TEDxUHasselt 2023 - The Universal Call
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Maxim Riebus
Lead Organizer, Master student in Business and Information Systems Engineering
Since childhood, Maxim has been very entrepreneurial. His social nature makes him a real team player. That is why he likes to do some volunteering besides his studies. If you can’t find him at his desk, he is probably having a drink with friends or playing Guns and Roses songs on his electric guitar. -
Michiel Swaanen
Lead Organizer, Master student in Computer Science
Michiel is a team player who loves putting his skills to the test. Challenges like TEDxUHasselt is the fuel he needs to be happy and enjoy life to the fullest. Just start talking about computer stuff, and you will have his attention.
TEDxUHasselt 2022 - To Be Continued
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Maxim Riebus
Lead Organizer, Master student in Business and Information Systems Engineering
Since childhood, Maxim has been very entrepreneurial. His social nature makes him a real team player. That is why he likes to do some volunteering besides his studies. If you can’t find him at his desk, he is probably having a drink with friends or playing Guns and Roses songs on his electric guitar. -
Michiel Swaanen
Lead Organizer, Master student in Computer Science
Michiel is a team player who loves putting his skills to the test. Challenges like TEDxUHasselt is the fuel he needs to be happy and enjoy life to the fullest. Just start talking about computer stuff, and you will have his attention.
TEDxUHasselt 2021 - Breathtaking Resilience
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Robin Vandecaetsbeek
Lead Organizer, Master in Business Engineering
Robin has an urge for entrepreneurship. Easy to talk to, but always professional. He's a team player and a work-buddy who can adequately adapt to the situation. -
Tim Vervoort
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
Tim is a media enthusiast and loves creating cinematic video. As a computer scientist, he likes playing around with new technologies. Tim is a student entrepreneur and founded numerous small projects.
TEDxUHasselt 2020 - No Worries
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Karel Fonteyn
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
After his exchange to Bremen, Karel sees the world as his country. As a computer scientist, he is used to searching for creative ways to solve problems. -
Robin Vandecaetsbeek
Lead Organizer, Master in Business Engineering
Robin has an urge for entrepreneurship. Easy to talk to, but always professional. He's a team player and a work-buddy who can adequately adapt to the situation. -
Tim Vervoort
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
Tim is a media enthusiast and loves creating cinematic video. As a computer scientist, he likes playing around with new technologies. Tim is a student entrepreneur and founded numerous small projects.
TEDxUHasselt 2019 - Bright Ideas
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Martijn Luyckx
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
Intrigued by science and technology, Martijn loves studying computer science. Always keen to learn new skills and happy to embrace new challenges! Just bring chocolate to get him on your side. -
Tim Vervoort
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
Tim is a media enthusiast and loves creating cinematic video. As a computer scientist, he likes playing around with new technologies. Tim is a student entrepreneur and founded numerous small projects. -
Ward Habraken
Lead Organizer, Master in Computer Science
Ward studies computer science. He is a very energetic person, and interested in all the latest technology. Positivity is his way of life.
TEDxUHasselt 2018 - Moonshot Thinking
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Dimitri Schepers
Lead Organizer
Dimi never says no to a challenge. At TEDxUHasselt, he uses his Business Informatics knowledge to tackle real-world dilemmas. -
Noah Crauwels
Lead Organizer
Noah is a student business economics at Hasselt University. With a large field of interest and driven to take on challenges like TEDxUHasselt. -
Yannick Simons
Lead Organizer
Yannick is always looking for opportunities. This year TEDxUHasselt crossed the path of the business informatics student and he joined. TEDxUHasselt is an opportunity to apply his knowledge to the real world.
TEDxUHasselt 2017 - Did You Know?
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Jonas Lieben
Lead Organizer, Master Commercial Engineer
Jonas joined the team in 2015. He was a lead organizer of TEDxUHasselt in 2017. He graduated in the same year as a commercial engineer (with a focus on management information systems). He has a profound interest in management, business, IT and sciences. -
Sigrid Swennen
Lead Organizer, Master Commercial Engineer
Sigrid joined the team in 2013. She was a lead organizer of TEDxUHasselt in 2017. She graduated in the same year as Commercial Engineer, with a focus on Management Information Systems. Sigrid has a broad interest in nearly everything.
TEDxUHasseltSalon 2017 - Innovative Thinking
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TEDxUHasselt 2016 - Challenge Accepted
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Yves Ruland
Lead Organizer, Master in Business Informatics
Yves was lead organizer in 2015 of TEDxUHasselt, after having been part of the team since 2012. He graduated as Master in Business Informatics at Hasselt University in 2016.
TEDxUHasseltSalon 2016 - Life is Science
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TEDxUHasseltLive 2015 - Do You Dare to Face the Truth?
