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Lieven Scheire

Lieven Scheire

Lieven Scheire is a Belgian comedian, physicist and science communicator on stage and on TV, in both Dutch and English. He develops and hosts TV shows, tours with an English-language scientific comedy set on stage, and hosts events for universities and scientific or technological companies.

Categorie
Transitie & Transformatie, Technologie, Toekomst, robotisering, automatisering en AI, Innovatie, Energie, Klimaat & Milieu, Wetenschap & Onderwijs, Radio, TV & Pers
Type
Inzetbaarheid
Keynote speaker, Expert
Gesproken talen
Engels Nederlands
Reist vanaf
Belgie

Biografie

Lieven Scheire is a Belgian comedian, physicist and science communicator on stage and on TV, in both Dutch and English. He develops and hosts TV shows, tours with an English-language scientific comedy set on stage, and hosts events for universities and scientific or technological companies.

His unique blend of science and comedy is highly appreciated by audiences. He can explain science or interview scientists with both a deep understanding of the subject and witty lightheartedness.Lieven Scheire is the face and founder of ’Nerdland’, a popular brand in which he, alongside a group of geeky friends, brings science and technology closer to the broader public. He has written several bestsellers in the Nerdland book series,created multiple science programs for Belgian television, hosts the Nerdland podcast (top 3 podcasts in Belgium) and organizes the country’s biggest science festival: Nerdland Festival. In 2023,the festival attracted more than 20,000 visitors.In his stand-up career, Scheire regularly performs to audiences of 1500+ in Holland and Belgium, and occasionally ventures as far as Spain or Switzerland (he was the headliner at the first edition of the CERN comedy festival in 2013).In 2015, Lieven Scheire made his Edinburgh Fringe debut, selling out all shows, but he is no stranger to performing in the UK,featuring in high-profile gigs such as the Barbican's Wikipedia festival, and the 'Pint of Science' tour, which took him to universities in London, Oxford, and Cambridge. In 2023,Lieven Scheire was a keynote speaker with his A.I. show at the Love Tomorrow Campus, an initiative by Tomorrowland. The QI team are fans, having invited him three times to the'No Such Thing As A Fish' podcast with the QI elves.

Inzetbaarheid

Keynote speaker
Expert

Spreker