Congress – Program – Lecturers – Workshops
Overview congress 2011
Also last year, Develop Your World organised interesting and inspiritional lectures, we welcomed Rajshree Patel and Sandra van
Sandra van Beest
Sandra van Beest was the youth representative for the UN in 2007 till 2008. The goal was to get more young people committed to the UN and, at the same time, to have their opinion heard at the UN. She hopes and tries to inspire young people to undertake action to build a better world. After her job at the UN, she created a plan to help young people to find their way to the top. In this context, ‘the top’ mainly consists out of positions within institurions like the United Nations. With all those successes at such a young age, we could not think of a better speaker to represent the theme Develop Your world, now for the future. We are proud tp be able to say that she has spoken at our congress.
Rajshree Patel
Miss Patel is an inspirational lecturer who is able to connect with her audience through humor, simplicity and charisma in order to encourage them to strive to change their lifes. She gives lectures, seminars and workshops about “the Art of Living” all over the world. Before becoming succesfull and known for this, she was a lawyer for the federal government in Los Angeles. At the moment, she is the director of the Art of Living in Los Angeles and South America. In her seminars for students and corporations, she emphasizes mainly on the development of leadership, authenticity, and on the recognition and application of personal talents.
Prof. dr. Peter Volten
Prof. Dr. Volten studied politics at the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam) and obtained his doctorate for foreign policy of the former Soviet Union. In 1994, he was the first academic teacher ‘Internationale Betrekkingen en Internationale Organisaties, IB/IO (International Relations and International Organisations) at the University of Groningen. In the same year, he founded the Center efor European Security Studies (CESS) in Groningen, of which he is still the director. When he left the University, in January 2010, he received the ‘Koninklijke onderscheiding Officier in de orde van oranje Nassau’ (royal distinction). Prof. dr. Volten has been of major importance for the University of Groningen and we were very happy we had him as the host of the day.