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TEDxUHasselt 2014 - Unexpected Connections
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TEDxUHasseltSalon 2013 - Communication Creates Change
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TEDxUHasselt 2012 - A Change in the Universe
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TEDxUHasselt 2011 - The Technology Revolution
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Bob van der Vleuten
Lead Organizer, Founder
Bob is one of the co-founders of TEDxUHasselt and helped organise the first edition and first TEDxUhasseltSalon. He left the team shortly before the second edition to focus on other ventures. Bob currently juggles big data at the Belgian startup Daltix. -
Niels Peetermans
Lead Organizer, Founder
Niels co-founded TEDxUHasselt in 2011 and graduated as Business Engineer in 2013. He is currently working as a Management Consultant at KPMG and is Coach at Bizidee, a business plan contest in Flanders. -
Rutger Bevers
Lead Organizer, Founder
Rutger is one of the TEDxUHasselt co-founders. He is a computer scientist interested in entrepreneurship.
Team members during the years
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Britte Vanlessen
Team Member, Bachelor student in Business Economics
Britte is an engaged business economics student who grabs every chance she gets to gain experience. Going international has always been her dream. TEDxUHASSELT will be one of the last things she does in Belgium before heading to NYC.
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Gythe Stans
Team Member, Bachelor student in Business and Information Systems Engineering
Gythe studies Business and Information Systems Engineering and strives to take every chance she gets to learn and grow more every day. Her motto is ‘no problems, only challenges.’
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Anson YIP
Team Member, student Management
"Never say never" and "Why not" are always my idioms. One year before I didn't expect that I will be in Belgium today and study master here now, but i do remember I asked myself why not just have a try to live in somewhere totally new for me and do something different apart from routine work in Hong Kong. So, that's why I am here now. -
Hans De Decker
Team Member, PHD Economics
Hans is a PhD researcher at UHasselt. Within his research he examines the governance aspects of strategic change in family firms. He is also a strategy & analyst advisor, he helps several companies in goal & general strategy setting. Hans tries from a positive attitude and with the necessary persistence, to work in a goal-oriented way and is always ready to learn new things. -
Isaac Meers
Team Member, student Computer Science
Isaac studies computer science. He's always happy and he loves learning new things. Always looking at the bright side of life. -
Toon Moons
Team Member, student Economics
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Jef Vanthienen
Team Member, student Business Administration
Jef has always been intrigued by politics and economics. He is very passionate about his studies and loves to organize small and major events. He is an ambitious and motivated person who loves to take on new challenges in his life. -
Jo Gielissen
Team Member, student Economics
Jo his interests lie in economics, more specifically in finance and accountancy. You can say he's a man of facts and figures. He tries to know as much as he can from what is going on in the world. When challenges or opportunities are thrown his way, Jo will do anything he can to make the best of it. -
Jorrit Gerets
Team Member, student Computer Science
Jorrit is a technology enthusiast. He has a passion for weird and obscure technology. -
Kiran Singh
Team Member, student Computer Science
Kiran a first year's student in computer science. He's always searching for new challenges in life. Learning new things, meeting new people and making new friends that's what excites him. -
Krishna Maharani
Team Member, student Project management
Krishna is a passionate person and eager to learn new things every day, she is also a fast learner and has an extensive experience to manage projects as part of her previous job. Currently she is a Master of Management student in UHasselt and has an IT background knowledge as well. With these knowledge backgrounds & experience, she keens to explore her new role as part of the TEDxUHasselt team. -
Mathies Gielen
Team Member, student Computer Science
Mathies has a passion for new technology like drones. With that passion and his creativity he built his own quadcopter for racing. -
Olivier Lenaerts
Team Member, student Engineering
After his exchange year to Finland. Olivier loves traveling, meeting new people and cultures. With his homemade quadcopter he wants to see the world in a different perspective. If you're not scared for his energized personality he is always in for a good long talk about automation and robotics. -
Rachel Mullins
Team Member, student International Marketing
Rachel is an independent analytical thinker, who often ignores the norm. She is inspired by acts of altruism and issues that people find impossible to solve. She is determined to make an enterprising career from her knowledge in Biological Sciences and Marketing. -
Tine Schepkens
Team Member, student Economics
Tine is a very joyful person and I've always been 'one of the guys'. She likes to get to know new people and learning new things. She tries to do everything as good as possible. -
Tom Valkeneers
Team Member, student Computer Science
Tom graduated as a master in Computer Science from Hasselt University. He really loves Nerf-gun fights. -
Valentýna Hýlová
Team Member, student Marketing
Valentýna loves to spread positive energy, encourage and support people around her. She enjoys taking challenges and is passionate about the process the same way as about the final result. -
Andrew Khalil Awad
Team Member, student Chemistry
You can really see that Andrew studies chemistry. He is intrigued with everything from and by nature. He also likes to learn from everything, and appreciates innovation and creativity. -
Daan
Daan is a social person, in group discussions he will always first try to listen to everybody before giving his own opinion. He is very interested in acquiring new skills and learning from others.
