| PREVIOUS SPEAKERS |
Speakers at previous PINC's were: |
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SUDARCHIKOVI
(RUSSIA)
Dancing Illusionists |
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JAZZ JUNIORS  
(The Netherlands)
Musician |
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MIKAEL KROGERUS (FI) & ROMAN TSCHÄPPELER (CH)
(Journalist & Founder and CEO Guzo)
Kaospilots |
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MANAL RACHDI (FR) & NICOLAS LAISNÉ (FR)
(Founder Manal Rachdi Oxo architects & Architect/Nicolas Laisné)
Swimming in a Deserted Subway Station? |
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REZA ABEDINI
(IRAN)
Graphic Designer |
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MARC ABRAHAMS
(USA)
Founder Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony |
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RICHARD ALDRICH (UK)
(Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick)
Can we live without Secrets? |
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STUART ALLAN
(USA)
Cartographer |
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HJÁLMAR ÁRNASON
(ICELAND)
Member of Parliament of Iceland |
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JOHN BARKER
(USA)
Professor of Surgery |
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JOHN BARKER (GER)
(Professor of Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery)
The Gift of Living a Normal Life |
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CAROL BECKWITH
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Africa Photographers |
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WILLEM BEEKMAN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Biologist |
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ALEXANDER BEETS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Music Promoter |
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UELI BELLWALD
(JORDAN)
Archeologist The Hejaz Railway Project |
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NAT BENJAMIN
(USA)
Wooden Boat Builder and Designer |
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PIEKE BERGMANS
(The Netherlands)
Founder Design Virus |
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IRA BERNSTEIN
(USA)
Tapdancer |
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ERIK BINDERVOET
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Writer & Translator |
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TIM BIRKHEAD
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Evolutionary Scientist |
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MARK BISCHOF
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Kinetic Virtuoso |
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DAVID BITTNER
(SWITZERLAND)
Biologist |
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KEITH BLACK
(USA)
Director Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute |
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TONY BLAKE
(SWITZERLAND)
Vice President Firmenich for Food |
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DAVE BLANK
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Nano Technologist |
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HERBERT BLANKESTEIJN
(The Netherlands)
Internet Explorer |
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CHRISTIAN BOER
(The Netherlands)
Designer Dyslexie |
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NICK BOLLETTIERI
(USA)
Tennis Coach, President and Founder of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy |
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NICHOLAS BONNER
(China)
Fresh perspective on North Korea |
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GENEVIEVE BOS
(USA)
Co-Founder PINK Magazine |
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GABRIEL BRANBY
(Sweden)
The Quality of an Axe |
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MICHAEL BRAUNGART
(GERMANY)
Chemist, Inspirator 'Cradle to Cradle'-principle, Eco-effective designer |
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DONNA BRAZILE
(USA)
Chair of Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute |
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KEN BRECHER
(USA)
Executive Director Sundance Institute |
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AAD BREED
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Architect and Philosopher |
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JAMES BRETT (UK)
(The Museum of Everything)
The so-called 'Outsiders' of Art |
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TRUUS BRONKHORST
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Dancer and Cheographer |
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PETER BRUGGER
(Switzerland)
Neuropsychologist on Coincidence |
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ELIANE BURKI
(SWITZERLAND)
Musician |
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JOHN W.M. BUSH
(USA)
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics (MIT) |
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FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA
(BRAZIL)
Industrial Designer |
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VALERIE CASEY
(USA)
Founder Designers Accord |
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RIK TEN CATE
(The Netherlands)
Anthroposophist |
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MARC CATHOMEN
(SWITZERLAND)
Creator Porta Alpina |
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STEPHEN CAVE (UK/GER)
(Philosopher, Writer, Critic)
The Quest to live forever |
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NINO CERRUTI
(ITALY)
Fashion Designer |
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THIJS CHANOWSKI
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Director Medialab |
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GEERT CHATROU
(THE NETHERLANDS)
World Champion Whistling |
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BRENDON CLARK
(USA)
CEO Clark Fragrance |
