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the future of Learning, February 2014
Club of Amsterdam pdf version A collaboration between THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership and the Club of Amsterdam. The impact of culture on teaching and early learning. Presentations Huib Wursten, Senior Partner, itim International Can we introduce “best practices” in education across countries? Emer Beamer, Social Designer and Educator. Founder at Unexpect, co-founder at Butterfly Works and NairoBits What should we teach the next generation? Our event will take inspiration and use elements of the THNK Forum format which is designed to deepen dialogue and elevate discussion by asking questions and re-framing issues to lead to surprising insights. Beyond the lecture model The traditional way to impart knowledge has been the lecture and question-and-answer session. The message is usually completely fixed before it is communicated. The question-and-answer session allows the audience to get clarification and to put in critical comments. But it is also often unfocused, because questions are dealt with haphazardly as they are raised. Going out of our comfort zone Participants ask the questions and structure the dialogue; they share the responsibility for an interesting outcome. It requires commitment and courage. The experts in creative leadership are encouraged to ask questions of the participants, to make it a true dialogue; this means it’s a two-way street, and participants need to abandon the comfortable position of being the only ones asking questions. Our “thought starters” are: Huib Wursten, Senior Partner, itim International Can we introduce “best practices” in education across countries? As a result of globalization debates on education are no longer only about the improvement of the local standards. “Best performing countries now set the tone”. Politicians understand that performance in education can determine the economic future of a country. Several systems – like PISA – are used to compare educational quality across countries. A recent analyses of the Economist Intelligence Unit focused on benchmarking the factors differentiating the highest achievers. They concluded that only a few of these factors could be found. Teaching is still a very local activity and what is happening locally is a black box. One of the “fashionable” ideas is to make the progress of learners visible by standard tests and to make teachers accountable for the results. The fear of many professionals in the field is that this is leading to “teaching to the test” and that as a result important elements like creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills will disappear. Well-researched systematic differences in value preferences across countries are vital for understanding the way teaching/learning processes are handled. What we can learn from each other internationally? Emer Beamer, Social Designer and Educator. Founder at Unexpect, co-founder at Butterfly Works and NairoBits What should we teach the next generation? Many children born today are likely to live to be 100 years old, making the imperative to rethink what they are being taught at school all the more urgent. As many have noted, our current system of education was developed for the Ford generation while now we are moving to what Zygmunt Bauman calls ‘liquid modernity’. What qualities will the next generation need in order to prosper in yet to be invented careers while creating meaningful lives? And could teaching the art of design and invention be a key component of future curricula. 19:00 – 20:00 THNK welcome and Introduction by Kwela Sabine Hermanns, Core Faculty & Curator at THNK Kwela is moderating, curating and guiding the dialogue and discussion. Huib Wursten, Senior Partner, itim International Can we introduce “best practices” in education across countries? Emer Beamer, Social Designer and Educator. Founder at Unexpect, co-founder at Butterfly Works and NairoBits What should we teach the next generation? Group Discussion 20:00 – 20:25 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:25 – 21:15 Group Discussion / Conclusions / Feedback Huib Wursten Senior Partner, itim International Huib is experienced in translating international and global strategies and policies into practical consequences for management. He has been working in this field since 1989 with a variety of Fortune 1000 companies, with public and private organisations in 85 countries on all continents. His main clients in the business sector are IBM, 3M, Vodafone, McCain, Quest, Texaco, ABN AMRO, Nike, and Unilever. Non-profit clients include the IMF, the European Central Bank, the World Bank, the UN Development Programme, the Council of Europe, and the Dutch peacekeeping forces. www.itim.org Emer Beamer Social Designer and Educator. Founder at Unexpect, co-founder at Butterfly Works and NairoBits Emer Beamer from Ireland is based in Amsterdam. Her new studio and virtual school, Unexpect, teaches children the art of social design and invention. She is also one of the designers of the upcoming ‘Nederlandse School’, whose mission is to train a new generation of creative and independent teachers, which will have a big impact on the quality of secondary school education in the Netherlands. In 2004, Emer co-founded Butterfly Works, co-creation studio for a better world, which works in 16 countries globally and enjoys structural funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its work. In 2000, Emer co-founded Nairobits, a design school in Kenya for young people from informal settlements, which has since been successfully adapted to Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia. Emer recently completed the post-graduate program at THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership and is a regular speaker on innovative education and social design and invention. She is currently doing research for a book about all the things she didn’t learn at school. ‘My latest venture is driven by the vision that if everyone could tap into their inner creativity and natural empathy, then together we could solve almost all the problems that the world has.’ www.unexpect.nl Kwela Sabine Hermanns Core Faculty & Curator at THNK Kwela is a highly focussed, process-oriented entrepreneur and innovation specialist with many years of business experience in education, research, training and project management in the creative industries. She is bi-lingual in English and German, owns a Masters degree in New Media Studies and trained in small business innovation at Copenhagen Business School. She coaches and trains people and organisations in goal implementation and dynamic change management techniques. ”My own goal is to support inter-disciplinary innovation towards value based and surprising sustainable futures. I combine a highly analytical and strategic mind with a passion for team work, people and relationship building.” www.thnk.org
the future of Urban Mobility, January 2014
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporters Info.nl TPEX – TelePresence EXchange International Presentations Wim Korver, Head of Research & Development Unit, Goudappel Coffeng The 21 century: the end of the car mobility as we know it Robert Dingemanse, Co-founder and CEO, PAL-V Flying cars, how will it affect future mobility? Nick Cohn, Senior Business Developer, TomTom TomTom on Urban Mobility: The Future is Now Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research Global Forces Shaping Urban Mobility Efficient transportation and mobility are essential to make a city competitive and appealing. Current business models offer alternative and new mobility solutions, such as car or bicycle sharing and new leasing mobility offerings, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, talking cars, micro mobility or integrated mobility. What future impact have key global mega trends on Urban Mobility? What are the major challenges in balancing economic needs and environmental policies? What role can innovation play or what innovation is needed? The speakers and topics are Wim Korver, Head of Research & Development Unit, Goudappel Coffeng The 21 century: the end of the car mobility as we know it Car use growth is coming to a hold. In several western countries car use is stabilizing or, especially among younger age groups, even decreasing. At the same time new urban mobility concepts are popping up: Car2GO, peer-to-peer networks leading to less car ownership, large investments in cycle lanes in large metropolitan areas like London and New York and a rebirth of urban rail systems (transit oriented developments). Are we experiencing the end of car mobility? Robert Dingemanse, Co-founder and