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Damian Robinson
Eager to be part of opportunities that fosters positive and far-reaching impacts, Damian, with a background in geography and sustainability, is currently pursuing his masters in mobility science at UHasselt.
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Linh Jans
Linh is an economics student who is eager to participate in activities that inspire her. She likes using her creativity to the most. Photography and playing the piano are one of her passions. Linh is determined to broaden her mind by traveling the world.
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Wouter Vanoppré
Wouter was involved from the early beginning with TEDxUHasselt. He started as a helping hand in 2011, was member of the organising team in 2012 and is now leading a motivated team of organizers towards the conference of 2014.
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Boris Mrak
Boris is a motivated business engineering student, and loves laughing and talking to people. He just spend half a year in Canada on an exchange program, and is now super-excited to help in organising TEDxUHasselt.
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Ine Vanhoudt
Team Member, student Applied Economics
Ine is fascinated by organising great events. She loves to meet new people and opportunities. Everything she does, will be done as perfectly as possible, just like her applied economics studies. -
Jo Van der Auwera
Jo is a student Biomedical Sciences making his Master Thesis at Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg. Started in 2012 as a helping hand and currently ‘Audience Activator’. Hopefully we can give you a day to remember!
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Martijn Croonen
Martijn is currently completing his final year as a Computer Science student. He likes web-standards and browser development and that's why he is responsible for keeping the TEDxUHasselt website up-to-date.
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Maxim Renaerts
Maxim is responsible for the marketing and is a final-year master student applied economics with focus on marketing at Hasselt University. It’s his first year working for TEDxUHasselt after being a board member of AIESEC Limburg.
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Thomas Stockx
Thomas is having an awesome year working on just his Master Thesis in Computer Science at Hasselt University. The only thing higher than his grades is the size of his Steam library.
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Frank Bax
Frank loves to sharing and developing ideas! He is always keen on organising events that let students think about the word, and reinvent themselves.
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Hans Schroyen
Hans is learning how to organize a TEDx event and assisting wherever he is needed. (In his free time he likes to fight crime in a batsuit while maintaining an alter ego of a playboy millionaire.) He is interested in Physics and enjoys good Belgian beer.
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Joachim Laun
Going for a PhD in Chemistry, Joachim is always up for mind-blowing new thoughts. Besides science, he is also interested in politics, and good old Scottish whisky (without ice of course).
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Leyla Tang
Leyla previously worked as an event & marketing manager, before embarking on a medically-oriented study. She is very familiar with the TED organization and admires their work. So when TEDxUHasselt was looking for new members, she jumped on the opportunity.
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Martijn Daemen
Martijn is an ambitious student business engineering who’s always in for a challenge. He organizes events with ’t Kroegske and loves coffee!
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Aslihan Babayigit
Team Member, PhD student
Home is now behind, the world is ahead. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us... Aslihan loves every opportunity to share an adventure in. You see, it’s a dangerous business, going out your door. -
Roel Wuytens
Roel is studying the Master programme in Computer Science at Hasselt University (UHasselt) . He also did a summer school at The University of Manchester. It is his first year in the TEDxUHasselt team.
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Dennis Swennen
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Iliyana Gudzheva
Iliyana loves travelling and meeting people from all around the world. She joined TEDxUHasselt this year, while doing her Masters in Management at the university.
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Janina Moll
Janina is a passionate organizer and embraces new opportunities to plan events. That's why she joined the TEDxUHasselt team during her Master of Management studies.
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Lendert Vanderwaeren
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Domien Schepers
Domien studied his bachelor Computer Science at Hasselt University. He was previously responsible for the Finance and Partnerships at TEDxUHasselt, and is now an advisor.
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Hannelore Bove
Domien studied his bachelor Computer Science at Hasselt University. He was previously responsible for the Finance and Partnerships at TEDxUHasselt, and is now an advisor.
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Kashyap Todi
When he's not doing research on Human–Computer Interaction, Kashyap spends his time cooking, mixing (cocktails/music), making (and drinking) coffee, or just lazing around.
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Laurenz Bové
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Martijn Peters
Leading, being led… doesn’t matter to Martijn, as long as he can participate in sparkling conversations. Next to science, communication is his passion, making him extremely motivated to turn TEDxUHasselt into the most awesome event ever.
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