Keynote Speaker

Jesse van Doren

Jesse van Doren is an entrepreneur, trendwatcher and speaker specialised in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. He regularly speaks about topics such as AI, blockchain and growth hacking. Jesse is known for his work with major companies such as Google and Microsoft, and has worked with more than 350 organisations worldwide. He delivers interactive and energetic lectures in which he translates trends into practical, achievable strategies for companies and organisations.

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About Jesse van Doren

Jesse van Doren is a young entrepreneur, innovator and keynote speaker. He speaks for multinationals, governments and SMEs about AI, Big Data, design, innovation, trends and change management. He shares his vision on communities and translates the most important developments into concrete advice for the organisations he speaks for and works with. In addition, he successfully brought the Hackathon to the Netherlands and organised it for dozens of organisations and major events.

Trendwatcher and Futurist

Jesse is known as a whizzkid who was named Most Promising Entrepreneur at a young age. He experiments, closely follows trends and is regularly asked to speak as a futurist. As a speaker, for international organisations and in the media. NRC, Newsweek, Adformatie and De Volkskrant, among others, regularly interview him in that role.

Jesse as a Speaker

Companies and governments for which Jesse speaks describe him as sharp, excellently prepared in terms of content, relaxed and funny, with an important wink at just the right moments. He has a unique style as a keynote speaker, thanks to his extensive international experience for organisations such as Google, ING, Ahold, Sony, Microsoft, Unilever, KPN, KPMG, BMW, Smurfit Kappa and the Municipality of Rotterdam. He founded his first company at the age of 11, built communities full of inspiring entrepreneurs in more than 20 countries with Tomorrow and reaches more than 3 million followers through social media.

Themes

Jesse van Doren is enthusiastic about the future and new technologies. He is right at the centre of the technology boom. At the age of 11, he founded his first “innovation company”, after which he went on to work for both large and smaller organisations. Jesse is up to date with the latest developments in themes such as Internet of Things, Smart City, data driven marketing, Big Data, e commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Voice, 5G, Blockchain, Security, Smart Grids and autonomy in the workplace. As a young, enthusiastic entrepreneur, he gets a “look behind the scenes” at many companies.

Because Jesse has knowledge of so many topics, he is a highly sought after speaker. He knows how to translate major trends into practical examples of how they can affect your organisation. Jesse does not just enjoy talking about the future, he especially enjoys actively working on it himself. In the Digital Age, everything moves faster. We need to stay on the ball. Break down silos. Minimise endless planning. But above all: do and learn. Dare to make mistakes. That is what he tries to make clear to his clients time and again, and successfully so. By now, he has worked for more than 350 organisations across many different sectors and is a welcome guest at companies such as Google and Microsoft. Dutch ministries are also more than happy to turn to him for his advice.

Jesse van Doren has been awarded “Most Promising Entrepreneur” in the Netherlands several times. Jesse’s specialisations cover several areas, but one of his key areas of expertise is growth hacking. As a growth hacker, Jesse advises companies and entrepreneurs on how to achieve faster growth by implementing smart marketing processes. Jesse examines marketing strategies for both large and small businesses and advises companies on innovation and the organisational strategies of the future.

Jesse is also highly engaged with his audience and enjoys sharing his own experiences. Looking for a young, ambitious speaker who can tell you all the ins and outs of growth hacking? Then Jesse is the right choice. Jesse van Doren is the initiator of the first World Hackathon Day, where he brought together the 500 most talented young people from around the world. During the 24 hour hackathon, these 500 international young people worked on viral web applications, social campaigns and mobile apps to demonstrate what young, ambitious people can offer in international collaborations.

You want to move your company forward, so you are always looking for new innovations. How do you motivate, inspire and activate your employees to work together on the next big thing? Think beyond simply listening to a lecture by actively getting to work with a hackathon.

Four Objectives for Innovation

The hackathon event is, in principle, suitable for any innovative objective. Many organisations innovate towards these four goals:

Talent scouting
Teambuilding
Embracing external knowledge
Pressure cooker for innovation

Would you like to organise a hackathon? Together with our partner Hackathonopmaat.nl, we are happy to help you organise it. It is the method for approaching an existing challenge in a different way. Bring teams together or let employees collaborate with each other in an innovative and surprising way.

We help you from the defined objective all the way through to the goodie bag, with everything that is important for organising a successful hackathon.