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Meet The Speakers

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Jos Akkermans

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Associate Professor of Careers and Organizational Behavior

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Thijs Launspach

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Dutch psychologist, (TEDx-)speaker and (best-selling) author

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Elske Doets

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Entrepreneur, Businesswoman of the Year(2017), Inspirer

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Sophia Winter

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Inspirational Student, Believer in the power of taking action

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Ed Winters

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Educator, Filmmaker, Public Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur

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Marta Zaraska

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Canadian-Polish Science Journalist and Author

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Mike Ligthart

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Assistant Professor Social Artificial Intelligence

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