Brussels Girl Geek Dinner

Good news! Nokia has kindly agreed to up the maximum amount of Brussels Girl Geek #38 attendees from 80 to 100. By the way: if your name is on the attendees list but you’re not 100% sure you can make it to Brussels at 18:30 this Thursday, please move your name to the off list. This way we can give the Reserves on the list a chance to join us.

And there’s more:

• 18:30-19:30 is now officially declared Passoa Cocktail Hour.

The (Nokia branded) goodie bag contains:

• Passage Fitness First: a free 5 day pass for you and a friend
• A bottle of Passoa and a shaker
• BGGD M&Ms
• More chocolate goodness (Celebrations and Maltesers to be precise)
• Nokia C7 branded USB sticks

Dear Girl Geeks,

In the name of NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® and Mmmmh!, it was a real pleasure meeting you during this delicious brunch (that you prepared yourself, it is true J). It was a great adventure we will remember for a long time having our 40 dedicated women chefs!

We hope you enjoyed the great recipes, the final contest and more than anything else the coffee and the brand new Piccolo machine you just received. We wish you having a lot of fun using it in your every day live and we hope that you will love it as much as we do.

Also, as you did great, The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Cooking Officer of the “Nescafé Dolce Gusto Academy” have the pleasure announcing you that you all deserve the Degree of “Cooking and Coffee Specialist”. You can download it here (.pdf). Congratulations!

Finally, as a last gift, do not forget registering your machine on the website www.dolce-gusto.be and receive a set of Espresso Cups for free with your first order.

Do not hesitate joining the actual Dolce Gusto community on the Facebook fanpage where we posted the pictures of the event and the link to the Paris Match article.

Sincerely yours,

The Nescafé Dolce Gusto and Mmmmh! Teams

As you know, we put a lot of effort in keeping Brussels Girl Geek Dinners free and open. And thanks to companies like Nokia, we’re able to celebrate the 38th edition of BGGD on a boat (!). So if you publish anything, please give lots of linklove to their latest model, the Nokia C7.

About the Nokia C7

http://www.nokia.be/C7

About our Nokia keynote speakers:

• Ann Van Dessel, Head of Marketing Nokia Benelux
• Grace Boicel, Senior Design Manager at Nokia Finland

About Nokia:

At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device – from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more.

• Follow Nokia Belgium on Twitter via twitter.com/Nokiabe
• Become a fan on Facebook
• Subscribe to Youtube channel: youtube.com/nokia

For the launch of their futuristic Piccolo coffee machine, NESCAFE Dolce Gusto invites 40 Brussels Girl Geeks for a cooking class at Mmmmh! headquarter in Brussels.

During this morning you will have the opportunity to cook 3 delicious recipes with well-known Chefs at your side while savouring a delicious cup of Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato Espresso…You name it!
This is the perfect Dolce moment to cook and chat with your friends…
Also, to spice everything up, a contest will be organised and the best cooks will receive a special prize at the end of the morning.

And,
Cherry on the cake, our party will be published in one of the most glamorous magazine of all times…  So it is the perfect occasion to be there and show off :-)

Location & Info

Date :
Sunday 14 November 2010
10:30 – 13:30

Place :
92 chaussée de Charleroi-Charleroisteenweg
Parking space (just for us): Rue Faiderstraat 20 in 1060 Brussels

Number of guests :
40

Format :
3 different workshop + surprise

Price:
Free entry for those who registered through this wiki page (request access to get in):
http://brusselsgirlgeekdinner37.pbworks.com

Looking for 20 female car geeks to test drive 10 Honda CR-Z Hybrids all the way from Brussels to Paris (Paris Motorshow!) and back. With  dinner and a night’s stay at the gorgeous Dolce hotel in Chantilly in between.  Time slot: from Tuesday 5 October 09:30 until Wednesday 6 October 16:00.

Sounds like a plan?

