Speakers

1. 

   Antony Slabinck

   Senior Digital Strategist at Invisible Puppy
2. 

   Aurore Devos

   Digital Marketing Director BENELUX at The Walt Disney Company
3. 

   Daniel Schots

   CCO & partner at BBDO
4. 

   Fons Van Dyck

   Managing Director at Think BBDO
5. 

   Hans Cools

   Business & Brand Strategy at Moore
6. 

   Kristin Verellen

   Co-creation & Change Coach at Peel The Onion
7. 

   Naomi Osorio Galan

   Media Operations Manager BeLux at The Coca-Cola Company

   Naomi graduated from IHECS in 2015 after her Master's degree in Advertising and Commercial Communication. During her Master's degree at IHECS, she also completed a distance learning Master's degree in Marketing and Communication specific to fashion and luxury at the Complutense University in Madrid. 
   
   She did her internship as an account executive at Carat for 5 months, and then joined the research department of Dentsu Aegis; Deepblue, as a Marketing Analyst. After a few months, she joined the Carat team to work between the two entities, and then became Account Manager on various accounts: LVMH, Beiersdorf, Galeria INNO, Eurostar, Tesa. In 2017, she entered the YMCE (Young Media Channel & Expert Award) competition, which she won. 
   
   In 2018 she started a new challenge at UM (IPG Mediabrands) where she is the Account Manager for the entire Coca-Cola Group. Since 2021 Naomi works as Media Manager for Belgium and Luxembourg at Coca-Cola.

8. 

   Nicolas De Bauw

   Chief Executive Officer (ceo) at TBWA
9. 

   Patrick De Pelsmacker

   Gewoon hoogleraar Marketing at Universiteit Antwerpen
10. 

    Petra De Roos

    CEO at ACC

    Before joining ACC, where she represents the communication agency sector, Petra spent 25 years on the agency side (LDV United), contributing to impactful work for strong brands such as Devos & Lemmens, Red Bull, the Flemish Government, Argenta, Special Olympics, JBC, Torfs, Brugge Kaas, and many others. She also served on the Effie Jury for seven years, including four years as vice-chair. Petra understands better than anyone that strong creative and effective work starts with a well-crafted briefing.

11. 

    Sylvie Dewaele

    Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at TBWA Belgium at TBWA
12. 

    Tom De Ruyck

    Chief Growth Officer & Partner at Human8

    Tom is Managing Partner & Head of Consumer Consulting Boards at Human8, in charge of Human8 's global activities in terms of community research: thought leadership, steering innovation and business development. Next to his work at Human8, Tom is guest lecturer at the Vlerick Business School (Belgium) & TiasNimbas (the Netherlands) and Adjunct Professor at IESEG School of Management (France) & EHSAL Management School (Belgium). He is also Co-founder & President of the Belgian research association CUBE. Leading in-depth workshops and chairing research events (a.o. for MOA, CUBE, MRS & ESOMAR) is among his favorite activities.

13. 

    Veerle De Vos

    Marketing Consultant & Coach at Faith in Fools

    Veerle De Vos is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of leadership experience in the communications sector, where she served as managing partner at mortierbrigade. As a visionary entrepreneur, she proudly leads Faith In Fools, a company fully dedicated to promoting new leadership.

    Driven by a passion for personal development, Veerle is also a certified NLP coach. As a business coach, she has made a lasting impact by helping transform Publicis Groupe Belgium into both a "Best place to work" and a "Great place to work".

    Veerle’s style is powerful, playful, interactive and inspiring. Her mission is to support emerging leaders in turning their dreams and ambitions into reality.