About Book Labs 2013:

Discover the digital world of the book at BOOK LABS 2013 and win 10.000 euro to develop your project. How can digital agencies, developers and graphic designers grow with the major developments in the digital book industry? More and more people are reading books on an e-reader or tablet. Reading a book can therefore go further than just reading letters and turning pages. The concept of ‘reading a book’ can get a completely different and extended meaning in the future. It’s up to you to determine that new meaning. How can digital developers and designers make a powerful contribution to the changing reading experience of the audience? What are the future perspectives and what opportunities are there for digital peeps?

iDROPS (BE), Boek.be (BE) and Uitgeverij van de Toekomst (BE) organize three innovative books labs in Flanders and the Netherlands. In BOOK LABS 2013 we throw a light on the future of e-books and find *new ways to publish interactive books.

1. First session – Creative LAB in Designcenter De Winkelhaak, Antwerp, May 26th , 27th & 28th 2013
2. Second session: Creative LAB in Amsterdam, June 30th, July 1st & 2st 2013
3. Third session: Development LAB in Belgium, Octobre 7th, 8th & 9th 2013

During this co-creation workshop, organised by Co-Learning, using Lego® Serious Play® techniques and materials, you will visualise and improve on the HardRock Café experience. The Lego® Serious Play® technique is an innovative, experimental process designed to enhance innovation and business performance. It deepens the reflection process and supports an effective dialogue – for everyone in the organization. Step into the world of agile product management with this exclusive tasting for the Brussels Girl Geeks.

About facilitator Erik Talboom

Erik used to tutor people while still in school, helping out fellow students whenever he had the chance. It wasn’t that weird that after a few years of professional experience, he ended up teaching class. He trained and coached several teams on different subjects, ranging from process oriented topics like scrum, kanban and effective collaboration over gamestorming to more technically focused topics like test automation, test driven development and software craftsmanship principles.

The past few years he started on an adventure in the areas of lean startups and customer development around these agile methodologies. These kinds of volatile ventures also benefit a lot from the agile mindset and craftsmanship knowledge he’s built up the last decade.

In a nutshell:

Date: Wednesday 17 April 2013

Topic: Creating a Legendary Burger & experience Co-Creation with Hard Rock Café and Lego® Serious Play®

Attendees: 40 (female only this time, sorry guys)

Programme:

• 18:30 Welcome by Hard Rock Café’s Guillermo Castells
• 19:00-19:50 Workshop Lego Serious Play
• 19:50-21:00 Workshop Legendary Burger Hard Rock by master chef Arnel Del Rosario
• 21:15 Announcement of winners in the categories ‘Best Burger’ and ‘Best Tweet’
• 21u45: Grab the goodie bag and go home

Where?

Hard Rock Café Brussels
Grand-Place 12a
1000 Brussels

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

Best tweet okay, but what’s best burger all about? The fact is, a truly good hamburger is hard to cook. As Isaac Tigrett once said:

I couldn’t find a decent burger in London, so I opened the Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane.

Today, Hard Rock Cafes around the globe still strive to serve the best burgers in town. Come to the #BGGD on April 17th
in Hard Rock Cafe Brussels to taste and learn how to cook a delicious authentic American hamburger yourself.

The Hard Rock Cafe’s Legendary Burgers offer a persuasive taste of the restaurant’s know-how and expertise in traditional American gastronomy.
During the Brussels Girl Geek Dinner event on April 17th, Sales & Marketing Manager Guillermo Castells will welcome you and briefly introduce the Girl Geeks on the history of the Hard Rock Cafe brand. Master Chef Arnel Del Rosario will then introduce the chain’s famous range of Legendary Burgers and will even shed some light on the secret behind their burgers’ success.

Del Rosario will also go into detail about the 4 most popular Legendary Burgers at Hard Rock Cafe Brussels: ingredients, preparation and the chef’s secrets will all be discussed. Next, guests will have the unique opportunity to create their own Legendary Burger. The ingredients will be provided, after which participants will decide which Legendary Burger to create and – of course – eat. Certain ingredients (such ingredients that require cooking) will be prepared beforehand by the Hard Rock Cafe kitchen team.

Both the Girl Geek with the best burger and the one with the most original tweet will win a Legendary Meal for two at the Hard Rock Cafe in Brussels and a classic white Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt.

As Katrien Barrat said, there is still place for The Ultimate Dream App making Surface unmissable if you solve real consumer problems and contribute to what really matters.
What do you think about the app ideas our speakers proposed that night?

• Teresa Fernandez-Gil: Healty eating and living -
  vote here to get this app developed
• Julie Van den Kerchove: Raw living, cooking & coaching. Her app in a nutshell: Weekly menu planning, Daily recipes, Nutritional details, Practical tips, Product information -
  vote here to get this app developed
• Marcia O’Regan: Color / Chakra Therapy -
  vote here to get this app developed
• Michel Schwarz: Gratitude / Happiness Inside with an app that helped you share your moments of gratitude, learnings and benefits. -
  vote here to get this app developed

And what about those 15 yoga mats?

Tell us below in the comments which app you’d vote for, or what other Dream App you’d propose to Microsoft. On 30 March, we’ll contact the 15 first ones with a valid Dream App for further handling.

