Speaking opportunities
I love speaking at conferences and events. In the past, I was a speaker at events such as JavaOne / Oracle Code One (San Francisco, California), the Great Indian Developer Summit (Bengaluru, India), Devoxx (Antwerp, Belgium), SXSW (Austin, Texas), the Tech Startup Day (Brussels, Belgium), the ETDA Conference (Bangkok, Thailand), the Open Source India Days (Bengaluru, India), and The Big Squeeze (Brussels, Belgium). I was a guest lecturer at the Antwerp Management School, the University College Leuven-Limburg, and the Solvay Brussels School for Business & Economics.
Currently, I have some great presentations about valuation in practice (not the Math, but a real-world example), about going global with your business (e.g. where to open an office abroad, cultural differences), monetizing open source software, and obviously also about my book Entreprenerd.
2024
| Event | Topic | |
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| May/17 | 11:11 Philosophers Group, Remote from New Orleans and Los Gatos | Podcast: Open Source Success Story |
| May/5 | SF convention 9000con, QLT, Sint-Amandsberg | Bruno was one of the organizers of the event |
2023
| Event | Topic | |
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| Apr/19 | Book presentation, "Brieven aan startende ondernemers", The Beacon, Antwerp | Three things I learned about business watching House MD. |
| Mar/26 | Preview of the movie "Sea Sparkle", Cinema Sphinx, Gent | Short talk about investing in movies |
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March/16 |
Solvay Brussels School, Business & Economics, Brussels, Belgium |
Guest Lecture about Valuation (Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Finance) |
2022
| Event | Topic | |
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June/28 |
Breaking the Silos: Neurodiversity |
Entrepreneurship in the Spectrum |
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June/14 |
Shake It / Make It: iText Customer event |
Keynote: From FOSS to COSS, Shaking Software Business Models Since 1998 |
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May/31 |
Smartfin Capital |
Book Presentation "Entreprenerd" |
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March/24 |
Solvay Brussels School, Business & Economics, Brussels, Belgium |
Guest Lecture about Valuation (Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Finance) |
2021
| Event | Topic | |
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Nov/19 |
Panel Discussion Key Figures, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium |
From Start-Up to Exit: a discussion with Tom Van de Voorde (GIMV), Sara Lambrechts (Morrow Ventures), and Bruno Lowagie (Wil-Low). Moderator: Bright Obeng (Key Figures) |
Oct/30 |
Morietur in Armis, Lexmond, The Netherlands |
Book presentation of the book "Morietur in Armis" (an anthology of medieval stories, including my story "Sakura"); I talked about finding inspiration to write short stories about the Middle Ages. |
Oct/6 |
Readers' Group, Library of Ypres, Belgium |
Book presentation "Nijlpaard voor Kerstmis"; I held a long lecture about the writing and publishing process (working with a publisher versus self-publishing). |
Aug/26 |
CIONet Summer Celebration, Kemzeke, Belgium |
Keynote: "The Rise of the Entreprenerds" |
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Feb/23 |
Director's Day 2020, by Guberna, Brussels, Belgium |
Member of the panel discussing personal experiences with a board of directors. |
2020
| Event | Topic | |
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Dec/18 |
Open Core Summit, California / Online |
Breakout session about the upcoming book "Entreprenerd" |
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Nov/19 |
Director's Day 2020, by Guberna, Brussels, Belgium |
Member of the panel discussing personal experiences with a board of directors. (postponed due to SARS-CoV-2) |
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Nov/4 |
Readers' Group, Library of Ypres, Belgium |
Book presentation "Nijlpaard voor Kerstmis" (postponed due to SARS-CoV-2) |
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Oct/3 |
Et in Ventum, Kampen, The Netherlands |
Book presentation writing contest Middle Ages: Anthology "Et in ventum" (featuring my story "Het land van de vrijheid") |
2019
| Event | Topic | |
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Dec/25 |
Library of Dilbeek, Belgium |
Award Ceremony: Winners Fantasy writing contest(fourth place for my story "Jeremia 29:11") |
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Nov/17 |
Leidschendam-Voorburg, The Netherlands |
Book presentation thriller writing contest: Anthology "Dood door onschuld" (featurning my story "De houdbaarheid van rattenvergif") / reading my story "Stamboom" |
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Oct/5 |
Kampen, The Netherlands |
Book presentation writing contest Middle Ages: Anthology "Et Ille" (featuring my story "Jonker Galgenaas") |
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May/23 |
Gorcums Theater, Gorinchem, The Netherlands |
Award Ceremony: Gorcumse Literatuurprijs |
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May/17 |
University College UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: Culture in Business |
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May/2 |
Solvay Brussels School, Business & Economics, Brussels, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Finance |
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Feb/28 |
The Big Squeeze, Brussels, Belgium |
Speaker session: Building scalable companies |
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Jan/22 |
Belgium's Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Ghent, Belgium |
Book presentation; short presentation of the chapter I wrote for this book. |
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Jan/17 |
Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany |
World Premiere "Electric Girl" (Bruno Lowagie credited as "executive producer") |
2018
| Event | Topic | |
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Nov/22-23 |
CFO Conferenz, Cadzand, The Netherlands |
Presentation: Blockchain: use cases for the future |
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Nov/11 |
UGent Legal Techaton: Gent, Belgium |
Member of the jury |
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Oct/15 |
ING Innovation Night, International Film Festival Ghent, Belgium |
Keynote: The Secret of Your Success |
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Sep/25 |
Bank Van Lanschot, Kortrijk, Belgium |
Info session: An introduction to Blockchain |
