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Past Events
CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2009
 After the successful launch of the third CROSSTALKS book 'In Sickness and in Health' - CROSSTALKS launched the follow-up project on health "Optimal Partnerships through Transparency" on June 19th. This new project wants to engage all stakeholders in health care to create more transparency. A first workshop elaborated on "The Value Of Data Sharing". Read more...
 The aim of the Atomium Session "Navigating the Complex Nature of Energy Efficiency" on May 14th was to uncover the interdependencies, opportunities and trade-offs with regard to policymaking and the corporate world with Wolfgang Eichhammer (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation), Alain Vermeiren (Cisco Systems & CUD - Connected Urban Development) and Clive van Heerden (Philips Design). Followed by Pecha Kucha Night Brussels Vol.08 at Claridge. Read more...
In the context of Charles Darwin's 200th birth date and 150 years after his book "On the Origins of Species", the second session of VUB CAMPUSTALKS wanted to make a true interdisciplinary contribution to Darwin's legacy.
 On March 25th 2009 the kick-off of a new event format CAMPUSTALKS took place, aiming at enhance community building among the many institutions and people associated with VUB and beyond...
 The book release event of CROSSTALKS' 3rd publication “In Sickness and in Health” on March 24th presented the particular needs, challenges and aspirations, common aims and perspectives that emerged or were confirmed during the many CROSSTALKS interactions and workshops during the last 3 years.
 Navigating from energy-efficiency investments in the private-public domain (Catherine Cooremans, University of Geneva), a mathematical model of consumer attitude (Jean Paul Van Bendegem, philosopher and mathematician, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) to devolution in energy policy (Iain Todd, AREG, Scotland), this workshop on "Energy Efficiency: Paradigm Shifts in Innovation" on Feb 11th deliberately took some random walks from the beaten track to innovation...
 On January 16, CROSSTALKS organised a Pecha Kucha session at the occasion of the annual Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection, aiming at bridging the gap between policymakers, academics, practitioners and activists.
CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2008
 How are we preparing for 75% of the world population to live in cities by 2050? How can instutions create more space for innovation and change the structures, culture and practices to implement long term transition strategies? Which steps need to be taken to make the shift from eco-efficiency towards eco-effectiveness? This Science & Industry lunch "Energy Efficiency: Reconsidering Sustainability" on Dec 5th....
The Future of Medication series concluded with a workshop on “The thin line between promotion, information and deontological code" on Nov 18th 2008. Keynote speaker Isidro Aguillo talked about the parameters, risks and challenges of rankings and quality labels for hospitals and medical websites, Marc Bogaerts elaborated on the difficult and sensitive relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry. As a final speaker, Johan Van Calster presented the e-MED project of RIZIV-INAMI, FAMHP and FPS Public Health. Read more...
On Nov 12th 2008, CROSSTALKS launched its new project "Energy Efficiency: Facing the Facts and Learning to Cooperate" with a first science & industry lunch. The cross-disciplinary procedure - ranging from evolutionary biology, physics, engineering and outer space programs to economy, art, design & architecture - must allow all stakeholders to interact with each other through open dialogues, in order to develop a long term vision on the necessity of energy efficiency at any level of a global and ecological oriented society. Read more...
Semantic Interfaces and Key Opportunities of S€PA: During two science & industry lunches in May and June 2008, CROSSTALKS and EDS tackled the issue of the financial supply chain in the post-SEPA era: first from a more technical perspective aiming at more efficiency and cost reduction, secondly from the perspective of the business and consumers and their expectancies in post-SEPA and a cashless society aiming at a more efficient bank-to-customer integration. More ...
New Medicine Research Collaborations: on April 22nd 2008, CROSSTALKS dealt with policy making strategies and target/agenda setting in academic and industrial R&D contexts. Click here to access slides of Stefaan Van der Spiegel, Françoise Meunier, Stef Heylen and Marc Marti-Renom. Read the full report...
 CROSSTALKS is partner of Pecha Kucha Brussels, a series of show-and-tell evenings for designers, architects, artists, scientists, fashion designers, photographers, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs.With the 20x20 format, presentations are concise, the interest level goes up, and more people get the chance to show their ideas. Check out our past and future events on the Pecha Kucha Blog on http://pechakucha.architempo.net/brussels/
CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2007
 During Autumn 2007 CROSSTALKS and Buro II organised "Architecture, Photography & Chinese Encounters: Raising Added Value by Exchanging Expertise and Creativity" - a series of constructive crosstalks sessions on all possible challenges involved with Chinese -Belgian partnerships. Click here to read more....
