We’ve added another speaker to our line-up! Boris van der Ham is Holland’s most active politician on the web. He has been a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for D66, a social liberal party, since 2002.

Van der Ham is one of the few politicians who really understand the power of blogs and Web 2.0. Instead of hiring ghostwriters, he takes some time to keep in touch with his readers on Borisvanderham.nl. If you don’t take that from us, have a look at these facts:

• In 2006, he was awarded with the title of “Web Politician of the Year”
• Dutch social network Hyves (5M users) awarded him as “Most Active Internet Politician” on May 2 this year.
• Van der Ham wrote a column for Holland’s most popular blog GeenStijl.nl

He’ll will tell us how he started blogging and what it has meant for him so far. He will also discuss the paradox of being totally open yet cautious as well. We’re glad this extraordinary politician will take the time to share his thoughts and experiences (in English!).

Photo credit: Sophie Knijff