Conferences and events

School isn't the only place to gain knowledge & meet new people.

Framer meetup

Januari 30 2018, Amsterdam
To learn more about Framer (a prototyping tool) and hear about all the latest updates, I went to a Framer meetup at the Framer office.

Mobile in the future - LukeW

November 8 2017, Amsterdam
LukeW was in town with a great presentation about the future of mobile UX and innovation. The talk gave me plenty of food for thought for my work at booking.com.

Dribbble meetup

September 28 2017, Amsterdam
I met creative people from the Dribbble community and listened to talks about motion design and branding.

KvK Hackathon

September 2-3 2016, Den Haag
The dutch “Chamber of Commerce” organized a hackathon to create smart solutions for entrepreneurs. We made a platform that can predict health issues in an organization based on big data.

The Ultimate Art Battle Hackathon

August 12-14 2016, Enschede
We created an interactive projection that let people create their own music on the ground. Famous painted portraits would then beatbox to the music the people made. And we won!

UX Strat

June 9-10 2016, Amsterdam
I was asked to be a volunteer at the biggest conference about User Experience Strategy. During this conference, I learned a lot about the strategy side of UX and CX!

The Next Web Conference

May 26/27 2016, Amsterdam
This was epic! Many great speakers and companies were present at this huge conference for the tech industry.

Young Creators Summit

May 25th 2016, Amsterdam
“The most promising, ambitious and talentend teenagers & students will gather for one day to connect, be inspired and have a life changing experience” – The Summit

Media Future Week

April 20-23 2015, Hilversum
Every school in The Netherlands sent 2 students to create futuristic and innovative concepts that solve a problem for a specific company. According to the organization, the top 1% of multimedia students from The Netherlands was there. It was an awesome, intensive and instructive week!

MediaBites

May 29 2015, Amsterdam
This event had everything about VR! It was an eye opener to see all the possibilities of virtual reality.

Media Park Year Conference

June 18 2015, Hilversum
This was a conference that was more focused on television and its future destination. How is the population reacting to the on demand content and how should traditional television adapt?

Infographics Conference

March 13 2016, Zeist
This was the biggest Infographics conference in The Netherlands, and together with my classmates, we saw a lot of great infographics and speakers.