Coaches, Speakers and Jury

Annabel Georges is an Innovation Manager at imec.livinglabs in Belgium. Annabel holds a Master's...

Colin Millar works with Data and Assessments at the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)...

Neil Holdsworth is Head of Data and Information at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) ...

Filip Waumans was originally trained as biologist, but obtained a Master after Master in informatics...

As innovation manager at imec.livinglabs, Joris Finck looks at the business side of innovation...

Tim Collart works as a Marine Data Analyst and GIS Support Officer at the EMODnet secretariat...

Francesco Palermo belongs to the Operational Group of Ocean Predictions and Applications (OPA)...

Dimitri Schuurman is Team Lead User Experts at imec.livinglabs and at imec-mict-Ghent University...

Lennert Schepers is currently working on EMODnet Biology products and related national and...

Pierre Gronlier is a Solution Architect with a focus on Data processing, container and Machine Leaning...

Carlos Pinto has worked with designing, developing and implementing of the ICES data portal: EcoSystemData...

Harald Warmelink is senior researcher at the Academy for Digital Entertainment at Breda University of Applied Sciences ...

Michael Rademaker is currently working as AI and ML expert within the Application Prototyping Team at imec...

Jan-Bart Calewaert is head of the EMODnet Secretariat. He trained as a bio-engineer and holds a Masters...

Prof. Igor Mayer is lecturer in ‘applied games, innovation and society’ at Breda University of Applied Sciences ...

Carlos Pereira Santos is research & development coordinator at the Academy for Digital Entertainment ...

Lennert Tyberghein is manager of the Data Centre of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). ...

Katja Mayer was trained as sociologist and works at the intersection of Science-Technology-Society......

Dr. Hans Pirlet is manager of the Innovation and Valorisation Department of Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) ...

Wout Duthoo is currently working as a user research expert and innovation manager in the living lab team of imec...

Pascal Derycke is EMODnet technical coordinator at the EMODnet secretariat. He obtained a PhD in physics ...

Koen Geirnaert is managing director and co-founder of dotOcean ...

Currently working as an environmental data scientist at Global Fishing Watch, Jaeyoon Park is determined...

Iain Shepherd is a senior expert at the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)...

Paula Oset currently works as Project Manager at Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and is responsible for...

Bart Vanhoorne has an IT background and 15 years of work experience in the Flanders Marine Institute...

Charles Troupin is working on DIVAnd interpolation software tool in frame of SeaDataCloud, EMODnet Chemistry...

Marco Alba has been involved in EMODnet Physics as lead developer and data manager ...

Rémy Vandepoel analyses customer needs to offer them adapted cloud infrastructures at OVH. ...

Andy Kontoudakis is a policy officer at the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)... ...

Noémie Wouters is CEO of GreenBridge, a blue growth incubator at the Ostend campus of Marine@Ugent...

Paz Rotllan Garcia is Frontend developer at the Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System...

Belén Martín Míguez has combined research and scientific coordination in key institutions in Spain, France...

George Spoelstra is the Managing Director of GGSgc and EMODnet Bathymetry coach.

Sytze van Heteren is a coastal and marine geologist at the Geological Survey of the Netherlands...

Fabrice Messal is Training and Educational Manager for Mercator Ocean International, he’s currently...

Jordan Pinder is a marine mapping scientist involved in the EMODnet Seabed Habitats initiative...

Kaatje Boury is combining governmental projects with IoT-oriented outcomes, bootcamps, sprints...

Tina Mertens is Vice Director of Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) where she oversees science support...

Eugenia Molina is a Spanish oceanographer, working for the Italian National Oceanographic Data...

Alessandro Pititto has been the coordinator of EMODnet Human Activities since 2013. He is a...

Aron-Levi Herregodts is Innovation Manager at imec.livinglabs. He holds master’s degrees in Communication...