Špela Petrič is a Slovenian new media artist with a background in the natural sciences. Her artistic practice combines biomedia practices and performativity to enact strange relations between bodies that revea[...] read more
Špela Petrič is a Slovenian new media artist with a background in the natural sciences. Her artistic practice combines biomedia practices and performativity to enact strange relations between bodies that revea[...] read more
Haroon Sheikh is a Dutch philosopher with Pakistani and Surinamese roots. He conducts multidisciplinary research on issues relating to international order and new technologies. His work is characterized by a broa[...] read more
Regina Joseph’s career spans senior roles in technology, media, national security and decision science research. Since 2014, her consultancies, Pytho in the US and Sibylink in Europe, have led analysis, researc[...] read more
Roshan Cools is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry at the department of psychiatry of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and principal investigator at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging[...] read more
Stefan van der Stigchel is a professor in Cognitive Psychology at the department of Experimental Psychology at Utrecht University and principal investigator of the research group AttentionLab. For his research on[...] read more
Mary J. Sanders, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry of Stanford University Medical School. Dr. [...] read more
Neil Mendoza’s work combines sculpture, electronics and software to bring inanimate objects and spaces to life. By combining found objects with technology in unexpected ways, the different elements of his work [...] read more
With a mixed background in Physics, Philosophy, AI and Media Technology, Robin de Lange likes to think about the effects of digital technologies on ourselves and our society. He’s particularly interested in[...] read more
Artists and researchers Dr. Karen Lancel and Hermen Maat (Lancel/Maat, based in Amsterdam) work in the fields of art, neuro-science and AI technology. Their work exists of performance art, installations, video, [...] read more
Merlijn Twaalfhoven is composer and author of the book It is up to us – why we need the artist in ourselves to save the world. He seeks unusual bridges between art and society and is founder of The[...] read more
Morgane Billuart is a French writer and visual artist. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2021 and studied at the Cooper Union in New York. Currently, she is an affiliated researcher [...] read more
Ineke van der Ham is a professor of Technological Innovations in Neuropsychology at the department of Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology. She specialises in spatial cognition in real and immersive environments,[...] read more
Luca Hierzenberger is based in Vienna and works in strategic consulting. After graduating in Management by Design (New Design University St. Pölten), she currently attends the master’s program Cross-Discipli[...] read more
Ajuna Soeradi is director of Data Ethics Expertise Centre. Ajuna is a moral philosopher who focusses on AI ethics. I am specifically interested in the concept of freedom and autonomy in automated decision-makin[...] read more
Michel Decré is an innovator and entrepreneur in neurotechnology. Has been present at the start of many technological innovations during his work with Sapiens, Medtronic, Salvia Bioelectronics and, amongst other[...] read more
Francesco Walker has a Masters Degree in cognitive neuropsychology from VU Amsterdam. In 2015, he developed a proposal to study the link between eye-movement behaviour and visitor perceptions of art in a museum s[...] read more
He has been teaching at the Institute for Informatics of Leiden University (LIACS) since 2002. He is a member of the board committee of the Media Technology MSc program. His cross-disciplinary research combines c[...] read more
Rudy van Belkom is director of the Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT). He recently published his book about ethics in the design process (‘AI no longer has a plug’) that offers devel[...] read more
Historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History. His books [...] read more
Joanna J Bryson is an academic recognised for broad expertise on intelligence, its nature, and its consequences. Holding two degrees each in psychology and AI (BA Chicago, MSc & MPhil Edinburgh, PhD MIT), she[...] read more
Andrea Evers is professor of Health Psychology and chair of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University. She is also affiliated to the Technical University Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam as Medical D[...] read more
