Coaches, Speakers and Jury

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...