with you to have your narrative and visual presentation. ​

Please send your proposals to Ekaterina Clifford: ekc(at)beci.be

About Architempo

Architempo works on strategy *design* innovation: from concept development to strategic definition, covering scenario design, creative direction, information architecture, interaction design. explore la stratégie, le design et l’innovation.

Activities range from advising leadership to envisioning the next. Tools used are storytelling, idea-mapping, time-sketches, personas design, story-boarding. ​

Areas connected to our activities are Information Technologies, as a mean, but also Marketing and Advertising, Graphic Design, Internet, Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Architecture and Planning, Retail / Place Design. 

Architempo is a member of the International Design Association IxDA and the organiser of the PechaKucha Brussels edition.