CEO, PAL-V Flying cars, how will it affect future mobility? Flying cars, a dream that already exists since the car was developed. Why did it take so long to be developed? What were the barriers? What will they offer? What has changed and how will its arrival within the next years change mobility? These are a number of questions that come to mind around this theme. This presentation will give answers to these and other questions. It will also trigger the imagination because we are just at the start of this industry it still hard to see what is beyond…………………… Nick Cohn, Senior Business Developer, TomTom TomTom on Urban Mobility: The Future is Now Over the last few years, new technology has started to change the way travelers make decisions about how and when to make trips. The adoption of navigation by millions of travelers worldwide was the first step. The second step is the development and use of real-time information about travel conditions, which was first the domain of ‘road warriors’ but is quickly becoming a standard way of smarter driving as well as mode choice. Initially, these traveler-based tools competed or even conflicted with government-based traffic management. However, these two worlds are now merging, as they should: everyone wins. A vehicle- or traveler-based information system is helping cities make better use of existing infrastructure while providing individuals with trip advice that is tailored to their specific route, time and destination. The collective effect will be to reduce investment costs in infrastructure while increasing overall travel time savings, reducing fuel costs and therefore reducing our urban carbon footprints. Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research Global Forces Shaping Urban Mobility Rohit has been leading a major EU study exploring major scientific, technological, economic and environmental forces, ideas and developments shaping the next forty years. In this session he will highlight a timeline of critical developments that could have a direct impact on the technologies, business models, physical infrastructures and social mechanisms that will shape the future of urban mobility. He will highlight critical challenges and choices that will emerge for citizens, mobility providers, investors, policy makers, planners and the emergency services. 19:00 – 20:00 Introduction by our Moderator Job Romijn, bedenker, brainstormer, problem solver, artist. Club of Amsterdam Round Table. Part I Wim Korver, Head of Research & Development Unit, Goudappel Coffeng The 21 century: the end of the car mobility as we know it Robert Dingemanse, Co-founder and CEO, PAL-V Flying cars, how will it affect future mobility? Nick Cohn, Senior Business Developer, TomTom TomTom on Urban Mobility: The Future is Now 20:00 – 20:30 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:30 – 21:15 Part II Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research Global Forces Shaping Urban Mobility Open discussion Wim Korver Head of Research & Development Unit, Goudappel Coffeng Wim Korver (1962) studied transport economics at the Free University Amsterdam and is head of the Research & Development unit at Goudappel Coffeng since 2005. Before that he was head of the department traffic and transport of TNO Inro. His experience encompasses a broad spectrum within the transport field. He specialises in the relationship between air quality and (road) transport, technology and transport policy and ex-post evaluation studies of transport policy measures. He participated in numerous European research projects. The last years he is mainly active on sustainable mobility issues. www.goudappel.nl Robert Dingemanse Co-founder and CEO, PAL-V Robert Dingemanse is co-founder and CEO of PAL-V Europe NV, the company behind the PAL-V ONE, a unique flying car in development for the commercial market. The first flight of PAL-V’s proof-of-concept prototype occurred in 2012. Prior to PAL-V, Dingemanse co-founded Redesign Partners, which specializes in changing companies and start-ups in situations where new technologies and new regulations are altering the traditional rules in a value chain. On behalf of Redesign Partners, he acted as business development manager and CEO of companies in the fields of construction, energy, telecom, and transportation. http://pal-v.com Nick Cohn Senior Business Developer, TomTom Nick Cohn is an expert on traffic and mobility. For the last 7 years he has been working at TomTom, advising governments and policy-makers on new solutions to growing global traffic congestion problems which result in billions of dollars of economic cost and environmental damage. He was educated at the University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania on Economic Geography and Regional Science. In his 25 years of experience in travel behavior and transportation, he has advised countless policy-makers, governments and technology partners on cost-effective and powerful tools for tackling congestion. Recently he lectured a group of international transportation experts on how to better manage traffic without building new road infrastructure. www.tomtom.com Rohit Talwar CEO, Fast Future Research Rohit is a global futurist, strategy advisor and award winning speaker noted for his humour, inspirational style and provocative content. He advises global firms on how to survive, thrive, spot and manage emerging risks and develop innovative growth strategies in the decade ahead. Profiled by the Independent Newspaper as a top ten global future thinker, his interests include technology in business and society, emerging markets and embedding foresight in organisations. Rohit helps clients understand how mega trends, emerging ideas, new business models, and disruptive developments in science and technology could impact individuals, society, business, industries and government. He currently leads studies on transformative drivers of change for the next decade, science and technology developments over the next forty years, impacts of emerging technologies on the legal sector, human enhancement and the Shadow Economy. www.fastfuture.com Job Romijn bedenker, brainstormer, problem solver, artist Club of Amsterdam Round Table Job Romijn is an innovative mind with an eye for improvement. Not caring too much about a career or money he leads an interestingly unconventional life. He helps others with ideas and observations. Job Romijn is an unconventional innovator with a steep learning curve. This leads him to interesting observations and results in loads of ideas. He uses his abilities in brainstorming, testing and improving, with a current focus on websites. Job Romijn is Job Romijn. Job Romijn is quite a nice guy, albeit with some issues. Instead of solving his issues, he tries to use them and adapts his life accordingly. His current business is testing the user experience and usability of websites. He is a generalist with a broad education: a masters degree in high voltage engineering, conceptual art and applied creativity. After brain activity he finds relaxation underwater in freediving. www.bedenker.com
the future of Economy and Consciousness, November 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporter A collaboration with Waag Society Presentations Ferananda Ibarra, Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Invisible architectures: the key to a healthy and thrivable Economy Sacha van Tongeren, Project Developer, Waag Society Do-it-yourself-economy Charles Noussair, Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Artificial Intelligence and the Economy Videos Ferananda Ibarra, Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Invisible architectures: the key to a healthy and thrivable Economy Sacha van Tongeren, Project Developer, Waag Society Do-it-yourself-economy Charles Noussair, Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Artificial Intelligence and the Economy We are witnessing the transformation of consciousness and its influence in all our social systems at a planetary level. Economics is at the heart of this change as it profoundly impacts the ways in which society organizes, makes agreements, trades and write laws. In the emergent economics scene we are writing a new story, people are becoming architects, conscious consumers, storytellers, creators and players of a world that works for all. At the consciousness level we are entering into ‘The era of flow’ and a new expressive capacity for humanity. Come to be inspired and share about this evolution which potential is to shift humanity to a new order of consciousness and creativity. How can we generate and maintain new economic models designed to create the most beautiful world we can possibly imagine? What are you witnessing