Brussels Girl Geek Dinner

Good news! Registrations for the 49th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner are open.

>> Put your name on the Twikilist to get in for free

The topic is children’s safety when online: How are children behaving on the Internet today in Belgium?  What are the risks for children as well as their parents and teachers? What role do teachers and schools play in teaching children about Internet safety?

Our main speaker is Simone van Zuylen, spokesperson for Norton (@norton_be), and also a mother of two children who are currently learning how to safely navigate the exciting, and risky, world of the Internet.  Simone will highlight the recent research on Belgian families’ Internet behavior, and provide practical advice on how parents and teachers can keep their children safe.

>> Do you know what your kids are doing online? Answer this quick survey and see the results at the BGGD 49.

When:
Wednesday 8 February 2012 from 18:15 to 21:30

Where:
Location: Technopolis, Technologielaan, 2800 Mechelen

What:

• 18:15 Doors open and welcome.
• 18:45 Opening words by Jennifer Jones Duffourg, Norton
• 18:55 What do the Belgian Mother Geeks think their kids do online?
• 19:05 Norton Online Family 2011 Report by Simone van Zuylen, Norton
• 19:30 Demonstration of the free family safety solution, Norton Online Family
• 20:00 Networking with food and drinks. Computers will be on hand to try Norton Online Family for yourselves
• 21:30 Grab the goodie bags and go home

Good news! Registrations for the 48th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner are open.
>>> Register through this Twikilist to get in for free<<<

The topic is Women and retirement, and our speakers are Delta Lloyd CEO Jan Van Autreve, Belgian politician Miet Smet, and Françoise Goffinet of the Institut égalité femmes et hommes.

In a nutshell:

• Wednesday 14 December 2011 18:15-21:30
• Location: Fonsnylaan 38
  1060 Sint-Gilles

  Nearby:
  Brussels Midi Station, Place Victor Horta
  QPark Parking Zuidstation, Frankrijkstraat 40

Course of the evening:

18h15: Doors and welcome.
18.45: Opening words by Jan Van Autreve, CEO Delta Lloyd Life
19h00: Introduction of the topic by Miet Smet & Françoise Goffinet
19h40: Panel discussion with Ms Smet, Ms Goffinet, and the bloggers involved in the “Women and retirement” project.
20h.00: Networking with food and drinks. During the networking: surprise guest (hint) with Twitter sweepstake, retirement simulation demos, and the answer to “What happens to those 2 iphones the bloggers involved in the project got to use?”
21h30: Grab the goodie bags and go home

Tonight’s BGGD [registration page] in a nutshell:

18:00 Doors and welcome

18:30 Presentation: gaming magazine Roekie

18:35 Presentation: game tablet uDraw

18:45 Demo & tryout time! Games: Pictionary, Instant Artist and Disney Princess

22:00 Grab the goodie bags and go home

Hello girls,

Registrations have just opened for the 47th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinners.

>>> Put your name on the Twikilist to get in for free <<<

In a nutshell:
GGD47 Gaming
Wed 23 Nov 18:00-22:00
Speaker: Steven Van Gaever (@pekesenertjes) on uDraw GameTablet (20 min)
Venue:
Telenet
Liersesteenweg 4
2800 Mechelen

The event is open to 50 girl geeks this time, but each girl geek can bring one guest. This guest could be a game loving friend, or even a child (as long as they’re allowed to stay up until ten).
Just make sure to register with realnames, as Telenet Security needs those for their building access list.

&About the uDraw:

uDraw on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldofudraw?sk=wall
uDraw on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/world_of_udraw
Official website: http://www.worldofudraw.com/

Don’t forget: Thursday 22 September is Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #46, the Charity Edition.

Can’t make it? No problem, remove your name from the attendees list to give the reserves a chance. There are about 20 of them, and we’re hoping to get them all in.

Location

Sanoma Media Belgium
Telecomlaan 5, 1831 Diegem

Grotere kaart weergeven

Course of the evening

18:30 Welcome with drinks and finger food
18:45 Start of photo shoot
19:30 Speaker 1: Rosette Van Rossem about Pink Ribbon Magazine
20:00 Speaker 2: Samia Lounis (Skype link) about One Laptop Per Child
20:30 Sweepstake Philips lamps – we’re giving away 8 of them!
21:00 Dinner and networking
22:30 Wrap-up and goodies

During the IFA fair (the world’s largest and most important trade fair for consumer electronics and household appliances) Sony threw their answer on the tablet pile: the Sony Tablet. And they want to have your thoughts on the newborn during Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #45. No boring you to death with 500 slides, but an entertaining evening. Well, let’s be honest, it’s the Sony people who will be entertained by you!

You’ll be fighting a geek battle: you and your buddy will fight a number of cross-category challenges against the other teams. Pop quiz, videogaming, the occasional app to download and use, uploading a picture…

Two top geeks will win a Sony Tablet at the end of the evening. And there’s an additional challenge for the more
creative geek who’s not in a combative mood. A part from the prizes, who has never wanted to beat another geek at their own game?