• a yoga mat (thank you, http://www.yogashop.be/)
• a voucher for a free yoga lesson at Sampoorna Yoga Studio (thank you, http://sampoornayogastudio.be/)
• a NAKD healthy candy bar (thank you, http://www.eatnakd.be/)
• travel sized Dove Douche or Signal toothpaste

Key note speaker Katrien Barrat – Futureproofed

Katrien has worked both in Belgium as in France and in the UK on B2B and B2C markets, combining her background and expertise in market development for new growth markets with change management. In 2009 she launched her own company, C-Change, in sustainability & in May 2012, Futureproofed and C-Change joined operations to offer a unique combination of environmental expertise with market insights. At Futureproofed, Katrien focuses on fundamentally understanding the consumer and market needs. From the why, to the what for who and how with an implementation-driven and hands-on approach, supported by a full portfolio of market research. She’s passionate about leadership and coaching, she loves to teach and tell the story and make people grow. Katrien has been guest lecturer at Vlerick, UCL, UGhent, Karel De Grote Hogeschool and Howest.

Follow Katrien on Twitter: https://twitter.com/katrienbarrat

Teresa Fernandez-Gil

Teresa has a background in Pharmacy, a master’s degree in Public Health and a PhD in Nutrition. She’s completed her training to practice Health Counseling from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She practices a holistic approach to health and wellness, which means that she looks at how all areas of your life are connected. Does stress at your job or in your relationship cause you to overeat? Does lack of sleep or low energy prevent you from exercising? She looks at how all parts of your life affect your health as a whole.

Julie Van den Kerchove

Meet Julie Van den Kerchove, a certified raw food chef, coach and writer. Her three greatest passions are healthy food, exercise and traveling. She’s absolutely passionate about the raw food lifestyle and loves to experiment with new recipes! After several years of severe health issues she has completely changed her eating habits and overall lifestyle in order to heal herself. It was during this search for optimal health that she discovered her love for the raw vegan cuisine: pure, natural dishes that taste delicious and heal the body. Do you want to find out how I can help you take your health, nutrition & fitness to the next level? Then have a look at how you can work with me.

Marcia O’Regan – Colour Therapy

Marcia O’ Regan is an International Colour Therapist and Trainer and founder of Colour Harmonie. She uses the power and knowledge of colour as a tool for healing, guidance and self discovery, helping her clients be their BIGGER SELVES and reach their true potential. Marcia offers colour workshops, courses and one on one consultations. To find out more visit www.colourharmonie.com

Michel Schwarz – Owner Happiness Inside Me

After 20 years of happy and successful entrepreneurship, Michel decided to share his experience in inspiring teams to be happier and more successful in their jobs and lives.
With complementary studies in neurosciences and positive psychology – to scientifically validate how to become happier -, he started ‘Happiness Inside Me’. There’s only one rule: be deeply happier and deliver happiness to make a success of one’s life and enterprise:
Especially in a context of global change, generation Y, information society and stress, when future rewards are very uncertain. The happiest people are the most curious, adaptive, innovative, cooperative, motivated, fun, emotionally intelligent,…, person.
Nowadays, Michel’s workshops make people achieve their goals with more coherence, abilities, serenity and sense.
More info on his website: http://www.happinessinsideme.org/

Hanna Summanen

Hanna Summanen (@syogasbrussels) is a yoga teacher, consultant and facilitator. She first discovered yoga in 2001 during a burn-out after many years of corporate career, and has since become a certified yoga teacher and co-founder of the Sampoorna Yoga Studio in the center of Brussels. She divides her time between freelance consulting and sharing the amazing benefits of yoga – and in both professions she is passionate about well-being and personal transformation.
Hanna will teach a 30 minute Hatha Yoga discovery class after the speaker part of the event is over.

Vincent Blondiau

Meet Vincent, he’s a life coach & Qi Gong teacher. He studied in Belgium, France, the UK and with Chinese teacher in Europe. Qi Gong literally means “Life Energy Cultivation” & is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. With roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts, and philosophy, Qi Gong is traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (chi) or what has been translated as “intrinsic life energy”. Qi Gong is now practiced throughout China and worldwide, and is considered by some to be exercise, and by others to be a type of alternative medicine or meditative practice. From a philosophical perspective Qi Gong is believed to help develop human potential, allow access to higher realms of awareness, and awaken one’s “true nature”.
Join a Qi Gong session in French, led by Vincent and one of his students. You’ll discover short theoretical information and a practical session (45 minutes) after the yoga discovery class. Registration required as places are limited to 15 students (wiki).
More about Vincent (in French): http://www.mingmen.be/

The yoga session will now be able to hold 40 girl geeks, so the 40 first that have registered will be able to participate.

What’s more, there’ll be a French session on Qi Gong at 21:00 for 15 interested Girl Geeks. Add a comment (e.g. “Qi Gong”) on the wiki to get first in line (priority given to those who didn’t register for yoga). Qigong (literally “Life Energy Cultivation” in Chinese) is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation.

All the participants will also get a chance to share their ideas about how technology could support them in balancing their life.

At the end, Microsoft will gather all these ideas and submit them to passionate developers. They will then use this input to develop great platforms that will help people improve the quality of their life.

Obviously a delicious & healthy well-being buffet & goodie bag will be provided. We’re still looking for more stuff to put in the goodie bags. If you have any ideas, add a comment below.

For the yoga discovery class, please sign up on the twikilist for that one too, since there’s a maximum of 25 students for that class. If you’re with the first 25 who also marked “yes” for yoga on the twikilist, bring comfortable clothes that you can change into for the yoga class. Yoga mats will be provided.

>> Please registrer on the Twikilist to get in for free <<

About the 56th edition of Brussels Girl Geek Dinners:

Date & time : Thursday 14 March 2013 18:00-22:00 CET
Location:

Centre les Sources
Rue Kelle 48A
1200 Woluwe Saint-Lambert

We’ve got space for 80 girl and boy geeks this time. If you want to bring your sacoche (male guest), please have him register on the Twikilist too.