that indicates the transformation of a life-affirming economic system? Ferananda Ibarra, Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Invisible architectures: the key to a healthy and thrivable Economy Can we design a positive, life-affirming economics that empowers humanity to express it’s full capacity and next evolutionary step? Drawing on her many years of experience in Collective Intelligence and Metacurrency research, Ferananda will explore how several “invisible architectures” determine the course of future economic design. Invisible architectures determine the characteristics of our social organisms in the same way that DNA encodes the genetic instructions of all living organisms. From this perspective Ferananda will elaborate on the architectures of money, language and the ways we can design economic systems as either generating life or inhibiting life. New systems are about new rules and new agreements. It is essential that we play and create new social DNA and healthy wealth flows for our planet earth. Sacha van Tongeren, Project Developer, Waag Society Do-it-yourself-economy The Internet is playing an ever-increasing role in how we work, play, and relate to each other. As a natural result of this many of the most inspiring new innovations are being developed online. We call this exciting new field Digital Social Innovation. Social innovators are do-it-yourselfers and create new economical systems and models. To support its growth we need new strategic approaches. But first we need to get to know the actors. Who are these do-it-yourself enthusiasts and what is it they are doing so innovatively? Charles Noussair, Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Artificial Intelligence and the Economy Artificial Intelligence is changing the economy and these changes will accelerate in the coming decades. Increases in productivity, in human lifespan, and in the number of robots in the workforce will have huge implications. The presentation considers what changes we might expect in the next decades in the economy and in our way of life. 19:00 – 20:15 Part I Room: Theatrum Anatomicum Presentations moderated by Ferananda Ibarra, Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Speakers Ferananda Ibarra, Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Invisible architectures: the key to a healthy and thrivable Economy Sacha van Tongeren, Project Developer, Waag Society Do-it-yourself-economy Charles Noussair, Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Artificial Intelligence and the Economy 20:15 – 20:40 During the coffee break we sell drinks and snacks. 20:40 – 21:15 Part II Open discussion Ferananda Ibarra Co-founder, Collective Intelligence Research Institute (CIRI) Ferananda is internationally recognized in the field of collective intelligence and post-monetary economics. She is a speaker, curator, social architect and entrepreneur. Ferananda supports organizations and communities to become healthy living organisms by the means of right relationship in between people, wealth and planet. The center of her work is conscious evolution by virtue of the creation of new social systems, processes and tools to facilitate planetary emergence. She recently launched a community currency in Mexico and collaborates with The Metacurrency Project , Emerging Leader Labs and is co-creator of the Ecovillage Innovation Lab – seeking to create tools, processes and technologies for the next economy. She designs and facilitates conferences and workshops in Europe, Latin america and United States. http://circuloollines.org http://metacurrency.org Charles Noussair Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Charles Noussair (1965) is a Professor of Economics at Tilburg University specializing in experimental economics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology. He has taught at Erasmus, Purdue, Emory and Tilburg Universities, and has been a consultant for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He has published numerous articles in scientific journals and recently coauthored the book “The Nexus between Artificial Intelligence and Economics“. www.tilburguniversity.edu/webwijs/show/?uid=c.n.noussair Sacha van Tongeren Project Developer, Waag Society Sacha van Tongeren works as Project Developer at Waag Society since July 2010. She is involved in the development of several new projects within the domains of healthcare and culture. Sacha has an extensive background in the arts management and consulting, working before as head of production and managing director at Frascati Theater in Amsterdam and for local government arts programmes in the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. www.dialoguecafe.org http://waag.org Impressions
the future of Urban Gardening, June 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporter This event is in collaboration with the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Urban Gardening, Urban Farming or Urban Agriculture is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, and horticulture. These activities also occur in peri-urban areas as well. Wouter Schik, Landscape architect, Arcadis Creating tomorrows green livable cities What meaning has urban green space in a world that becomes ever more virtual? Cities grow and densify, making green space suffer. Less green space is less maintenance costs, which in a time of crisis is seen as a blessing. Unfortunately in the new metropolises and especially with climate change, green space is more important than ever. New technologies create new green possibilities: from roof top parks to vertical gardens. Hypes like urban gardening deliver new incentives. But how useful is that really? More green space doesn’t necessarily create better places. However using smart analyses, creativity and community involvement, we are now learning how to create the green livable city of the future. Rachelle Eerhart, Project leader, IVN – Institute for Nature education & sustainability Urban farming: getting back in touch with our food Eating is one of our most intimate connections with nature, together with air, light and water food keeps us alive. But even though we perform this intimate act at least three times a day, we do not know much about food anymore. The recent trend of urban farming helps us to rebuild this awareness: growing food creates respect for farmers & knowing food teaches us about our connection to nature. Vincent Kuypers, director of theSolidGROUNDS, knowledge brokers for green economy Parksupermarket Urban farming is not only fun, but serious business. Our concept is called Parksupermarket. In times of crisis urban agriculture pops up as a smart solution for (temporary) urban wasteland. However with nearly 80% of people living in cities – and even more in metropolitan regions, food production and distribution in blue-green metropolitan belts will become permanent. The urban farmer is a professional in combining and harvesting both new ideas and old traditions. Parksupermarket is a production, trading and innovation centre, that can occupy urban green spaces,just as well as water reservoirs and energy production centres. Most of all it is a place to recreate and experience food and farming. It will give new permanent meaning to anonymus green spaces and or urban wasteland. Tom Bosschaert, Founder & Director, Except Integrated Sustainability Urban farming as green engine for urban redevelopment Our cities and neighborhoods are in dire need of adaptation to the new realities of today. How will we fix our energy flows, deal with our waste streams, transform existing buildings, and make healthy and exciting places to live at the same time? How can we move from the old industrial model to a circular economy efficiently? Urban agriculture is one of the key solutions in this challenge, if used as a catalyst to the transformation of our living environments. Presentations Wouter Schik, Landscape architect, Arcadis Creating tomorrows green livable cities Rachelle Eerhart, Project leader, IVN – Institute for Nature education & sustainability Urban farming: getting back in touch with our food Vincent Kuypers, director of theSolidGROUNDS, knowledge brokers for green economy Parksupermarket Tom Bosschaert, Founder & Director, Except Integrated Sustainability Articles Resources Articles Freija Van Duijne, futurist, trendwatchter and strategist at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands Scenarios for the future of urban farming 19:00 – 20:00 Introduction by our Moderator Tarik Yousif, Presenter at the Dutch public broadcaster NTR Part I Wouter Schik, Landscape architect, Arcadis Creating tomorrows green livable cities Rachelle Eerhart, Project leader, IVN – Institute for Nature