Jeremy Lent, described by Guardian journalist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age,” is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization[...] read more
Dr. Yogi Hale Hendlin is Sustainability Lead in the Design, Impact and Technology (DIT) platform, core faculty of the Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity Initiative, and assistant professor in the Erasmus School of [...] read more
Jeroen Geurts studied neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam and obtained his PhD at VU Amsterdam. He has been Professor of Translational Neuroscience at Amsterdam UMC since 2012. Geurts has also been an adj[...] read more
Marion is a speculative designer and futures researcher based in Paris, she creates experiences and narratives that explore the links between the human body, science, technology, myths and popular culture. She is[...] read more
Monika is an Interaction Designer with a background in art, photography and filmmaking. In her work, she engages at the intersection of emerging technologies, digital media and the natural environment, creating s[...] read more
Cyrus is an artist and futurist with a background in economics and digital technologies. His practice focuses on creating experiences to initiate discussion on the ethical, environmental, political and socio-econ[...] read more
Ksenia Fedorova (PhD) is Assistant Professor at Leiden University, NL. She is the author of Tactics of Interfacing: Encoding Affect in Art and Technology (MIT Press, 2020) and the co-editor of Media: Between M[...] read more
A multitalented autodidact artist. A background in art, technology and music. As an artist Bram has a focus on sculptures and installations. His work is often theatrical with a grand gesture and is often display[...] read more
Madelaine is a poetic philosopher who weaves narrative and theory to explore the ecological, political, and technological complexity of our time. Her primary research at Delft University of Technology takes an in[...] read more
Dr. Andrew Sorensen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology with a burning desire to better understand the roles fire played in the lives of ancient humans. While fascinated b[...] read more
Uzma is a Business Psychologist experienced in delivering evidence-based diagnostics and solutions in people development domains. She is skilled in leadership and team development, psychometric assessment, and ex[...] read more
Norbert Peeters (MA) is a botanical philosopher who studied archeology and philosophy at Leiden University. He works as a PhD student at the Institute for Philosophy researching weeds and invasive plants. He publ[...] read more
Pim Haselager focuses on philosophy, psychology and artificial intelligence (AI). He researches the social implications of using AI and neuroscience. How can we ensure that new technology is used responsibly?
[...] read moreHelena Nikonole is a new media artist, independent curator and educator currently based in Istanbul. Her field of interests embraces hybrid art, bio-semiotics and Artificial Intelligence. One part of her work is[...] read more
Julia Janssen is an artist, designer, researcher and speaker. In her work she creates awareness about the impact of technology and digitization on society.
In 2016 she graduated from the ArtEZ School of th[...] read more
Patrick Rensen is a professor of Metabolic Aspects of Vascular Disease at Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, and guest professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, X[...] read more
Journalist George van Hal (1980) is a science editor at Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant and a former senior editor at the Dutch edition of popular science magazine New Scientist. A graduate in astrophysics[...] read more
Femke Nijboer is an assistant professor of Creative Technology and Biomedical Signals and Systems at the University of Twente. She studies how creative technology, art and humor can be used to encourage us to thi[...] read more
Nina Schick is an author, advisor and speaker, specialising in how technology is transforming geopolitics and society. Nina is an expert deepfakes and synthetic media, cybersecurity and the geopolitics of technol[...] read more
Liam Young is a speculative architect and director who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is cofounder of Tomorrows Thoughts Today, an urban futures think tank, exploring the local and[...] read more
Dr. Daphina Misiedjan is an assistant-professor at International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)/ Erasmus University in the Netherlands, an associated researcher at the Utrecht Center for Oceans, Water and Sust[...] read more
Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental.
