Speaker lunch
Do you prefer to share your ideas or comments with one of the speakers in a warm and friendly atmosphere? Maybe speaker lunches with a speaker and just a few other attendees will be perfect for you!
TEDxUHasselt 2016: Challenge Accepted
The theme for TEDxUHasselt 2016 was Challenge Accepted! We took UHasselt by storm on 26 March, 2016. Our speaker line-up consisted of 16 world-class speakers, curious to share their ideas, experiences, and stories with the audience! Browse below to learn more about them.
The official after-movie of the event can be watched below, or found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyWsPkR5p0
All talks from the event are online.
Watch the entire playlist below, or on youtube at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsRNoUx8w3rOYi0Dzq69qV3YolaWzugQy.
You can also find talks of each speaker by clicking on their image below.
Speakers
Sander Otte (NL)
Crafting matter atom-by-atom (Click for more details)
Wim Smets
The only way is upOne can always improve...one can always climb higher. Is it about pursuing your passion...or is it only about touching the top of the world? His talk on the stage of TEDxUHasselt 2018 is foremost an inspiring story about living on the edge while making the most of all. Particularly, Wim will target on how to hunt down your own Mount Everest while confronting all obstacles that come along so to become agile, resilient and passionate about life.
iRail
iRail started around September 2008 as the mobile website that still exists today (www.irail.be). Yeri Tiete ("Tuinslak") noticed there was no mobile alternative for the NMBS/SNCB site and decided to create it himself. The idea of iRail was to provide a simple interface to quickly look up train departure times in Belgium.
Javier de la Torre (USA)
Javier de la Torre is CEO and co-founder of Vizzuality. Over the past 10 years has been working on the field of biodiversity Informatics. First on the academia side, working at different research institutions, and later from the private side. During this time he gained strong experience in the social and technical aspects of data sharing while mobilizing bast amounts of Biodiversity on Internet.
Edward Schiettecatte (BE)
TRAINM: A new concept of neurorehabilitation (click for more details)
Jan Van Den Bergh
Why we should work with robotsIn 2014, Stephen Hawking warned us about a dystopian future where intelligent devices could ‘spell the end of the human race’. Jan argues that, instead of speculating what can be the worst outcome of these machines, we should just accept that they are different and exploit their strengths to our advantage. But how can this be achieved? In his talk “Will you be working with robots?”, Jan answers this question by means of his research focussing on the human-robot interaction in a manufacturing environment.
Tom Demeyer
Tom Demeyer is most known for his work and dedication at the Union for Students in Flanders (VVS), as board member and later as chairman, he had serious influence on higher education in Flanders. After finishing his studies Tom went to work at VOKA, a network of entrepreneurs in Flanders.
Nicolas Kint
Nicolas Kint is a passionate business developer with experience in IT project management. At the age of 20, while finishing his studies in Leuven, he co-founded Academics For Companies, a Junior Enterprise and student organization (NPO) providing consultancy to SME. After working for one- and a half years, he decided to leave the company for his own startup, Carambla, which he co-founded in October 2011.
Dirk Heylen (NL)
The Perfect Artifical TED-talk Coach: coming soon, or never? (click for more details)
Peter Wadhams
A farewell to iceSeptember 2017 has smashed multiple climate records, being the hottest September ever recorded in the past 137 years of modern record-tracking. Despite many counterstatements on the human influences on global warming, its life threatening effects can no longer be challenged. Is assistance from technology truly imperative to save our planet? And if so, how far are we from a breakthrough in climate-saving technologies? On the stage of TEDxUHasselt 2018, Peter will answer these questions.
Koen Delvaux
Koen Delvaux describes himself as someone who combines market and technology insights to discover new business opportunities. Converting ideas into winning projects by bringing people and partners together is his speciality.
