Oprah Winfrey in Belgium for Supernova technology festival

TV moderator, actress, entrepreneur, producer and podcast presenter of the star’s world-famous star is impressive and one of the main reasons why the organizer Jürgen Ingel wanted Oprah Winfrey to open his two-day technology event Supernova.

“Oprah has proven that they can achieve success from a difficult starting point,” says Ingels. “She had a difficult childhood and now she is a global star. She achieves great things with a view to emancipation. This is the context in which we wanted to invite you. ‘

Ingels also hopes that this will help to attract more technical entrepreneurs. “We want to show that women can also achieve a lot and that they too can be successful entrepreneurs.”

Overcome obstacles

Winfrey’s lecture is about perseverance. “You shouldn’t give up because you experience setbacks. Oprah was also entitled to them, but she stayed and successful, ”says Ingels.

This is a way of thinking that is often missing from Belgian entrepreneurs, argues Ingels. “We often think negatively. “It is difficult, it is difficult,” you hear. We should really do it more often; We should dare to achieve things. ‘

The topic of this year’s Supernova Edition is “Shoot for the Moon” for a certain reason. “Landing on the moon was only a dream. Today’s technological developments also exceed the limits of what we think is possible, ”notes the Supernova website.

Ingel also had to hold out to get Winfrey for his event. “You can’t just call them, but it helps Barack Obama to be our guest last year. We continued to search through our network and finally ended up with Oprah. ‘

Finally, dark chocolate proved to be a decisive factor. Oprah apparently loves chocolate. Belgium is the land of chocolate, that helped. We will make sure that there is chocolate for you. ‘

Supernova was first organized in 2018 as a conference and meeting point for Tech entrepreneurs (international) investors and innovators. New technologies are presented at an exhibition and well -known speakers share their findings during the lectures.