He has a PhD in [...] read more
Daniel Christian Wahl is an international sustainability consultant and educator specializing in biologically inspired whole systems design and transformative innovation. Daniel originally trained as a biologist,[...] read more
Roshan Nejal worked for the Dutch national broadcaster the NPO for 4 years as an independent filmmaker and studied Direction Documentary at the Dutch Film Academy. At the Film Academy he searched for and found mo[...] read more
Giorgio Patrini is cofounder and CEO at Sensity, formerly called Deeptrace, an AI security startup detecting and monitoring online visual threats such as “deepfakes”. The work of Sensity has been covered by C[...] read more
Erle Ellis is a Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) where he directs the Anthroecology Laboratory. His research investigates the ecology of huma[...] read more
Dr. Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer, technologist, TEDx & keynote speaker, and podcaster. Nadina is an expert in the application of emerging technologies to restore and reconnect people to urban ecolog[...] read more
Lydia Pyne is a writer and historian, interested in the history of science and material culture. She has degrees in history and anthropology and a PhD in biology (history and philosophy of science) from Arizona S[...] read more
Joost van de Loo is a holistic detective and film director who specialises in films for change; a cocktail of humour and serious investigation. He combines film with design, journalism and improbable research to [...] read more
Thijs Pepping has a Master’s degree from the University of Humanistic Studies and is fascinated by the relationship between people and technology. Especially when it comes to questions regarding life and death,[...] read more
Dutch artist Jeroen van der Most, or shorthand Most, has created art with data, algorithms, and artificial intelligence for over 10 years. His current focus is on using AI to bridge the illusionary boundaries bet[...] read more
Peter van der Putten is an assistant professor and creative researcher at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is interested in how intelligence can ev[...] read more
Ermi van Oers, founder of Nova Innova, a creative studio which combines nature, science and design to create sustainable applications, based in Rotterdam. Ermi graduated cum laude at Willem de Kooning Academy in [...] read more
Bart Groothuis is a member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), which is part of the liberal political group Renew Europe. He is a member of the [...] read more
Theun Karelse studied fine-arts at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam before joining FoAM, a transdisciplinary laboratory at the interstices of art, science, nature and everyday life. His interests and experimen[...] read more
Jurriën Hamer deals with various topics at the intersection of ethics, human rights and digital technology. Last march he published a popular philosophical book on free will, called: “Why villains are unluck[...] read more
Sarah Durston started the NICHE Neuroimaging lab at the Department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Utrecht University Medical Center. She managed to obtain a Veni, Vidi as a VICI grant from NWO as well[...] read more
Lucy McRae is a sci-fi artist, film director, TED Fellow and body architect, placing the human body in complex, futuristic scenarios that confound the boundaries between the natural and artificial; inventing icon[...] read more
Roanne van Voorst is a researcher, writer, (Tedx)speaker and moderator. As an ‘anthropologist of the
future’, her core research focuses on what she calls ‘sustainable humanity’: in times of robotifi[...] read more
In his artwork Michael Najjar takes a complex critical look at the technological forces shaping and drastically transforming the early 21st century. Najjar’s photographic and video works exemplify and draw on h[...] read more
Seda is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Multi-Actor Systems at TU Delft at the Faculty of Technology Policy and Management, an affiliate at the COSIC Group at the Department of Electrical En[...] read more
Dr. Roslyn Fuller trained in law before writing her PhD in Democracy and International Law at Trinity College, Dublin. She frequently writes and lectures on issues pertaining to technology, ancient and modern dem[...] read more
Robert Zubrin is President of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D company located in Lakewood, Colorado. He is also the founder and President of the Mars Society, an international organization dedicated to[...] read more
Lisa Mandemaker is a social designer specializing in speculative design and design for debate. Lisa Mandemaker is a social designer specializing in speculative design and design for debate. By crafting (future) [...] read more
Trivik Verma is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management in Delft University of Technology. He is the director of Centre for Urban Science and Policy. His resear[...] read more
Professor Andy Miah, PhD (@andymiah), is based in the School of Science, Engineering, and Environment at the University of Salford, Manchester, where he teaches bioethics, nanoethics, and other areas of emerging [...] read more
Vincent Icke is Professor of Astrophysics at Universiteit Leiden in The Netherlands, where founded the Astronomy Theory Group. He obtained a doctorate in cosmology at Leiden, held postdoctoral positions at the Un[...] read more
Tanja Masson-Zwaan is Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, and President Emerita of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). Sh[...] read more
Siri Beerends is a cultural sociologist, investigating the societal impact of digital technologies in collaboration with artistic design researchers at SETUP Media Lab. Her journalistic approach enables her to sp[...] read more
Didier Schmitt is coordinator for human and robotic exploration at the European Space Agency. Previously he was member of the Space Task Force at the European External Action Service – EU Diplomatic Service[...] read more
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga is a legal scholar interested in robots and AI. Eduard is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher at the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden Universi[...] read more
Yossi Mekelberg is a professor of international relations and the faculty lead on outreach projects at Regent’s University, London. He has been teaching at Regent’s University since 1996, and before that at K[...] read more
Angelo Vermeulen is a space systems researcher, biologist and artist. In 2009 he co-founded SEAD (Space Ecologies Art and Design), an international transdisciplinary collective of artists, scientists, engineers, [...] read more
Peter Joosten MSc. is a biohacker and future thinker. He investigates the impact of biohacking, human enhancement and transhumanism in his keynotes, articles and Youtube channel.
