Daniel De Luca


About Daniel De Luca

Worldwide manager of the Devoxx4Kids Initiative, Co-Founder of Devoxx4Kids Foundation, co-organizer of Devoxx4Kids in Belgium, Steering member of Devoxx (BE), Steering Member of BeJUG, JavaSE/EE Developer, Architect, Freelance. @danieldeluca

Raising Young Coders: Cassandra Chin’s Inspiring Keynote at Devoxx Belgium 2025

How One Former Devoxx4Kids Student Is Transforming Tech Education for the Next Generation The opening keynote at Devoxx Belgium 2025 brought something refreshingly different to the stage: not just another technical deep-dive, but a powerful message about the future of our industry. Cassandra Chin, author, educator, and advocate for diversity […]


Empowering the Next Generation: Devoxx4Kids Family Updates from Devoxx Belgium 2025

Yesterday at Devoxx Belgium 2025, Eddy Vos and Daniel De Luca had the privilege of sharing exciting updates about the Devoxx4Kids Family, two initiatives that are making a real difference in bringing technology education and opportunities to young people. LITTIL: Building Digital Literacy Together   Eddy provided a comprehensive update […]


Introducing the Devoxx4Kids Foundation

From Inspiring Young Minds to Empowering Future Tech Leaders After more than a decade of watching thousands of children discover their passion for technology through Devoxx4Kids workshops, we’ve witnessed something remarkable: the spark of curiosity that ignites when a young person writes their first line of code, builds their first […]


ING Belgium donation to Devoxx4Kids NPO

Last weekend (Nov 18th 2023), I attended another fantastic Devoxx4Kids event organized by ING Belgium Employees. This time, the event hosted 200 children aged from 7 to 14 years old. What a challenge for the team! Children were able to discover the world of programming, robotics and cybersecurity while having […]


Pourquoi est-il important d’enseigner “le langage” de programmation à l’école?

During Devoxx Morocco 2017, NAO and myself did present to the children and their parents why it is important to teach programming in school. Note: Video is in French. [iframe width=”60%” height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZHh4MBlQKes” frameborder=”0″ gesture=”media” allow=”encrypted-media” allowfullscreen]


Lightbend donation to Devoxx4Kids initiative during Devoxx Belgium 2017

As part of the Devoxx Belgium steering member, I’m helping to setup this amazing conference. On Wednesday morning, I was preparing, together with my other steering friends, the registration setup and was mentally ready to break our scanning records of thousands of attendees when Stephan told me that I’ve had to […]


Children learn to code.

After a successful Devoxx4Kids Paris 2017, InfoQ FR took the time to interview Audrey Neveu (@Audrey_Neveu) and Xavier Bourguignon (@xbourguignon). The interview (in French) is about teaching programming to younger generation, the Devoxx4Kids France origins, the available workshops, the role of parents, etc. The interview is available here: https://www.infoq.com/fr/news/2017/04/les-enfants-apprennent-a-coder


Devoxx France 2016 : Introducing children to programming one workshop at a time

During the latest Devoxx France (2016), the Devoxx4Kids France team and myself presented a session related to “Introducing children to programming, one workshop at a time”. There, we tried a new concept: the “Presentation 2.0” where Pepper, a humanoid robot from Aldebaran Robotics, did present, by itself, the Devoxx4Kids initiative to the […]