Willem Ombelet
Willem Ombelet (MD, PhD) is the founder of the Genk Institute for Fertility Technology. He became the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the ZOL Hospitals in Genk in 1999. Willem Ombelet has been the President of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (VVOG) from 2001 until 2004. Since 2002 he is the chairman of the Scientific Committee of the VVOG. Since 2006, Willem Ombelet is the co-ordinator of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Special Task Force on "Developing countries and infertility".
Bert Conings (BE)
A "Eureka" for Solar Energy (click for more details)
Steven Latré
When will my car be driverless?OK Google, please get my car! And effortlessly your car arrives right in front of your doorway. During his talk, entitled “When will my car be driverless?”, he discusses the current progress in IoT and AI and emphasises on how research and development will in this area will evolve towards the future. Answering the question How close are we at realising a driverless dream?, Steven will take you on a mind-altering but above all futuristic journey.
Clo Willaerts
Clo Willaerts is a longtime internet- and media professional with expertise in mainly online and offline media, online communities, viral marketing and social media. She wrote the book "The Conversity Model" and is business unit manager of conversity.be, which focuses on tracing and influencing the impact of digital channels on consumers' brand preferences and buying decisions. Her advices are based on her in-depth experience with social media. She organizes Brussels Girl Geek Dinners, writes a personal blog (www.bnox.be) and writes for targetwomen.be.
Juergen Schmidhuber (CH)
Juergen Schmidhuber is Director of the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Lab IDSIA (since 1995), Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Lugano, Switzerland (since 2009), and Professor SUPSI (since 2003). He helped to transform IDSIA into one of the world's top ten AI labs (the smallest!), according to the ranking of Business Week Magazine. His group pioneered the field of mathematically optimal universal AI and universal problem solvers. The algorithms developed in his lab won seven first prizes in international pattern recognition competitions, as well as several best paper awards.
Ruben Donné (BE)
SailingChallenge4ms - Man vs. Nature (click for more details)
Katleen Gabriëls
We design technology, technology designs usThere is no doubt that over the past decades technology has marked fundamental changes in society, impacting vital aspects in our lives. In spite of it having a positive effect on our lives at which things have become effortlessly efficient, prof. Katleen Gabriels at TU Eindhoven believes caution remains necessary. In her talk entitled “We design technology, technology designs us”, she profoundly discusses why the soft ethical implications of technology should equally well be considered, while concurrently aiming to raise awareness on the matter from the user’s as well as designer’s perspective.
Ann-Pascale Bijnens
Dr Ann-Pascale Bijnens received her PhD in Pharmacutical Sciences in the year 2000, at the Catholic University of Leuven. After graduating she worked as a post-doc researcher and assistant professor at the Universtity of Maastricht, Cardiovascular research institute. In 2007 she founded the Tech Transfer UHasselt, an organization that forms the link between the academic world and the industry. She is a board member of several groups including NV Ondernemerstalent, NV wetenschappark Limburg and several Hasselt University spin-offs.
Saskia Van Uffelen (BE)
Dare to disrupt (click for more details)
Michiel Vandeweert
Life's short, make the most of itImagine growing up with the knowledge that you will only live until your mid-teens to early twenties. It is a harsh rationale, nonetheless a regrettable reality for individuals affected by progeria. Michiel hopes to be a source of inspiration to everyone around him, his positive attitude in life is remarkable. He therefore is the right person to take the word on the stage of ‘TEDxUHasselt 2018: Moonshot Thinking’ to deliver an inspiring talk about making the best of whatever lies ahead of you.
Anders Sandberg (UK)
Anders Sandberg is James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, as well as associated with the Oxford Neuroethics Centre, the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology. His research centres on societal and ethical issues surrounding human enhancement, new technology and global catastrophic risks. He has a background in computational neuroscience and philosophy.