Put your name on the wiki to get in for free:
http://bggdroadtrip.pbworks.com/

And please, no wiki chick fights. Don’t steal locks, don’t remove other people’s names, put your name with the reserves if the list is full. There will be many many more exciting Brussels Girl Geek Dinner events!

For all the Girl Geeks interested in scooters and motors, Honda Belgium organizes a testing evening with a short presentation of the features and an instructor to give tips and tricks. Interested? Email Sylvie dot Bove at honda-eu dot com.

The new Honda PCX was created for riders who desire the compact, economical advantages of a 125cc scooter and the modern, fashionable good looks more often associated with larger-displacement machines. In every aspect, from its low-noise, low-emissions operation to its easy handling and contemporary image, the Honda PCX is designed as a practical, fast and fun ride.
The Honda PCX is the first Honda scooter which is equipped with Honda’s new CV-Matic and the only scooter on the market equipped with the start-stop function.

Time to move, ladies! For the fashion and photography edition I got two things you can take home:

• Fresh samples of the new Activia Drink
• Activia Houp hula hoops

I trust you all know what Activia Drink is but these Hula hoops might need some explanation. From the wikipedia entry on Hula Hoop:

The record for simultaneous hula hooping (minimum time: 2 minutes) is for 2,290 participants at Chung Cheng Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 28 October 2000.

The idea is to break that record on Saturday 14 August 2010 at the beach of Oostende. For this we need at least 2300 people hooping at the same time for at least two minutes.

Want to know more? Here’s an introduction from no less than Evy Gruyaert and Julie Taton :


See you on the 14th of August, in Oostende. Let’s break that world record!

Get your hair cut for free @ Tony & Guy, help cancer survivors
Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #30 is actually a trendy haircutting evening at Toni&Guy (“the most powerful hairdressing brand on the planet”) in Antwerp, organised by Geef om Haar/Coupe d’Eclat. So if you have a healthy pony tail of at least 20 cm and want a new trendy summer look, come and have your hair cut for free at this event and donate your pony tail to help women with cancer.

But what exactly is Pantene Geef om Haar/Coupe d’Eclat?
Geef om Haar/Coupe d’Eclat is an initiative of Pantene, in cooperation with Stichting tegen Kanker/Fondation contre le Cancer, that aims to provide emotional and financial support to men and women who have lost their hair as a result of cancer. The initiative encourages Belgians to donate their hair so it can be made into a wig.

• Follow on Twitter: @geefomhaar or @coupedeclat
• Like on Facebook: www.facebook.com/geefomhaar or www.facebook.com/coupedeclat

What if your hair isn’t long enough?
No worries if you don’t want or can’t cut 20 centimeters: you can have your hair
washed, cut and brushed  for 25 euros by the Toni&Guy-team and this amount will be applied to the Geef om Haar/Coupe d’Eclat Fund.

Place: Toni&Guy – Leopoldstraat 53 – 2000 Antwerpen
Time: 18u30 – 21u
Max # of attendees: 14
Put your name on the wiki to be one of them!

All 80 attendees of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #28 get a free 12 month subscription to the Nomadesk file server. They will find their promotional code inside the goodie bag.But what exactly is Nomadesk?

Nomadesk is the easiest and most secure way to share your files with colleagues,suppliers, customers, … over the internet. Nomadesk is a virtual fileserver onyour computer which acts as a traditional hard drive to which you can easily dragand drop files. Your documents can be accessed both online and offline.

Xperia X10, the Android phone of Sony Ericsson is now available on the Belgian market. With the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson introduces an open and integrated world of social media, communication and entertainment.Discover this new Android phone at Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #27 on 5 May!With new applications like Mediascape and Timescape™, the XPERIA X10 lets consumers organise everything in their phone in an intuitive way. Have a look:

At Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #27, Sony Ericsson will also present the new Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro – not yet on the market in Belgium. Compact versions of the Xperia X10 that let you choose: touch screen or keyboard?

