Explore to enhance, the benefits of a cultural odyssey: Dirk Vermeiren at TEDxUHowest
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 2013-06-18

Who Is Dirk Vermeiren?

Dirk Vermeiren (1964) is a media professional from Belgium, having a career that spans more than two decades in broadcasting. For the Flemish public broadcaster VRT he produced radioshows for children, was active in sports reporting, covering current affairs, and writing radio columns and even comedy. In a later stage he signed off Ketnet, VRT's childrens' TV channel, for a successful start between 1997 and 2002. 

Riding the first internet boom he was editor in chief of internet portal Planet Internet, experimenting with online news covering. After moving to Istanbul (Turkey) he established himself as a correspondent, working for Belgian, Dutch and Turkish media, as well as working for Eurosport and UEFA. He hosts a popular Turkish spoken radioshow with national broadcasts in Turkey.

What is this talk all about?

Explore To Enhance: The Benefits Of A Cultural Odyssey

It is part of the human condition to explore new horizons. This is exactly what Dirk Vermeiren did with his move to Istanbul in 2002, and he himself looks back on the past 11 years as an extremely stimulating and inspiring period in his life. In his talk he tries to convince the audience not to be afraid to take the gamble. 

About TED and TEDx

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