– Do schools kill our Dutch DNA? Susanne Baars is a true entrepreneur, exponential tech innovator and genetic expert with a great spirit, thrust and energy. She will scientifically substantiate a daring statement: An educational system that demotivates students has a negative effect on structure of ‘Dutch DNA’. As a consequence entrepreneurship, creativity, flexibility etc. is…
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Equality in a super diverse class  Iliass El Hadioui, professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, studies the relationship between street and school culture. Thereby distinguishing feminine from masculine values. In this talk he will share the most important insights from his research on social exclusion of youngsters from various ethnic backgrounds.

Empower your kids with Scrum @ home Frank de Wit is father of four young kids and a designer that ran into a software development method at work that optimizes workflow, focuses on the outcome and creates happy workers. His talk will focus on the learnings he and his wife had while using this method…
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Why being smart doesn’t help you find God Emma Stoks graduated as a perfect student from high school in 2017 and decided not to go to college. She is committed to help schools redesign their learning programs and spreading her ideals about better education with everyone. The future needs independent people who can anticipate.

Anxious to learn  Damiaan Denys, philosopher, professor and psychiatrist at the Brainwash Academy, treats people with anxiety disorders. He will explain the relation between learning, dopamine and fear. We’re anxious to learn, but that is a good thing. He states that we cannot learn without anxiety and if you like learning you learn something you…
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