Director Work Life Balance

With a multi-disciplinary background in anthropology and medicine, Katharina has worked in business and governmental organizations since 1985. Always in the fields of innovation, transformation and change to create and improve market position. This responsibility taught her early on that no true and lasting change occurs if it does not make sense to all the stakeholders involved: people need to search for and create meaning for their experiences – otherwise nothing different happens.

A demanding professional life combined with family obligations brought her on her knees to search for her own work life balance. After a rational attempt to delegate even family responsibilities, she skeptically participated in mindfulness training and changed sides to become an advocate. But the story would not be complete would it end that happily – but that is for another time.

After leaving her function at he University at Leiden as researcher and lecturer on the integration of western and local traditional medicine in developing countries, Katharina has worked in many fields: among others, IT-business solutions, Educational Software development, International Expert Recruitment, Banks, City-making & City-marketing; Privatization of Governmental departments, Health Care Delivery.

Attention for vitality in organizations has been her focus point for the last 8 years. She believes that a vital enterprise enables people to engage their energy, talents and committed contribution more productively.

It also enables people in business to become more resilient and energetic as they seek out and enjoy the satisfaction offered by their work. People do not have to become sick to become better. People who feel better – perform better with less effort.

With regard to work life balance and well-functioning organizations, I will enjoy to share with you what I have learned through the years and look forward to exchange professional and personal insights and experience.

I want to contribute to your organization performing at its best and therefore we need to create the conditions for people performing at their best.

We can only grow a green forest with green trees.

Director Leisure & Incentive Travel

Peter Van Avermaet started way back in 1975 after finishing his studies (bachelor) at the Tourism school in Mechelen

After tour-guiding “Tuesday this must be Belgium style” he started his career at the travel department of Furness Shipping , then moved to the incentive department of Odysseus Travel, before he started his own MICE company. He has been active in the MICE (Meetings Incentives Conferences Events) sector before the expression was even invented. In 1985 he became the second Belgian member of SITE (Society of Incentive Travel Executives) .

In 2004 he decided to move to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and worked until end of November 2009 at a Destination Management Company (DMC) offering tourism products into the UAE and the Sultanate of Oman.

During more then 30 years he had the pleasure of delivering incentives, conferences and events to destinations world wide.

Companies such as Abbott, Coca-Cola, DHL, Credit Lyonnais, Duracell, Exxon Chemical, Honda, Inbev, Janssen-Cilag, Junkers, Kenwood Electronics, Master Foods, Nokia, Opel, Pfizer, Pioneer Europe , PlayStation, Polaroid and Sony Pictures are on his reference list.

In 1999 he also opened the multi-purpose venue Stuurboord, at the historical hangar 26 in Antwerp and has been a practice or guest teacher in several Tourism schools.

Peter always tried to offer non common destinations or journeys- far away from mass tourism-, always made to measure following the wishes of the traveler be it for a group, corporate or individual. There are very few destinations in the world he has not visited.

We at Yotran believe we are going to offer you Your journey to tranquility designed following your wishes.

Community Development Manager

Bill Eager is an Internet and technology trends pioneer. Bill has spent twenty years writing, implementing and speaking about computer networks and their impact on organizations and society. In 1993, after helping create one of the first large-scale Intranets connecting 25,000 employees at BASF, Bill wrote the second book about the Internet, Using the Internet. His ten other books, including the best-sellers The Information Payoff and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Marketing, have sold more than 1 million copies.

Bill has helped the world's leading companies including BASF, Diners Club, Kaiser Permanente, Novartis, RE/MAX, Travelocity and Verizon with their online communication strategies. Bill has been quoted in USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur.com in respect to the use of social networks to enhance communication and commerce.

To achieve balance in his own personal and professional life, Bill actively pursued training and experiences related to wellness, health and yoga. Today, Bill is a certified yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance; a Yoga Nidra Facilitator, and a Reiki and energy healer. His efforts in the health and yoga world have been featured in Yoga Journal, Shape Magazine and Yogi Times. In addition to workshops at yoga studios across the U.S. and South America, Bill has been a presenter at Yoga Journal conferences.

Being part of the Yotran team, vision and online community is the perfect way for Bill to share and enhance the unique intersection of wellness and technology. Bill knows the universe has plenty to offer; and he is passionate about sharing how to live an inspired and healthy life.