As CEO of Vastari, Bernadine Bröcker has been connecting private collectors of art with museum curators for exhibition loans and exhibition tours using technology.
A founding member of Trinity House gallery on Maddox Street, with experience at Traffic Creative Management and Ralph Applebaum Associates in New York. Master’s degree from University of Glasgow and a Bachelor’s Degree from Parsons School of Design in New York.

“Technology is the key for museums and cultural institutions to collaborate with private collectors and corporates for their exhibitions.”

Hege van Dijke works at LIBER Europe. She previously worked in communications at the Martens Centre, a think tank in Brussels, and at the Committee of the Regions, an institution of the European Union. She also worked at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Hamburg and the Dutch Public Broadcasting Company (NPO). She holds a Masters degree in Political Communication from the University of Amsterdam.
“Open science is just step one, step two is even more exciting: open text and data mining!”

Steven Claeyssens studied Germanic Philology (Ghent University) and Book and Publishing Studies (Leiden University) and obtained his PhD from Leiden University (history of publishing). Today he is Data Services Coordinator at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands.
“The revolution is not that we can now read an e-book. The real revolution is that we are finally learning how to read a million books.”

CEO at Digital Heritage Center Sweden AB. Dr. Halina Gottlieb is the founding director of NODEM (Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums), co-founder of the DIHA (Digital Intangible Heritage in Asia) interdisciplinary research cluster established within Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the CEO of Digital Heritage Center Sweden AB, a spin-off from the Interactive Institute/Vision for Museums. She is also the coordinator of Knowledge Triangle International, a project initiated and supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
As an art historian, digital curator and knowledge transfer facilitator, Dr. Gottlieb has concentrated her efforts on promoting a fruitful and effervescent exchange of knowledge, practices and skills across fields of research related to digital heritage issues, as well as cross relevant sectors, including academia, ICT and creative industries. In this regard, Dr. Gottlieb established and conducted cross-disciplinary networks (Culture KICK, The Nordic Knowledge Triangle), created publications for transferring know-how from research to practice (know-how books series) and developed an online platform for archiving and networking (NODEM Digital Repository, repo.nodem.org).

Marco de Niet is the director of The DEN Foundation. Amongst other things, his work focusses on policy development in the field of digital heritage and collaboration in an international context. Marco is a member of the Council for Dutch Language and Literature (the advisory board of the Dutch Language Union) and a board member of the Dutch Museum Register. Prior to his work at DEN, he worked at the National Library as Head of Innovative Projects, where he contributed to the creation of both The European Library and Europeana.

Lizzy Komen is working as a project manager at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision R&D Department. Digital AV culture, users and research are at the heart of the activities she is involved in. She is mainly working on externally (FP7, ICT-PSP, H2020) funded research projects that focus on providing access to digital heritage and the creative re-use of these materials through projects like Europeana Creative and Europeana Space. Besides EU projects she’s also involved in the Dutch Digital Humanities research infrastructure project CLARIAH, the recently launched Sound and Vision Labs platform and innovative projects using new technologies such as 3D/VR. Komen holds an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Amsterdam.

“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schlesinger

Neil Forbes is Professor of International History at Coventry University. His research interests and publications lie in the following fields: the impact of the World Wars on Britain and Europe, especially in relation to conflict heritage, contested landscapes and the memorialisation of war; creative archiving and cultural heritage; the processes of financial stabilisation in Europe after the First World War; Anglo-American relations and the rise of the Third Reich; the interaction of foreign policy formulation and diplomacy with the business practices of multinational enterprise during the interwar years. Professor Forbes has played a leading role in a number of major UK and EU research projects.

“The recalibration of relationships between institutions and people is of key importance in working towards an integrated approach to enjoying the benefits of cultural heritage in a changing world.”

Prof. dr. Frederik Truyen (°1961) is professor at the Faculty of Arts, Leuven University (KU Leuven). He publishes on E-Learning, ICT Education, Digitisation of Cultural Heritage and Epistemology. Head of ICT Services at the Faculty of Arts. In charge of CS Digital, the mediaLab of the Institute for Cultural Studies. He teaches Information Science at the BA and Online Publishing at the MA level. Active on ICT at several levels of the University, mostly related to Web technology and E-Learning. Fred Truyen is a member of the Open Education Consortium, was involved in many projects on Open Educational Resources, such as Net-CU, OCW EU and LACE, and on projects in digitization of Cultural Heritage, such as RICH, EuropeanaPhotography, Europeana Space and CIVIC Epistemologies. Fred Truyen is currently programme director of the MA in Cultural Studies. Fred Truyen is technical editor of the peer reviewed journal Image & Narrative and president of Photoconsortium, a membership organisation to promote photographic heritage. Personal blog: http://fredtruyen.com

“The move from analog to digital brings new meanings, new interpretations, and yields a genuine, dynamic cultural heritage that redefines the past in a creative dialogue.”

Bart Bonnevalle is Business Development Manager at Noterik. He is a sales professional with 10+ years experience in diverse markets (ICT, strategic conferences, professional services) with a solid track record of closing deals. Energized by working in a dynamic international environment. Customer–focused, persevering, and with strong interpersonal skills. Passionate about working on complex products and services.

Lizzy Jongma is Datamanager at the Rijksmuseum and Councillor for Europeana. She studied History at the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) and specialized in digitization, automation of structured metadata and online presentation of Cultural Heritage. At the Rijksmuseum she works on sharing, structuring and linking digital collection information: the Rijksmuseum website and the Rijksmuseum API. Recent projects are Accurator, the niche source annotation tool, the Paint Sample Database and Barcodes & RFID for the Rijks Collection. Lizzy Jongma is an Open Data advocate and speaks frequently about the importance of Being Open (for Cultural hertitage Institutions).

Trineke Kamerling is Information Specialist at the Rijksmuseum.
After studying Art History at Utrecht University, she worked as a Registrar and Data curator at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. Since two years, she has worked at the Collection Information Department of the Rijksmuseum as an Information Specialist. In her work she combines Art History, Cultural Heritage with Information Management. She is responsible for the analog and digital information and documentation on the museum’s collection.