education & sustainability Urban farming: getting back in touch with our food Vincent Kuypers, director of theSolidGROUNDS, knowledge brokers for green economy Parksupermarket Tom Bosschaert, Founder & Director, Except Integrated Sustainability Urban farming as green engine for urban redevelopment 20:15 – 20:45 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:45 – 21:15 Part II Open discussion Wouter Schik Landscape architect, Arcadis Wouter Schik is a landscape architect and specialist sustainable development at ARCADIS. He is also the vice president of the Committee for Sustainable Urban Development, an initiative of the Netherlands Association for Landscape Architecture (NVTL), and the Dutch professional association for urban planners and urban designers (BSNP). Wouter Schik is co-author of the Committees book: Sustainable Urban Design, the next step, Blauwdruk publishers 2010. Recently he is involved in European and National projects regarding the use of green and blue interventions in cities regarding climate change. www.arcadis.com www.ws-coaching.nl Rachelle Eerhart Project leader, IVN – Institute for Nature education & sustainability Rachelle Eerhart is project leader at IVN – Institute for Nature education & sustainability, she is the coordinator of ‘Edible Park’ an urban farming & art project in The Hague and she also initiated Eetbaar Den Haag, an informal platform for ‘local foodies’. Her own vegetable garden in the centre of The Hague changed her life and motivated her to work on themes like nature & health, sustainable food, green neighborhoods and urban farming. http://ivn.nl Vincent Kuypers Director of theSolidGROUNDS, knowledge brokers for green economy Vincent Kuypers is director of theSolidGROUNDS – knowledge brokers Green economy and has been working until recent as a senior researcher at Alterra, Wageningen University knowledge centre for Green Space since 2002 on the subjects Water and Urban renewal. Before 2002 he was active as advisor in several cities in Holland and abroad on sustainable urban development, regarding ecology, landscaping, water systems, maintenance and design for spatial quality since 1986, after graduating as a biologist from Amsterdam University. As urban ecologist and knowledge broker he is now active as leader or co-leader in interactive integrated and multidisciplinary transition programmes and projects such as Schiphol theGROUNDS, Green deal Miscanthus, Waterbergen ZuidAs, Reinhaven Rotterdam, Future Cities Arnhem Nijmegen. Besides – and within these programs – he operates as a consultant in several regional spatial developments all over the world. Recent relevant publications as author and co-author – involving landscape interventions: Reis naar Parijs by CO2-OO at ABC Haarlem (2013), Miscanthus cycle at Schiphol (2011-2012), theGROUNDS incubator at Schiphol (2010-2012), Sea Farm at ARCAM Amsterdam (2012), Parksupermarket at STROOM Den Haag (2009-2011), Lavender Hill at Coentunnel Amsterdam (2010), the Sand engine Delfland Coast (2010), Future Cities in region Arnhem Nijmegen (Interreg IVB, 2008-2013), Cradle to Cradle in area development (2009), New Public-Private coalitions (2008), Climate Change and the City (ministry VROM, 2008), Nature development Coast of Delfland (ministry V&W, HH Delfland, 2007), Green for Air (ministry LNV, 2007), The process of building a Nature bridge at Crailoo (Gooisch Natuurreservaat, 2006), PURE planning with water (Interreg IIIB, 2006), Holle Volle Dijk (Building with Water, 2006), WiHCC a framework for water in historic city centres (Interreg IIIB, 2005), Perron H2O (Utrecht Central Station Environment, 2005 & 2007), Junglebus (NAI Architecture biennale Rotterdam, 2004) Tom Bosschaert Founder & Director, Except Integrated Sustainability Tom Bosschaert founded Except Integrated Sustainability in 1999, an innovation and strategy agency. With Except, Tom works on solutions we need today to convert our cities, companies, government and industry to resilient, healthy and exciting places. At Except, 30 experts in science, engineering, business, and design work together in innovation-labs. They combine experience from working in 15 countries on subjects as diverse as energy systems, policy, agriculture, knowledge management, social redevelopment, industrial symbiosis, CSR and business strategy. Tom holds a master degree from the Delft University of Technology in Industrial Design Engineering, and a Masters of Architecture from Yale University. He’s adviser and lecturer at a variety of institutions in the Netherlands and abroad. www.except.nl Tarik Yousif Presenter at the Dutch public broadcaster NTR Tarik Yousif is a multi-tasker in every sense of the word. He is a journalist / presenter working for the Dutch public broadcaster NTR. He is creative director of Creative Urbans a multidisciplinary architectural institute. He is also managing director of AAT, a conceptual development agency on the intersection of arts and technology, and finally he is a much sought after chairman of conferences and debates in which he is a gentle yet disruptive force. Finally, he is the headcoach of his son’s hockey team, to which he dedicates a mere 10 hours per week. www.tarikyousif.nl Impressions by Jelena Sonja Popadic, Design Art Stage and John Grüter, Digital Knowledge
the future of Europe, May 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporters The World Future SocietyIndia House FoundationHeineken Videos by Winston Nanlohy the future of Europe – Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory, Director, The Greenways Partnership the future of Europe – Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souza, Consultant, itim International the future of Europe – Wim J. de Ridder, Professor Futures Studies, University Twente, Founder & Director, Futures Studies Management Consultancy – FSM bv “I believe a United States of Europe is the right vision to surmount the current crisis, but above all to overcome the failings of the Maastricht Treaty” – Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship “Without Turkey we can forget our ambition to be a global player in the future.” – Günter Verheugen, former Commission Vice-President and enlargement commissioner. Aren’t there plenty of reasons why we should celebrate the ‘Future of Europe’? Out of the window with doom scenarios: Europe is a hotspot of excellence, ready to achieve new heights. The future of Europe can look bright since it has what it takes to exploit its growth potential. Europe scores high on the ‘Four Ts’, which enable innovation and excellence: tax regime, talent, technology and track record. Economy, entrepreneurship, social and cultural richness are the pillars of the new Europe. Diversity and a high-level of education provide the tools to successfully tackle the current challenges. Olli Rehn, Commission Vice-President for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro said: “The ongoing rebalancing of the European economy is continuing to weigh on growth in the short term. The current situation can be summarised like this: we have disappointing hard data from the end of last year, some more encouraging soft data in the recent past, and growing investor confidence in the future.” What are the characteristics of the future Europe? Will it stay a Union of Nation States? How will diversity strengthen Europe? What makes it competitive in the future? What global role is Europe going to play? The speakers and topics are: Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory, Director, The Greenways Partnership Which Europe? The model of the European Union that served it well for the first 50 years has come under a great deal of pressure since the onset of the financial collapse of 2008. There are those who take the view that now might be a good time to review that model before events impose changes to the EU. This session will trace the development of the EU model, consider how it could change, and how that will influence the future of Europe. Which Europe by Stephen Aguilar-Millanclubofamsterdam.com/contentarticles/86 Europe/Stephen Aguilar-Millan Club of Amsterdam Which Europe.pdf Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souza, Consultant, itim International The future of Europe is not rational! Discussions about the future of Europe need to consider the influence of values and emotions and not only rational aspects. There are five value-clusters in Europe, an important component of identity. If we do not address that, political/economic proposals for an effective European Union are unlikely to be accepted. The future of Europe is not rational! by Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souzaclubofamsterdam.com/contentarticles/86 Europe/Fernando