Michiel Vandendriessche

Michiel Vandendriessche is on a mission to humanize technology. As a leading creative technologist and partner at Raccoons, he designs intelligent systems that don’t just do - they collaborate. With a background in computer science, automation, and AI-driven interaction, Michiel explores the intersection of intuition and intelligence.

At and& connect, he will present - together with Hannah Patronoudis - a live demo of the future of work, simulating a scene where humans and machines operate side by side. Not in competition, but in creative collaboration.

By letting AI agents talk, negotiate, and solve problems live on stage, he doesn’t just show the future - he lets us feel it. He goes way beyond ChatGPT... It’s both impressive and unnerving: if AI can collaborate this smoothly… what’s left for us, humans?

Are we ready to share control? Michiel’s work challenges us to stop treating AI as a tool, and start treating it as a partner.