Events

Symposium Chairman: H.R.H Prince Constantijn van Oranje

 Speakers: 

Prof. Dr. Lord Alec Broers (United Kingdom)                                             
Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee                         
of the House of Lords – former President of the                              
Royal Academy of Engineering – Member of the committee concerning the
“The 14 engineering challenges of the 21st century”

Drs. Robert Polet (The Netherlands)                                                                
CEO Gucci Group  -Business man of the Year 2007 (Fortune)

Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan (Switserland)                                                              
Professor Ramadan is a Swiss Philosopher, social leader, and one of the most famous Muslims in Europe

Theo Jansen (The Netherlands)                                                                                         
Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor

Prof. Geoff Mulgan (United Kingdom)
Former Director of Policy
for Tony Blair - Director 
 of “the Young Foundation”

Dr. Ernest Chijoke Madu (Jamaica)
Hart surgeon – founder of the “Heart  
Institute of the Caribbean”      

Harald Doornbos (The Netherlands)
Harald Doornbos is a Dutch journalist who mostly reports from conflict areas. He is known for his daring approach. He is currently based in Beirut, Lebanon 

John Wood (The Netherlands)
Founder and CEO of Room to Read

 Speakers under reserve: Prof. Kishore Mahbubani* (Singapore)

Author of the new book The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Power to the East, available early 2008, as well as Can Asians Think? and Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World. Now the Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, he served for 33 years as a diplomat for Singapore and has written many articles on world affairs.

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