Program

In this talk, André Foeken — CTO at Nedap Healthcare, shares his perspective on a tech industry in constant motion, and what that means for the next generation of engineers, founders, and creators. Whether you’re thinking of building your own company, joining an existing one, or forging your own unique path, the key question remains: how do you stand out? This talk invites you to: carve out your own space — within companies, across your career, and beyond borders — to dream big and move fast, reflect on Europe’s place in the global tech scene and how we can shift the momentum, and explore the evolving role of AI and software development in shaping the future. You’ll leave with a sharper sense of how to navigate your career in a world that doesn’t stand still — and how bold ideas, when acted on, can lead to real change.

Pedro is the Head of conferencing technologies at CERN, and Ajob is a software engineer for the Indico team at CERN. They will talk about the challenges and benefits of running an open-source project for a long time. This includes topics like their collaborations with organizations like the UN, struggles with funding, the returned benefits and more. Essentially, the good, the bad and the ugly of open source projects. CERN, is best known as the place where the web was invented and where the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, pushes the boundaries of physics. Beyond groundbreaking science, CERN is also a pioneer in technology and open collaboration. From distributed computing to open-source software used by thousands of researchers and institutions worldwide, CERN shows how technology created for science can ripple far beyond the lab.