Conferences, projects and special events held in cooperation with friends in The Netherlands
Extensive B.I.O. e-learning programmes in biopolicy and sustainable development
2010
Main speaker on “Biopolicy: Economic and Environmental Crises – the Opportunity to Build a Green Society” at the BioNeers Global Conference, in Driebergen, Netherlands.
2009
Speaker at the Club of Rome Global Assembly on Climate, Energy and Economic Recovery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Programme
Symposium on “Expectations for Copenhagen”, Office of the European Parliament in Greece, Athens. Press Release, Programme, Photos
2006
Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, “Creating a Society of Harmony.” In: Visions from the Present, Publication of the Tallberg Forum 2005. Other contributors include HM King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Jaap Spier, Attorney General of the Netherlands, Margot Wallstrom Vice President of the European Commission and other people of influence.
2005
B.I.O. participation in the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, sponsored by the World Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cooperation in the B.I.O. e-learning programme “Biopolicy – Education to Enrich Sustainability.”
2004
B.I.O. participation in the Organising Committee and keynote lecture by the B.I.O. President at “The Hague Conference on Environment and Security in the 21st Century,” held at the Peace Palace in The Hague. BioNews No. 38- April 2004, p. 3
B.I.O. President delivers keynote address at the conference on “Mass-Individualisation of higher education for the knowledge-based society” in Maastricht.
Presentation and participation by Mr. Paul Brouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Greece, in the press conference to introduce B.I.O.’s publication “People with a Disaubility in Modern Society.”
2003
Paul Brouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Greece and Fred Matser, Director of Sofam Beheer BV, participate as members of the Honorary Committee for the Bios Prize Award to UN High Commissioner for Refugees and former
Premier of the Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers, honoured with the Bios Prize in recognition of his global leadership and millennium vision, during a special award ceremony in Athens BioNews No. 34 April 2003 – p. 1 , 8- 11 Photos
2001
Presentation and participation by Mr. Paul Brouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Greece, and Mr. Tjaco van den Hout, Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, in the B.I.O. roundtable discussion on “Profit and the Environment” held within the framework of the Athens Money Show. Contribution to the volume of proceedings. Photos, Programme
Participation by Tjaco van den Hout, Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, in the B.I.O. conference on the need for an International Court for the Environment and contribution to the volume of proceedings.
“Resolving the Environmental Crisis. The Need for an International Court of the Environment.” International conference in Athens with the participation of the Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Supreme Court Justices and other eminent personalities BioNews no.26,April2001,p.8-10 , BioNews no. 28, Oct. 2001, p. 8-9, Photos
2000
B.I.O. participation in the Working Group for the establishment of an International Court for the Environment, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague.
B.I.O. participation in the launch of an Earth Charter, held at the Peace Palace in the The Hague, in the presence of HM Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands.
Paul Brouwer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Greece, participates in the B.I.O. International Conference on “Bio-Diplomacy: The Future of International Relations” and contributes to the volume of proceedings.
1998
Fred Matser, Founder of the The Fred Foundation, participates in the Eighth B.I.O. International Conference on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment: The Budapest Sessions” and contributes to the volume of proceedings.
1994
Albert Th. Ten Houten, ATHMO, Wageningen, participates in the International Sakharov Festival and contributes to the volume of proceedings.
1992
Albert ten Houten, Milieu and Organisatie B.V., and W. Ludo van Oyen, Consultant to the Ministry of the Environment in the Netherlands, participate in the Fifth B.I.O. International Conference on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment: Bio-Assessment of Technology” and contribute to the volume of proceedings.
1991
Participation by Dr. B.J.I. ten Brink, Tidal Waters Division, Ministry of Transport and Public Works of the Netherlands; F. Colijn, Tidal Waters Division, Ministry of Transport and Public Works of the Netherlands; Albert T.H. ten Houten, Member of the Dutch National Advisory Council for Research on Nature and the Environment; and Professor Donald Huisingh, Erasmus Center for Environmental Studies, Erasmus University in the Netherlands, in the Fourth B.I.O. International Conference on the “International University for the Bio¬Environment” including contributions to the volume of proceedings.
