Omar Mohout, partner and Head of Digital at Nova Reperta, is a former technology entrepreneur, a widely published technology author, C­level growth company advisor and professor of Entrepreneurship at Solvay Business School. He is a columnist for Forbes, VentureBeat, SaaScribe, Data News, Bloovi, StartUs and academic co­author for the European Startup Monitor. He is also knowledge partner Innovation at Merito Foundation, and an active member of the Board of Directors of Startups.be, the imec.istart fund and high growth companies such as LetsBuild, Twintag, Teamleader and Ivex. Moreover, Mohout is also a mentor at Beyond, Nexxworks, Founder Institute, imec.iStart, IdeaLabs, Startathlon, Scaleup Flanders, Startit@KBC, Virtuology Academy, Flanders DC, and Belgian ambassador for the World Startup Report, for MIT Innovators Under 35 Europe and for UBI Global. Mohout is a sought­after keynote speaker and panelist at the intersection of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.