I. The Future of Freelancing
Learn and get inspired by where the freelancing is going in Europe and worldwide. Inspirational talks from the renowned leaders.

All times are in CET (Central European Time)
  • 1 October
    10:30 AM Welcome - Elina Jutelyte

    11:00 AM The Future of Freelancing: How us freelancing rebels are re-writing what it means to work - Matthew Mottola
  • 2 October
    4:00 PM • The Future of Work - Denise Brouder

    5:00 PM • The Freelance Revolution - Jon Younger
  • 3-4 October
    #FreelanceSightseeing - show us your city
II. Starting Freelancing
Set of presentations and masterclasses about how to kick off your independent career. Whether you are only starting or need to rethink your freelance business, you will find inspiration and skill trainings to boost your marketing, sales, improve your networking skills, enhance your branding or simply hear personal stories and learn what you should avoid.
  • 5 October
    4:15 PM • Networking effectiveness - Adam Fillary

    * 6:00 PM • Shift from corporate to freelance: 10 mistakes to avoid - Anna Boroshok
  • 6 October
    * 10:00 AM What makes a successful freelancer? - Alison Grade

    10:45 AM • How to market yourself or your business? - Christine Vanhove

    * 5:30 PM • Create a strong and compelling business pitch (training) - Philip Verhaeghe
  • 7 October
    10:30 AM • Content strategy: how to tailor it to the business needs - Anastasiia Dehtiarova

    * 5:00 PM • 10X Your freelance business through public speaking
    - Angela Heath
  • 8 October
    10:30 AM • It takes a village to raise a freelance business - Tessa Goossens

    * 11:45 AM • From employee to freelancer - are you ready? - Lenka Grackova

    4:30 PM • Shift to purpose: from what to how? - Katrijn Everaerd

    * 5:15 PM • Contracts essentials for freelancers - Ian de Swart
  • 9 October
    10:00 AM What makes a good freelancer - Peter Vantieghem

    * 10:30 AM Multiple streams of Income for Creatives - Luchia Dragosh

    * 11:45 AM Freelance filmmaking and photography: creating a stable business and getting clients - Ross Welch

    * 5:00 PM Session 1: Proven and tested Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies for freelancers: get your website found on Google - Chris Raulf
  • 10-11 October
    #FreelanceWalk - can we get to 1000 km all together?
III. Growing Freelancing
Your next level of awesomeness. Like an athlete, you constantly need to push boundaries to achieve new heights: sharpen your mindset, learn how to avoid mental booby traps, be the best in your sales and marketing, learn growth hacking techniques and more... oh yes, stories of successes and failures to show that you are not alone in your struggles.
Celebration of the European Freelance Week #EFWeek (16 - 25 October)
  • 12 October
    * 10:30 AM The power of Strategic Quitting - Paul Rulkens

    11:15 AM Working worldwide without moving from home or process workflow in the digital era - Kevin Palombo

    * 4:00 PM A Marketing Plan is not a Marketing Strategy. Deal with it.
    - Jean-Paul Delmeire

    * 4:30 PM • How to become an international keynote speaker?' - Cyriel Kortleven
  • 13 October
    10:30 AM The recipe for a strong personal brand - Angel Nijskens

    * 11:15 AM How to scale your Freelance business - Elisa Giudici

    * 4:00 PM LinkedIn and social selling - Sarah Vandewoude

    * 5:00 PM Gmail: I want to have an empty mailbox - Pavel Minar


  • 14 October
    * 09:30 AM • Protect your IP rights - Stan De Vocht

    10:30 AM How to create a mind blowing value proposition - Dennis De Clercq

    * 4:30 PM Create a strong and compelling business pitch (training) - Philip Verhaeghe
  • 15 October
    11:15 AM Personal branding for freelancers - Simran Neerav Doshi

    2:00 PM Freelancer's business negotiations - Robert Vlach


    4:15 PM Failures, successes, and the windy path of Entrepreneurship - Andrea Chase

    * 5:30 PM • Have your contractual issues reviewed by a pro - Ian de Swart
  • 16 October - #EFWeek
    10:30 AM Creating a brand online and offline - Sabrina Meyers

    * 11:15 AM Growth and Funnel Hacking - Pieter Moens

    * 5:00 PM Sessions 2: Participants cases review. Proven and tested Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies - Chris Raulf
  • 17 October
    #FreelanceSport - join for morning sport activity with fellow freelancers

    11:00 AM Morning workout and nutritional advise from Ivan Raynovski


    18 October

    10:00 AM Yoga with Jonna Kokko
  • 19 October
    10:00 AM What's the secret to scaling your freelance business? - Matthew Mottola

    * 11:15 AM Pricing your expertise - Peter Janssens

    12:30 PM Starting and growing your freelance business - Lisa Sweeting, Melissa Fretwell, Natasha Russell

    * 4:00 PM • How we can find resilience and purpose as freelancers - Jeroen Walravens


  • 20 October
    * 11:00 AM Never waste a good crisis: Two creatives share what they learned during the pandemic - Selma Franssen and Linda A. Thompson

    2:00 PM Financial self-management - Robert Vlach

    3:30 PM Shifting your mindset and beliefs for more productivity and flow in your business - Francesca Paschetta

    * 4:15 PM Challenges are inevitable but defeat is optional - Tom Meyers

    * 5:15 PM How to build an inbound funnel as a freelancer - Stefan Palios
  • 21 October
    * 10:30 AM Decide while avoiding the traps laid out by your brain - Alex Si

