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"
By Car Brussels is easy to reach from any direction. Traffic will be tough during the week and especially during rush hours.
So take this into account.
Since January 1st 2018 the Brussels-Capital Region has become a Low Emission Zone (LEZ). If you are entering the city in a car or van, check here to find out whether you are allowed to drive your vehicle within the LEZ. If you do not meet the conditions, we would remind you that there are park-and-ride car parks on the access routes leading into Brussels as well as alternatives to the car.
Details about reaching Autoworld can be found here, though I'm sure most of you have a GPS in your car or mobile.
Parking
Accessible via Avenue des Nerviens.
Spacious free parking for more than 400 cars in front of the building.
Some of the hotels have a (paid) parking lot too.
By Public Transport The main train stations:
Central Station Carrefour de l'Europe 2 - 1000 Brussels
South Station (also called 'Midi') rue de France 2 - 1070 Brussels - For London: Eurostar
- For Paris: Thalys
- For France: TGV
North Station rue du Progrès 85 - 1210 Brussels - For Amsterdam
Luxembourg Station place du Luxembourg - 1040 Brussels - For Luxembourg
Schuman Station Schuman Square - 1040 Brussels - Serves European institutions and our venue Autoworld, in the Parc du Cinquantenaire. About a 15 minute walk. Hotels are close to this station.
- This is the train station to go to from the other stations or via the Brussels Metro
By Air Brussels Airport (Zaventem)
A quick and direct link between the train station under the airport terminal and the main stations in Brussels (Brussels-Nord, Brussels-Central and Brussels-Midi, but also to the Schuman Station (see above)).
Direct trains run every 15 minutes in both directions. It takes just 17 minutes to travel into Central Brussels (but get out sooner at Schuman).
You can also take a taxi from the airport. This could prove to be expensive and might take a while depending on traffic.
For train times, check the journey planner or via the NMBS/SNCB app.
Map
The map below contains the venue, car park (and entrance),
hotels and the nearest metro and railway station (Schuman).
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.
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Theo Heselmans has raised the bar yet again as to what can be achieved with organizing an IBM User Group event.