A diverse collection of ideas worth spreading to engage, inspire and activate our community. We keep our program a surprise until the speakers walk onstage.

Stadsschouwburg
Turfsingel 86
Groningen, Groningen
Netherlands

Janne Willems

Janne Willems likes to play with societal rules and perspective. This former employee of Loesje started the international social art project Seize Your Moments in which she approaches strangers to draw a beautiful moment moment from last week. Her mission is to collect 1000 beautiful moments per continent. She seldom uses the word "impossible" and she likes to help people realizing their dreams

Piet Devos

Dr Piet Devos (1983) is a Belgian literary scholar. Having lost sight at the age of five, he has always been fascinated by perception. In his PhD thesis, he developed a sensory approach to literature. His new research project focuses on writers who interpreted their disabilities as a creative reorganization of perception.