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ROXANNE COADY
(USA)
President and Owner R.J. Julia Booksellers |
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ZITA COBB
(Canada)
Transforming Fogo Island as a magnet for the arts |
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FABIEN COUSTEAU
(USA)
Oceanographer |
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MICHAEL CURRY
(USA)
Master of Puppetry and Kinetic Theatrical Design |
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AUREO DEFREITAS
(USA)
Musician and Inspirator of The Amazon Youth Cello Choir |
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MARLIES DEKKERS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Designer |
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JIM DENEVAN
(USA)
Land Artist from Santa Cruz |
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DICKSON DESPOMMIER
(USA)
Initiator Vertical Farm |
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KLAAS-DOUWE DIJKSTRA
(The Netherlands)
African Dragonflies |
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ADRIAAN VAN DIS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Author |
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JAAP DRUPSTEEN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Motion Graphics Designer |
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ESTHER DYSON
(USA)
Chairman of EDventure Holdings |
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ERICK VAN EGERAAT
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Architect |
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FREDERIK EIJKMAN
(KENYA)
Social Entrepreneur |
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SELMA EIKELENBOOM
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Forensic Medical Specialist |
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JOOST ELFFERS
(USA)
Publisher and Creator ‘Play with your Food’ |
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JOOST ELFFERS
(USA)
Sustainism |
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JAMES ELKINS
(USA)
How to Use Your Eyes |
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JOSEPH ENGELBERGER
(USA)
Robotic Engineer |
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MARTIJN ENGELBREGT
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Artist and Director Research Institute EGBG |
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LÄSLO EVERS (NL)
(Geophysicist at KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
Inaudible Sounds |
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PAUL FAGEL
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Patron Cuisinier |
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ANGELA FISHER
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Africa Photographers |
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MATT FLANNERY
(USA)
Co-Founder Kiva |
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CARY FOWLER
(Italy)
Executive Director Global Crop Diversity Trust |
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GAVIN FOX (UK)
(Creative Director Poke)
'Back to the Future' in Tweets |
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JOHN FRANCIS
(USA)
Planetwalker |
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DANIEL AND MARKUS FREITAG
(SWITZERLAND)
Creative Entrepreneurs |
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CHARLIE FROWD (UK)
(Psychologist)
Constructing the face of a criminal |
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ART FRY
(USA)
Inventor 3M Post-it Notes |
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DAVID GALLO
(USA)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
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MIKAEL GENBERG
(SWEDEN)
Entrepreneur |
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ROGER GERARDS (NL)
(Creative Director of Vlisco)
Textiles and Stories - Drawings and Colors |
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PAOLA GHILLANI
(SWITZERLAND)
CEO Max Havelaar Organisation/President of FLO International |
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JAN PIETER GLERUM
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Auctioneer |
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PETER GO
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Surgeon |
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PATRICK GOFF
(USA)
Unique Internet Provider and Educator |
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ROSELEE GOLDBERG
(USA)
Performance Art Historian |
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TRISTAN GOOLEY
(United Kingdom)
Natural TomTom |
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DAVID GORE
(SOUTH AFRICA)
Founder Cape Town’s College of Magic |
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TEMPLE GRANDIN
(USA)
Professor of Animal Science |
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SUSAN GREENFIELD
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Professor of Pharmacology |
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RAYMOND VAN HET GROENEWOUD
(BELGIUM)
Entertainer |
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MARTÍ GUIXÉ
(SPAIN)
Ex-Designer |
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ULRICH GÖTZ
(Switzerland)
Serious Game Designer |
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BERNARD HAMMELBURG
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Film Producer and Journalist |
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TODD HARRISON
(USA)
Collegiate Athletics Expert |
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JOHN HARTNETT
(USA)
Communications Director St. John’s College |
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TOM HARTSHORN (UK)
(Creative Director/Co-founder Nation)
'Back to the Future' in Tweets |
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KEIMPE DE HEER
(The Netherlands)
Smartphones in the Classroom |
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NORMAN HEGLUND
(BELGIUM)
Physiologist and Heavy Weight Specialist |
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BAS HEIJNE