Johan Janssens (BE)
Program or be programmed - On punk, passion and pirates (click for more details)
Julia Cramer
Quantum science enters societyQuantum is weird and exciting, you can be part of the quantum future. Do not immediately stop listening if people start talking about far-from-your-bed topics like quantum technology. You can learn something new and be part of it. In the next 10 year quantum will take its place in society. only 100 years boring old male physicist though quantum physics was spooky. Now, young diverse people build technology based on quantum physics. In the near future, this technology will be available! The talk will be a combination of science motivation and explanation of quantum technology.
Nik Baerten
Nik Baerten was trained as a knowledge engineer at Hasselt and Maastricht University. For several years he was active as a multidisciplinary researcher at the Digital Culture department of the Maastricht McLuhan Institute, where he blended insights across disciplines such as history, design, architecture, new media, philosophy, intelligent systems, organic systems, etc. In 2004 he co-founded Pantopicon, a studio for futures exploration and envisioning.
Koen Van Mechelen
The Chicken's AppealThe Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen is an internationally renowned, conceptual artist. He is mostly known for his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project. An artistic-scientific breeding project with chickens. (click for more info)
Daniel Ospina (CO)
The Creative Paradox (click for more details)
Abigail Carson
Determined? Then go for it!Inventing a solution that could provide the missing link for a renewable energy revolution? That’s something you can expect from experienced researchers and engineers in sophisticated labs on billion dollar projects. However, it was Abigail Carson, at the time a 21 years old undergraduate engineering student at Lancaster University (UK), who knew to impress the energy industry with a brilliant idea. Convinced that imagination is far more important than knowledge, and that the right mindset can lead you to become the next moonshot thinker, this talented engineer will share the amazing story behind her invention stage of TEDxUHasselt.
Thijs De Vries (NL)
Thijs de Vries M.Sc. is designer, facilitator and speaker on the intersection of engagement design, gamification and serious gaming. Thijs has worked on many innovative designs in the field of engagement design and persuasion. This led to his expertise on incorporating gamification into products and services for education, health care and sustainability. Besides running his own studio, Thijs is CTO of EduApp, an educational platform for promoting educational apps in the classroom.
Jack van Horssen
Unravelling the mystery of multiple sclerosisJack van Horssen is trained as a neurobiologist with a keen interest in neuropathology. Already during his masters he could easily spend hours behind the microscope to grasp the complexity of the central nervous system. (click for more info)
Didier Snoeck
Concrete, repair thyselfEver wondered what the most widely-used human made material is? Dating back to antiquity, and ever since used for the construction of giants structuctures, ‘concrete’ has left an undeniable mark on society—from the Pantheon, over the Hoover Dam to the Burj Khalifa. This seemingly boring, grey material is all around us, but it has one downside. He and his team at the Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, have come up with a particularly durable and sustainable solution: a concrete with self-healing capacity mimicking the human body.
Koen Olthuis (NL)
Koen Olthuis studied Architecture and Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology. In 2007 he was chosen as nr. 122 on the Time Magazine list of most influential people in the world due to the worldwide interest in water developments. The French magazine Terra Eco chooses him as one of the 100 green persons that will change the world in 2011.
Saskia Lippens
Bio-imaging, driven by the evolution in scienceSaskia Lippens is a molecular biologist trained at Ghent University who developed a particular taste for technology during her postdoctoral studies. Today, she is co-manager of a leading-edge platform at VIB, named BioImaging Core. (click for more info)
Peter Verstrate
Meat without knivesEach year, over 50 billion farmed animals are killed worldwide, and with the ever-growing population, this number keeps increasing. Climate change and food security risks are some of the biggest threats to the human species, and animal production finds itself somewhere in the middle of them. Bypassing the animals on a cellular level, Peter believes the planet and its human inhabitants can be saved. But will it? Will we go from farming animals to farming cells?
Pol van Dorpe
Pol Van Dorpe is currently active as a principal scientist at Imec, Leuven and part time professor at the physics department of the KULeuven. In 2006, he obtained his PhD at the faculty of engineering of the KULeuven in 2006, after which he was appointed as a postdoctoral fellow of the FWO-Flanders (2006-2012), based in Imec, and focused on metal based nanophotonics, or plasmonics for biosensors and energy harvesting.
