News


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 […]


Stephan Janssen, Co-Founder of Devoxx4Kids interview at Devoxx Morocco November 2015

During Devoxx Morocco 2015, Christina Aldan (@luckygirliegirl) interviewed Stephan Janssen (@stephan007) about Devoxx4Kids. Christina is a TED Speaker and EntrepreNinja, read more about her: http://iamagoodmix.com/ The interview: [iframe width=”80%” height=”415″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/fU6NGmE70g8″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]