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Author, Essayist NRC Handelsblad |
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ROBBERT-JAN HENKES
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Writer & Translator |
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MARTIN HEYLEN
(BELGIUM)
The Power of Coincidence |
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HENK HOFLAND
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Journalist |
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NIGEL HOLMES
(USA)
Graphic Designer |
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PAUL HUDSON
(USA)
Co-founder International Time Capsule Society |
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TIM HUNKIN
(United Kingdom)
Engineer, Cartoonist, Inventor |
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WOLFGANG HÖLKER
(GERMANY)
Publisher |
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ÁRMANN HÖSKULDSSON
(ICELAND)
President University of Iceland Institute of Earth Sciences, ASKJA |
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JEFFREY JACOBS (USA)
(Hospitality Ventures Consulting LLC)
Hospital vs Hospitality |
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JON JEFFERSON
(USA)
Co-Writer ‘Death’s Acre’ |
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LIANPENG JING
(SWITZERLAND)
Smoke Expert |
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SIJBRAND DE JONG
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Professor of Experimental High Energy Physics |
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FREEK DE JONGE
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Entertainer |
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FILIP JONKER
(The Netherlands)
Tugboat Builder |
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LORIE KARNATH
(USA)
President The Explorers Club |
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EDWARD KEAN
(CANADA)
Iceberg Hunter |
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CHIP KIDD
(USA)
Graphic Designer, Editor, Musician |
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JOSHUA KLEIN
(USA)
Hacker Extraordinaire |
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IRENE KOEL
(The Netherlands)
Apiarist |
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NIGEL KONSTAM
(Italy)
Sculptor, Teacher, Saving Rembrandt |
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HENK KRAIMA
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Book Promoter |
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CHRISTIAN KROPF
(SWITZERLAND)
Spider Scientist |
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PAULINE KRUSEMAN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Director Amsterdams Historisch Museum |
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RAY KURZWEIL
(USA)
President of Kurzweil Technologisch |
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ROBERT J. LANG
(USA)
Origami Artist |
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CHRISTOPHE LAUDAMIEL
(USA)
Perfume Virtuoso |
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GERARD VAN LENNEP
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Author and Columnist |
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MARC LEWIS (CDN)
(Neuroscientist & Author)
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain |
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CHRIS LINDER (USA)
(Scientist and Photographer)
Science on Ice |
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EUGENE LISCIO
(Canada)
3D Forensic Visualization Specialist |
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CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
(United Kingdom)
Author, Storyteller, Journalist and Educationalist |
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MARK LOIZEAUX
(USA)
President Controlled Demolition |
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ARTHUR LORETZ
(SWITZERLAND)
Creator Porta Alpina |
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FAY LOVSKY
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Musician |
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PAUL MACCREADY
(USA)
Chairman AeroVironment and Human Powered Flight Expert |
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MALCOLM MACIVER
(USA)
From electric fish to robot fish and back |
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REUBEN MARGOLIN
(USA)
Kinetic Sculptor |
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GREG MARSHALL
(USA)
Executive Producer/Director, Remote Imaging Program, National Geographic Television and Film |
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CHRIS MCMANUS
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Professor of Psychology |
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JEAN-LOUIS MECHALI
(FRANCE)
Founder Lutherie Urbaine |
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ANTTO MELASNIEMI
(Finland)
Food Visionairy |
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BIBIAN MENTEL
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Snowboard Champion |
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ANTHONY MERTENS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Editor Querido Publishing |
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PAUL MERTZ
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Communication Specialist |
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MARKUS METTLER
(SWITZERLAND)
Co-founder and CEO BrainStore |
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DAN MEYER
(USA)
Winner Ig Nobel Prize |
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DAPHNE MILLER
(USA)
The Jungle Effect |
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RENÉ MIOCH
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Film Journalist and Producer |
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SUGATA MITRA
(INDIA)
Chief Scientist, NIIT and Founder Children’s Education Project 'Hole in the wall', New Delhi |
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JEROEN MOL