Steven Boeynaems
New insights in the molecular changes underlying ALSSteven Boeynaems is a molecular biologist at KU Leuven focusing on the molecular underpinnings of ALS. As a bioengineer by training he aims at providing new insights into the disease by approaching it from a different angle. (click for more info)
Jonny Daenen
Activate your data!With his PhD in the field of Databases, software engineer Jonny Daenen knows like no other about the importance of data science.
Robin Marx
Internet on marsFor over 50 years, humans are exploring space. And ever since, we are dreaming of colonizing the moon, Mars and any other habitable place in the universe. Promising an amusing talk entitled “Internet on Mars”. Check out the limitations of interplanetary communication on the stage of TEDxUHasselt 2018.
Peter Gregson (UK)
Born in Edinburgh in 1987, Peter Gregson is a cellist and composer. Peter developed and was commissioned to compose 'The Listening Machine' in collaboration with Daniel Jones and Britten Sinfonia for the BBC/Arts Council's "The Space", where it runs continuously between May-November 2012. In May 2012, Nonclassical released 'Cello Mulitracks', a cello suite written for Peter by Gabriel Prokofiev, and has since been choreographed by English National Ballet.
Bella DePaulo (US)
What no one ever told you about people who are single (click for more details)
Carine Lucas
Why software matters to youDigital technologies have evolved exponentially over the past decade and every aspect of our daily lives is touched by software. On the stage of TEDxUHasselt 2018, she will demonstrate the power software brings to all of us.
Priya Parker (USA)
Priya is an advisor to leaders and organizations on strategy, vision and purpose. Her company, Thrive Labs, works with individuals and teams to help them identify what they care about most and align it with market realities. She has run her signature Labs for leading global firms as well as startups from a variety of disciplines. Her clients include disruptors from the fields of fashion, technology, design, development, film, comedy and government.
Sandra Matz (UK)
How Money Can Buy You Happiness (Click for more details)
Pieter Mestdagh
The dark side of your genomeOur DNA is an astoundingly and intriguing complex puzzle. Prof. Mestdagh elaborates on his contentious research and its snowball effect on other highly relevant discoveries, proving for once and for all that everything in nature is there for a reason.
Jee Kast
It's Jee Kast. Mr. who? Mr. Closet, you know, the thing with mostly books in them. He produces language msitakes, puns, Never-to-be-used pick-uplines, (slam) poetry and spoken words, ... and actually everything related with words. For ten years, he roams from small stages to big ones in the Benelux. He ended up as finalist of Belgium's Got Talent, twice highly ranked in the Dutch National slampionship and well, he can say that he is one of the most booked slam-artists in Belgium.
Olivia Remes (UK)
How to cope with anxiety (Click for more details)
Arthur Jeffes
Emotions from distortions in spacetimeWhen speaking about gravitational waves, many people are unable to grasp a seemingly unworldly and abstract concept. During his talk entitled “Creating music from gravitational waves: emotions from distortions in spacetime”, Arthur will demonstrate visually and sonically how these waveforms can be directly translated into musical texture and ideas.
Jee Kast
It's Jee Kast. Mr. who? Mr. Closet, you know, the thing with mostly books in them. He produces language msitakes, puns, Never-to-be-used pick-uplines, (slam) poetry and spoken words, ... and actually everything related with words. For ten years, he roams from small stages to big ones in the Benelux. He ended up as finalist of Belgium's Got Talent, twice highly ranked in the Dutch National slampionship and well, he can say that he is one of the most booked slam-artists in Belgium.
