Just like last year, 2017 will be filled with conferences and other interesting events. And lucky for me I get to speak at several of them again this year. So if you’re around and you have a few hours to spare be sure to attend a few sessions. The importance of learning new skills, being agile and knowing what’s happening in the world of design and technology has never been greater. Here’s a preliminary list of what’s happening in my world:

I’ll be speaking at:

• 16th Feb: Mobile Matters Seminar (host) (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• 20-21st Feb: FITC (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• 28th Feb: UX Meet-up: The English Breakfast edition, Dutch Digital Agencies (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• 18-19-20st March: Professional Imaging (Nijkerk, The Netherlands)
• 30th March: Digitale Werkplek (Brugge, Belgium)
• 20th April: UPRISE Festival Europe (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• 8th June: Get Smart (Affligem, Belgium)
• 12-13th: MakingDesign (Oslo, Norway)

Attending (not speaking, or too soon to say):

• 18-19th May: The Next Web (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• 16-20th Oct: Adobe MAX 2017 (Las Vegas, USA)

Interested (but we’ll see what happens):

• 6-7-8th April: OFFF Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
• TBA: OFFFbyNight (Antwerp, Belgium)
• TBA: Bump Festival (Kortrijk, Belgium)

If anyone else is interested in hearing me speak, I wouldn’t mind flying to the USA, Japan or Australia for a change 😉

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