On April 26th, an exclusive mixture of academic and corporate
researchers, curators, and business leaders filled the library
of Namahn in Brussels, to celebrate the release of the 2nd
CROSSTALKS book "Brave New Interfaces". The
launch program consisted of an invited talk by one of Belgium’s
most creative entrepreneurs, Jan Kriekels, followed by a demonstration
of the new DECAP sound and orchestration by Walter Hus and an
audio-visual performance by Angelo Vermeulen.
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Between October 2006 and January 2008, CROSSTALKS is organizing
a series of conferences and workshops on the Future of
Medication in a Patient-Centered Health Care. Crucial
in this project is the collaborative partnership and sharing of
knowledge between academics, industry, physicians, pharmacists,
patients, sick funds and insurances, health and social care organizations
and policymakers.. Read
more...
CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2006
On June 8th, under presidence of vice-rector Rosette S’Jegers,
the VUB industry network zoomed in the relevance and efficiency
of existing Early Warning Information Systems
with special focus on the management of security and supply chain
management in the Belgian harbors, with as case study the harbor
of Rotterdam. Again the open and constructive discussion revealed
existing bottlenecks and the lack of transparancy between the
different stakeholders. Read
more...
On Thursday April 27th, CROSSTALKS launched its kick-off seminar
on the theme Brave New Interfaces. The main message
echoing during and after the seminar was the urgent need for more
'crosstalking' between technologists, engineers, social scientists,
policymakers and artists to evolve towards secure, reliable and
invisible ICT. The seminar was attended by 70 participants from
corporate, cultural, policymaking and the academic contexts. Read
more...
On february 21st, 2006, CROSSTALKS organised a Science & Industry
Lunch on Early Warning Signals & Public Safety.
Talks addressed future perspectives on national policy (Brice
De Ruyver), challenges for one of Belgium's biggest risk companies
BIAC (Luc Van den Bossche) and the urgent need for more corporate
and private co-operation (Yvan De Mesmaeker).
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CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2005
With two seminars titled Grenzen van de Geneeskunst,
CROSSTALKS initiated a debate between all keyrole players and
decisiontakers in the health care sector with one focus on the
medical-scientific and ethic limits and another on the socio-economic
borders. Read more...
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Saturday June 11th, 2005 CROSSTALKS together with Project Management
Belgium organised a kick off seminar on the theme "Early
Warning Signals". According to the CROSSTALKS concept,
the theme was approached from different disciplines and perspectives.
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On the 3rd of February 2005, the first CROSSTALKS book “How
open is the future?” was released in a co-organised day
event "The Future of our Digital Commons"
by CROSSTALKS and DISC and in the presence of about 60 participants
coming from various universities (Solvay, KULEuven, UGent, Erasmus
Hogeschool), from the industry (ICT, media) and from European,
federal and regional policymakers. Read
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CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2004
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February 20th, 2004, first CROSSTALKS Science & Industry Dinner
The Future of Technology took place at the University
Foundation in Brussels. About 20 invited guests, including IT
industrials, ICT authorities and VUB professors sounded out, together
with invited speaker Tim O’Reilly, who elaborated on the
future of computing and Open Source Software. Click
here to read more....
CROSSTALKS New Year's Industry Lunch on January
13th, 2004 at the University Foundation in Brussels. To introduce
CROSSTALKS and present its industrial out reach and networking
concept, Rector Benjamin Van Camp and Vice-rector Research Jan
Cornelis invited a group of Belgian industrial decision makers.
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more....
CROSSTALKS Past Events | 2003
 Windows
by Day, Linux by Night. On Thursday the 11th of December
2003 Rector Ben Van Camp introduced the VUB CROSSTALKS network
– initiated by VUB Vice Rector Research Jan Cornelis - for
a public of about 200 people. As well students, VUB professors,
industry people and representatives of political and non-profit
organisations had gathered in Aula QA to listen to the opposing
viewpoints and economical and social models associated with Free
& Open Source Software and Proprietary Software. Read
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