VriThink’s Night Out is Vripack’s open platform where ideas are tested, perspectives collide, and new ways of thinking take shape. Each edition brings together a diverse group of speakers from across industries to explore creative thinking, share bold perspectives, and show how unexpected collaborations and the astute use of technology and human insight can reshape the way we design and live.
Presented in a fast-paced Pecha Kucha format, presenters are challenged to communicate in 20 slides of 20 seconds each, turning traditional presentations into a dynamic exchange of vision and insight. What emerges is not a series of answers, but shared questions that continue long after the evening ends.
Same industry, different mindset. A space to listen, challenge assumptions, and glimpse what might come next.
Tjeerd Veenhoven – Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven
Jan-Willem Vissers – Volvo Penta
Thomas Romijn – DB20 Solar Team
Jarkko Jamsen – Navia Design
Matthew Zimmerman – Farsounder
Kees Jan Koster
Mandy Vermeijs – TU Delft Solar Team
Anders Kurten – Baltic Yachts
Lars Heeg
Sean Meagher
Bart & Marnix – Vripack
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Teun de Vries – TEUN
Rik Breur – FINSULATE
David Turton – SEA BIN PROJECT
Tom Selten – LIGHTYEAR ONE
Johannes Schafelner – ZAHA HADID
Emma van de Ven – HYPERLOOP – TU DELFT
Neal Bateman – COOKSON ADVENTURES
Rinse Altena – VRIPACK
Lammert de Wit – SUWOTEC
Paolo Licinio Nazzaro – SUPERFICILAB
Willem Derks – ONE PUSH
Marnix Hoekstra & Bart Bouwhuis – VRIPACK
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Patrick Noor – DYNAMIC MARINE SYSTEMS
Pablo van der Lugt
Michael Mathias – OPHARDT MARITIM
Nick Danese – NDAR
Sven Korver – PONTIS ENGINEERING
Robin de Vries – VRIPACK
Willemijn Berkhout – PROJECT MARCH (TU-DELFT)
Marnix Hoekstra & Bart Bouwhuis – VRIPACK
Solco Reijnders – DAMEN
Ivo Veldhuis – MAYFAIR MARINE
Daan Pol – ORTEGA
Tahira Ahmed – CURVE WORKS
Claudio Zimarino – JOHN CULLEN LIGHTING
Sean Meghar – CAPTAIN MY LATITUDE
Andy Claughton
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Daan Pol – Ortega
Joost Mertens – Vripack
Robert Henderson – Etcetera
Thys Nikkels – Dykstra Naval Architects
Hans Grimme – The inside
Tracey Canavaggio – Van geest design
Sanne Nielsen – TU Delft
Paul Harder Cohen – COH&CO
Nigel Irens – Nigel Irens Design
Tommy Gonzalez – Fast Forward Composites
Ken Hickling – Bonlok
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Kiko Villalon – Ancon Marine Consultants, INC
Chiara Altomoni – Virtual Prototyping
Daan Pol – Submersible
David Leidenfrost – Bionic Lightweight Design
Edward van Vliet
Els Zijlstra – Materia
Elze Reitsema – Ideeënjagers
Gijs Bruining – Solar Boat Team TU Delft
Godert van Hardenbroek – Edorado marine
Marcel Schaap – MienSkip
Timur Bozca – Bozca Design
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Teun de Vries – Nedcam B.V.
Saartje van der made – Benthem Crouwel Architects
Eric Geboers – The Salt Project
Claudio Zimarino – Independent lighting designer
Stuart Balfour – Sail Line Fish Ltd.
Florian van de Poel – WASUB
Valerio Corniani – DIAB group
Ken Hickling – AWL grip – AkzoNobel
David Johnson
Robin de Vries – Vripack
Bonnie Mclvor
Koen van der Well – Struik & Hamerslag Yacht Interiors
Remko van Russen Groen
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Nick Danese – Design Systems Technologies
Steve D’Antonio – Marine Consulting Inc.
Hanneke Boon – James Wharram Designs.
Helge von der Linden – von der Linden Gmbh
Marije Korpershoek – G-Star / Tommy Hilfiger
Teun de Vries – Damen Shipyards Gorinchem
Johan Ullman – Ullman Dynamics
Robin de Vries – Vripack
Flip Jonker – Ortega Submersibles B.V.
Donald MacPherson – HydroComp, Inc.
Siep Keizer – Keizer Yachts
Charlotte Schiffer – Ladida
Herbert Dercksen – Xtenders
Shimell Alex
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