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Wednesday October 4, 2023
KEYNOTE
Keynote: A.I.
Photo © Jelle Vermeersch
Lieven Scheire is a comedian, physicist and science communicator.
He is much appreciated for his refreshing mix between science and comedy and conveys complex topics in an accessible way. Lieven does so with expertise and the necessary dose of humour.
There is no one who can explain Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum mechanics or Drake’s formula as captivating as Lieven Scheire.
While studying physics at UGent, Lieven founded the comedy group Neveneffecten with his cousin Jonas Geirnaert. Together with Jelle De Beule and Koen De Poorter, they create cabaret shows as well as successful television programmes such as Basta and Willy’s en Marjetten. More recently, Lieven created and presented programmes such as Scheire en de Schepping.
Besides his television work, he tours Belgium and the Netherlands with Artificial Intelligence, an entertaining theatre show about this wondrous form of software, which is already all around us.
His popular podcast Nerdland, Lieven and a friendly gang of science freaks bring a monthly overview of the most important science news.
By the way, you can always wake him up at night for a game of cloud spotting. But only for the noctilucent ones, of course.
Lieven Scheire
Lieven Scheire
Lieven Scheire is a comedian, physicist and science communicator.
He is much appreciated for his refreshing mix between science and comedy and conveys complex topics in an accessible way. Lieven does so with expertise and the necessary dose of humour.
Thursday October 5, 2023
KEYNOTE
Keynote
Sophie Hackford is a futurist with key topics in AI and vision of future technology. She has given 200+ provocative talks to boards and exec teams on novel science and tech. Sophie is an advisor to John Deere & Co, on the future of food, climate, and agriculture. Sophie is also an advisor to New Lab in Brooklyn.
Sophie co-founded and chaired 1715Labs: a spinout from Oxford University’s Astrophysics Department, labelling data to train algorithms. She previously worked at WIRED Magazine, Singularity University on the NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, and the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, where she raised $120m for frontier-bending research.
Sophie Hackford
Sophie Hackford
Sophie Hackford is a futurist with key topics in AI and vision of future technology. She has given 200+ provocative talks to boards and exec teams on novel science and tech. Sophie is an advisor to John Deere & Co, on the future of food, climate, and agriculture. Sophie is also an advisor to New Lab in Brooklyn.