He is the curator of the pl[...] read more
Hanneke Schuitemaker is the Global Head of Viral Vaccine Discovery and Translational Medicine and the Disease Area Stronghold Leader for Viral Vaccines in Janssen Vaccines and Prevention. In addition, she is a Pr[...] read more
Margriet Sitskoorn is professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Tilburg. She carries out research into the relationship between brain and behaviour. Alongside her scientific work she writes colum[...] read more
Kuang-Yi Ku finds synergy between his three degrees of dentistry, communication design and social design, exploring the intersection of the human body, sexuality, interspecies interaction and medical technology. [...] read more
James Bridle is an artist and writer working across technologies and disciplines. His artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. His writing on lite[...] read more
Thomas Thwaites is a British designer and writer. He describes himself as “a designer (of a more speculative sort), interested in technology, science, futures research & etc.” In one of his pro[...] read more
Bruce Duncan has been the Managing Director of the Terasem Movement Foundation and humanoid Bina48 which he describes as a digital artwork. He is repsonsbile to for overseeing the mangagment and implementatio[...] read more
Dr. Elsa Sotiriadis is a synthetic biologist, futurist and science fiction writer (Elsa Solaris) interested in fixing the world with the science of biohacking.
As a venture capital investor, she helped inv[...] read more
Toby Kiers investigates how cooperation between species evolves and persists. Her recent work focuses on resource trading in nature and how complex ‘biological markets’ can emerge among plants and microbes. S[...] read more
Dr. Randal Koene is a neuroscientist working on the functional reconstruction of brain circuits via neural prostheses and neural interfaces. Koene introduced the concept of whole brain emulation and is a lead arc[...] read more
Lily Eva Frank is an assistant professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Eindhoven University of Technology. Lily Frank received her doctorate in Philosophy in 2014 from The Graduate Center, City University of New Yo[...] read more
Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen are London based artists working across objects, installation and film that explore process of production as cultural, personal and political practices. Their work is exhibited in[...] read more
Peter-Paul Verbeek is distinguished professor of Philosophy of Technology and scientific co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is also honorary professor of techno-anthropo[...] read more
Arne Hendriks is an artist, researcher and exhibition maker based in Amsterdam. People sometimes call him a radical ecologist and although he likes the sound of that, he rather likes to say that he deliberately e[...] read more
Catholijn Jonker is full professor of Interactive Intelligence at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of the Delft University of Technology and rrofessor of Explainable Artific[...] read more
Jeroen is a researcher of medical technologies at the Rathenau Instituut, an institute for research and dialogue which supports the formation of public and political opinion on socially relevant aspects of scienc[...] read more
Sarah Boers is a researcher of organoid technology at Utrecht Medical Center. Sarah does research on ethical implications involved oranoids. Regarding the moral status of organoids, we recognize organoids as hybr[...] read more
Itamar Gilboa (1973) has always been inspired by the power of numbers and the influence of science. His works, often reflecting upon himself and his personal experiences living in Israel as well as in the Netherl[...] read more
As a Researcher & Lecturer at Athena Institute & Next Nature Network – Joyce questions the way that we perceive the world around us. She is interested in opposing concepts such as natural/artifici[...] read more
Frank Wammes is Chief Technology Officer for Capgemini Europe. As Corporate Speaker, Executive Coach and Innovation Lead, Frank helps clients discover the “Art of the Possible” and help identify opportunities[...] read more
Nadja Muller-den Blijker is the CEO of iThrive and certified professional coach. With an MSC in Geosciences she worked as project engineering manager on climate change mitigation projects in the oil& gas indu[...] read more
Job van den Hurk (1985) is a neuroscientist. He currently works as scientific manager at ultra-high field imaging center Scannexus, and is assistant professor in cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University. J[...] read more
Nolen Gertz is Assistant Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Twente, a Senior Researcher at the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Global Center[...] read more
Jeanette Winterson is an award-winning English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against convent[...] read more
Sir Lawrence Freedman was Professor of War Studies at King’s College London between 1982 and 2014; he now holds the position of ‘Emeritus Professor’ in the Department of War Studies. Before joining King’s[...] read more
Mark O’Connell is a journalist, writing for The New Yorker, The Independent and New York Times Magazine. His novel was awarded with the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize ‘To be a Machine’ and was nominated for the p[...] read more
