Emmelie Zipson

Emmelie Zipson is an experienced bilingual moderator and facilitator. Her strength lies in making people feel comfortable on stage. Driven by curiosity, she knows how to set the right tone for your event or conference and is also skilled at creating the right programme structure.

Infectious Enthusiasm

You want your event, conference or launch to be an experience. You want your message to be heard. You want to achieve your goals. In that case, you are looking for a moderator, speaker or presenter who sets the right tone. Someone who engages the audience with infectious enthusiasm and takes your event to the next level. Emmelie helps by uncovering the story behind a company, organisation or speaker. She ensures that your audience is moved and that your event has meaning.

Emmelie on Stage

Over the past years, Emmelie has moderated numerous live events and more than 60 online and hybrid events, livestreams and gatherings. She is known for her positivity, directness and curiosity. She can adapt quickly, and her strength lies in making people feel comfortable on stage. She is also a charming and colourful presence, using humour and lightness without compromising on substance. Thanks to the wide variety of organisations she has worked with, she can easily adapt to different sectors. She has a strong affinity with and extensive experience in topics such as female leadership and entrepreneurship, diversity, sustainability, digital transformation and innovation, education, and arts & culture. Increasingly, sustainable companies, including B Corp-certified organisations, are turning to her, and she has successfully worked with organisations including ELHO, Erasmus University, Van Oord, HZPC, Philips, SURF, Upstream Talks, ING, The Next Women, Techleap and The Faber Group.

Music

Upon request, Emmelie incorporates storytelling, spoken word and singing, with musicians if desired. Thanks to her background in theatre and television, she can use a variety of formats and knows how to maintain attention and create positive energy throughout an event.

Personal Development, Diversity and Female Leadership

As a moderator, Emmelie brings colour to your event and is highly versatile, with a strong affinity for topics such as diversity, female leadership, personal development and human behaviour. She is a sought-after speaker and has appeared on stage at events for ESPO (in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam Authority), Erasmus University, The Next Women, Lean In, Techleap, Metropole Orkest in collaboration with LantarenVenster, SURFsara, and presentations for organisations including DEGIRO, Philips and The Selfmade Summit. She has also moderated ABN AMRO livestreams featuring entrepreneurs, the Jaarcongres Vrouwen met Impact and an ING kick-off event. Emmelie enjoys thinking along with you about how to create an event that people will be talking about long afterwards.