Lanzer Club of Amsterdam Future of Europe.pdfclubofamsterdam.com/contentarticles/86 Europe/itim eu report.pdf Wim J. de Ridder, Professor Futures Studies, University Twente, Founder & Director, Futures Studies Management Consultancy – FSM bv The future creates opportunities for a leading role for Europe Precompetitive research in the main domains of the next technological evolution (cleantech, genetics and artificial intelligence) is globally managed by amongst others the International Technology Roadmap Semiconductors. This governance system is a blessing in disguise for Europe. Above, after 2020 singularity will be mainstream. The world is entering a period of technological creation of super intelligence. This innovation will disrupt many cultures in the world. Europe is in the best position to play a leading role as peacemaker in the next turbulent times. The future creates opportunities for a leading role for Europe by Wim J. de Ridderclubofamsterdam.com/contentarticles/86 Europe/Wim de Ridder Club of Amsterdam the future of Europe.pdf Ali Tunga, Chairman, Atayol Group, Turkey Europe, Turkey, and the 21st century Europe has gone in the past 200 years through many extensive transitions, but perhaps none of them has reshaped Europe as substantially as the one of the next 15 to 20 years. Europe’s financial, demographic and geopolitical challenges will force either a painful and confrontational adjustment, or the willingness to change, adapt and accept new opportunities and new geopolitical partnerships. This presentation will raise the issues, and present potential perspectives. Europe, Turkey, and the 21st century by Ali Tungaclubofamsterdam.com/contentarticles/86 Europe/Ali Tunga Club of Amsterdam the future of Europe.pdf 19:00 – 20:00 Introduction by our Moderator Annegien Blokpoel, CEO, PerspeXo Part I Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory, Director, The Greenways Partnership Which Europe? Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souza, Consultant, itim InternationalThe future of Europe is not rational! Wim J. de Ridder, Professor Futures Studies, University Twente, Founder & Director, Futures Studies Management Consultancy – FSM bvThe future creates opportunities for a leading role for Europe Ali Tunga, Chairman, Atayol Group, Turkey Europe, Turkey, and the 21st century 20:15 – 20:45 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:45 – 21:15 Part II Open discussion Stephen Aguilar-Millan Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory Director, The Greenways Partnership Stephen Aguilar-Millan is the director of research at the The European Futures Observatory and the longtime director of the The Greenways Partnership. Stephen’s main focus is to use future business trends to develop a range of possible futures that assist clients to generate their preferred futures. His areas of specialization include financial futures, economic futures, geopolitical futures, strategic futures, and the future of the organisation. Current projects include: The Next Golden Age Of Technology 2030-45 Wildcards For the UK National Ecosystem At Mid-Century A Monetary System For The 22nd Century Developing A New Economics The Future Of The European Healthcare System www.eufo.org www.greenways-partnership.com Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souza Consultant, itim International Managing Partner, LCO Partners Senior Consultant, The Oxford Group Fernando Lanzer is a Brazilian living in Amsterdam since 2003, an international HR executive turned management consultant with a focus on Leadership Development and Managing Across Cultures. His clients are multinational organizations in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Mr. Lanzer also chairs the Supervisory Group of AIESEC International, the world’s largest student internship organization, based in Rotterdam. He is the author of many articles and of the book “Take Off Your Glasses” (2012). www.itim.org Wim J. de Ridder Professor Futures Studies, University Twente Founder & Director, Futures Studies Management Consultancy – FSM bv Wim J. de Ridder holds a chair in futures studies at the University of Twente, The Netherlands and a Pd.D. in economics. He has published a series of books and articles on long term developments in technology and economy. From 1983 through 2008 he was director of Society and Enterprise Foundation, futures research centre of the Dutch business community, The Hague. He is founder and director of Futures Studies & Management Consultancy. a professional member of the World Futures Society and founder and member of a Dutch network of Public Affairs directors. International publications Decision-making processes in cyberspace, published in: Cynthia G. Wagner (ed), World Future Society’s 2005 conference volume, Foresight, Innovation and Strategy: Towards a Wiser World, 2005 Corporate dealing with the network economy, published in Futures: Journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Elsevier, November/December 2006 Applying memes in Foresight, published in: Cynthia G. Wagner (ed), World Future Society’s 2011 conference volume, Moving from Vision to Action, 2011 www.futuresstudies.nl Ali Tunga Chairman, Atayol Group, Turkey Ali Tunga was born in 1962 in Kayseri, Turkey. He is the Chairman of Atayol Group of Companies. Mr. Tunga holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physic Engineering. He is fully engaged with the energy business and the construction sector. He is the owner and founder of the Atayol Group of Companies with more than 1,500 employees headquartered in Istanbul since 1990. Some of the Group Companies are as follows: Petco Energy Inc., as one of our group companies, operates, as investor or contractor, in the following fields: construction of power plants, cross border natural gas and oil pipelines and oil refineries, electricity distribution and generation and is fully engaged with natural gas and LNG importation activities and renewable energy Projects. Atayol Construction Inc. and Star Walltech International LLC. operate as investor and contractor in construction sector in Turkey and abroad. Global Nuclear Energy Generation Inc. offers a full array of engineering and consulting services applicable to each and everyday field of energy sector. The company cooperates with leading international companies, research and engineering institutions for purposes of technology transfer and advancement. atayolgroup.com/groupcomp.htm Annegien Blokpoel CEO, PerspeXo Annegien Blokpoel is founder and director of the independent strategy firm PerspeXo. She has worked in the fields of strategy, investor relations, communications, and structured finance at two AEX-listed companies, CF PwC and Merchant bank MeesPierson. Over more than 15 years she has assisted over 35 boards and directors in formulating and realising value strategies. She holds degrees in economics and archaeology, and an MBA, having studied in Amsterdam and Jerusalem. She regularly acts as moderator and speaker at conferences and business schools. www.perspexo.com Impressions by Jelena Sonja Popadic
the future of Digital Identity, April 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version or the death of Social Media as we know it. Supporters Info.nl Freelance Factory Presentation Michael Hagen, CEO, IDchecker Can you be in control of your online identity? Videos by Info.nl the future of Digital Identity – Michael Hagen, CEO, IDchecker https://vimeo.com/65038050 the future of Digital Identity – Balázs Bodó, economist, piracy researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam https://vimeo.com/65038048 the future of Digital Identity – Annie Machon, Director, LEAP Europe. Formerly MI5 https://vimeo.com/65038051 19:00 – 20:00 Introduction by our Moderator John Grüter, Owner, Digital Knowledge. Club of Amsterdam Round Table Part I Michael Hagen, CEO, IDchecker Can you be in control of your online identity? Balázs Bodó, economist, piracy researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Living in the Panopticon Annie Machon, Director, LEAP Europe. Formerly MI5 Panoptic Dystopia or Citizens’ Utopia? 