Dr. Jessica Barker runs cyber.uk. She is a leader in the human nature of cyber security, has been named one of the top 20 most influential women in cyber security in the UK and awarded as one of the UK’s Tech W[...] read more
Adam Dipert is a physicist, circus performer, and dancer. He will be defending his PhD in experimental nuclear physics during fall 2018. His research has been performed at Arizona State, North Carolina State, and[...] read more
Stephen Cave is Executive Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Philosophy and a Fellow of Hughe[...] read more
Lesley-Ann Daly is a Designer and Researcher, and member of the London based design studio Hack the Senses. Her work investigates the future possibilities of Sensory Augmentation technology and the personal and s[...] read more
Andrew Keen is one of the world’s best known and controversial commentators on the digital revolution. He is the author of four books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo, international hit The Internet Is[...] read more
Liisa Janssens is Scientist at TNO and researcher at LSTS, VUB. She is working on analyses that examine Artificial Intelligence in the scope of Law, Philosophy and Cybersecurity. She obtained a Master’s degree [...] read more
Kanta Dihal is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge. In her research, she explores how fictional and nonfictional stories shape the de[...] read more
Murray Ballard was born in Brighton, UK and remains based there. Murray graduated from the University of Brighton in 2007 with a BA in Photography and was selected for ‘Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2008′ – the[...] read more
Stephanie Carvin is an Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her research interests are in the area of national security, foreign pol[...] read more
Manuel Beltrán is an artist, activist, and researcher. His artworks have been featured in museums and galleries in the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Germany, Serbia, Italy, and Poland. He researches and lectures o[...] read more
Boshuijzen currently works for the Dutch Research School of Philosophy as Assistant Director, as well as the Eindhoven University of Technology as a post-doctoral researcher. She holds a PhD degree in ethics and [...] read more
Esther Keymolen is Assistant Professor in Ethics, Law, and Policy of new Data Technologies at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (Tilburg University). Esther has a background in philosophy of [...] read more
Dr. Etienne F. Augé is Principal lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. In 2015, he founded the Community for Histories of the Future (CHIFT), a platform dedicated to study and stimulate th[...] read more
Dr. de Magalhaes works at the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool. He graduated in Microbiology in 1999 from the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia in his hometown of Porto, Portugal, a[...] read more
Sara Kaiser is a designer who visualises information and creates situations in which topics can be explored from various angles. Intrigued by biological processes and the transformability of bodies, her mediums v[...] read more
She is Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Programme, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, and affiliate at the Latin America[...] read more
Agi Haines’ work is focused on the design of the human body. How might people respond to the possibilities of our body as another everyday material and how far can we push our malleable bodies while still being[...] read more
Marietje Schaake is a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Democratic Party (D66) with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) political group since 2009. She is the founder of the Eur[...] read more
Carl Miller is the research-director and co-founder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM), the first UK think tank team dedicated to researching digital society. Carl is a pioneering technology re[...] read more
Jeanine Reutemann is a Researcher at the Centre for Innovation at the Leiden University, with a background in film, education and media sciences. Main research interests: Science & Video, AR & VR, Artific[...] read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist, best known for having an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognized as a cyborg by a government. H[...] read more
Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he directs the Digital Ethics Lab (DELab) of the Oxford Internet Institute. He seats on the Google Advisory [...] read more
Sustainability innovator and senior TED Fellow, Rachel Armstrong is an expert in advanced technology systems which can provide sustainable solutions for the environment and design. She emphasisses new ways of th[...] read more
Bettina has been a visionary thinker and doer in the field of innovation for close to 30 years. Whether running leadership seminars and workshops or speaking at conferences, whether coaching, mentoring or teachin[...] read more
Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and PhD candidate. Her science fiction political thriller Infomocracy, part one of the Centanal Cycle, is the first full-length novel from Tor.com. The sequel Null States will[...] read more
