Tim Thomassen is a software developer with a background in web- and API development, cloud computing and integration engineering. Over the last two years he has worked in a team with data engineers and developers to create an integration layer for Rijksmuseum collection data.

As freelance moderator and Master of Ceremony, Filip Van den Abeele hosted over 150 events, including major international conferences such as WebTomorrow, I-Minds Conference, Failing Forward, Phare Conference, Drone Convention,…

Filip has a well-established track record in working with the European Commission on different assignments, including Nanora workshops and Interreg projects. He has worked fruitfully with different EU Directorate-General Units, including

• DG-DIGIT (SEMIC2023 Conference) 
• DG-JUST (e.g. CASP2020, EU Consumer Summits 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024); ADR and ODR assemblies in 2020 and 2021, Digital Annual Consumer Event 2021, International Product Safety Week 2022, BEXT Safety Awards 2023, Product Safety Awards 2023)
• DG-INTPA (European Development Days 2021) 
• DG-RTD (European Development Days 2022)
• DG-MARE (Taking Stock of European Common Fisheries Policy)

Sander Van Dooren is currently contracted as a Solution Architect by Digitaal Vlaanderen, where he leads the implementation of LDES technology for dataspace projects. His expertise is in moving Linked Data projects from concept to production. Prior to his work at Digitaal Vlaanderen, he worked in the Interoperability unit at DG DIGIT. Sander dislikes writing about himself in the third person.