The 25th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner is centered around the topic “Self Confidence“. Thanks to Oral-B we were able to get speaker motivating speaker and personal coach Inge Rock to teach us a few tricks on e.g. speaking in public, or presenting your business case to possible investors.

Venue:

Procter & Gamble (Itinerary .pdf)
Temselaan 100
1853 Strombeek-Bever

The programme on Wed 31 March 2010:

• 18.00 Welcome
• 18.30 Introduction by Clo Willaerts and Inge De Backer
• 18.40 Introduction to oral care
• 19.00 What is the connection between oral care and self expression?
• 19.10 Personal coaching by Inge Rock
• 20:00 Walking dinner

Put your name on the wiki to get in for free!

A word about our sponsor:

What is Oral-B promising?

Do you dream of having strong and beautiful white teeth? You hold the key to a stunning smile so choose the best and put your faith in the Oral-B toothpaste programme.

Will Oral-B keep its promises?

Oral-B‘s toothpastes help maintain or protect against all the things the dentist checks for, including cavities, gum disease, plaque, sensitivity, tartar, whiteness and breath.

Which toothpaste should I use?

Pro-Expert Enamel protects your tooth enamel, Pro-Expert Multi-Protection helps whiten teeth and freshens the breath and Pro-Sensitive Whitening is the perfect toothpaste for those with sensitive teeth.

The 24th edtion of BGGD on Wednesday 24 March from 5-7 PM at TAN was inspired by www.atelier-alibaba.be.

Alibaba’s recipe is: 2 nutritionists, a pinch of common sense and a lot of indulgence.
At Alibaba, it’s all about re-discovering the pleasure to eat healthy and enjoying it! It¹s about learning some basics on what to eat, how to prepare it, have to make daily evening cooking easier and enjoying meals together, with family and friend, and more especially, enjoying a healty meal with your kids!

One of the pillars of Alibaba, is to work on taste and the 5 senses with your children, while you will receive very useful information and coaching on the nutrition basics:

• how to cook healthy (forget the grill! :-)
• what oils should I use in my kitchen?
• an alternative to the every day meat?

More at www.atelier-alibaba.be (in French – it’s a young startup company so make sure to give them lots of linklove).

What happens if you send a bunch of car loving geek girls to an event like Top Gear Live?

They have get high on fumes, have lots of fun, and even fall in love. More details:

• Ik ben verliefd! by @eveliendb at eveliendb.com.
• We are all the Stig by @bnox at bnox.be.
• Flickr set TopGearLive in Amsterdam by CWillaerts
• The secret ingredients (to seduce a man) by @imkedielen at imkedielen.wordpress.com.
• Facebook foto’s van Imke Dielen.
• Imke Dielen’s video’s: Top Gear Live – football, Top Gear Live – motor, Top Gear Live – fire, and Top Gear Live – the start.

Below: Top Gear Live Flickr set by Gil Plaquet.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Brussels Girl Geek Dinners have been totally spoilt lately! Here’s a round up of recent sponsor contests, and the girls who won:

• Win an Anne-Sophie party dress:  won by La Fie en Rose (@Fielosophie) with A goodie outfit for Clo! Thank you Anne-Sophie
• Win 10 entries to Weight Watchers meetings: won by Witch (@Gudrun) with Weight Watchers. Thank you Weight Watchers!
• Win a ticket to Top Gear Live in Amsterdam on January 24th: won by  Imke Dielen (@ImkeDielen) with Gierende banden en blutsen in de Lamborghini and by Eveliendb (@Eveliendb) with Mijn geschiedenis met auto’s. Thank you Dunlop!

Dunlop is proud sponsor of the Amsterdam edition of Top Gear Live – a thundering show filled with the roar and smoke of the world’s fastest cars and jaw-dropping stunts under the watchful eye of three grown men that talk of little else besides cars, performance, speed and someone’s supposedly whitened teeth. With this travelling show, “the boys”, give every car fan the opportunity to spend an evening on what really matters: cars.