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Beyond Reality Creator |
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HANS MONDERMAN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Traffic Engineer and Road Designer |
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LORRAINE MONROE
(USA)
Founder and Executive Director School Leadership Academy |
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ALAN MOORE (UK)
(Founder SMLXL, author No Straight Lines)
Reshaping the Rules |
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MICHAEL MOSCHEN
(USA)
Cirque du Soleil |
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FRANÇOISE MOULY (USA)
(Art Editor of The New Yorker)
The Controversy of Magazine Covers |
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MAARTEN MOUS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Professor of African Linguistics |
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THEO MULDER
(The Netherlands)
Neuro-Psychologist |
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STORY MUSGRAVE
(USA)
NASA Astronaut |
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TONY NAVARRO
(USA)
Smokejumper |
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MAUD NELISSEN (NL)
(Composer)
The Sound of Silent Films |
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THIJS NIEMANTSVERDRIET
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Journalist |
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RICHARD NOBLE
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Project Leader World Land Speed Record |
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ANITA NOWAK (CAN)
(Lecturer at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management)
Culture of Empathy Builder |
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MARTIN OEGGERLI
(Switzerland)
Micronaut |
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SAMUEL ORR (USA)
(Filmmaker)
The Return of the Cicadas |
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FABIAN PAAGMAN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Bookseller |
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CONNIE PALMEN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Author |
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RENEE PATER (NL)
(Passionate Baker)
Entrepreneurship in Uganda |
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FRED PEARCE
(United Kingdom)
Science Journalist |
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BERTRAND PICCARD
(SWITZERLAND)
Balloonist/Psychiatrist |
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JEFF PISCIOTTA
(USA)
Researcher / Biomechanist Nike Sports Research Lab |
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CLAIRY POLAK
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Anchorwoman Radio 1/Journalist |
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JOSEPH POMPEI
(USA)
Inventor Audio Spotlight, Founder of Holosonic Research Labs |
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THOMAS POULSOM (UK)
(Tree Surgeon)
Nature LEGO Virtuoso |
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ANTOINE PREDOCK
(NEW MEXICO)
Architect |
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GAVIN PRETOR-PINNEY
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society |
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GEORGE QUASHA
(USA)
Rock-on-Rock-Artist, Poet |
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MARC RAIBERT
(USA)
Founder and CEO Boston Dynamics |
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CHAD RANDL
(USA)
Architectural Historian |
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JEAN-FRANÇOIS RAUZIER
(France)
Hyperphotographer |
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ANDREAS REINHARD
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Aerial Magician |
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BART REMES (NL)
(Researcher Micro Aerial Vehicle Lab – TU Delft)
The Intelligence of Robots |
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RENZO DI RENZO
(ITALY)
Direttore Responsabile Colors |
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JELLE REUMER (NL)
(Director Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
The Lessons of a Paleontologist |
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PHILIPP RIEDERLE (GER)
(Podcaster, New Media Enthusiast)
Does Age make a Difference in Business? |
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MILES ROHAN (USA)
(Director of Knowledge Management, Nickelodeon)
The Corduroy Appreciation Club |
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THOMAS ROSENBOOM
(The Netherlands)
Author |
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BUNKER ROY
(INDIA)
Social Activist & Founder Barefoot College |
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MICHAEL RUHLMAN
(USA)
Culinary Author |
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ENRIC RUIZ-GELI
(Spain)
Architect |
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MARTE RÖLING
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Artist and Sculptor |
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HARRY SACKSIONI
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Musician |
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STEFAN SAGMEISTER
(USA)
Designer |
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SASKIA SASSEN
(USA)
Professor of Sociology and Author of ‘Globalization and its Discontents’ |
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TED SCAPA
(SWITZERLAND)
Artist, Illustrator, Cartoonist and TV-personality |
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DAVID SCHATZ
(USA)
Wireless Electricity Expert |
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CYNTHIA SCHNEIDER
(USA)
Art Historian and Former USA Ambassador in the Netherlands |
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RETO SCHNEIDER
(SWITZERLAND)
Science Journalist and Author |
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SIMON SCHUBERT (GER)
(Artist)
Visual Sensations |
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CASPAR SCHWABE
(JAPAN)
Mathemagician |
