Block 1

Opening / Hotel Europe

Opening
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
12:00 h
Welkom door Boudewijn Richel

Great Discussion: The World After Corona
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
12:05-12:45 h
Simon Strauss (in-person appearance), Arnon Grunberg (in-person appearance), Frederic Gros (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
12:45-13:00 h
Simon Strauss (in-person appearance), Arnon Grunberg (in-person appearance), Frédéric Gros (in-person appearance)

Talk: Working on Europe – past and future of a challenged idea
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
13:15-13:55 h
Simon Strauss (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
13:55-14:20 h
Simon Strauss (in-person appearance)

Block 2

Movement : Why Everything Seems to be on the Run

Talk: Zoönose: How Deadly Viruses Jump From Animals To Humans
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
14:35-15:20 h
David Quammen (in-person appearance)

Talk: The Next Great Migration
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
15:20-16:25 h
Sonia Shah via Skype (livestream connection)

Livestream Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
16:25-16:45 h
Sonia Shah via Skpe (livestream connection) & David Quammen (pending on condition)

Block 3

New York Revisited

Talk: New York, New York : The Transformation of A City Into A Battlefield
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
16:50-17:35 h
Arnon Grunberg (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
17:35-17:50 h
Arnon Grunberg (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
17:50-18:20 h
Noam Chomsky via Skype (pending on condition)

BREAK
18:20-18:40 h

Block 4

The True Self and the Truth of DNA

Talk: Disobey :The Philosophy of Resistance
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
18:40-19:25 h
Frédéric Gros (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
19:25-19:40 h
Frédéric Gros (in-person appearance)

Talk: The Future of DNA Editing
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
19:40-20:20 h
Charlotte Koster (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 september 2020
20:20-20:35 h
Charlotte Koster (in-person appearance)

Block 5

The Box of Pandora

Talk: Corona Pandemic & Panic
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 September 2020
21:10-22:00 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition)

Great Discussion
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 September 2020
22:00-22:30 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition), Simon Strauss (in-person appearance) & Frédéric Gros (in-person appearance) Moderated by Boudewijn Richel

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Vrijdag 4 September 2020
22:30-23:15 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition), Simon Strauss (in-person appearance) & Frédéric Gros (in-person appearance) Moderated by Boudewijn Richel

Block 6

The Spread Mind

Talk: The Spread Mind
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
9:30-10:00 h
Tim Parks (in-person appearance)

Talk: Suikerbastaard : Where Fiction and Non-fiction Meet
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
10:00-10:30 h
Jaap Scholten (in-person appearance)

Great Discussion: Is Mind and Matter Comparable to Fiction and Non-fiction?
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
10:30-11:15 h
Tim Parks (in-person appearance), Jaap Scholten (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
11:10-11:35 h
Tim Parks (in-person appearance), Jaap Scholten (in-person appearance)

Block 7

What Remains and What Will Change

Talk
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
11:35 - 12:00 h
Greta Thunberg (pending on condition)

International Livestream Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
12:00-12:20 h
Greta Thunberg (pending on condition)

Talk: Quantum Economics: How to Dismantle a Financial Bomb
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
12:30 - 13:15 h
David Orrell (in-person appearance)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
13:15-13:35 h
David Orrell (in-person appearance)

Block 8

Heroes and Truth

Talk : How to keep healthy a world gone mad?
(working title) Zuiderkerk, Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
14:00-14:45 h
Elif Shafak (in-person appearance)

Talk: Why Democracies Need Heroes
Zuiderkerk, Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
14:50-15:30 h
Dieter Thomae (in-person appearance)

Q&A
15:30-15:50 h
Dieter Thomae (in-person appearance) & Elif Shafak (in-person appearance)

Live Music: Feico Deutekom plays Philip Glass
Zuiderkerk, Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
16:05-16:25 h

Block 9

Is Growth Really Bad?

Talk: The New Green Deal
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
16:30-17:15 h
Frans Timmermans, Vicevoorzitter van de Europese Commissie (pending on condition)

Talk via Skype: Is Growth Sunstainable?
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
17:15-17:35 h
Kate Raworth (pending on condition)

Q&A
Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
17:35-17:50 h
Q & A

Great Discussion: Amsterdam Passport
Can we sustainabily stop the stream of tourists by letting them financially contribute to Amsterdam's cultural sector to save it from extinction? Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 5 September 2020
17:50-18:30 h

Block X

A Vision of the 21st Century

Visions of the 21st Century - International Livestream
Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
19:05-19:50 h
Yuval Harari on 'Tech Biology'-15 min. livestream connection,
Rupert Sheldrake on 'Explaining Consciousness' - 15 min livestream connection
Alekandr Dugin on 'Respect'-15 min livestream connection
Leesa Soulodre on 'Friction-free economies in a smart nation' - 15 min. livestream connection

International Livestream Q&A
with listeners from all over Europe
Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
19:50-20:20 h
Yuval Harari, Rupert Sheldrake, Alekandr Dugin, Leesa Soulodre

Block 10

Why Philosophy Matters

Talk: Part 2: Hegel in a Wired Brain
Zuiderkerk, Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
21:00-22:00 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition)

Great Discussion
Zuiderkerk, Zaterdag 5 september, 2020
22:00-23:00 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition), David Orrell (in-person appearance) & Dieter Thomae (in-person appearance) Moderated by Boudewijn Richel

Q&A
23:00-23:30 h
Slavoj Žižek (pending on condition), David Orrell (in-person appearance) & Dieter Thomae (in-person appearance)

END PROGRAM
23:30 h