Lonnie Aarssen (CA)
Unpacking the ‘work hard – play hard’ animal (click for more details)
Tom Sauer
Russia and the WestPolitical tensions dominate the news and headlines world-wide. Recognising the vast arsenal of (nuclear) weapons many leaders have at hand along with the massive potential to threaten entire nations, it becomes clear and undeniable that good international relations and foreign policies remain vital for a peaceful existence. Will it all lead to war or is there still a reason to hope for peace? Check it out on TEDxUHasselt 2018!
Nele Snoeck and Marc Buelens
Marc Buelens is professor of organisational behaviour at the Vlerick Business School. Marc is known for his passionate teaching style, his original and fresh approach to new and old management problems. Nele Snoeck is a professional actress, writer and director. She studied theater in Ghent, London and Los Angeles. Besides her career as actress for theater and television, she is specialized in coaching individuals who often speak for audiences.
Stijn Ilsen (BE)
It's time for planetary protection (click for more details)
Karolien Notebaert
Hack your own brainIn the past decades of continuous development, the world has become significantly more complex presenting itself with large uncertainty. Accordingly, a new way of life has evolved that marked by increased pressure is burdening the overall performance of our brain and body. On stage of TEDxUHasselt, her main focus will be to guide you on how to unlock the brain’s full potential.
Jan Borchers
Jan Borchers is full professor of computer science and head of the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, after holding faculty positions at ETH Zurich and Stanford University.
Jan Scheele (NL)
Jan Scheele is a Dutch entrepreneur who started with his first business when he was 13. He is now running a full service online marketing agency and an event agency. Furthermore, he is involved in several TEDx events, head of the Worldwide TEDx IT community and co-founder of three startups. He is also member of the Sandbox Network, a global community of extraordinary young achievers below 30, and mentor at Rockstart Accelerator.
Martin Cooper (USA)
Cooper is a pioneer and visionary in the wireless communications industry. With eleven patents in the field, he is recognized as an innovator in radio spectrum management. While at Motorola in the 1970s, he conceived the first handheld mobile phone and led the team that developed it and brought it to market. He is considered the "father of the cell phone" and is also cited as the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public.
Angelo Vermeulen
Angelo Vermeulen is an artist, biologist, space systems researcher, and a TED Senior Fellow. His work ties together technological, ecological, and social systems through group engagement and collaboration.
Yoav Nir
Busting the myth of innovationMaster of Engineering by degree, Yoav has always been passionate about technology. This has lead him to become co-inventor of ClickShare and a true pioneer in Virtual Reality.
Rachel Cook (USA)
Rachel Cook is founder of Seeds Inc., a tech startup that builds microlending into games to convert players into payers for gaming companies while transforming the world for the better through mobile microlending, largely to female entrepreneurs.
Iliana Vargas (US)
Heightening the storage capability inside your brain using sounds, all while you are asleep. (Click for more details)
Patryk & Kasia Wezowski
Patryk & Kasia Wezowski are the Founders of the Center for Body Language, the World's #1 Body Language Training for Business. They developed over a dozen non-verbal communication training programs tailored for Sales, Recruitment, Leadership and Negotiations. Their methodologies and conversation strategies are being taught in local languages by 35 international representatives in 15 countries.
André Fuzfa (BE)
The man behind the radical plan to manipulate gravity. (Click for more details)
Peter Decuypere
Holy Trinity EventsAs the founding father of the I Love Techno festival and consultant for events like Time Warp, We Can Dance and Couleur Café, Peter is a very experienced event marketeer.
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh (UK)
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh will talk about bringing technology, physics and philosophy together to tackle seemingly impossible problems. He is the Academic Project Manager of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University. He also manages Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and the Oxford Martin School’s Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology. His current focus is on risks and impacts relating to emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics, biotechnology including synthetic biology and genomics, and surveillance technology.
Tim Richardson
Are the borders between different cultures disappearing due to the rise of the internet and social media? Or do cultures just become more detached from each other? Tim Richardson will talk about differences between cultures. He has spent most of his career in the U.S. diplomatic corps in such far-flung and diverse postings as Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Malaysia and the Republic of Georgia. Now living in Brussels, Tim is the Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium.