    11:15 AM Finding freelance assignments anno 2020 - Bavo Verstraeten

    * 3:00 PM Finding your values and talents - Bernard Moerman

    * 4:00 PM Selling skills for freelancers who hate selling - Peter Janssens

    * 5:15 PM - 7-figure freelance business - Elaine Pofeldt
  • 22 October
    * 11:15 AM What it takes to be a high performance freelancer - Ilse Jaques

    * 3:00 PM Why should you care if your data ends up on the Dark Web? - Francis West

    * 4:00 PM • NoMoreBoringWebinars - Cyriel Kortleven

    * 4:45 PM Create a strong and compelling business pitch (training) - Philip Verhaeghe
  • 23 October
    * 10:00 AM - Working with platforms - Andy Barnes and Zachary Kilhoffer

    3:00 PM Learning as a freelancer, why and how - Frederik Daneels

    * 3:30 PM How to expand your brand into international markets - Teresa Sousa

    * 4:30 PM Google Calendar - What is not on the calendar that will not happen - Pavel Minar
  • 24-25 October
    #FreelanceFun
IV. The Future of Work
With this event we want to bringing about change. #Futureofwork and #freelancebusiness is on the same side of the medal. During this week we will host talks about how HR and talent acquisition strategies are changing to welcome more independent profs.
  • 26 October
    10:00 AM How the enterprise works with freelancers - Matthew Mottola

    11:00 AM From crippling comparisons to courage - Claire Anjos

    * 5:00 PM Be Remote. Be Unsettled - Jonathan Kalan
  • 27 October
    * 10:00 AM Attracting top talent - Dorothy Dalton

    * 5:00 PM • Collaborative Innovation and open talent programmes at NASA - Steve Rader
  • 28 October
    * 10:00 AM Freelancers to improve connection with corporates - Arno Morsa, Bas Van Oers

    11:30 AM • How to increase added value and grow your client base by bundling your services in a package - Remi Maddens

    5:00 PM • Systems to stay organized as a freelancer - Zakia Ringgold
  • 29 October
    * 10:30 AM Freelancers in the eyes of corporations: An Insider View - Jean-Paul Delmeire

    * 11:15 AM Jobrepair - Wim Thielemans

    * 5:00 PM • How Koch accelerated business processes by working with freelancers - Preston Mossman
  • 30 October
    12 PM Final Hurraa and Closing of the FBM
  • 31 October
    #FreelanceHalloween 🎃
Organiser reserves the right to change and modify the programme at any moment.
Our partners
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  • betoobe helps Independent Professionals (freelancers) grow and develop a qualitative network effortlessly and in a natural way.
  • Endo-Exo Event Management and Consulting is a specialist company in events strategy and marketing, event global coordination, internal and external communication, events planning and execution. More than 100 projects in more than 35 countries (conferences, congresses, trade shows, satellite symposiums, corporate events, kick-off meetings and partner events).
  • Euro Freelancers is a curated marketplace for consulting and legal services on-demand. We match pre-screened freelance consultants and lawyers with project-based work across industries and countries.
  • Freelancing.eu started way back in 2005 by launching one of the largest national freelance communities in Europe, presently helping 200,000 Czech freelancers to grow their business. Later, in 2012, we launched the first European think-tank for freelancers in Prague and finally, in 2020, expanded the scope of our activities to Europe as a whole by launching Freelancing.eu.
  • European Freelancers Week is a series of events and actions created by and for independent workers held in different locations in mid October. The events inspire freelancers to join together to improve their independent careers through learning, skill sharing, networking and political action. Anyone can propose an event to be added to the calendar. Event formats include talks, workshops and networking sessions. #EFWeek is organized by a coalition of freelancers' organizations, coworking spaces and their communities.
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  • OpenSofia.org is a virtual hometown for the international community in Sofia and Bulgaria. This volunteer-run project provides news, updates and practical advice on various topics concerning daily life, culture and integration. For the international family, foreigners and Bulgarians alike, it has been a reliable source of information, giving them a sense of belonging and connection.
  • Opdrachten.be - the platform for freelance assignments in Belgium.
  • Easy and secure invoicing in 50 different currencies all around the world.

    Rimuut is an innovative finance company enabling the modern, globalizing, and flexible workforce to be positioned in the market through various solutions for both freelancers and businesses buying services from independent professionals. Ever since its incorporation by Mert Bulut and Esen Bulut in 2017, in Estonia, Rimuut has been composed of a young, dynamic, and fully remote team.

    Rimuut on the one hand, transforms unincorporated freelancers into virtual companies and on the other, enables businesses to handle billing, settlement, and payment with freelancers easily and securely.

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  • The Bulletin is Belgium's longest-running English-language media brand – your one-stop site to reach the international community, founded in 1962. Its mission is to provide a platform for the international community to express opinions, share information and fully participate in Belgian life.
  • Venture L is the first all in one solution built 100% for freelancers. Your freelance business is unique. You compete with agencies, yet are severely under resourced. While an agency has people and processes to scale consistent 10x outcomes, you just have yourself. No account managers. No partners. Just yourself.

    While this seems like a disadvantage, today it's your strongest advantage. No one understands this better than Venture L. We've experienced every side of the freelance economy. We've been freelancers and built freelance agencies. We've been your clients, leading multi-million dollar freelance teams, and driving today's top companies to adopt hiring and working with freelancers. And we've led the platforms and tools driving this new economy.

    By running on Venture L, you can take on more projects, slash time spent on operations, and deliver consistent 10x outcomes. While other solutions help you with one aspect - connecting to clients, project management, file sharing, back office...etc, Venture L brings everything under one roof so you can focus on the work and not on the admin. Stop saying no to clients. Stop doing everything yourself. Start running on the operating system you deserve.
  • 6Prog is the fastest and most cost effective contract engagement process for freelancers and their clients.