Symposium The Future is Here: computing in 5, 10 and 15 years
As VORtech celebrates its 30-year anniversary, the world of computational software is changing rapidly. The software development process itself is being transformed by AI coding tools, physics-based AI is rapidly establishing itself alongside traditional simulation techniques, hardware is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and quantum computing is emerging on the horizon. At the symposium The Future Is Here on April 9, 2026, VORtech took its relations on a tour across these important developments.
The Speakers
Christiaan Teeuwen
Chairman of the day
Christiaan Teeuwen is a futurist and speaker who translates innovation and technology into practical progress. Christiaan makes developments in AI, digitalization, and sustainable technology accessible, so the audience immediately understands how to leverage them for lasting progress.
Marco Lammers
AI-assisted software development
Marco Lammers is consultant and trainer at AT-Computing. He closely follows the developments in AI-assisted programming and teaches courses on how to use it effectively, on hosting LLMs locally and on the security aspects of generative AI.
Marco discussed one of the most important changes in software development in the next five years: the rapid rise of AI assistants.
Valeriu Codreanu
Developments in computing systems
Valeriu Codreanu holds a PhD in Computer Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. From January 2026, he leads the Compute Services department at SURF, overseeing all national compute services and their strategic development in support of research and innovation.
Valeriu took us on a tour along the massive increase in power and scale of computing systems in the next ten years.
Armand Stekelenburg
Quantum Computing
Armand Stekelenburg earned a PhD in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology. For nearly a decade, Armand has been working on quantum computing, first as an IBM Quantum Ambassador and, since July 2025, as an independent consultant with his company Quinnov.
Armand highlighted the potential of quantum computing as it becomes practically useful in the next fifteen years.