Book Laurens van Dijk for a hands-on AI talk, workshop, keynote or day hosting. Practical AI for entrepreneurs, editorial teams and organisations: agents, automation, the AI Act and the tools that work today. From Middelburg, for the Netherlands and Belgium.
AI Workshop · Dockwize
Presentation · Dockwize
Dag van de Ondernemer · DockwizeNo isolated trends, just subjects we work in daily ourselves. Each talk is tailored to the audience and sector. Combinations are possible.
Which AI tools work today, which are hype, and how to use them tomorrow. Live demos of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, n8n and Make. For SMB owners who want to get started concretely.
What is an AI agent, how does it differ from a chatbot, and which use cases pay off today. Examples from our own agency: voice agents, content pipelines, automated reports, email triage. Including the stack you need.
The European AI Act is in force. Which obligations apply from when, what does AI literacy (article 4) mean for your team, and how to keep it workable without a bureaucratic swamp. Includes a practical roadmap for SMBs.
How to use AI without losing your brand voice, how to keep delivering reliable source-based work, and which tools are workshop-ready for writers, editors and bloggers. Previously given for Donders Wonders at Radboud University.
Vibe coding: building agents and internal tools with Claude Code, Lovable and n8n. Designing, deploying and connecting an agent to a real data source live. For technically curious teams and developers wanting to move into agentic engineering.
No AI roadmap of disconnected pilots, but a working operating system. How to identify the processes that pay back most, which implementation order to pick, and how to measure impact. For management teams, boards and leadership development.
A compact AI talk with live demos. Great for networking events, office lunches and community gatherings. No slide decks full of theory, just concrete tools and examples.
best for
Communities, industry associations, networking groups
Participants work hands-on with their own laptop or phone. For 10 to 30 people. Each workshop has a focused theme (ChatGPT, image generation, agents, AI Act) and an assignment they can apply in their own work the next day.
best for
Teams, editorial teams, leadership tracks, education
Setting the tone for a conference, congress or in-house event. A story on agentic AI, the AI Act and what it means for your sector. With room for Q&A and a unifying theme for the day.
best for
Conferences, industry events, in-house kickoffs
Leading the day on content, keeping the conversation sharp and moderating panels on AI, technology and entrepreneurship. Preparation together with the organisation, pointed questions, no filler.
best for
Sector conferences, festivals, panel days
From Dockwize Vlissingen to Radboud University in Nijmegen. Concrete events, concrete attendees, concrete topics.
Dockwize PZEM hall, Vlissingen
45 minute lunch session on practical AI applications for entrepreneurs. Live demos of VEO3, Nano Banana, lovable.dev, Make.com, n8n, ElevenLabs, and AI web browsers.
audience
Entrepreneurs in the Dockwize community
Dockwize, Vlissingen
60 minute hands-on workshop for 20 to 30 entrepreneurs during Dag van de Ondernemer (Dutch national entrepreneurs day). Using ChatGPT in daily work: writing, brainstorming, research, meeting prep, data analysis.
audience
20 to 30 entrepreneurs
Radboud University Nijmegen
Three hour hands-on training on AI image generation with Canva and Leonardo for the Donders Wonders blog editorial team. From first prompts to advanced image optimisation.
audience
Donders Wonders blog editorial team, Donders Institute
why Laurens
Laurens runs DataDream as agentic engineer and founder since 2023. Before that, eight years of project management at NPO, RTL News, Talpa, BNR and Pathe. Today voice agents, content pipelines and data systems run live for clients in the Netherlands, Europe and the US. Every talk comes from real agency practice, not a research paper.
Pricing depends on the format (lunch talk, workshop, keynote or day hosting), group size and preparation time. A 45 minute talk has a different rate than a workshop with custom prep. Request a no-obligation quote via the contact form; we charge no hidden fees and are transparent about what each session includes.
Yes. We are based in Middelburg and speak across the Netherlands: Randstad, Brabant, east and north. Past sessions include Vlissingen, Goes and Nijmegen. Belgium and international on request, also in English.
Dutch and English. Both languages native level, materials are delivered in the same language as the session.
Two to six weeks ahead is ideal for custom prep. For lunch talks and standard workshops we can sometimes deliver within a week, depending on calendar. Tight timeline? Get in touch, we are clear about what is feasible.
Yes. We tailor each workshop to your sector: examples, tools and cases that fit your industry. That ranges from law and e-commerce to real estate, accountancy and education. Pre-calls help us tune the content.
A laptop or phone and a free ChatGPT account is usually enough. For deeper sessions (agents, image generation, vibe coding) the invitation lists which tools help. We deliberately use accessible, widely available tools.
Audio and video recordings by agreement. For in-house trainings almost always fine, for open events case by case. Slides are sent afterwards as PDF for participants.
Laurens van Dijk, founder of DataDream and agentic engineer. Eight years of project management experience at NPO, RTL News, Talpa, BNR and Pathe. Since 2023 an AI agency running production systems daily for clients in the Netherlands, Europe and the US. No academic distance, just hands-on practice.
Talk, workshop, keynote or panel on AI in practice: send a message with date, audience and preferred format. Reply within 1 business day, no-obligation call to scope the right format.