Member since: 2026-07-21 (founding)

Board member of BeLibre

# Why I am a member of BeLibre

Having started the BeLibre movement in March of 2025, engagement has quickly grown. Why I started this project? Because Belgium currently doesn’t have active networking communities and groups that can voice the interest of the citizen.

# Digital Freedom Foundation

Having organized Software Freedom Day since 2011, this event holds a dear place in my heart. Celebrating the merits of Software Freedom and how it has impacted me as an individual and society as a whole runs as a red line through my life. When the movement was looking for new board members in 2023, I decided to step up and play a role in the Digital Freedom Foundation coordinating this event and similar other ones (Document Freedom Day and Hardware Freedom Day).

# Hackerspace Brussels

It was a rainy evening in the spring of 2010, when I walked into the first location of Hackerspace Brussels: merely more than the livingroom of a dedicated hacker. Fifteen years later, the hackerspace has grown to become my nerdy second homebase.

# Personal interests

Like every father, I naturally grow an interest in the interests of my kids. Consequently you can see my interest for everything related to horses, and in classical music and composing music. I’m especially fond of related FOSS or open projects like MuseScore and OpenStreetMap, which actually supports horse back riding.