Dunlop offers two car-loving Geek Girls the opportunity to experience the spectacle up close and personal! We’re giving away two tickets to the last European edition of the show on Sunday January 24th in Amsterdam.

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high and ultra-high performance tires, Dunlop’s name is inextricably linked to motorsport. The technologies that the company develops for use on the world’s leading circuits are also found in the tires it makes for everyday motoring. It is no surprise then that many of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers, including Alfa Romeo, AMG, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, fit Dunlop as standard.

Also itching to be in Amsterdam on the 24^th?

Here’s what you need to do:

1) Write a blog post before January 21st. Make sure it contains the correct answers to these three questions:

1. Of which international race, that takes place from 14 – 16 January, is Dunlop title sponsor?
2. Which Dunlop ultra high performance tire contains Kevlar® in the apex of the tire?
3. Which Dunlop winter tire was named ‘Testsieger’ in the 2009 winter tire test conducted by German automotive magazine AutoZeiting?

Also make sure to convince the Dunlop people in a few sentences why you ABSOLUTELY have to be there on the 24th!

2) Put a link to this post (http://www.brusselsgirlgeekdinner.be/?p=539) in your blog post so we can see it pop up in the TrackBacks of this story.

Good Luck!

The girl geeks that attended Weight Watchers’ cooking workshop yesterday had the pleasure of receiving a perfect starter kit to test the brand-new ProPoints Program:

• Shopping guide: Giving all the ProPointsTM value of the most common food, and for the most important brands
• 365 days cookbook: healthy cooking pleasure for the whole year.
• … and more!

Remember the 19th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinners , the one with @designarenas and @imaterialise as the speakers? We launched a Facebook contest shortly afterwards, with even more design prizes to win. And here are the winners:

• Ann Marcelis won the vases
• Lien de Leenheer won a market tote
• Elvire van Ooteghem, Gudrun Rombaut, and Inge Mestdagh each won a bravit candle

Oh, and one more thing: if you’re in trouble finding a holiday gifts, do yourself a favour and get them at http://arenascollection.com.

All dressed up and nowhere to go? No worries: all the girl geeks who put their name on the wiki guest list for Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #21 (the Fashion edition) get in for free at the first edition of Shut Up And Dance, Friday 11 December 2009 at the Tijuana in Ghent.

Shut Up And Dance is a new party concept, based in Ghent, and aims to bring back the feeling of the late eighties and early nineties: house and new beat were kinda undergroundpopular, and techno was breaking through. It was a Beatles revolution with only beats. Punk minus the slogans, and far better looking. A new form of instrumental protest. M’as-tu vu without the empty talking. Shut up. And dance.

Hungry after a full day of shopping? Just-Eat has put a 5 euros discount code in each of the 50 goodie bags. These codes are transferable and valid until 31 December 2009.

Just-Eat’s mission is to make consumers’ and restaurants lives easier by enabling hungry surfers to “Order Takeaway. The Smart Way.” At the end of 2009 Just-Eat Group operates in 8 countries, has 8,000+ restaurants online and, every month, over 1.5m takeaway meals are bought through their sites.

• For Belgium, use http://www.just-eat.be/ to order.
• Follow http://twitter.com/JustEatBE on Twitter
• Subscribe to the Just-Eat blog (in Dutch)
• Become a fan of Just-Eat on Facebook and win free meals

During the BGGD#21 at Anne-Sophie Smartshopping, Logitech will be present to give you a demo of their latest Logitech Harmony. These universal remotes allow you to control all of your gadgets with one remote. And let’s face it, as a girl geek, we know you have a lot of them ;-)

You can try out the Harmony now on www.mycrib.be which was just launched! That’s where you’ll also find a clip of Alex Agnew showing you around his house, but a couple of things go wrong…
The kind people of Logitech will be giving away a few Harmony’s to 3 lucky winners. What you’ll have to do in order to be able to win them, will be revealed tomorrow. See you there!