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May/29 |
Agentschap Ondernemen / KPMG, Kortrijk, Belgium |
Testimonial: Hoe pas je de nieuwe innovatie-aftrek toe? (bedrijfsgetuigenis) |
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Apr/25 |
GIDS 2018, Bangalore, India |
Keynote: Blockchain, threat or opportunity? |
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Mar/11 |
SXSW, Austin, U.S.A. |
Presentation: Startup Cities: Brussels, Belgium |
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Feb/12 |
University College UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Guest Lecture International project week: Culture in Business |
2017
| Event | Topic | |
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Nov/6 |
Hoek af roadshow / Vlerick Venture Talks, Ghent, Belgium |
Talk: Writing a table of contents for your business idea |
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July/27 |
ETDA Conference, Bangkok, Thailand |
Info session: PDF standards, eTax invoices and ZUGFeRD, Blockchain for documents |
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June/26 |
Hoek Af roadshow, Ghent, Belgium |
Talk: "Don't Believe the Hype" |
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May/29 |
Watt Factory, Ghent, Belgium |
Presentation: Sales before funding: Bootstrapping your Business |
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May/18 |
University College UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: International Business Culture |
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May/16 |
PDF Days, Berlin, Germany |
Presentation: Next-Generation PDF: Server-side applications - view presentation |
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May 1 |
B-DNA, Singapore |
Presentation: Belgian Startups.be Mission: why iText started a company in Singapore - view presentation |
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Apr/25 - Apr/28 |
GIDS, Bangalore, India |
Keynote: Why you can be like Zuckerberg - view presentation |
2016
| Event | Topic | |
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Dec/15 |
VOKA, Gent; Belgium |
Presentation: Doing business in the US |
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Nov/21 |
University College UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: International Business Culture |
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Oct/22 |
OSI Days, Bangalore, India |
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Oct/21 |
OSI Days, Bangalore, India |
Presentation: Open source: an introduction to IP and Legal |
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Oct/5 |
Eurostaff Connect, Gent, Belgium |
Info session: How can large open source projects be monetized? |
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Sep/18-Sep/21 |
JavaOne, San Francisco, United States |
Presentation: Oops, I broke my API |
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June/14-June/15 |
PDF Days, Berlin, Germany |
Presentation: Disrupting the world of document creation & distribution |
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May/18 |
University College UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: Doing business in the US vs doing business in Europe |
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Apr/28 |
GIDS, Bangalore, India |
Technical talk: PDF is dead; long live PDF! |
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Apr/26 |
GIDS, Bangalore, India |
Technical talk: what's new in iText and iTextSharp? |
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Apr/26 |
GIDS, Bangalore, India |
Keynote: PDF, from simple to powerful |
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Mar/13 |
SXSW, Austin, Texas |
Participant Global Innovation Forum (panel) |
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Feb/18 |
Tech Startup Day, Brussels, Belgium |
Talk: StartUp! ScaleUp! MoveUp! |
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Feb/02 |
BRYO Sounding boards, Ghent, Belgium |
Milestones & Challenges |
2015
| Event | Topic | |
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Dec/14 |
City of Ghent, VOKA, Ghent, Belgium |
Discovering Silicon Valley: what to expect? |
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Dec/5 |
Singapore: Smart Nation, FIT, Brussels, Belgium |
Why iText went East |
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Oct/25–Oct/29 |
JavaOne, San Francisco (CA), USA |
IANAL: What developers need to know about IP and Legal |
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Oct 19–Oct/20 |
Technical PDF Conference North America, San Jose (CA), United States |
ZUGFeRD: the Future of Invoicing; panels discussions: "Who's Afraid of XFA?" and "PDF 2.0 and the Future of PDF" |
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Aug/28 |
Masterclass Investor Readiness, Antwerp Management School, Antwerp, Belgium |
Guest Lecture: "Hare Corp. and Tortoise LLC; fables and facts" |
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Jun/08–Jun/09 |
PDF Days, Cologne, Germany |
Who's afraid of XFA? |
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May/20 |
Guest lecture at the UCLL, Leuven, Belgium |
Doing business in the US vs doing business in Europe |
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Apr/02 |
eaZySign (Zetes), Ruisbroek Castle, Belgium |
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Mar/12 |
Tech Startup Day, Brussels, Belgium |
Keynote speech, 'Four failures and one hit' |
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Mar/10 |
National Digital Invoice Forum (FNFE), Paris, France |
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Jan/27 |
What's Next (CIONet), Vilvoorde, Belgium |
How startups think |
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Jan/ 05 |
Founder Institute, Brussels, Belgium |
2014
| Event | Topic | |
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Dec/11 |
PDF Days, New York City (NY), USA |
How standards drive business |
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Dec/10 |
PDF Days, Washington DC, USA |
How standards drive business |
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Dec/06 |
Startup Weekend, Ghent, Belgium |
Bruno Lowagie, Unplugged |
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Nov/10–Nov/13 |
Devoxx, Antwerp, Belgium |
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Sep/29 |
JavaOne, San Francisco (CA), United States |
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Sep/16 |
GlobalSign XChange, Leuven, Belgium |
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Sep/05 |
Business success in the US, VOKA East Flanders, Belgium |
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