Studio Brussel’s Steven Lemmens (@stvn) will act as MC, jury and shoulder to cry on if you’re not happy with the results of the evening.

Course of the evening

• 18.30 welcome and explanation of the rules of the game
• 19.00 walking buffet – find your buddy – check out the list of challenges
• 19.45 battle!
• +/- 22.00 finals and award presentation

Venue
The Event Lounge
Gen. Wahislaan 16F Av. Gén. Wahis
1030 Brussels

The Event Lounge hosts the Sony open days at the same time, so you’ll have a chance to see the latest products that’ll hit the AV-market in the coming months.

As promised:

#BGGD45 Wed 14 Sep 18:30, Brussels: GeekBattle sponsored by Sony, with Steven Lemmens
70 male/female (= 35 ladies + sacoche) #geekbattle
Put your name on the Twikilist to get in for free: http://twikilist.com/BGGD45

#BGGD46 Thu 22 Sep, Brussels (Diegem): Charity Edition by Pink Ribbon, with, among other things, a speaker from the One Laptop per Child project.
50 ladies
Put your name on the Twikilist to get in for free: http://twikilist.com/BGGD46

Hello ladies,

Keep these dates free:

• #BGGD45 Wed 14 Sep 18:30, Brussels: GeekBattle sponsored by Sony, with Steven Lemmens
  70 male/female (35 ladies + sacoche) #geekbattle
  More stuff for the goodie bag very welcome; leave a note in the comments if you can help.
• #BGGD46 Thu 22 Sep, Brussels (Diegem): Charity Edition by Pink Ribbon, with, among other things, a speaker from the One Laptop per Child project.
  50 ladies

Registrations will open op 1 September!

A recent study unveiled that a lot of Belgians do not know that milk products are actually made of milk. They mistakenly think this is done with milk powder.

Time to come and visit the milk farm with your kids and discover how a milk farm has changed over the years! And thanks to Danone, we can afterwards enjoy a healthy brunch and ditto goodie bag. This time we got room for 30 girl geeks and any (small) kids they wish to tag along.

The 44th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner (well, a brunch actually) will be held at Mieke and Maartens’milk farm in Kinrooi (Dolenweg 1, 3640 Kinrooi). Mieke and Maarten are both active on the farm and they look after 90 milk cows. Also the children Jill, Robbe and Lien are very happy to live on the farm. Son Robbe knows all the numbers of the milk cows and keeps an eye on them.
Christiane and Mathieu, Maartens’ parents founded the milk farm and still help out.

When and where?

Mon 15 Aug 10:00-13:00
Maarten en Mieke Snijkers, Dolenweg 1, 3640 Kinrooi

>> Put your name on the Twikilist to get in

On the agenda:

• 10:00 Back to the milk roots, a tour of the milk farm, given by Mieke & Maarten (one for the girl geeks and one for the kids)
• 11:00 Enjoy a glass of fresh milk and a brunch
• 13:00 Grab the goodie bag and go home

No less than 19 girl geeks applied for the Tab 10.1 testing. Tough choice, but eventually Alia Papageorgiou (@Eurocentrique) was chosen to talk about her experiences with the tablet during #BGGD43 on 3 August in Brussels.

Where and when?

Wed 3 Aug 18:30
Samsung Electronics Benelux
Medialaan 50
1800 Vilvoorde

70 seats (for female and male geeks) available!

>>> Add your name to the list to get in for free <<<

Course of the evening

• 18:30 Welcome with drinks and finger food
• 19:30 Loesje De Vriese (Marketing Manager Telecom at Samsung) preview of the Tab 10.1
• 20:00 Testimonial by fellow girl geek Alia Papageorgiou (@Eurocentrique)
• 20:30 Sweepstake: win a Tab 10.1
• 21:00 (Walking) dinner + networking
• 22:30 Wrap-up and goodies

The attendees list for #BGGD42 filled up really quickly. But no worries: there are always last minute cancellations and usually we get all the reserves in!

Course of the evening:

18:30 Doors & welcome to De Winkelhaak
19:00 Speaker Wim Wouters, GriN founder and CEO about “The web is our playground”
19:30 Cocktail workshop by Liefmans Fruitesse; sodas (thank you Schweppes) and sandwiches
21:00 LaCie Twitter Sweepstake
21:30 Grab the goodie bags (thank you Liefmans & Douwe Egberts) & go home

I know it’s been a while… But as Marilyn Monroe used to say: “What’s worth having, is worth waiting for”.
The 42nd edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinner In a nutshell:

#BGGD42
With Wim Wouters, GriN founder and CEO on “The Web as a playground”
Wed 29 June 18:30-22:00
50 guests (female only)
DESIGNCENTER | DE WINKELHAAK
Lange Winkelhaakstraat 26
2060 Antwerpen

>>> Put your name on the list to get in for free

What exactly is De Winkelhaak?

De Winkelhaak is a Antwerp’s public/private design center. Since its opening in 2000, the infrastructure and services are at the disposition of independent creative entrepreneurs, like architects, urban planners, interior architects, graphic designers, web designers and product developers.