20:15 – 20:45 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:45 – 21:15 Part II Open discussion Michael Hagen CEO, IDchecker I started my career as a purchasing and logistic manager back in 1993. From 1997-2007 I lead my employment agency DyFlex, which I successfully sold to In Person in 2008. Since 2005 I’ve been building the concept of IDchecker, which is to create a service who will help consumers and companies to be safer online. Our goal is to free the true potential of Internet. IDchecker checks and processes digitalised identification documents so that the user can easily establish the identity of a potential employee, customer or visitor, in person or online. www.idchecker.nl Balázs Bodó Economist, piracy researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam He was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society in 2006/7 and a Fellow at the Center between 2006 and 2012. Since 2012 he has been a Fulbright Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Since 2013 he is based in Amsterdam, working as a researcher and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. Before moving to the Netherlands, he was deeply involved in the development of the Hungarian internet culture. He was the project lead for Creative Commons Hungary. He is a member of the National Copyright Expert Group. As an assistant professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, he helped to established and led the university’s Masters Program in Cultural Industries. He has advised several public and private institutions on digital archives, content distribution, online communities, business development. His academic interests include copyright and economics, piracy, media regulation, peer-to-peer communities, underground libraries, digital archives, informal media economies. His most recent book is on the role of P2P piracy in the Hungarian cultural ecosystem. www.ivir.nl Annie Machon Director, LEAP Europe. Formerly MI5 Annie Machon was an intelligence officer for the UK’s MI5 in the 1990s, before leaving to help blow the whistle on the crimes and incompetence of the British spy agencies. She is now a writer, media commentator, political campaigner, and international public speaker on a variety of related issues: the war on terrorism, the war on drugs, and the war on the internet. In 2012 she started as a Director of LEAP in Europe. Annie has an MA (Hons) Classics from Cambridge University. anniemachon.ch www.leap.cc John Grüter Owner, Digital Knowledge Club of Amsterdam Round Table Business Architect, Knowledge Management Specialist, Business Developer, Systems Thinker, IT Generalist & Change Agent Digital technology is rapidly transforming our society, our business practices and lives. Technology is a driver, but not the real issue. Adoption by individuals, companies and governments is far more important. But how can we manage the technology, the adoption process and the effect on our businesses and private lives, without getting lost in that change? Specialties Business Architecture; Knowledge Management; Process and Services Innovation; New Business Development; Product Management www.digital-knowledge.com Impressions Impressions
the future of Impact Investment, March 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporter This event is in collaboration with India House Amsterdam and its media supporters TV18, Forbes India & CNBC India, IBN-India Videos by Winston Nanlohy the future of Impact Investment – Herman Mulder, Chairman, Global Reporting Initiative the future of Impact Investment – Giuseppe van der Helm, Executive Director, VBDO, President, Eurosif the future of Impact Investment – Neeraj Bhatia, Executive Director, Bank of India Presentations Giuseppe van der Helm, Executive Director, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), President, Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum), the Netherlands Impact investment: investing in your mission, delivering more than financial returns Maximilian Martin, Founder and Managing Director of Impact Economy SA., Switzerland Mainstreaming Impact Investing: What Are The Levers? Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Impact investments can be made in both emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending upon the circumstances. Impact investors actively seek to place capital in businesses and funds that can harness the positive power of enterprise. Impact investing occurs across asset classes, for example private equity / venture capital, debt, and fixed income. Impact investors are primarily distinguished by their intention to address social and environmental challenges through their deployment of capital. For example, criteria to evaluate the positive social and/or environmental outcomes of investments are an integrated component of the investment process. In contrast, practitioners of socially responsible investing also include negative (avoidance) criteria as part of their investment decisions. – wikipedia The speakers and topics are: Herman Mulder, Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative – GRI, impact investor Impact Investing as key driver for new-style International Development Cooperation We are living in the “turbulent teens” (ref Vision 2050 by WBCSD), facing a combination of accelerating population growth, growing middle classes, continuing extreme poverty, natural resource depletion, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, connectivity, mobility, causing us to “change the pace” in order to face and address the consequences of the past, the globalization of today and further scarcities and (inter-)dependencies in the future. In this context we need to think and act in terms of multi-stakeholder cooperation, lead by the private sector, with full value-chain approaches, embracing a new economic reality and a new definition of capital. Impact investing, enhanced by government partial risk guarantees, in the value chains of Dutch companies can be a major driver and opportunity for companies and investors alike. Giuseppe van der Helm, Executive Director, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), President, Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) Impact investment: investing in your mission, delivering more than financial returns What is impact investment? How big is the market, and who are the market players? But may be most important: how does it contribute to different bottom lines (people, planet and profit). Giuseppe van der Helm, executive director of the VBDO and president of Eurosif, will give an answer on these questions and will elaborate on why impact investments are an interesting way to move forward to make this world, and the capital markets, more sustainable Maximilian Martin, Founder and Managing Director of Impact Economy SA. Mainstreaming Impact Investing: What Are The Levers? Impact investing is an idea whose time has come. The question is now, how can we unlock its full potential rather than relegating it to becoming merely another interesting satellite activity. To move truly center stage, impact investing must provide investment solutions in scale to four megatrends that are reshaping how companies, governments and civil society are creating value and financing public goods: (1) massive pent-up demand at the base of the pyramid; (2) the need for radical resource efficiency and green growth; (3) the end of the welfare states as we know it; and (4) the proliferation of the virtuous consumer (LOHAS). Neeraj Bhatia, Executive Director, Member of the Board, Bank of India Ltd The role of the three pillars in Impact Investments: Investors – Corporations – Policy Makers 19:00 – 20:15 Introduction by our Moderator Hedda Pahlson-Moller, Angel Investor / Impact Investor, Omnisource International, Luxemburg Part I: Herman Mulder, Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative – GRI, impact investor, the Netherlands Impact Investing as key driver for new-style International Development Cooperation Giuseppe van der Helm, Executive Director, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), President, Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum), the Netherlands Impact investment: investing in your mission, delivering more than financial returns Maximilian Martin, Founder and Managing Director of Impact Economy SA., Switzerland Mainstreaming Impact Investing: What Are The Levers? Neeraj Bhatia, Executive Director, Member of the Board, Bank of India Ltd, India The role of the three pillars in Impact Investments: Investors – Corporations – Policy Makers 20:15 – 20:45 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. Indian classical music by Marco Spinello, sitar player and Julia Ohrmann, Bansuri (flute) player 20:45 – 21:15 Part II: Panel with the speakers and Pieter Oostlander, Founding Partner of Shærpa, the Netherlands Open discussion Herman Mulder Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative – GRI, impact investor Herman Mulder is Chairman of the Board of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international organization with a mission to make sustainability reporting standard practice, driving its vision of a sustainable global economy. Mulder is a member of the board of the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Mulder is a former senior executive