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Michel Koch – M&S Head of International Multi-channel Trading

Michel Koch has been in e-commerce for more than 15 years. After having played a pioneering role as head of new media at Sony Music in the early 90’s, he has fulfilled several senior executive positions in French and international B2C and B2B multichannel companies (including Bertelsmann, Manutan, Quelle and Conrad Electronics). Michel has joined the leading UK retail company Marks & Spencer in 2013 as Head of International Multichannel Trading. His role is to further develop and expand the company's multichannel operations outside the United Kingdom, with international delivery in more than 80 countries and 7 dedicated sites across Europe. 

Productrice du magazine télé « Coûte que Coûte »RTL TVi

Etudes de journalisme à l’université de Liège, a travaillé en radio et en télé de 1985 à 1887 (RTBF Liège). Fait partie du groupe RTL depuis juin 87. De Bruxelles à Metz, en Lorraine française, en passant par le Grand Duché de Luxembourg, sa carrière lui a fait faire un joli tour d’horizon des métiers de la télévision, jusqu’en 1998 où elle revient en Belgique pour lancer la production du magazine Coûte que Coûte sur RTL TVi. (Magazine d’information hebdomadaire consacré à l’économie au sens large )

Hoofdredacteur-adjunct Trends-Tendance

Camille van Vyve studeerde Sales Engineer in de Leuvense School of Management (UCL), met een specialisatie in ondernemerschap. Ze begon haar carrière bij Roularta Media Group, als journalist voor de maandelijkse managementrapportage Bizz. In 2009, werd zij redacteur, een positie die zij uitvoerde voor een jaar alvorens Bizz wordt samengevoegd met het weeklijkse financieel & economisch magazine Trends/Tendances. Sinds mei 2012, is zij aan de slag als adjunct-hoofdredacteur van het toonaangevende magazine in België.

Hoofdredactrice Elle Magazine

Journaliste depuis 1987. Presse écrite, radio, un peu de télé. De La Libre Belgique à Marie Claire, de Trends-Tendances à Déco Idées, de L’Instant à Femmes d’Aujourd’hui.
En 2003, création de l’édition belge de ELLE dont elle est rédactrice en chef. Depuis, création du blog (2006), du magazine digital appelé eMag (2007) et du site elle.be (2008). Depuis 2009, directrice des rédactions de ELLE Belgique et ELLE Vlaamse Editie, et de elle.be. Rubriques radio sur La Première et Classic21

Professor at Vlerick Management School

He is specialised in shopper behaviour and works for retailers as well as (branded) good manufacturers and service companies. So he is passionate about finding out how and why people buy, and how we can influence their buying behaviour.

LSEC Leaders In Security

Manage the LSEC ecosystem, network of experts, organize activities, create awareness on information security, cyber security, market it security products, services and technologies, support educational and research programs, organize international projects including research and industry, business and corporate development, professional expert speaker on it security, cyber security and mobile.

General Manager DSN

Als financieel analist startte Philip zijn carrière bij Digital Equipment. Van 1996 tot 2008 ging hij nieuwe uitdagingen aan in de telecommunicatiesector. Van marketing over verkoop en corporate affairs, hij proefde het allemaal, bij zowel Belgacom, France Telecom als Telenet. Bij Telenet werd hij als Product Marketing Director verantwoordelijk voor vaste en mobiele telefoniediensten. 

Met al deze ervaring op zak vervoegde hij in 2008 - tijdens de regeringen Leterme en Van Rompuy - het kabinet van minister Van Quickenborne  als adviseur in telecom en media. Sinds 2010 is hij algemeen directeur bij DNS Belgium. DNS Belgium beheert al 13 jaar de .be-domeinnamen en won recent de openbare aanbesteding voor het beheren van 2 nieuwe extensies, .brussels en .vlaanderen.

Design-researcher for Social Spaces

Niels Hendriks holds a master in language & literature. Since 2003 he lectures at the interaction design course at the MAD-Faculty (Genk, Belgium) and works as a design-researcher for the Social Spaces|CUO research group (LUCA, KULeuven, Belgium). Niels’ interest domains are user agency, healthcare, participatory design and social media. In previous years, Niels has worked in local (ICON Iminds, IVOK,…) and international projects (FP7) together with different industry players, cultural organisations & the social profit sector. He was a founding member of Stadsreporter VZW (focus on citizen empowerment in media production) and is part of the management board of the Social Innovation Lab and Design Hub, both active in social design.

eCommerce Europe

Axel Gillet holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and a Master’s degree in History which he received from The George Washington University (USA). He also holds a Master’s degree in European affairs and lobbying from the Catholic University of Paris. Prior to joining Russchen Consultants, Axel worked as a project assistant at the General Secretariat of SNCF, the French National Railways, in Paris. He has also interned and worked in different consultancies in Brussels.He is fluent in French and in English.

Digital trendwatcher

Benoît Octave helps promoting startups as well as established companies in the digital world. Having spent 17 years (from 1995 to 2012) with WPP as a wireless Evangelist, Benoît launched OgilvyInteractive in Brussels in 1995. Ten years later, he started feeding on a daily basis the Telco and Digital Task Forces for OgilvyOne worldwide, that helped coworkers understand, conceive and execute strategies in mobile, digital and social media marketing. Prior to joining WPP, Benoît spent 8 years as Liaison Agent between Apple, Inc. Advanced Technology Group (ATG) in Cupertino and high end prepress manufacturers in Europe. He has a weekly column in 'la Libre Entreprise' covering e-commerce issues as well as mobile, digital and social media marketing.