Filip Maertens
Filip is the Founder of the Antwerp based startup Argus Labs, known for building the Jini mobile app that uses sensor fusion and machine learning to transform your smart-phone into a smart-agent.
Alessandro Ford (UK)
Meet the first western student who went to university in Pyonyang, North Korea. (Click for more details)
Charles Spence (UK)
Professor Charles Spence is the head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University. He is interested in how people perceive the world around them. In particular, how our brains manage to process the information from each of our different senses to form the extraordinarily rich multisensory experiences that fill our daily lives. At TEDxUHasselt, he will talk about multisensory contributions to pleasure and pain.
Peter Perceval
Peter is a Belgian writer, director and producer. He started his carreer as scriptwriter for television in 1989. From 1997 onwards he combined television work with writing and producing for theatre, in drama as in comedy. For his comedywork he founded his own production company in 1997, 3pees. At TEDXUHasselt he will reveal why the world needs funny people for innovation, based on recent developments in neuroscience.
Maarten Vanhoof
Maarten Vanhoof has quite a different view on creativity, education and innovation. Why? Because he has a hearing disability. At TEDxUHasselt, Maarten will explain this unexpected connection. One thing is for sure: his unique views pay off. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD as the youngest member of the SENSE team in the Orange Innovation Lab in Paris. He mixes ideas from geography, sociology and design with computational and data visualisation techniques to understand the interplay between human mobility and social networks.
Pieter Vandervoort
He is one of the initiators of the Mobile Health Unit, which is an interdisciplinary research cooperation between Hasselt University, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg and Jessa Ziekenhuis. Their vision is to apply common technologies, such as smartphones, the Internet and laptops in healthcare.
Hetty Helsmoortel (BE)
Fighting on the frontiers for a brighter tomorrow by pleading for transparency in science. (Click for more details)
Jeanne Devos (IN)
Jeanne Devos ICM brings people and cultures together to create a peaceable community of young people in India. She has lived in India since 1963. She is a homescience graduate and an ortho-psychologist and accupedist by profession. Jeanne studied the issues and concerns of domestic workers. In 1985 she started the Domestic Workers Movement with the CBCI (Catholic Bishops Conference of India) and founded the Children in Domestic Work movement, The Young Student Movement for Development and the National Forum for Migrant Workers’ Rights.
James Brickell (UK)
A never ending quest driven by passion to bring alive the sheer wonders of nature on screen. (Click for more details)
Shakuntala Banaji (UK)
Dr. Shakuntala Banaji is Programme Director for the Master’s in Media, Communication and Development at London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research has addressed internet cultures; online civic participation; the socio-political contexts of cinema audiences; young people and creativity.
Samaya Nissanke (NL)
Discovering the universe through new eyes, one gravitational wave at a time. (Click for more details)
Thomas Spaas
Thomas Spaas is not only a lawyer specialising in Belgian and International taxation, he is also co-director of the Belgian Bitcoin Association. Thomas focuses on the regulatory aspects of Bitcoin in general and on providing legal support to the association and its members. At TEDxUHasselt, Thomas will share how the concepts underlying bitcoin can be used to innovate in law. An eye-opening talk!
Jochen Menges (DE)
Beware of the awestruck effect. (Click for more details)
Jenny Zhang (UK)
Jenny is a Marie Curie International Post-Doctoral Fellow in the research group of Dr Erwin Reisner at the University of Cambridge. She works on developing the basic science behind artificial photosynthesis by combining natural bio-catalysts with earth-abundant metal oxides.
Leo Exter
Leo is an expert on creating business opportunities by bringing domains together. He is the founder at westartup – a community of over 3,500 first-time entrepreneurs, co-founders, mentors and investors. Leo’s career includes consumer research roles at The Coca-Cola Company in Moscow and Brussels, and product management work at a Belgian startup in the sunset years of the dot-com boom. He led the European marketing team at Mio Technology, Europe’s 3rd largest GPS maker at the time.
