event - 18 february 2026
Change Your Mindset, Change Your Business
Join us for a dynamic and energising evening hosted collaboratively by
PWI – Professional Women International, the Freelance Business Community,
and international keynote speaker Cyriel Kortleven.
This event brings together curious minds, change-makers, freelancers, and business professionals to connect, learn, and grow.
PWI – Professional Women International, the Freelance Business Community,
and international keynote speaker Cyriel Kortleven.
This event brings together curious minds, change-makers, freelancers, and business professionals to connect, learn, and grow.
- When18 February 2026
- WhereCommons Hub Brussels
Rue de la Madeleine 51
1000 Bruxelles - Time18:00
This event is dedicated to raising funds for Pancreatic Cancer Europe, and all ticket revenue will go directly toward supporting the organisation’s work.
Book your ticket today and support a good cause
Change feels uncomfortable only until it becomes your new strength
Programme
Wednesday,
18 February
18 February
18:00 Welcome and Introductions (and snacks)
18:30 YESSS! Keynote Presentation by Cyriel Kortleven
19:40 Short break
19:50 Networking tables
18:30 YESSS! Keynote Presentation by Cyriel Kortleven
19:40 Short break
19:50 Networking tables
- Ask me anything about Women in Business (PWI)
- Ask me anything about Freelance Business (Elina Jutelyte)
- Ask anything about building a Speaking Business (Cyriel Kortleven)
Book your ticket today and support a good cause
About The Keynote Speaker
In today’s fast-changing world, one thing is clear: businesses don’t change—people do.
As freelancers, every shift in mindset, habits, and approach directly impacts our business outcomes.
YESSS! is a powerful keynote that helps freelancers approach change confidently—whether scaling your business, launching a new service, or simplifying your workflow.
Blending behavioural science, creative thinking, and humour, Cyriel Kortleven shows how to:
- Shift mindset to sustain action, not stress
- Turn goals into small daily behaviours that move the needle
- Build energy and ownership to make change empowering
Interactive and down-to-earth, the session is packed with practical tools, vivid examples, and fresh perspectives to help freelancers navigate uncertainty and turn ambition into results.
Networking Tables Hosts
- Cyriel KortlevenInternational Keynote SpeakerFor over 20 years, Cyriel Kortleven has helped organisations like IKEA, NASA, and Unilever approach change with courage, confidence, and enthusiasm. Known as The Simplifier, he turns complexity into practical insights that inspire action.
Through humour, interaction, and real-world tools, Cyriel equips leaders to spark behavioural change, boost engagement, and turn challenges into opportunities. With 333+ LinkedIn recommendations, his proven approach helps people think differently, take risks, and achieve ambitious results.
Don’t mind the change. Change your mind. - Elina JutelyteFounder, Freelance BusinessIn 2016, Elina Jutelyte left a corporate career to embrace freelancing and saw the need for a global support network. This led her to create the Freelance Business Community, now connecting thousands of freelancers across 60+ countries.
The community is a vibrant hub for networking, learning, and collaboration, earning recognition in Forbes and with Elina named one of the Top 40 Female Leaders of the Year by Excellence Talks. - President, Professional Women InternationalBarbara Vercruysse has more than 25 professional years as an entrepreneur and business consultant, she is a Global Kindness Advocate, Mentor, Thought Leader and Public Speaker. As a Quality Manager and Operational Excellence Lead at a group of BMW dealerships, Gregoir, she combines her skills and experience as a business owner, manager, coach and leader to synchronise the high BMW standards with a welcoming work environment.
Since surviving a stage 4 cancer 20 years ago, she dedicates herself to leaving a positive legacy through bringing a message of empowerment with kindness and compassion.
Why join?
- Support a good causeAll ticket sales will be dedicated to charity to support the activity of the Pancreatic Cancer Europe.
- Get a dose of inspirationCyriel Kortleven is a sought after expert, presenting his keynote on stages worldwide. His speaking schedule is booked months ahead. It is your unique opportunity to
1. learn about Cyriel's business,
2. get inspired to transform the change midset - Connect with like-minded profsCollaboration between the PWI, FBC and Cyriel makes it a unique mix of potential contact and clients.
- And finally...., have a good time together
Book your ticket today and support a good cause
Pancreatic Cancer Europe
PCE is a European multi-stakeholder platform which aims at bringing together experts from all over Europe including academics, physicians, politicians, patient groups and journalists with a common interest and willingness to improve care for patients with pancreatic cancer.