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Events
I co-organise events on innovation, sustainability and inclusion in business, in and outside of the tech industry. Some events that I have been involved in over the past years:
Breaking the Silos
- Seeing Problems as Opportunities – October 25, 2023
- Psychological Safety in Tech – June 15, 2023
- Inclusion in Tech – February 28, 2023
- Hybrid & Remote Work in Tech – October 26, 2022
- Neurodiversity in Tech – June 28, 2022
DataOps Ghent Meetup
- Industry 4.0 & DataOps – November 18, 2021
- Fintech & DataOps – February 25, 2021
- Mobility & DataOps – January 30, 2020
- Public Data & DataOps – October 24, 2019
- Open Data & DataOps – June 26, 2019
- Let’s talk about DataOps! – March 6, 2019
Podcasts and press
- ZigZagHR - Wereldautismedag: bedrijven die neurodiversiteit omarmen, floreren
- Hands-on Inclusion - “Diversiteit is een bron van waardevolle inzichten, ideeën en nieuwe perspectieven”
- ZigZagHR - Gentse startup versterkt bedrijven met de kracht van neurodiversiteit
- PeopleSphere - Gentse startup versterkt bedrijven met de kracht van neurodiversiteit
- PeopleSphere - Une start-up gantoise prête main-forte aux entreprises pour recruter des profils neurodivergents
- De Vlaamse Ondernemer - Gentse start-up Bjièn versterkt bedrijven met kracht van neurodiversiteit
- Made in Oost-Vlaanderen - Start-up versterkt bedrijven met neurodivergente mensen: “Vraag als manager waar ze nood aan hebben. Ga er niet vanuit dat je dit zelf weet”
- De Pod op met… Dietrich Moerman
- Waarin zijn ADHD en softwaredevelopment gelijk: Dietrich Moerman
- Dietrich en Daphné organiseren gesprekken over leven met een diagnose én een job in de techwereld: “ASS of ADHD, dat is een stérkte”
Open Source software
As a long-term free software fanatic, I’ve developed free Open Source software since 2003.
That year, I founded the UseBB project and started developing software to create online communities (forum software) using the then upcoming programming language PHP. The software was used for numerous online communities and websites across the globe, offered through products such as Softaculous, and gathered a community of third-party contributors for modifications, translations, etc. UseBB stopped in 2013.
Over time I’ve contributed to other projects, mainly the popular Drupal CMS. Among others I developed and contributed functionality (modules) for Drupal versions 6, 7 and 8.
Today I’m not active as an Open Source software developer. However I sponsor the Neovim project, building a next-generation version of the Vim text editor. (Did you know sponsoring is one of the many ways to contribute to Open Source software?)