The annual European University-Business Thematic Forum is currently being held at the UT campus. 'Innovating together: partnerships for an entrepreneurial Europe' is this year's theme. Starting today, the 2-days long forum focuses on the necessity of university-business cooperation and partnerships for innovation to take place. Among the various approaches and models that exist for collaborative innovation, this thematic forum will highlight the educational aspects of innovation systems, in particular how universities working in partnership with economic actors can contribute to an innovative ecosystem. Partnerships around collaborative curriculum design, (skills) training, employability and entrepreneurial learning environments will be highlighted in plenary and parallel sessions. Particular emphasis will be given to small medium enterprises and regional aspects.