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GARY SCHWARTZ
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Art Historian and Author |
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MICHIEL SCHWARZ
(USA)
Sociologist of Sustainist Culture |
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DANIEL SCHüMPERLI
(SWITZERLAND)
Molecular Biologist, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern and Musician |
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DAVID MOININA SENGEH (USA)
(Graduate Student- MIT Media Lab)
The World of Biomechatronics |
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PIETER SEUREN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Theoretical Linguist |
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TOM SHAKESPEARE
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Bioethicist, Disability Activist and Occasional Fire-eater |
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DONNA SHIRLEY
(USA)
Director Science Fiction Museum, Seattle |
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SETH SHOSTAK
(USA)
Astronomer, Alien Researcher |
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ANNE SIMON
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Molecular Biologist and Scientific Consultant ‘The X-Files’ |
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DANIEL SIMONS
(USA)
I spy with my little eye |
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DALJIT SINGH
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Founder and Creative Director Digit |
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PETER SLAVENBURG
(THE NETHERLANDS)
NorthernLight in Beijing |
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PATRICK VAN DER SMAGT
(GERMANY)
Bioroboticist |
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TIM SMIT
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Creator and CEO Eden Project, Cornwall |
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A.L. SNIJDERS
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Author |
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ROB SPENCE (CAN)
(Documentary Maker & Director Eyeborg)
A Webcam for the Eye |
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DAVID SPIEGELHALTER
(United Kingdom)
Understanding Uncertainty |
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JOOST STEINS BISSCHOP
(The Netherlands)
Visionary, Entrepreneur, Philosopher |
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CAROLINE STRAATHOF
(CHINA)
Internet Executive SOHU.Com, Beijing |
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DAVID STUART
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Designer Group The Partners |
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PAUL SWAIN
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Gastroenterologist The Royal London Hospital |
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ROBERT SWAN
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Environmentalist, Antarctica Explorer |
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JOOST SWARTE
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Illustrator |
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JULIE TAYMOR
(USA)
Creator ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway |
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GAV THOMPSON (UK)
(Director of Marketing Innovation at O2)
The Miracle of giffgaff |
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CHARLIE TODD
(USA)
Causing a Scene |
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BEN UNDERWOOD
(USA)
Echo-Locator |
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TIINA URM
(Estonia)
Cleaning Estonia |
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PIETER-DIRK UYS
(SOUTH AFRIKA)
Actor, Author and Comedian |
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EMAR VEGT
(Germany)
BMW Sound Designer |
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KRIS VERBURGH
(BELGIUM)
Science Journalist, specialized in Astronomy |
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KRIS VERBURGH (B)
(Author, Science Journalist, Medical Doctor)
The Science of Aging |
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PAUL VAN VLIET
(NETHERLANDS)
Entertainer |
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DIRK VAN DER WAL
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Globetrotter |
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ELLEN WALRAVEN
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Theater Promoter |
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DORJI WANGCHUK
(Bhutan)
Engineer – Filmmaker – Journalist |
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BEN WARNER
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Communication Specialist |
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KEVIN WARWICK
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Professor of Cybernetics The University of Reading |
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ARTHUR WASSENBERG (NL)
(Emeritus Professor University of Amsterdam & Erasmus University)
Strategic Negotiations |
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URSUS WEHRLI
(SWITZERLAND)
Kunst Aufräumer |
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TONY WHEELER
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Founder and Principal Author Lonely Planet Publications |
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ROGIER WIELAND
(THE NETHERLANDS)
Video Virtuoso |
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CLO WILLAERTS
(Belgium)
Social Media and Internet Marketing Expert |
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JAN WOLF
(THE NETHERLANDS)
General/ Artistic Director Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ |
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JOHN WOOD
(USA)
Author ‘Leaving Microsoft to Change the World’ |
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JUDI ZAZULA
(USA)
Executive Director of Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled |
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