E>rena
Pukkelpop and Hogeschool UCLL team up again for E>rena: the stage for today’s tech and tomorrow’s digital revolutions. All weekend long: gaming, inspiring talks, thrilling esports, gripping podcasts and bold AI experiments.
E-rena is located near Food Wood and open from 11:30 am to 7:30 pm. Your host is Obi Mundorff.
The program of E-rena is mainly in Dutch.
Check the timings in the timetable!

AI Academy Talk: Ace your resits with AI - Bart Boelen
You’re already using ChatGPT for school, but can AI actually help you crush that (re)exam? That’s on you and how well you play it. Bart will show you where GenAI truly shines and how to slash that mountain of study material into bite-sized chunks. Roll into the E>rena with a clear head and level up.

AI Academy Talk: AI technology in high end video & cinema productions
Levi Calcagnile (UCLL) and Simon Deckers (Metaphysic) take you into the world of AI-powered visual effects. Discover how AI is shaking up the creative industry and what that means for both creators and audiences.

AI Academy Talk: Avoid choice overload with GenAI - Heike Pauli & Hana Van Elst
Keep studying? Working? Switching jobs? ChatGPT, Claude, NotebookLM and Gemini help you find your path and sharpen your application. No more choice stress. Just pick what fits.

AI Academy Talk: ChatGPT, write a summer hit!
The band Black Moon Tan faces off against their AI counterpart… or will AI turn out to be the perfect wingman, helping them create the summer hit of 2025 live on stage?

AI Academy Talk: Music production in 2025 - Tim Destexhe
Smart, semi-automated tools are changing how producers and musicians create. DAWs isolate stems, plug-ins suggest chords, samplers rewrite input. Faster and easier, but what happens to your style and identity? How do you stay unique?

Childmasters
Casimir Desmet ([KRTM]) and Brent Vanneste (STAKE, KLAKMATRAK) deliver a live-sculpted sound and visual experience that reacts in real time. An explosive, interactive audiovisual trip powered by STAGE VFX.

dotdotdot
Project by Niels Orens and Ewout Decraene, performing an improvised live set with modular synths. To capture that feeling, audiovisual collective Blauwdruk created a flexible live AV show. With an archive of over 250GB of video material at their fingertips, they take the audience on an improvised visual trip.

Red Bull Gaming Ground
From Mario Kart and Just Dance to Red Bull Tetris and everything in between. Game on the big screen with your friends, challenge the whole tent or spot our special guests. Cool prizes to win!

Sega Mega Drive Mashup
Sound bandit Micha Volders (Vermin Twins, Meteor Musik) drops the weirdest Sega Mega Drive tracks in an all-analog DJ set full of FM synth madness. Visual alchemist Jaak De Digitale, known as the pixel wizard for artists from Wiegedood to Snoop Dogg, blasts game visuals through his cyber tunnels.

Stimular Chaos - WØRTAAL, Klakmatrak, Lolalita, Glum Glum, Senne Hawer, Thelooca & Lotta Mächs
Interactive hardcore chaos. A wild, immersive trip of live-generated music and visuals. Hardcore, violin, vocals, guitars, gaming and generative touch design merge into one massive audiovisual explosion.

The Gaming Quiz
Test your knowledge of retro classics and modern hits in the ultimate Gaming Quiz. Get the most answers right and win eternal glory and maybe a cool prize!

WK Karaoke feat. the Amai Zeg Wauw band
The super-official Karaoke World Championship hosted by Otto-Jan Ham and Lennert Coorevits (Compact Disc Dummies). Channel your inner Dave Grohl, Pommelien Thijs or Bart Kaëll and give it everything you’ve got. The winner takes home fame, glory, experience and a top-secret prize.