‘What if..’ is an open question that challenges and provokes to radically shake-up the status quo within the spectrum of Tech, Education and Design, thereby enabling the development of actions worth doing and ideas worth spreading.
Speakers
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Andrea Sanders
Andrea Sanders is the director and founder of Be Zero, a nonprofit focused on inspiring, educating, and activating individuals to rethink their plastic and trash footprint and to create simple and sustainable lifestyle habits. In 2007 she started on a 'zero waste' lifestyle. "Producing less trash does more than just help the environment. By moving from a disposable consumer lifestyle to a reusable consumer lifestyle, you’ll simplify your belongings, create healthier and more meaningful experiences, and become an informed and empowered consumer."- Andrea. Andrea created Be Zero to share this message and to take a whole-lifestyle approach with educational programs to engage individuals, families, and communities to rethink consumer and lifestyle habits and to activate personal power in the face of environmental change. In all of her endeavors, Andrea has actively supported individuals in understanding more about themselves and how they connect to the world around them.Andy Kirchner
A spinal injury left him paralyzed from the waist down. But Andy Kirchner would not accept the neurologist’s prognosis and took matters in his own hands. Beating adversity Andy went from standing up from his wheelchair, to walking with two crutches and eventually even walking without cane. He literally willed himself into a second life. And in the process, found a way to give second life to both other people and other things. A gesture for which he was awarded the JCI IOBA Aspiring Creative Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in July 2015.Arthur Woods
Arthur Woods (@ArthurWoods) is an entrepreneur, writer, global speaker and advisor to leading brands on the future of work. He is the Co-founder of Imperative, a company leading the research and innovation on purpose in the workplace. Arthur previously worked at Google where led operations for YouTube’s Education division and oversaw YouTube for Schools. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a New York Venture Fellow. He is a two-times TEDx speaker and he has been featured in FastCompany, Forbes, Inc, Huffington Post, Washington Post and ABC. He now sits on the Boards of the Georgetown Technology Alliance, Compass Partners and Out in Tech.Brian Heather
Brian is founder of SolTerra, a company that builds LEED certified sustainable and healthy buildings that bring elements from nature into our built environment. Brian lives this passion through designing, constructing and maintaining environmental technology in our living spaces while demonstrating payback in financial, health, and environmental benefits. Brian created VeraWall™, a patented living wall system that is used to integrate plants and vegetation into the interior and exterior built environment. In 2013 he delivered a TEDx talk on the "The Importance of Reconnecting Our Cities to Nature." Brian has made it his mission to prove that environmental sustainability and financial sustainability can be achieved together and is using the development of mixed use apartments to demonstrate this. In 2016, the United States Green Building Council awarded SolTerra "Project of the Year" for a mixed use building it designed, developed and constructed in Portland, OR.Christo Nel
Christo is a lifelong entrepreneur, change leader and pioneer who runs his own consulting firm. Creating sustainable change, sustainable organisations, and sustainable communities is so stunningly difficult. Christo Nel identifies three forces that are present in all success stories: the forces of anxiety, power and love.Indra Zaandam
Indra Zaandam is a culture enthusiast and advisor to the Ministry of Culture of Aruba. She holds various board positions within the creative sector in Aruba and is a firm believer in culture as the driving force for change. Indra previously worked as a policy advisor at Aruba’s national park ‘Parke Arikok’. Her journey so far has led her to believe that there is an enormous room for growth regarding cultural awareness in Aruba. She holds a bachelors degree in Biomedical Sciences and a masters degree in Management, Policy and Entrepreneurship, both obtained from the VU University in Amsterdam. She is passionate about bridging the gap between the public and private sector by building bridges that add value to local communities.Maurice de Hond
He is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Steve JobsSchool, an elementary school which gives each student an iPad to encourage individualized learning. The first elementary schools who worked with this approach started with a worldwide media coverage in august 2013. Currently more than 30 schools in the Netherlands work with this concept with remarkable results (www.stevejobsschool.world). In the coming 12 months several schools in other countries will start with this concept too. Tech Insider has chosen this school as 1 of the 13 most innovative schools of the world.Sarah-Quita Offringa
Sarah-Quita is a professional windsurfer from Aruba. In 2011 following back to back 2010/2011 PWA Women’s Freestyle World Championship titles wins together with winning the 2011 PWA Slalom World Championship she was nominated by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.Susan Piver
Susan is the New York Times best selling author of nine books on mindfulness, communication, and relationships. Named by Mashable as “One of the 25 Most Inspiring People on Twitter,” she has been featured on Oprah, CNN, the TODAY Show, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Money, and Parade. She is a graduate of a Buddhist seminary and has been a meditation practitioner for more than 20 years. Susan founded the Open Heart Project, an online mindfulness community with close to 20,000 members around the world.Organizing team
