This event is for Dujat members and invitees only.
If your company is member of Dujat and you did not receive the invitation, please contact our office.
Earlier you may have been informed of the ongoing national essay contest we are hosting this year for students, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Students are the future of generations and with this essay contest, we would like to inspire them to explore the long-lasting relationship between Japan and The Netherlands. The winning student will win a trip to Japan.
For this contest, inspired by the theme of Expo 2025 Osaka, the Board of Dujat decided on the theme: Sustainable Mental Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Dutch-Japanese Solutions for Designing a Future Society.
The ceremony will be combined with a networking reception afterwards, and we are pleased to invite you to join this event. For more information, please refer to the details below. We hope to see you there!
Date: Wednesday 27 November
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Venue: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – Medical Faculty (MF) Building, Room Number: MF – D146 Atrium on the First Floor of the building – Van der Boechorststraat 7,1081 BT Amsterdam
Programme:
16:45 Registration
17:15 Welcome by Prof. dr. Jeroen JG Geurts – Rector Magnificus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
17:20 Speech by Mr. Luc Houben, Chairman of Dujat
17:25 Video Presentation of jury report by Mr. Jan van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague
17:35 Award Ceremony by H.E. Mr. Minami, Prof. dr. Geurts, and Mr. Houben
17:45 Speech by H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Minami, Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands
17:50 Closing remarks by Mrs. Christa de Kemp, Managing Director of Dujat
17:55 Start of networking reception
19:00 End of event
Members of the Jury:
Mr. Jan van Zanen – Mayor of The Hague, Chairman of the Jury
H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Minami – Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Gilles Beschoor Plug – Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Japan
Prof. Jeroen Geurts – Rector magnificus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mr. Luc Houben – Chairman of Dujat, Senior Advisor of Jones Day
Prof. Seiji Kumagai – Program Director for Goal 9 of the Moonshot of Japan’s Cabinet Office, Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University
Prof. Meike Bartels – University Research Professor in Genetics and Wellbeing, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mr. Edo de Ronde – Executive Director Japan of NFIA (Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency)
Mr. Hans Kuijpers – Board Member of Dujat, Director Investment Projects & Investor Climate of NFIA (Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency)
Ms. Fumiko Inoue – Chairperson Dutch Association of Japanese Language Teachers
Mr. Jens Branum – Higher Education Consultant, Edumundo NL
Ms. Wendy Freriks – Board Member of Dujat, Director Corporate Relations Ricoh Netherlands
Mrs. Christa de Kemp – Managing Director of Dujat