vice-president at ABN AMRO, and is now an independent board member with a focus on sustainable development issues. He is the initiator of the Equator Principles. He created the ABN AMRO Foundation and was its first chairman. After his retirement he was vice-chairman of the ABN AMRO India Foundation. He has held senior advisory roles for i.a. Global Compact, WBCSD, TEEB, Club de Madrid, Taellberg Foundation, OXFAM NOVIB, Earth Charter International, Youth Employment & Sustainability (YES), and Business Steering Committee for UN Finance for Development. Mulder is a Knight in the Royal Order of Oranje-Nassau for his national and international efforts on Sustainable Development for business. www.globalreporting.org Giuseppe van der Helm Executive Director, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) President, Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) Giuseppe van der Helm has been the director of the VBDO, the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development in The Netherlands, since November 2006. He has been chosen President of Eurosif since July 1, 2009. Giuseppe studied Chemical Engineering and Business Administration at Twente University in The Netherlands. After his graduation he started as a marketer with chemical company DSM, where he worked for 10 years in various positions. During that period he got his first taste of sustainability while working in Paris as Quality Assurance Manager for the automotive industry. After a brief episode as Business Unit Manager with Sigma Coatings he worked as President Europe with motor oil company Valvoline. In 2002 Giuseppe decided to leave the world of efficiency and economic returns to dedicate his energy to build a better world. After a sabbatical in which he travelled the world he started to study Theology at the University of Tilburg. He teached Philosophy of Life and is a member of the Stakeholder Council of GRI, as well as of the Advisory Councils of KPN and SNS Reaal. www.vbdo.nl www.eurosif.org Maximilian Martin Founder and Managing Director of Impact Economy SA. Dr. Maximilian Martin is the Founder and Global Managing Director of Impact Economy. He previously served as Founding Global Head and Managing Director of UBS Philanthropy Services, Head of Research at the Schwab Foundation, Senior Consultant with McKinsey & Company, Instructor at Harvard’s Economics Department, and Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School. He holds an MA in anthropology from Indiana University, a MPA from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in economic anthropology from the University of Hamburg. Max created the first university course on social entrepreneurship in Europe, the first philanthropic services and social finance department for a bank in Europe and the UBS Philanthropy Forum, and coined the term “impact economy”. He has participated in numerous projects and innovations in the impact investing space and authored over one hundred articles on social entrepreneurship, social business and philanthropy, corporate responsibility, impact investments, and related topics. www.impacteconomy.com Neeraj Bhatia Executive Director, Member of the Board, Bank of India Ltd Shri. Neeraj Bhatia is Part-Time Non-Official Director – Nominee of Government of Bank Of India Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a degree in Science. He is a partner in M/s Samsand & Associates and the firm has been handling concurrent/stock/ revenue audit of all Public Sector Banks. The firm has handled audits allotted by CAG for PSUs. www.bankofindia.co.in/english/home.aspx Pieter Oostlander Founding Partner of Shærpa Pieter (52) is the founding partner of shærpa. His professional background is in accountancy and finance. In that field, he has had various top-level functions, including the position of Group CFO for international organisations. Eight years ago, he switched to the philanthropy sector. As a director of Noaber Foundation he managed the service organisation which ultimately was the foundation for shærpa. The decision to switch resulted from his ambition to make social impact and value creation (in addition to creating shareholder value) a significant part of his professional activities. The objective of these professionally structured activities is to realise positive changes for the wicked problems in society. He often states that his ambition is to “merry a venture capital approach to societal goals”, and his work with shærpa is dedicated to doing exactly that on a daily basis. As a board member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA), he actively pursues to further professionalise venture philanthropy and social investing in the European arena. Pieter is also a member of the board of directors of SROI Network, promoting the use of a systematic approach to social value accounting. evpa.eu.com www.shaerpa.org Hedda Pahlson-Moller Angel Investor / Impact Investor, Omnisource International Hedda Pahlson-Moller, adjunct professor, studied International Relations at Brown University before receiving a Master in Political Economics from Lund University and a MBA from Copenhagen Business School. She is currently working on a phd program with Nyenrode University. Hedda is the Founder & Owner of Omnisource International (OMSINT) a venture capital & management firm, with a portfolio of investments in knowledge and technology-driven start-ups. She sits as an investor and board member of Chameleon Invest (seed and start-up investments) and the HUB Luxembourg, driving social entrepreneurship. Additional board positions beyond OMSINT portfolio companies include the Luxembourg Business Angel Network (LBAN) and the venture philanthropy organization, Bench2Cures. www.omsint.com Marco Spinello Sitar player www.myspace.com/marcospinello Julia Ohrmann Bansuri (flute) player www.myspace.com/juliaohrmann Impressions by John Grüter, Digital Knowledge
the future of Football, February 2013
Club of Amsterdam pdf version Supporter India House Amsterdam Video by Winston Nanlohy the future of Football – Tom Fadrhonc, Consultant, itim International, former General Manager Benelux, Nike https://youtu.be/gSfmdqB_x2U “The contemporary history of the world’s favourite game spans more than 100 years. It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the Football Association in England was formed – becoming the sport’s first governing body. Both codes stemmed from a common root and both have a long and intricately branched ancestral tree. A search down the centuries reveals at least half a dozen different games, varying to different degrees, and to which the historical development of football has been traced back. Whether this can be justified in some instances is disputable. Nevertheless, the fact remains that people have enjoyed kicking a ball about for thousands of years and there is absolutely no reason to consider it an aberration of the more ‘natural’ form of playing a ball with the hands.” – FIFA Philosopher Albert Camus, who was a goalie for his university team before TB ended his professional hopes. He later said, “what I know most about morality and the duty of man I owe to football.” Tom Fadrhonc, Consultant, itim International, former General Manager Benelux, Nike The future of Football. More or less united? No other sport can boast football’s multi-cultural credentials. The players who make up the world’s greatest football teams come from all parts of the globe, and football provides us the best examples of co-operation in action. So does football have the power to unite societies? Or will it always be a vehicle to attract likeminded people with similar backgrounds, religions, regional roots, beliefs etc, and viscously compete against all with different backgrounds? Huib Wursten, Senior Partner, itim International Coaching the coaches in international sports. In some sports it is clear that globalization is a hard fact. One such an example is Soccer. In professional soccer it is not an exception if in the starting line up one can find players of 11 different nationalities. Also in non professional teams is diversity a fact. In The Netherlands it is not unusual to have Moroccan, Turkish, and Surinam players in the team as well as people from the Antilles. As a result, interest is growing in the challenge how to align the people from different backgrounds. Having the knowledge of how this challenge is handled in international businesses like Nike, 3M, IBM and in global organizations like the IMF, the Worldbank etc, Huib Wursten together with Tom Fadrhonc started 15 years ago also to apply this to help coaches in international sports like soccer. Huib and Tom are teaching in the official training for professional coaches in The