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is a designer, artist and writer, developing experimental approaches to imagine new roles and ideals for design. Daisy investigates design’s aesthetic and ethical futures with collabora[...] read more
Nell Watson is an engineer, entrepreneur, and futurist thinker who grew up in Northern Ireland. She has a longstanding interest in the philosophy of technology, and how extensions of human capacity drive emerging[...] read more
Jeroen van Loon lives and works in Utrecht, Netherlands. He received a bachelor in Digital Media Design and a European Media Master of Arts from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. His fascination revolves [...] read more
Torill Kornfeldt’s first book ‘The return of the Mammoth’ explores the science and ethics of reviving extinct species. Her work explores the problems and possibilities of using new genetic technology to try[...] read more
Rens Vliegenthart is professor at the Department of Communication Science, Amsterdam University. He is one of the most productive researchers in his field. Since receiving his PhD, he has studied the role of the [...] read more
Amos Kater is the Director of UL Transaction Security Advisory & Education Services unit. In this role Amos is responsible for all markets (Banks, Payment Institutions, Telecom & Manufacturers, Transit an[...] read more
Caspar Verwer is Expert Nature Conservation at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) National Committee of The Netherlands. read more
Tim Reutemann is a climate finance expert and science fiction author. He is working on the forefront of new financial mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, while exploring future opportunities for more democratic[...] read more
Micha Bruinvels has been at World Press Photo since the beginning of the millennium, starting as a project manager for youth education, corporate publications and the Children’s Jury, he is currently holding th[...] read more
Josje Spierings is head of the Secretariat of the International Data Responsibility Group (IDRG). IDRG aims to advance the agenda of responsible data use for vulnerable and crisis affected populations. Josje is [...] read more
Jacco van Uden is professor of Change Management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. At The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Jacco van Uden wonders how we can how to build and develop innovative typ[...] read more
Moon Ribas is a Catalan avant-garde artist and cyborg activist best known for developing the Seismic Sense, an online seismic sensor implanted in her arm that allows her to perceive earthquakes through vibrations[...] read more
Philip Brey investigates the role of technology in society, and how we can develop and use technology in a way that takes into account ethical issues, including people’s rights and freedoms, justice, sustai[...] read more
Kristian Esser was born in Africa, raised in Italy and is now based in Amsterdam. He studied at the European Institute of Design in Milano as well as the HKU and has been driven by creativity throughout his life,[...] read more
Arie van Bellen is director of ECP, platform for Information Society. ECP is a influential not-for-profit platform where participants from businesses, government, science and society work together to establish a [...] read more
Gerasimos (Jerry) Spanakis is an assistant professor at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University. He has been involved in several projects applying artificial intelligence[...] read more
Jim Stolze is a pioneer and thought leader on digital transformation. His early work got him featured on CNN and brought him an invitation to speak at the TED Conference in California. Ever since he has been a pr[...] read more
Mashya is a Dutch Film Studies Scholar currently obtaining her PhD at Michigan State University (MSU) in the USA. Her research interests lie at the intersection of film-philosophy, posthumanism, identity-politics[...] read more
Dutch biologist Menno Schilthuizen (1965) is author, speaker, and researcher. He works as a senior scientist for Naturalis Biodiversity Center and holds a post as professor of evolutionary biology and biodiversit[...] read more
Boris de Ruyter is Principal Scientist at Philips Research and Professor (by special appointment) Human Interactions with Intelligent Systems at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He wants to co[...] read more
Madeleine van der Steege started trading under Synquity in 2014, a business offering organizational development solutions. She is a member of the Management Board of The Bijlmer Project, Adjunct Professor at Webs[...] read more
Bettina von Stamm has been an original and visionary thinker as well as a prolific writer in the field of innovation since 1992. She is co-author of the book ‘Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving[...] read more
Richard is the co-founder of the 48 Hour Film Project in Amsterdam: a short film competition in which people create a short film in only 48 hours. In 2013 Richard initiated the 48 Days Feature Film Project in whi[...] read more
Michiel is the host of the TV series ‘My America’, about his experiences as a European living in America. He regularly comments on American political affairs and news for television and radio programs. He’s[...] read more
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