Ann Bessemans (BE)
There is more than meets the eye in a letter type. (Click for more details)
Yves Tielemans
Yves Tielemans is a Project Manager at Group Machiels, leading the research, development and demonstration of the Enhanced Landfill Mining concept and the Closing the Circle project. He is convinced that closing the loops is an essential part of the transition to a circular low carbon sustainable economy. Mining landfills for renewable energy and resources? Yes, it is possible!
Comrade Fatso and Outspoken (ZW)
Not just the satirical comedians Zimbabwe deserves, but also the ones that it needs. (Click for more details)
Cedric Dumont (BE)
Live without limits! (Click for more details)
Corina Antal (US)
Dare to overturn a scientific dogma. (Click for more details)
Tim Nawrot
Tim Nawrot studied environmental health sciences at Maastricht University and Vermont Medical School, US. In 2005, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in medical sciences from the University of Leuven, Belgium. Nawrot currently works as an associate professor of environmental epidemiology at Hasselt University and part time (20%) at Leuven University. His research focus on health effects of environmental pollutants on ageing including effects in early life.
Jaymin Patel (USA)
Inspire others by being weird. (Click for more details)
Bjorn Troch
Bjorn Troch is a guy with a big smile and 3 passions: People, Travel and Social Media. In January 2010, he decided to combine his passions and started a unique social travel project around the world. The Social Traveller was born. At TEDxUHasselt, Bjorn will not only share some of his wonderful adventures, he will also learn you how to travel in a unique and affordable way.
Iyad El-Baghdadi (NO)
Never stop fighting for a better world. (Click for more details)
Martijn van Strien (NL)
Standing still is never an option in fashion. (Click for more details)
Wendy Mackay (FR)
Merging the virtual and real world. (Click for more details)
Geert Houben (BE)
Healthy aging for the next generation. (Click for more details)
Side activities
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Technology showcase
Companies will show you their new hands-on and impactful technologies that could change your everyday life.
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Workshops
Do you prefer to roll up your sleeves and experience something new? We provide you with hands-on workshops that will be enriching for your future!
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Speaker lunch
Join one of our speakers and a handful of other attendees for lunch. The perfect opportunity for in-depth networking.
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Speed dating
Young Prozzz is an open networking group of young professionals, graduates and students. Join the Young Prozzz speeddating sessions to build your professional network in no time!
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Startup showcase
Meet local startups and try their innovations hands-on.
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Manage your talent
Knowing your talent and using it creates energy and flow. In this workshop, Ann Verlinden will learn you what talent is and how you can track your talents. We also do some inspiring exercises to discover your talents.
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Learn how to negotiate
Negotiations are situated between good communication, mutual wins, problem solving and the chasing of group and personal interests. Based on a few simple negotiation situations in quiz form, some basic principles for effective negotiations can be determined.
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Public speaking
Caryn 't Hart de Wijkerslooth will give a workshop on how to improve your public speaking in 8 easy steps. At Technical University Delft she teaches communication skills: she helps engineers put their work in words and tell the right story in the best way possible.
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Sketchnoting
Sketchnoting is a visual note-taking process that allows you to capture information more vividly and in a way that brings the page alive. Creating sketchnotes helps you focus and you get a memorable record of talks and workshops you can share with others.
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From 3D Design to 3D Prints
During the hands-on workshop, the Cr3do-team will introduce you to the process of creating designs and models, and show you how 3D printing technology can be used to convert ideas to real physical objects.
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European Sword Fighting
This adrenaline-packed workshop, held by Jeroen Steurs, will introduce you to the art of sword-fighting, and will teach you something about this great historic activity.
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From IP to Idea to Startup
This workshop will introduce you to VITO's technologies, followed by brainstorming activities to generate new ideas based on sustainability that will allow us to tackle climate change.
