Steve Vranakis
Google Creative Lab
Steve brings almost 20 years of experience to Google from the world ofdigital, design and advertising. Some of the campaigns and platformsthat hes most recently been involved with include: Web Lab, a series ofinteractive installations connected to the web live at the Science Museum inLondon, World Wonders Project, YouTube Space LabChannel and many more. Steve has worked at some of the biggest and best creative agencies in theworld including: VCCP London, Foote Cone & Belding San Francisco, WCRSArnold Worldwide Partners in London, Modem Media UK and DDB in hisnative Vancouver.
James Hilton
AKQA
James Hilton is one of the world's most recognised and widely respected creative directors. Since co-founding AKQA in 1995, James has been at the forefront of an industry which has seen the company grow to become the world's largest independent agency. AKQA has offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Shanghai.
Doug Perkul
Sid Lee
Doug Perkul is the Managing Partner for Sid Lee Technologies Europe. Based in Amsterdam he and his teams have worked on creative digital programs for clients such as Adidas, Heineken, Nivea and Dom Perignon. Before joining Sid Lee two years ago, Doug ran the Conversedigital account for R/GA in New York City.
Thierry Geerts
Thierry Geerts began his career as an auditor before joining an American company specializing in industrial cleaning. Since 1996 he has been active in media. Before becoming Director of Google Belgium, he was Director of Business Development at Corelio, in charge of mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and innovation.
Amid Faljaoui
Trends Tendances
Amid Faljaoui wears multiple hats: journalist, economist, manager and radio and television personality. He is a scholar in the field of media and economy and enjoys sharing his related knowledge in the most educational way possible.
Philippe Brasseur
Philippe Brasseur was born in 1964. After working as a creative person in advertising, event organizer and children magazine publisher, he is now an instructor, author and illustrator. He is active in the business world as a creative brainstorming person. November 12th at the Wallonie Picarde Area, he will present the "The brilliant business!" conference.
Franois Jeanne-Beylot
TROOVER
With a passion for information and particularly the way it circulates, in 2000 Franois Jeanne Beylot founded the TROOVER Company, specializing in structured information research, business intelligence and Web monitoring for the benefit of businesses and government. Since 2005 he has stimulated "Boulevard de l'info", a blog about information.
Serge Fontinoy
K Company
Serge Fontinoy has been "immersed" in the digital since 1998. His double training in communication and advertising has allowed him to systematically integrate the concepts of marketing objectives and return on investment across all digital projects he has undertaken. He is Managing Partner of K Company, a "Digital Business" agency that is number 3 in Belgium.
Gregory Culpin
Knowledge Plaza
After studying engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain, and after two years of experience in a cabinet council of Brussels, in 2008 Gregory Culpin joined Knowledge Plaza, a Walloon company active in the field of collaborative knowledge management.
Fabienne Vandekerkove
Knowledge Plaza
Fabienne Vandekerkove is project manager at Knowledge Plaza, collaborative solutions for knowledge management. She has been active for more than 15 years in various organization and information management projects - from companies such as The Boston Consulting Group, Suez or Electrabel.
Fred Colantonio
Consultant, speaker and lecturer in marketing, he helps individuals and companies generate more opportunities and business. As a criminologist specialized in new technologies and director of the "e-management" collection at the Belgian publisher Edipro, Fred defines sustainable strategies of visibility and awareness development with his customers.
Patrick Cansell
Patrick Cansell works on monitoring issues, strategic information management, risk and prospective identification. As a PhD in Information and Communication science, he is in charge of specialized teaching on "Economic Intelligence" for the Ecole des Mines de Paris (ParisTech) and has been Associate Professor at the University of Marne-la-Valle since 2012.
Vincent Lamberts
Vincent Lamberts practices intellectual property law, new technology law and commercial law. He supports companies and private individuals in their reflections on their development strategy. He is member of the Benelux Intellectual Property Council and benefits from the Awex agreement as a specialist and expert in foreign trade.
Rodolphe Finamore
Impulso
Rodolphe Finamore is e-business consultant at Impulso. Passionate about the web, he completed post-graduate training in e-business project management, web writing, and strategic intelligence and benefits from nearly 12 years of experience in the field.
Renaud Degueldre
BEP
Managing Director of the Economic Office of the Province of Namur (BEP = Bureau Economique de la Province) since 1997. The BEP is an inter-communal association whose mission is to ensure the economic and social development of the Province of Namur (460,000 inhabitants). The BEP has 113 employees and 278 workers and manages a total budget of 106,863,867.57 (for the 4 Intercommunities), the BEP is Emas certified (Sanitary Landfill), ISO 14001 (Cralys scientific park) and in the process of obtaining ISO 9001 certification.
Andr Huynen
BUSINESS BOOST
Founder and manager @ Business Boost (Customized consulting services in marketing, sales & management for SMEs)
Former Account Manager, Marketing Manager, and "SMB Lead" @ Microsoft BeLux where I spent 10 years
Could no longer live in a "non-NWOW" working environment
Elke Jeurissen
New World Of Work
Elke is currently project leader at the Coalition New World of Work (NWOW). The Coalition has been started by Microsoft, USG People, Telenet, SD Worx, Out of Office, Flanders Synergy, Euro Green IT Innovation Center and Federal Public Service Social Security with the objective to promote the New World of Work (NWOW) in Belgium. Membership is open to anyone that wants to share their NWOW experience or help spread the message.
Louis-Flix Binette
HEC Montral
student, always. diplomatic, sometimes. cunning linguist and polyglot: speaks franais, english, deutsch, espaol & portugus; tries hard to learn العربية. socially hyperactive in life 1.0 & 2.0. co-founded f. & co, a small consulting firm focussing on collaboration & management of creativity. studies linking_spaces & strategy @ HEC in montral. faith-respecting agnostic who believes there would be no life without music, so let it be.
Catherine Elsen
LUCID (ULG)
Catherine Elsen, architect and building engineer, is a FNRS post-doctoral researcher at LUCID (University of Lige) and scientific associate of AIDA team (KUL) and Ideation Lab (MIT). Her research interests cover the analysis of design processes and design thinking (in architecture and industrial design), where she more specifically studies the impact design tools have on creativity and project's deliverables.
