Belgian, Nicolas has a PhD in physics and a degree in management. He has done research in statistical physics, nonlinear optics, mathematical physics, biomedical physics. He has taught at the Free University of Brussels and worked as project manager in the private companies, before joining public administrations as ICT manager. He has taught physics, mathematics and computing sciences at different secondary schools, as well as at the école supérieure d`informatique () now for 8 years. He prefers and enjoys : teaching and transmitting knowledge and consulting and some research. He has been an active free software enthusiast and activist for more than 20 years. Since 2000, he has been a promoter of free software, open standards and Free access in Belgium. He has been a board member of APRIL and AFUL. Taking the example of a similar campaign initiated in France, he launched the Candidats.be website to promote free software to candidates in regional (2009), then federal (2010) and finally municipal (2012) elections. He extended this previous campaign to related topics of Open Data and free internet, giving birth to the site. The content of the commitments proposed to the candidates is visible on lepacte.org. These two initiatives have been signed by many personalities, including several ministers. Profile ©