Koen De Weggheleire is a faculty member of the Technical University of West-Flanders (HOWEST), department PIH-Multimedia and Communication Technology (MCT) where he teaches Flash Platform Solutions (Flash, Flex, AIR) with a smile. Koen recently was an author on the book Flex for Developers, Data Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and LCDS (friendsofED). At the moment he is very busy, writing the book Advanced AIR applications (friendsofED) which will be also published later this year. As the Adobe User Group Manager for Belgium Belgium Adobe User Group and Adobe Community Expert, Koen is heavily addicted to the community and inspires the community by his blog at New Movie Clip and by speaking at several (inter)national events (Adobe MAX, FITC, Flashbelt, Flash on the beach, MCTKring, usergroups). He coordinates the yearly Belgian multimedia conference Multi-Mania where 800 people come together to learn from industry experts and to share knowledge. When there is still some time left you can find Koen doing freelance Flash Platform consultancy on advanced award-winning Rich Internet Applications. When Koen is not talking Actionscript you can find him producing music, collecting goodies, eating pizza or renovating his 100 year old house.