In 2001 Frederik Sioen records his first demo song and he successfully participates in a few music competitions. 250 concerts later he forms the band Sioen with which he independently records his first album ‘See You Naked’. The now famous and much praised song ‘Cruisin’......
Dirk De Wachter is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is an expert in family therapy and he has written a lot of bestsellers: Borderline Times, Liefde. Een onmogelijk verlangen? and De wereld van De Wachter. In his books, he writes about western society and how it affects the......
Maggie De Block is a prominent member of the Flemish liberal-democratic party, Open Vld. As from 2014, she officiates as Belgian Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health. Previously, she was the Secretary of State for Asylum, Immigration and Social Integration. Before beginning her political......
Sven Ornelis is a Flemish radio and TV host. He has been presenting well-appreciated morning shows on different radio stations for almost twenty years. Ornelis has also presented different TV shows. When he was 17, he met former Soviet leader Michael Gorbatsjov after writing him......
Under the leadership of Paul Dujardin, the Centre for Fine Arts Brussels has turned into BOZAR an internationally recognized European multidisciplinary arts platform, attracting over 1 million visitors each year with its exhibitions, concerts, film and theatre performances, debates and interdisciplinary projects. Paul is advocating......
Since September 2018, Zhong focuses on connecting all food delivery services to a restaurant’s favourite point of sale system. Deliverect is the next step in his journey to bring user friendly and innovative solutions to the hospitality industry. Zhong Xu is an entrepreneur passionate about......
Roland Duchâtelet worked for several enterprises in Belgium and Germany before becoming a self-employed entrepreneur in the nineties. Between 2007 and 2010 he was a member of the Belgian Senate. He initiated two important crisis measures: the possibility of temporary unemployment for employees and the possibility for enterprises......
Since October 2006, Mrs. Claire Tillekaerts has been the general manager of Flanders Investment & Trade, the government agency supporting Flemish companies in their effort to deploy business internationally abroad and assisting foreign companies seeking to set up business or expand operations in Flanders, the......
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele is full professor of climatology and sustainable development sciences at UCL. A physicist and climate modeller who worked at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA), he has published with natural and social scientists about climate change and sustainable development at global......
Sofie Foets is founding managing director of the non-profit-organization ToekomstATELIERdelAvenir (TADA). TADA encourages increased involvement of civil society/business in the emancipation of our (Brussels) most socially vulnerable youth. Before Sofie launched TADA, she worked as a policy advisor the European Parliament (Alliance of Liberals and......