Koen de Weggheleire
Koen De Weggheleire is a faculty member of the Technical University of West-Flanders (HOWEST), department PIH-Multimedia and Communication Technology (MCT) where he teaches Flash Platform Solutions (Flash, Flex, AIR) with a smile. As the Adobe User Group Manager for Belgium (http://www.adobeusergroup.be) and Adobe Community Expert, Koen is heavily addicted to the community and inspires the community by his blog at http://www.newmovieclip.com and by speaking at several events (Adobe MAX, FITC, Flashbelt, Flash On The Beach,...). He coordinates the yearly Belgian multimedia conference "Multi-Mania" (http://www.multi-mania.be) where 800 people come together to learn from industry experts and to share knowledge.
Koen is also the author for friendsofED and published the book "Flex for Developers" and is currently working on the book "Advanced AIR applications" which will be published later this year. Apart from that Koen is also working on the Oreilly AIR Cookbook (Adobe developer library) for Oreilly which will be published later this year also. When there is still some time left you can find Koen doing freelance Flash Platform consultancy on advanced award-winning Rich Internet Applications.
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