Paul Dujardin has a degree in art history, archaeology, and management sciences. During his career he founded the contemporary music festival Ars Musica, directed the Brussels Philharmonic Society and was head of the programming of the National Orchestra of Belgium before becoming, in 2002, managing director and artistic director of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles until 2021. He is the CEO of ASBL Horizon 50-200.

Art historian Paul led Belgium's largest art institution Bozar for almost 20 years. His alma mater VUB described Paul as "someone who brought this federal institution out of its cobwebs and transformed it into a prestigious culture house without barriers". Under his leadership, attendance grew from 300,000 in 2002 to more than 1.2 million visitors in 2019.

Paul is a defender of European values and cultural heritage. For him, arts and culture are important drivers for greater European cohesion and the promotion of peace and cooperation.

 When State Secretary Thomas Dermine asked Paul to redynamise the Brussels Cinquantenaire and its institutions by 2030, Belgium's bicentenary, he did not hesitate for a second. This is an excellent opportunity to write a groundbreaking and emancipating new story for Brussels, the communities, Belgium, and Europe.

Carole is an art historian and archaeologist who has built up extensive knowledge of the contemporary art scene with her experience as the director of a private art center and the BelgianArtPrize, as well as several private art initiatives.

She also holds a MA in social and cultural studies and a MA in international relations that took her on an extended stay in Latin America.

As head of artistic programming, she is very excited to liaise with artists and underline the leadership role artistic encounters, interventions, and projects in the Cinquantenaire play in showcasing the added value and power of multivoicedness, multiperspectivity, diversity and inclusion in society.

Daria is a historian of modern architecture and urban planning. She received her PhD in History from the European University Institute and a dual BA degree from a unique Russia-US program of liberal arts from Smolny and Bard College.

She lived in Russia, Italy and the US and moved to Belgium in 2015 to work for the Center for Fine Arts (Bozar) as institutional advisor to the CEO and a curator of Russian and Eastern European programs.

Today she is very excited to be part of the Horizon 50-200 team as head of artistic and scientific programming. She will invest her time in building new communities of co-creation and co-learning with artists, scientists and all the visitors of the park.

Elie brings to the Cinquantenaire project his atypical background. With a degree from the Ecole Polytechnique (ULB), he then started working in the cultural sector, first on history exhibitions at the War Heritage Institute, followed by BOZAR and now at the non-prpfit Horizon 50-200.

He brings his engineering expertise to accompany the renovation and transformation projects of the Cinquantenaire buildings and park.

For Elie, the park unleashes passions: everyone has a link to the Cinquantenaire. His Ultimate Frisbee club was founded 10 years ago in the park, and he spent much of the Covid period going to both the running track and the lawns.

Inge is fascinated by language and communication and therefore chose to study Germanic Languages and Journalism.

In addition to her work as a communications consultant, she has a passion for literature and art and collaborates on installations and performances with the writer Saskia De Coster.

As head of Communications at the non-profit Horizon 50-200, she wants to do her part to help spread the fantastic stories from the Cinquantenaire Park. For example, do you know who Rascar Capac is?

Yasmina graduated from the Free University of Brussels in History and ELICIT.

She has been a cinema researcher, a delegate to the IHRA, vice-president of the Federal Scientific Committee 14-18, a civil servant at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and an advisor in a political cabinet.

As Chief Operating Officer, she makes sure that all Horizon 50-200’s ambitious ideas are turned into concrete and feasible projects.

Luna studied Art History at the University of Maastricht and Cultural Studies at KU Leuven.

Even as a small kid, she knew she would end up in the cultural field.

She grew up in Brussels in a bi-lingual family and the Cinquantenaire Park was her backyard. She has lived in Maastricht but also spent time in Denmark, Guatemala, and San Diego (US) as part of her studies.

The transversality and the many facets of the project Horizon 50-200 appeal to her: the history of Belgium, the future of Belgium, rethinking a museum that has always existed and needs to be remodeled, and finally the future of an entire neighborhood in Brussels.

Eléonore holds a BA in Art History, and a dual MA in Arts Management and Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in the US and the University of Bologna in Italy. She recently moved back to Belgium with her two small boys after 15 years abroad.

She brings her global experience to the project, having studied, and worked in the US, Italy, UK and Belgium in fundraising and innovation consulting.

As Head of Development, she is excited to engage Belgian philanthropists to support the revitalization of the Cinquantenaire into an inclusive space for dialogue and exchange.

Anne-Charlotte Gillain holds a bachelor's degree in communication and a master's degree in journalism from UCLouvain. She traveled and studied in Canada as part of her academic career.

She traveled to different places like Madagascar for a humanitarian project, the creation of an ephemeral magazine and a reportage in the United States with other young journalists, but also in Hungary, Italy or the Netherlands to discover different cultures.

As head of social networks, I am looking forward to giving more visibility to the Jubelpark and highlighting the cultural institutions within it.

Geneviève is a diplomat who is very excited about the project to celebrate Belgium's bicentenary in 2030, and about the initiatives to breathe new life into the Cinquantenaire Park, as well as its many cultural, scientific, and historical riches, with an eye to the future while drawing lessons from the past, for the benefit of the general public.

Leo describes himself as a “citizen of the world”. Cuban by birth, American by naturalization, and Belgian by choice ! After his philosophy studies at the University of South Florida, he continued his training in painting and classical sculpture at the Art Students League of New York.

Léo is passionate about sculpture, writing, identity studies, history, truth and beauty. The experience of forced exile at an early age has always inspired his defense for democratic values, social integration and Human Rights.

As a communication manager for Cinquantenaire 2030, Léo hopes to contribute to the realization and documentation of the transformative work happening in the park and its institutions towards Belgium’s bicentennial