The EFR Business Week has been the leading student congress in Europe for almost 30 years. The power always has been the magnitude of its reach and ability to amaze. It is time for a new congress on campus: the “World of Business”, which will give you unorthodox ways of thinking, an innovative way of showing and a new way of experiencing.
The theme of this year is: “Sustain your Excellence”. Students need to believe in the lean and flexible way of thinking, where the emphasis goes to the preservation and sustainability of their own excellence. Every consideration made by a student should add value to their process of achieving excellence and sustaining this excellence. The EFR-Business Week shall provide you with all aspects of business and personal development. We are going to bring all different dimensions and disciplines to one day, one world, so important future decisions can be based on the right possibilities.
Get inspired by groundbreaking speakers, workshops of excellence, an innovation market, world of food and even an art gallery. Come to the “World of Business” and step into a new dimension of inspiration.
Humour, sensation, maximum impact; internationally renowned artist Florentijn Hofman does not settle for less. His sculptures are large, very large, and are bound to make an impression. ” My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment and put a smile on your face.”
Peter Korsten is a recognized expert in contemporary strategy and consulted for a wide array of Fortune Global 500 organizations. In 2008 he was selected as one of the world’s top 25 consultants by Consulting Magazine.
Johan van de Gronden has been the Chief Executive Officer Netherlands of the World Wildlife Fund since 2006. Before this function he worked for the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch development organization SNV.
Onno Ruding is the former Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund. Ruding has also served as the Minister of Finance from 1982 until 1989 and became a highly respected banker at Citigroup. He is also a commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Joe Katz is the CEO of ING’s Corporate Credit Risk. He has been a respected asset to ING Group and shall share his vision on valuable excellence, where his eccentric personality will be key.
The purity of humanity exists. It is there in the mountains, the ice fields, the jungle, along the rivers and in the valleys. Jimmy Nelson found the last tribesmen and observed them. He smiled and drank their mysterious brews before taking out his camera.
James van Thiel is the industry leader in the Travel Team of Google. He will give you the insights of Google’s company culture and tell us why Google has the reputation of being the best employer in the world.
Jim Stolze is a well-known internet strategist and the driving force behind the TEDx-conferences in Europe. Jim is an entrepreneur, author and public speaker. His latest book “Sold Out – Welcome to the Attention Economy” was nominated Management book of the Year.
Herman Tange is the respected Managing Marketing Director of ING Netherlands. He is passionate about making banking easier, better understandable and more convenient for customers.
Ben Steinebach is the head investment strategy of ABN AMRO Bank. Ever since his interest in Macro-Economics he has fulfilled different functions in the finance sector. He will give a workshop about the art of investing.
Yuri van Geest is the Chairman of Singularity University Europe and an expert in singularity technology; this is the phenomenon when artificial intelligence has progressed to the point of greater-than-human intelligence.