Roeland studied biological and cognitive psychology at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and finished his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the Erasmus School of Economics. Roeland publishes regularly in internationally renowned scientific journals. 

As co-founder/scientific director at Alpha.One, Roeland helps companies with insights obtained through techniques adopted from neuroscience to better understand how information is processed andvalued in the brain, and how this leads to decision making.

Roeland regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps

Wim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus. 

Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

Saying we have a passion for fashion would be an understatement. At Suitcase, we get the chance to create a style that fits you perfectly. How does it work? Well, no more tiny fitting rooms or crowded shopping streets for you. We send you a Suitcase with 2 to 3 handpicked outfits tailored to your preferences, delivered to your doorstep free of charge. Keep what you want and send back the items that didn't make the cut. Pay only for what you love.

Entrepreneur - Independent Business Manager - Advisor 

Background

- 16 years of business experience in mainly B2B environments
- International Executive Master of Business Administration 
- Business development expert with proven track record in multiple industries and markets 

Profile

- Strong believer in value co-creation with customers
- Result-oriented
- Continuous evolution through evaluation 
- Strategic and divergent thinker
- Professional communicator
- Open/transparant, hands-on and dynamic approach
- Passionate about sales, marketing, innovation and entre/intrapreneurship

Axelle had been an HR and communications entrepreneur for 10 years when she discovered the power of (live) visual storytelling for corporate purposes. Since that day,  She has been combining her passion for drawing with her skills as a facilitator in a uniquely energetic way.

Axelle regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

With more than 15-years of experience in the big 4 consultancy firms and as a former Director of Technology Consulting, Annick has a true passion for bridging business and IT. Her in-depth knowledge of IT strategy, roadmap design and creative pragmatism are a perfect match to detect our clients’ challenges and transform them into actionable “Day-after-tomorrow”-plans. Annick is a motivating business speaker. She has energized many workshops, roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with eye-opening presentations and workshops about Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer Service and other technology-related business subjects.

With over 20 years of experience in IT and training, amongst which five years working for Microsoft in the Netherlands and Europe, Nancy has always and above all passionately focused upon people: how technology influences their behaviour, how it helps them to share knowledge and how it enables them to create and innovate. 

She is a highly rated and motivating international business speaker. She has energized many roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with bold presentations on the topics of digital transformation, extreme customer centricity, disruption, AI, business model change and leadership. She loves inspiring others about how they can organize their companies for The Day After Tomorrow and push their business models to the next level.

Erik is Innovation Director @ imec.SmartApplications and Professor @ IDLab - Ghent University. He heads a lab of about 70 top-notch researchers on Semantics and Artificial Intelligence. Before joining imec and Ghent University in 2005 as Research Manager, he was a software engineering consultant and Java architect for over a decade.

Wim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus. 

Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

Omar is a tech entrepreneur turned advisor and mentor. As an advisor he tries to practice a "hands-off unless requested" approach. If required, he has hands-on experience with executing go-to-market, with a major focus on scaling cloud and web based services.

Arno has been working in tech strategy and innovation for almost 20 years. Early 2005 he started exploring the topic of distributed computing and blockchain for Royal Philips. He was the initiator and head of the Philips Blockchain Lab researching and building Proofs of Concept for the use of blockchain technology in Healthcare. 

Dr. Dimitri De Jonghe is a full-stack blockchain developer with a passion for the internet of value. After finishing his PhD on applied machine learning to micro-electronics, he co-founded 2 startups in the machine-learning space.

Currently, Dimitri is working as application director in BigchainDB, merging big data with blockchain.
He is also a co-chair of the W3C Interledger community, a blockchain interoperability protocol.

Dimitri regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

Bernie Caessens holds a Ph.D. in Psychology. As a post-doc he switched to the neurosciences, and investigated how the brain makes decisions. After several years he moved from the university to corporate life, and worked in consumer electronics and biotechnology, investigating new and emerging technologies. He held various management and leadership roles prior to switching to Human Resources to explore the application of digital technology to human behaviour.

Bernie regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps

CEO & Founder Around Media

Rik is a renowned thought-leader, worldwide keynote speaker and author of business bestseller “Managers The Day After Tomorrow”. He’s a trusted advisor on the topics of extreme customer centricity, innovation in the digital era, business model change, sales, marketing and leading companies on their journey to their very own Day After Tomorrow.

Biochemist and blogger Daphne is a Biomimicry PhD Candidate at the University of Akron (Ohio) and a co-founder of two start-ups. She is specialised in how natural strategies can help teams optimize how they collaborate, communicate or organize themselves.

Leen Gorissen, Ph.D. in Biology, is specialized in ecology, transition science, regenerative development and bio-inspired innovation. She is the author of the recent book ‘Building the Future of Innovation on millions of years of Natural Intelligence’ and the founder of Centre4NI, a catalyst that helps organizations and businesses to innovate like nature. She is a frequently asked evaluator of innovation projects by the European Commission, a thought leader on innovation-beyond-the-usual, a strategist and business innovation process facilitator. She has worked for a broad range of clients and organized bio-inspired innovation sessions in cities across the world. From 2009-2017, Leen worked as a Transition Research Coordinator at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO Belgium). 

Wim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus. 

Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

Katrien guides you and your organisation through the process of recognizing and developing the talents and passion (TaPas) within your organisation that enable you to transform and adapt.

Leslie Cottenjé is the co-founder and CEO of Hello Customer. She started her career in online marketing and social media at Vlerick Business School. She started her own company when she realized that many wanted to put their customers first, but had trouble walking the talk and bringing customers and employees closer together.

Leslie regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

With Trust-For-Business, Joke's goal is to assist companies on their path to independence within their workforce. Discover how really trusting your teammembers can revolutionize your company!

With more than 15-years of experience in the big 4 consultancy firms and as a former Director of Technology Consulting, Annick has a true passion for bridging business and IT. Her in-depth knowledge of IT strategy, roadmap design and creative pragmatism are a perfect match to detect our clients’ challenges and transform them into actionable “Day-after-tomorrow”-plans. Annick is a motivating business speaker. She has energized many workshops, roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with eye-opening presentations and workshops about Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer Service and other technology-related business subjects.

With over 20 years of experience in IT and training, amongst which five years working for Microsoft in the Netherlands and Europe, Nancy has always and above all passionately focused upon people: how technology influences their behaviour, how it helps them to share knowledge and how it enables them to create and innovate. 

She is a highly rated and motivating international business speaker. She has energized many roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with bold presentations on the topics of digital transformation, extreme customer centricity, disruption, AI, business model change and leadership. She loves inspiring others about how they can organize their companies for The Day After Tomorrow and push their business models to the next level.

Public speaking expert & renowned actress Ianka Fleerackers trains and coaches people in bringing their message, vision or story to the public in a passionate, charismatic and authentic manner that delivers real impact. 

Ianka regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.

Baloise doesn't shy away from innovative projects. Gerrit Nollet is one of their true in-house innovators, who recently took the responsibility for a disruptive project upon his shoulders.

Jean is the founder of Startle, a New York based company that launches and manages tech- and science-heavy innovation projects for food companies. Graduated as a food scientist, Jean went into business consulting and innovation for over 8 years. This experience led him to Colruyt Group where he spent 2 years as R&D and innovation manager. In December 2016 he decided to follow his heart and moved to the United States, considering this change as an opportunity to fuse his business, science and technology skills to forge a new company.