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Photography Crash Course
Ruud Swinnen, a professional photographer, will share his knowledge with you during this workshop, where you come into contact with the mechanisms of imagery. Bring your cameras along!
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Networking opportunities
Network with fellow attendees during the breaks. Find relevant people using the Conversation Starter app.
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Music
During the day, the audience can enjoy delightful musical intermezzo's.
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Reception
Reception where you can mix and mingle with our TEDx enthousiasts.
Team
- Damian Robinson
- Linh Jans
- Daan
- Wouter Vanoppré
- Martijn Luyckx
- Ward Habraken
- Boris Mrak
- Maxim Renaerts
- Martijn Croonen
- Jo Van der Auwera
- Thomas Stockx
- Martijn Daemen
- Frank Bax
- Joachim Laun
- Ine Vanhoudt
- Ramzi Nacer
- Leyla Tang
- Ulrike Linsen
- Sara Benyahya
- Isaac Meers
- Aslihan Babayigit
- Hans Schroyen
- Andrew Khalil Awad
- Roel Wuytens
- Tim Vervoort
- Bob van der Vleuten
- Lendert Vanderwaeren
- Dennis Swennen
- Jonas Lieben
- Iliyana Gudzheva
- Janina Moll
- Rutger Bevers
- Yves Ruland
- Sigrid Swennen
- Koen Santermans
- Martijn Peters
- Kashyap Todi
- Hannelore Bove
- Laurenz Bové
- Yannick Simons
- Dimitri Schepers
- Domien Schepers
- Noah Crauwels
- Niels Peetermans
- Damian Robinson
- Linh Jans
- Daan
- Wouter Vanoppré
- Martijn Luyckx
- Ward Habraken
- Boris Mrak
- Maxim Renaerts
- Martijn Croonen
- Jo Van der Auwera
- Thomas Stockx
- Martijn Daemen
- Frank Bax
- Joachim Laun
- Ine Vanhoudt
- Ramzi Nacer
- Leyla Tang
- Ulrike Linsen
- Sara Benyahya
- Isaac Meers
- Aslihan Babayigit
- Hans Schroyen
- Andrew Khalil Awad
- Roel Wuytens
- Tim Vervoort
- Bob van der Vleuten
- Lendert Vanderwaeren
- Dennis Swennen
- Jonas Lieben
- Iliyana Gudzheva
- Janina Moll
- Rutger Bevers
- Yves Ruland
- Sigrid Swennen
- Koen Santermans
- Martijn Peters
- Kashyap Todi
- Hannelore Bove
- Laurenz Bové
- Yannick Simons
- Dimitri Schepers
- Domien Schepers
- Noah Crauwels
- Niels Peetermans
Partners
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- Het Belang van Limburg
- Eos Wetenschap
- Hasselt University
- De vlaamse overheid
- Made in Limburg
- Kamer van Koophandel Limburg
- Jaga
- Provincie Limburg
- Deloitte
- Toastmasters
- Brussels Airlines
- Vito
- Horeservi Catering
- Rambla
- VIB
- Agilians
- Cronos Groep
- Corda Campus
- PwC
- Provincie Limburg
- Stad Hasselt
- Voka
- Mobile Vikings
- President
- Q-Food
- Smilde Foods
- Volys
- Yoplait
- AgroFresh
- Vandemoortele
- Maes Koffie
- Spa
- Faronics
- Printdeal
- Nexco
- Xod
- Stad Hasselt
- Start it @KBC
- Vedett
- VIM
- Bebo
- bel Foodservice
- BelmundiFood
- Croissy
- Danone
- Diversi Foods
- Galbani
- Lactalis
- Heinz Foodservice
- Java
- Bryo
- CoCar
- Europa in onze regio
- C.E.O. Limburg
- Lugus Studios
- New Business Forum
- MYBS
- Nexco
- Qkies