Dear Girl Geeks,

Here’s some practical information for #BBGD41 this Wednesday in Ghent.

Can’t make it? Please remove your name from the twikilist to give the reserves a chance to get in.

Important for us is the quality of the clothes. We are holding a quality
check according to the following requirements:

Your clothes are:

• washed,
• not damaged,
• timeless and trendy,
• not too basic items such as tops / cotton sweaters from H&M

The most common size is between 36-42.

Course of the evening:

• 19h: registration, quality check of the clothes
• between 19h – 20h: shop at the mini-store, grab a snack and drinks,
  opinion gathering and socializing.
• 20h: start Swishing: search, fit and choose
• after the Swishing you can win prizes and get your goodie bag.

Practical

#BGGD41 Swishing
With Karolien De Craecker (swishing.be / @swishing_be)
Wed 16 March 19:00-22:00
100 50 guests (female only)
zZmogh

Engelbert van Arenbergstraat 43, 9040 Gent
Use car park at the GB Dampoort (GPS: Pilorijnstraat 22) – route description to Zzmogh)

Until Wednesday night ladies!
Greetings, the Swishing team

Just one day after announcing the 41th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinners, the venue capacity was unexpectedly reduced from 100 to 50 people. I’ve adapted the Twiki List to register no more than 50 attendees. But as you know, by the time the event draws closer, we usually manage to get the reserves in.
Sorry about this. We could impossibly squeeze 100 fashion loving girl geeks and half of their wardrobe into a room that only holds 50.

In a nutshell:

#BGGD41 Swishing
With Karolien De Craecker (swishing.be / @swishing_be)
Wed 16 March 19:00-22:00
100 50 guests (female only)
zZmogh
Engelbert van Arenbergstraat 43, 9040 Gent
Use car park at the GB Dampoort (GPS: Pilorijnstraat 22) – route description to Zzmogh)

>>> Put your name on the list to get in for free (ladies only, please)

Interesting, but what is Swishing?

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swishing

Swishing refers to swapping an item or items of clothing or shoes or an accessory with friends or acquaintances. Parties must willingly give an item to participate in the transaction, once they have given an item they are free to choose something of interest from what others have offered.

Swishing.be organizes clothing exchange events across Belgium. This time only for the Girl Geeks (and free entry for the Girl Geeks who register through the Twiki List).

What’s there to do next the Swishing itself?

Make-up artists, stylists, hairdressers are all at your disposal

• A mini market place with lots of nice stuff
• Food & Beverages
• Goodie bag
• And a free participation at the competition stage

Practical

What to bring? Max 5 washed garments (clothing, shoes, accessories) in good condition.

Course of the evening:

• 19h-20h: Handing over of your swishable clothing
• 20:30start swishing

In between: shopping and being pampered!

Just a quick note/reminder that this Friday night I’m doing my How I Wrote A Book In One Week keynote. There might be a strike this Friday, but this will probably not affect the train traffic to and from Brussels (since the people who want to go to Brussels to the manifestations will do so by train).
In short:

#BGGD40 Creativity vs Technology
Speaker: Clo Willaerts “How I wrote a book in one week”
Fri 4 March 17:30-19:45 (City2 premises close at 20:00)
80 guests (male & female – but only the girls get a free review copy of the book)
Fnac – City 2
123, Rue Neuve, 1000 Brussel

Can’t make it after all? Then remove your name from the Twiki List to give the reserves a chance.

Time for a shameless plug: my book on social media for businesses is ready for print on 22 February (English version), and on 3 March (ePub, Kindle and Dutch version). The official book launch is on 16 March 13:00 in Standaard Boekhandel Sint Baafs in Ghent, but the first ones who get to see the book are of course the Brussels Girl Geeks. The book will cost 24,95 euros in book stores, but if you know the BGGD events well you can imagine there will probably be a little Oprah moment … just for the girls!

#BGGD40 Creativity vs Technology
Speaker: Clo Willaerts “How I wrote a book in one week”
Fri 4 March 17:30-19:45
80 guests (male & female)
Fnac – City 2
123, Rue Neuve, 1000 Brussel

>> Register now at http://twikilist.com/BGGD40

Time and place:

Wed 16 Feb 2011 18:30-22:00
Microsoft Belgium HQ
Da Vincilaan 3
1935 Zaventem

Max amount of attendees:

100 (1 male guest aka sacoche allowed per girl geek)

Course of the evening & speakers:

The evening will start with Mee Hyang Van Den Broeck who will give a short description of the new Mobile Operating System, Windows Phone 7. She will then introduce Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Katrien De Graeve for a presentation on how easy it is to develop an app for the Windows Phone 7 platform, showcasing a “girl-geek application” created specifically for the occasion.

To conclude, the amazing Steffest will explore the Windows Phone 7 to its limit and link it to the topic of hacking.

Use the Twikilist to register. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Time for another BIG edition! The 38th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinners welcomes no less than 80 girl geeks and their sacoches (= male guests). And this time we’re on a boat!

In short:

http://brusselsgirlgeekdinner38.pbworks.com

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