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INDEX DIPLOMATIC WORLD 55
H.E.
CLAUDE-FRANCE
ARNOULD
Ambassador
of France
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20
H.E
ABDULRAHMAN
BIN MOHAMMED
AL KHULAIFI
Ambassador of
the State of Qatar
H.E.
YURI O. THAMRIN
Ambassador
of the Republic
of Indonesia
PLACES LEFT
BEHIND: REGIONAL
INEQUALITY IN THE
U.S. & EUROPE
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CHINA, A COUNTRY
IN TRANSITION
Prof. Jan Cornelis
HOOOP FOR
A GOOD CAUSE
AT THE
BISTRONOMY
Ambassador
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Steven G. Glickman Leo D’Aes
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SMART CITIES PUT
PEOPLE FIRST
Joachim De Vos
CEO & founder of
TomorrowLab
RELIGIOUS
TOLERANCE:
INDONESIAN
EXPERIENCES
100 YEARS
TOGETHER
WITH RUSSIA
Prof. Dr.
Dede Rosyada, MA
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Sergey Katyrin
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EXHIBITION
MODIGLIANI,
SOUTINE, AND
OTHER LEGENDS OF
MONTPARNASSE
Fabergé Museum
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2
Herman Van Rompuy, Wim Dries, Joachim De Vos
They’ll bill everything automatically. They’ll wait for
their owners, or hire themselves out to other customers
in the interim. Naturally, a smart concept like that
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Carl Pendragon
doesn’t stop at municipal boundaries. Smart street
lighting, too, will only be really intelligent if the whole
BULGARIA region IS shares and uses data to provide energy-saving
PREPARING TO
TAKE OVER lighting THE EU or react appropriately in emergencies. TomorrowLab
will be glad to help drive such efforts with its
PRESIDENCY
EUROPEAN
H.E. experience Maya in Smart Cities”.
BUSINESS
Nikolova Dobreva
SUMMIT
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PREVENT FRAGMENTATION
DECENTRALIZATION
The S-LIM initiative OF EVERYTHING is being taken by the Limburg
towns and municipalities. TRANSFORMING TomorrowLab, THE as a strategic
GLOBAL ECONOMY
innovation consultancy,
AND LIFESTYLE
will help these communities
to develop a vision and will ensure that they constantly
exchange learning and practical experiences with
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Alexander Shulgin
each other. At the beginning of this year, a survey by
the University of Liège showed that most towns and
municipalities have not yet developed strategies to
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On 23 – 24 Maroš May 2018, Šefčovič, 2.000 high-level Pieter EU De and Crem, national Herman policy-makers, Van Rompuy
business executives, civil society and academia representatives will gather at
the Egmont Things Palace like in Brussels mobility for the solutions annual European and smart Business PAUL street Summit. COOLS furniture
are the first applications under scrutiny. GENERAL Naturally, OF MALTA
HONORARY CONSUL
technology is an important driver, but it SPREADS has to be THE WORD
and extensive media ABOUT coverage. VALLETTA
integrated into the social fabric of a town. One smart
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2018
street doesn’t make a smart city, let alone a smart
region.
CITY DATA
PEACE GLOBAL
ART PROJECT
THE SEVEN PILLARS
OF LAUGHING
Ulrike Bolenz
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THE INSTITUT
RESTELLINI
Institute for Scientific
and Documentary
Research in Art History
Marc Restellini
TOWARDS EUROPE’S GLOBAL FUTURE
The European Business Summit (EBS) is a renowned debated
platform offering its partners and guests an opportunity to
exchange views on topics shaping the European and international
agenda. In the upcoming 18th edition, EBS would like to
build upon its ability to facilitate constructive dialogue between
countries’ representatives and business community in Europe
and beyond. By bringing these partners together, EBS contributes
to promoting European competitiveness, entrepreneurship
and innovation.
such as technologies, services for food and more, advertising in
the EBS Magazine and benefiting from EBS marketing products
EBS also recommends that its partners join the brand new
Strategy Group, a unique dialogue platform for countries,
regions, business executives and policy-makers. During the
approximately 6 meetings per year, the Strategy Group members
will participate in private sessions with high-level business and
policy representatives and it will contribute to shaping the pro-