Schedule

Summit for the Future
Club of Amsterdam
Date: May 3-5, 2006
Location: HES School of Economics and Business, Amsterdam

Time Table

Opening Event, May 3, morning
Wednesday, May 3, morning

Session 1 & Session 2 in 5 simultaneous Knowledge Streams
Wednesday, May 3, afternoon & Thursday, May 4, morning

I Life Sciences
II Media & Entertainment
III Trade - Asia-Pacific Leadership?
IV Healthcare
V Corporate Governance

Session 3 in 5 simultaneous Interdisciplinary Streams
Thursday, May 4, afternoon

VI Innovation as Risk Taking
VII Knowledge based Risk Management
VIII Values and Spirituality
IX Cross-Cultural Competence
X Creative Leadership

Leisure Evening
Thursday, May 4, evening

Session 4
Friday, May 5, morning
Plenary: Presenting and reviewing the results of the Summit for the Future 2006

Time Table

Wednesday, May 3

Opening Event, May 3, morning
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 09:30-12:00
Location: HES School of Economics and Business, Amsterdam

08:30-09:30
Registration

09:30-12:00 incl. coffee break
Welcome by
                 Sijbolt J. Noorda, President of the Board, University of Amsterdam

Keynotes by
                 Sir Paul Judge, Chair of the Royal Society of Arts
                Risk and Enterprise

                 Glen Hiemstra, Owner, Futurist.com:
                Video message from the future

                 Richard D North, Media Fellow, The Institute of Economic Affairs
                Risk: The Human Adventure

                 Simon Jones, Director, HCS, University of Amsterdam, former Managing Director, M.I.T. Media Lab Europe

Closing by
                 Patrick Crehan, Chairman, Summit for the Future 2006

Summit

12:30-14:00 Lunch incl. Introduction to Ideabroker

Session 1 in 5 simultaneous Knowledge Streams
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 14:00-18:30

14:00-17:00 Session 1 incl. Coffee break

17:00-18:00 Plenary: Review of the day

18:00-18:30 Richard D North's Theatre:"Rich is Beautiful"
                Drinks

Thursday, May 4

Session 2 in 5 simultaneous Knowledge Streams
Date: Thursday, May 4, 09:30-12:30

09:30-12:30 Session 2 incl. Coffee break

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Session 3 in 5 simultaneous Interdisciplinary Streams
Date: Thursday, May 4, 14:00-18:00

14:00-17:00 Session 3 incl. Coffee break

17:00-18:00 Plenary: Review of the day

19:00-23:00 Leisure Evening

Friday, May 5

Session 4, Plenary
Date: Friday, May 5, 09:30-14:00
Presenting and reviewing the results of the Summit for the Future

09:30-12:30 30-minute presentations by the "Catalyst" Groups & plenary discussions.
                Incl. Coffee Break.
                 Trend Watchers             
                 Students
                 Philosophers
                 Psychologists
                 Ideabroker

12:30-13:15 Summary by Patrick Crehan, Chairman of the Summit
                Closing by Felix B Bopp, Director of the Summit

13:15-14:00 Drinks

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