Day of Insights

FRIDAY 12.1 DAY OF INSIGHTS SEMINAR

EXPLORING THE SCIENCE BEHIND SIM RACING

DOORS OPEN AT 09:30

SEMINAR: 10:00 - 13:00 

LOCATION: SIM ARENA

ENTRY: FREE ADMISSION _LIMITED SEATS 

RENÉ HOOGTERP

MODERATOR OF #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS SEMINAR

# Creative Director, Owner, Studio Roadworks

# Motorsport Commentator at Ziggo Sport

# Chairman of SRVN, the official Dutch Sim Racing Association 

MARCEL OFFERMANS

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

The Last Garage

# Owner, The Last Garage

# Former Director, Studio 397 / rFactor 2 platform

# Software Architect

# Mechanical Engineer 

# Sim Racer


Marcel will talk about

Personal observations about the current state of sim racing. On how we got there and what challenges lie ahead. Marcel's insights come from both playing a lot of sim racing games and developing them.

RUDY VAN BUREN

Rudy van Buren

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

# Official F1 simulator test & development driver for Oracle RedBull Racing 

# Driver FIA European Autocross

# Sim race driver Team Redline  

# Enterpreneur Flow by RVB 

# Driver coach

# F1 TV Analyst at Viaplay


Rudy will share his insights

From a multidisciplinary standpoint as a driver, sim racer, entrepreneur, and driver coach and will be interviewed by René Hoogterp.

# Account manager at SIMUCUBE

# Innovator in high-quality force feedback controllers

# International Business

Simucube

KALLE WALLIN

Johannes and Kalle will talk about

From Curiosity to Passion – Journey of Sim-Racing.

# Sales specialist at SIMUCUBE

# Innovator in high-quality force feedback controllers

# International Business

# Sports Business Management

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

Johannes and Kalle will talk about

From Curiosity to Passion – Journey of Sim-Racing.

JOHANNES SUOMALAIEN

NEXTVIEW CONSULTING

STEFAN BAKX

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

# Global Head of Marketing at Nextview Consulting 

# Let's design better Business

# Global digital innovation

# Marketing innovation


Stefan will talk about 

Why Salesforce invests in F1 and Nextview in Sim Racing ...


D-BOX

KAREN MENDOZA

SPEAKER AT #SFE2024 DAY OF INSIGHTS

# Head of Global Sales at D-BOX 

# Bring your sim racing experience to the next level

# 1st haptic system lycenced by FIA 

# Ultra-precise movements, vibrations, textures and cues

# Hyper-realistic experiences

# Built to last

# The only thing more real is the Racetrack itself


Karen will talk about

D-BOX - What's Now and What's Next!

  PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS 

IMPACT GAMING

HUBERT MACKUS

# Alderman for Economy, Sports, Youth Care, Water, Nature and Landscape, Municipality of Maastricht

JEANETTE OOSTIJEN 

# Chairman of the Executive Board of VISTA College

COLLIN SPORK

# Formula Sim Racing 2022 World Champion

# Driver for Alpine Esports and Race Clutch 

RAF SLUISMANS

# Community Manager Impact Gaming


The panel will close the seminar with a discussion about Impact Gaming.

This part of the seminar will be in Dutch.