Press invitation to presentation ceremony of VUB Fellows: Tuesday 13 June, 16.00 - Huis van het Hout, Waversesteenweg 950, 1050 Elsene
On Tuesday 13 June, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) presents its 23 new VUB Fellows for 2023 during an official ceremony. The 2020 and 2021 Fellows will also be celebrated, as the pandemic meant they have not yet had official recognition. VUB Fellows are business leaders, policymakers, executives, journalists and other socially significant individuals who will share their expertise for at least three years with the university, its eight faculties and its hospital. Drawing on their expertise, experience and network, the VUB Fellows are engaged by the university and UZ Brussel to bring academia and society closer together.This year, 23 inspiring people will receive the title of VUB Fellow. As VUB ambassadors, they will share our philosophy in their professional life and society over the next three years.
VUB rector Jan Danckaert:
"Appointing Fellows is a tradition we started in 2012 under the motto ’Connecting academia and society’, to build connections between university and society. We are now 10 years on and our VUB Fellowship network is made up of no fewer than 245 leading socially significant individuals. Based on their professional experience, these personalities and experts can inspire our academics and students with ideas and initiatives, so we can do better in our jobs, our lives, the world. Their contributions benefit research, innovation, academic teaching and society. They help us to carry out our role as an urban engaged university."
VUB Fellows 2023
Languages and Humanities· - - - Tom Naegels, author
· - - - Willem Bongers-Dek, director DeBuren
Engineering
· - - - Dirk Roosendans, head of Process Safety Expertise & Integrity Management at Total
· - - - Simon De Boeck, mayor CD&V Gooik
Psychology and Educational Sciences
· - - - Koen Pelleriaux, managing director GO!
Law and Criminology
· - - - Axel Desmedt, board member of the BIPT (Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications)
· - - - Olivier Slosse, chief constable, police zone Brussel-Noord
· - - - Tania Dekens, senior official Iriscare
Physical Education and Physiotherapy
· - - - Kathy Lindekens, Flemish journalist and presenter
Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
· - - - Eric Michiels, executive CMS architect IBM Belgium
· - - - Roel Van der Meulen, business unit manager patisserie at Vandemoortele
Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
· - - - Aurianne Lambert, manager Climate & Sustainability at Deloitte Belgium
· - - - Bruno Humblet, CEO Deceuninck
· - - - Lotte Vermeir, Network manager één and Canvas
· - - - Ruth Devenyns, CEO Precirix
· - - - Steven Engels, CEO Orsted
Medicine and Pharmacy
· - - - Brieuc Vandamme, CEO King Baudouin Foundation
· - - - Marc Michils, general director Kom op Tegen Kanker
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
· - - - Akira Hiruma, CEO Hamamatsu Photonics KK
· - - - Ilse Ooghe, general director RVO Society
· - - - Koen Vermout, CEO of AZTEQ
· - - - Stefaan Verhulst, co-founder GovLab & Data Tank
· - - - Ingrid De Jonghe, founder TEJO
Presentation ceremony programme
On Tuesday 13 June, VUB presents its 23 new VUB Fellows for 2023 during an official ceremony. The 2020 and 2021 Fellows will also be celebrated, as the pandemic meant they have not yet had official recognition. VUB Honorary Fellow Erhan Demirci will host the event.
16.00
We would like to invite the press to attend the presentation ceremony of the VUB Fellows. Would you like to attend or to arrange an interview with one of the Fellows? Please notify us by Monday 12 June via [email protected]
Vrije Universiteit Brussel is an internationally oriented university in Brussels, the heart of Europe. By providing excellent research and education on a human scale, VUB wants to make an active and committed contribution to a better society.
The World Needs You
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel assumes its scientific and social responsibility with love and decisiveness. That’s why VUB launched the platform De Wereld Heeft Je Nodig - The World Needs You, which brings together ideas, actions and projects based on six Ps. The first P stands for People , because that’s what it’s all about: giving people equal opportunities, prosperity, welfare, respect. Peace is about fighting injustice, big and small, in the world. Prosperity combats poverty and inequality. Planet stands for actions on biodiversity, climate, air quality, animal rights... With Partnership , VUB is looking for joint actions to make the world a better place. The sixth and last P is for Poincaré , the French philosopher Henri Poincaré, from whom VUB derives its motto that thinking should submit to nothing except the facts themselves. VUB is an -urban engaged university-, strongly anchored in Brussels and Europe and working according to the principles of free research.
www.vub.be/dewereldheeftjenodig
