Speaking Engagements

I have regular speaking engagements in the EU on the various topics I am working on.

Speaking engagements in 2013:
  • Vlaamse Open Overheid dag, Brussels (forthcoming)
  • TEDxTallinn, Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Opening FabLab Belval, Luxembourg
  • National Open Data Conference 2013, Eindhoven (NL)
  • TEDxZwolle, Zwolle (NL)
  • International Open Data Day, Warsaw
  • ePSIplatform European Conference 2013, Warsaw
  • European Commission PSI Group, Luxembourg

    Speaking engagements in 2012:
  • The Big Clean, Prague
  • Danish IT Association, Copenhagen
  • Danish Ministry for Housing and Districts MBBL, Copenhagen
  • Dutch National GIS Conference, Rotterdam
  • Open Knowledge Festival, Helsinki
  • OGD Konferenz Schweiz 2012, Zürich
  • OGD Konferenz Austria 2012, Linz
  • State of the Net 2013, Trieste
  • Zukunft Basisbildung, Graz
  • Vlaamse Open Overheid dag, Brussel
  • European Open Data Week, Nantes
  • Nationaal Open Data Congres 2012, Eindhoven
  • Moldova ICT Summit, Chisinau
  • ePSIplatform European Conference 2012, Rotterdam
  • World Bank ICT Learning Weeks, Washington DC

    Speaking engagements in 2011:

  • Apps for Finland Gala and workshops, Helsinki
  • 6th EU Ministerial e-Government conference, Poznan
  • OGD Camp, Warsaw
  • Open Aid Data Visegrad Countries, Prague
  • PICNIC 2011, Amsterdam
  • Antwoord 2.0, Amersfoort
  • Dublin Core Conference, The Hague
  • PSI Alliance Conference, Brussels
  • OGD Austria Konferenz, Vienna
  • Open Data Initiatives in Spain, Madrid
  • OpenCamp Bulgaria, Sofia
  • Apps for Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • Data Harvest, Brussels
  • Ciudadania Digital, San Sebastian
  • CeBIT, Hannover
  • Cognitive Cities Conference, Berlin
  • ePSIplatform event, Berlin
  • European Commission PSI Group (2*), Luxembourg

    Speaking engagements in 2010:

  • Open Innovatiefestival Provincie Brabant, Den Bosch
  • OKFN Open Government Data Camp, London
  • Gov 2.0 Camp, Berlin, on Open Data
  • PICNIC 2010, Amsterdam on Open Data
  • Open Data Meet-up, Graz, on Open Data
  • Fab6, Amsterdam, on community building in the contexts of FabLabs
  • European Commission PSI Group, Luxembourg, on Open Data from a community perspective
  • EHON, Leiden, on co-creation in higher education for professional development
  • Lift 2010, Marseille, on FabLabs
  • Semantic Web Meet-up, Amsterdam, on Open Government Data
  • SHiFT, Lisbon, on Maker Households
  • ODIS, Copenhagen, discussion moderator on Open Data

    Some video's of earlier key notes and speaking engagements

    TEDxZwolle, Open Data: Get to know our ant hill



    ePSIplatform European Conference 2013, Warsaw



    Open Data Meet-up, Graz, Austria

    Ton Zijlstra: Value Creation of Open Data. A Community Perspective from Heinz Wittenbrink on Vimeo.



    Lift 2010 in Marseille, France on FabLabs in the Netherlands:


    Ton Zijlstra "FabLab Netherlands" (Lift France10 EN)
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    SHiFT 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal, on Maker Households:

    Ton Zijlstra on Maker Households - SHiFT 2010 from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.



    Reboot 10 (2009) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the new complexity in society (video)



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    I consult organisations on increasing the effectivity of knowledge work, networked learning, and social media tools adapted to a fast paced and information overloaded world. (Client portfolio) On a regular basis I speak both nationally and internationally for both business and academic audiences on knowledge, learning and social media. See recent speaking engagements. Keeping up with developments is fuelling my work in research. The impact of technology on our work and learning, as well as empowering people to take their lives into their own hands are my focal points. Technology, work forms and organizational structures are all tools. Tools need to support people in their work, not the other way around. Social media are in sync with how we know people work, not how we wish them to work.