verb: engage; 3rd person present: engages; past tense: engaged; past participle: engaged; gerund or present participle: engaging
1. occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).
"he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage Sutton's attention"
synonyms: capture, catch, arrest, grab, seize, draw, attract, gain, win, captivate, hold, grip, engross, absorb, occupy
"the tasks must engage the children's interest"
involve someone in (a conversation or discussion).
"they attempted to engage Anthony in conversation"
2. participate or become involved in.
"organizations engage in a variety of activities"
synonyms: participate in, take part in, join in, become involved in, go in for, partake in/of, occupy oneself with, throw oneself into; share in, play a part in, play a role in, be a participant in, be associated with, have a hand in, be a party to, enter into, undertake, embark on, set about, launch into
"they like to engage in active sports"
establish a meaningful contact or connection with.
"the teams needed to engage with local communities"
UPDATE (Feb 13): The hotel is full on Monday the 17th. Other dates are still available. Look for other options below, or share rooms. If you want to book the hotel at a better rate, email the hotel directly. Use reference 'KEY-GF11129' for a better deal, or use the form we provided. Do NOT use their website to register! Send your email directly to info@hotel-keyser.nl, and provide as much info as you can, or use our form. Read this first: A special form is available now.This form will generate an email, that is sent directly to the hotel (cc to you). Engage created this form, only to facilitate an easier room reservation. Any further communication with the hotel needs to be done by you directly. Engage takes no responsibility whatsoever. Note that rooms are 105 EUR for 1 person, 125 EUR for two. These rates are per room, per night; breakfast buffet, VAT and free Wi-Fi included, City tax (3,25 %) is not included. Standard rates start around 185 (excl. breakfast) EUR. Late arrival at the hotel is guaranteed for Engage/BLUG guests. Close to the event, our contingency of rooms might be exhausted. Use the hotel's direct email to see if they have other availabilities.
Other hotels around the venue with special Engage Rates: All Prices incl. breakfast, excluding city tax (3,25 %)
Apollo Hotel Breda: use code: 'ENGAGE 2014' (click the small +promotiecode, and enter the Corporate/Promotion Code field).
March 16: €75 (€85 for 2); March 17: €115 (€125 for 2); March 18: €125 (€135 for 2);
Info: close to the Railway station. 12 min. walk to the venue.
AS OF MONDAY Feb. 24th: Amrâth Hotel Brabant: use code: 'engage' (click 'Enter your access or promotional code', select 'Promo/Corporate Code').
Single: € 74,50 - Double: € 85
Info: about 2km. 24 min. walk to the venue. (link to the hotel itself)
Bliss Hotel: use code '22501'.
Suite price: €160. Only a few suites available.
Info: In city center: 7 min. walk.- to venue
Car: The Chassé Theater (and the adjacent hotel) are situated close to the ring road of Breda.
Paid parking is available in the Chassé Parking or at SwitchPark Oude Veste at the end of the Keizerstraat. More about parking lots here.
Air: It is relatively easy to get to from the Airport of Shiphol (Amsterdam) or optionally from Zaventem (Brussels).
Use this link to find a train from Schiphol to Breda. The direct train (Fyra) takes less than an hour.
Use this from Brussels Airport to Breda, use the following link. A few stop-overs are involved, and the fastest connection is about 1.5 hours.
From the station to the venue is about 1 km walk (see below 'Railway').
You can also take a taxi from the airport. This could prove to be very expensive of course.
Railway: Train to Breda. Use the links above (see Air) to find a train connection.
From the station to the venue is about 1 km. You can rent a bike at the station too. There is a taxi stand.
Venue:
Here's the venue(A) on the map, with walking directions to the 'Grote Markt' (B), the cosy city center.
I have been to numerous events over the years and this was be far the best one I can remember. The structure, venue and content was great.
Wonderful event, one of the best I have been to. Focused on IBM Notes/Domino and Connections. Just what I want.
Theo (and team) did it again ! A very professional conference, with a great value for me as a Customer!
My first Engage, and despite the long travel distance for me, hopefully not the last.
It's a privilege to be able to attend Engage and this year was, most probably, one of the very best out there!!
Awesome event, for sure an organizational masterpiece. Excellent! It's hard to believe the Engage staff is not organizing conferences as principal job ;-)
It was the best event I attended so far. And I attend about 5-8 each year!
2nd time for me attending Engage, but it was incredible again! 2 days packed with extremely informational content, a great venue and a great community!
We did more business and collected more leads during Engage 2017 in Antwerp, than at IBM Connect in San Francisco.
As a first-timer I didn't really know what to expect. The organization of the event positively surprised me!
A premiere event that rivals anything produced by any other organization. Great job...AGAIN!!!
It's a treat to always keep coming back for more! Well done, once again, and look forward to the 10th edition next year!
It is mind boggling to see two people create an event that rivals those put on by larger vendors with dozens of resources.
And huge thanks to Theo and the others for giving me my first international speaking engagement!
Theo is a legend, Theo has style. And he is putting together the best event in this space, year after year.
Engage was my first UG as a speaker and it has developed into arguably the premier user group for ICS in Europe.
Yet again a brilliantly done event. One that is used as the yard-stick by which all other user group events are measured.
Theo and Hilde did it again: Engage was bigger than last year, venue was impressive and the event most successful.
It was a pleasure, due to the efforts of Theo his team, the sponsors, the location and the participants. Much appreciated!
I was extremely impressed on all levels. Thank you to Theo Heselmans for the opportunity to speak at this event!
I’ve been to several of the past Engage conferences and Theo always puts on a great event but this was better than ever.
What can one say about this Engage, Eindhoven, NL. It is in fact THE European user group meeting,...
Theo Heselmans has raised the bar yet again as to what can be achieved with organizing an IBM User Group event.