Netherlands and gave numerous workshops for the Union of Dutch professional Soccer coaches. They gave workshops to the training Staff of clubs like Ajax, PSV, Heereveen, NEC and Excelsior to develop an understanding in how to coach players from different backgrounds to make a homogeneous team. James M. Dorsey, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and co-director of the Institute for Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg Soccer – A Middle Eastern and North African Battlefield. A confrontation between autocratic Arab leaders and militant, highly politicized, street battle-hardened soccer fans that has already contributed to the toppling of former Egyptian and Tunisian presidents Hosni Mubarak and Zine el Abedin Ben Ali builds on a political tradition inherent in the game since its introduction by the British. That tradition is rooted in the fact that politics was associated with the founding of the vast majority of soccer clubs in the region and underlies its foremost derbies, some of which rank among the world’s most violent. Taken together, the fan groups constitute a major social force. In Egypt, for example, they represent one of the largest civic groups in the country after the ruling Muslim Brotherhood. The power of the fans is highlighted by the fact that they have prevented the lifting of a suspension of professional soccer in Egypt for much of 2012. The suspension was imposed after 74 people were killed in February 2012 in a politically loaded brawl in Port Said, the worst incident in Egyptian sporting history. Much like hooligans in Britain whose attitudes were shaped by the decaying condition of stadiums, Egyptian and Tunisian militants were driven by the regime’s attempt to control stadiums that they consider their space by turning them into virtual fortresses ringed by black steel. The struggle for control produced a complete breakdown, social decay in a microcosm. If the space was expendable, so was life. As a result, militant fans would confront the police often each weekend with total abandonment in a phenomenon in stadiums that scholars J. Pratt and M. Salter described as “a meeting point for a variety of social conflicts, hostilities and prejudices.” That is all the more true for Middle Eastern and North African who unlike hooligans in pluralistic West European societies had no alternative release claps for their pent-up anger and frustration. 19:00 – 20:00 Introduction by our Moderator John Mahnen, Business Development Manager, Heg Consult Part I: Tom Fadrhonc, Consultant, itim International, former General Manager Benelux, Nike The future of Football. More or less united? Huib Wursten, Senior Partner, itim International Coaching the coaches in international sports. James M. Dorsey, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and co-director of the Institute for Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg Soccer – A Middle Eastern and North African Battlefield. 20:00 – 20:30 Coffee break with drinks and snacks. 20:30 – 21:15 Part II: Open discussion Tom Fadrhonc Consultant, itim International, former General Manager Benelux, Nike During his career at Nike, he became involved in managing multinational teams. Since 2008 his company advises international businesses, multinational sports teams and universities how to understand cultural differences, and avoid the costly and painful conflicts that often emerge. Fadrhonc’ vision is that cultural differences in any team are an asset, not a liability. For 15 years he has coached and educated extensively on the subject. Fadrhonc Advisory Services BV is a member of itim International. Tom worked 14 years for Nike in the US and Europe, in the early days to start the new Football division in the US, and subsequently as General Manager Benelux and member of the Europe Middle East and Africa Leadership Team. He spent these years merging Country organizations and restructuring and relocating divisions. During his tenure he managed Nike’s extensive involvement in the EURO 2000 Football Championships. Most recently he started the new Brand Protection division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before joining Nike he worked in New York and Washington for MCI Communication as Director International Marketing and as VP/Management Supervisor for NW Ayer advertising managing the AT&T advertising account. He also founded and sold an in-flight publishing company, which developed destination magazines for major airlines. Tom runs an occasional marathon, and is a former board member of the American Chamber of Commerce and the Nike Pension Board. He currently serves on the board of Webster University in The Netherlands. Born in The Netherlands from Czech parents he studied at Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands and graduated in International Finance and International Marketing from Thunderbird University in Phoenix, Arizona. www.itim.org Huib Wursten Senior Partner, itim International Huib is experienced in translating international and global strategies and policies into practical consequences for management. He has been working in this field since 1989 with a variety of Fortune 1000 companies, with public and private organisations in 85 countries on all continents. His main clients in the business sector are IBM, 3M, Vodafone, McCain, Quest, Texaco, ABN AMRO, Nike, and Unilever. Non-profit clients include the IMF, the European Central Bank, the World Bank, the UN Development Programme, the Council of Europe, and the Dutch peacekeeping forces. www.itim.org James M. Dorsey Senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and co-director of the Institute for Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg An award-winning, veteran journalist, James has covered ethnic and religious conflict in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been based across the Middle East in Cairo, Jerusalem, Tehran, Kuwait, Cairo, Dubai and Riyadh as well as in Europe in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Nicosia, Athens and Istanbul and in the Americas in Washington, Lima and Panama City. James is a columnist and the author of the widely acclaimed and quoted blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer. He sits on the international editorial board of The Middle East Studies Online Journal, is vice president of Ecquant, an online news market place scheduled for launch later this year, and serves as an advisor to global public relations agency Hill & Knowlton. James was an advisor to the chairman of the World Economic Forum for the first Middle East and North Africa summits in the 1990s and chairs panels at WEF gatherings. http://mideastsoccer.blogspot.nl John Mahnen Business Development Manager, Heg Consult John has over twenty years experience in the field of sports operations and marketing. He has developed a strong network in various sports and disciplines including vendors, venues, merchandisers and media. He had the good fortune to work with a mentor for many years who himself had been a General Manager of several professional teams in the US: Dick Verlieb. Together, they developed an exhaustive checklist for organising sports events that remains the cornerstone of any successful event. John was a member of an interest group that successfully lobbied the National Football League to locate a team in Amsterdam for the World League of American Football. In that role, he assisted in the market research, feasibility studies and preliminary negotiations with various vendors as well as publicity and the official announcement ceremony. He also worked on sales, promotion, public relations and football development activities. He left the team after the first season to work in the field of telecommunications but continued to assist the organisation in sponsoring, ticket sales and grassroots development. He also assisted in the production of the Dutch broadcasts of NFL football. In 2007, John joined a group of professionals in the consulting group HEG. In 2009, he was asked to produce a Sumo event for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. This event, held in the Heineken Music Hall, was a tremendous success. He currently is working on a number of corporate sporting events and an exciting new sustainable event concept. Born in 1964, John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Kent State University where he was also a member of the Lacrosse team. He received his MBA from Nijenrode University in 1990. He continues to be active in American Football as president of the Crusaders, a game official and a member of the Rules and Regulations Committee of the European Federation of American Football. hegconsult.com Impressions by John Grüter, Digital Knowledge