Kitty Leering

Member of the 2018 program team, focused on the main stage program.

Project management and all-round event consulting of the annual global summit, build around the award ceremony of the Thought for Food challenge. Tasks also include the co-development of the creative concept of the summit, support on sponsor-acquisition and marketing. In addition I serve as a strategic advisor for the overall direction and business development of TFF Foundation.

https://thoughtforfood.org

Inspire educational institutes, teachers, pupils, students and policy makers to adopt 'maker' principles in education through a maker faire, special masterclasses, workshops, lectures and much much more.

www.makereducation.nl www.eindhovenmakerfaire.nl

FIBER is an Amsterdam based organisation, dedicated to present and initiate artistic productions at the intersection of audiovisual art, digital culture and electronic music. The team works year round with a vibrant network of artists, designers, technologists, researchers and organisations to reflect on the influence of technology and realise immersive artistic experiences across many creative disciplines. Special attention goes out to the support of up- and coming makers by connecting them with shared knowledge, organisations, networks and audiences.

FIBER works on a diverse range of activities; from the curation of events, exhibitions and audiovisual club experiences; the commissioning of performances and site-specific installations, to the exchange of knowledge within artist talks, workshops and showcases. The team is responsible for the recurring FIBER Festival, the Coded Matter(s) event series and the online FIBER Podcast series. Furthermore, FIBER cooperates with partner organisations, cultural institutions and companies to produce unique events.

NewTechKids is a technology education academy in Amsterdam dedicated to igniting the problem-solving capabilities and innovative spirit of children. Our programs, taught in Dutch and English, teach primary school children computational thinking and the fundamental concepts which power technology, programming and information in the digital age. Gadgets, applications, software and hardware change continuously, the core concepts don’t.

Our staff of computer science teachers and innovation specialists guide kids in acquiring knowledge and skills related to designing, programming, testing and creating stuff that matters to them. The future belongs to NewTechKids. Watch out, Silicon Valley. We’re coming for you!

http://newtechkids.com/en/

Stichting Pleinmuseum (Public Square Museum Foundation) is an organisation that uses public space as a museum without walls, making art more accessible for everyone.

BedTalks is a unique freethinking event, that connects through dialogue. We facilitate conversations (BedTalks) in hotel rooms between unconventional minds, who haven't met before, and have vastly different backgrounds, but share an itch to save the world (or pieces of it).
At the end of the day people leave inspired, with new ideas and a concrete commitment to improve life as we know it.

www.bedtalks.nl

Responsible for the international keynote program, and the program lines on 'Healthy ageing' and 'Religion and spirituality in the city'.

About #WeMakeTheCity
Starting as a combination of the existing, annual Smart Cities Conference and the closing event for the iCapital Award, the idea of an annual CityFest was born. A consortium including Waag Society, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Economic Board, Amsterdam Smart City and the Amsterdam CTO Office, are involved in building this brand new city festival that combines a leading gathering of urban professionals from Europe (and beyond) with a public, distributed festival for the citizens of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region.

Dates: 20-24 June 2018. www.wemakethe.city

Kwartiermaker, State of the Region 2018 (Freelance)
Nov 2016 – Feb 2018
Develop a new format for an annual conference for Amsterdam regional stakeholders to get together and discuss the economic state of the Amsterdam region and the opportunities and challenges for the coming year(s). Aim: June 2018 for the first edition.
Activities include: format development, engaging financial and in-kind stakeholders... See more

Program Consultant, Economische Verkenningen MRA 2017 (freelance)
Oct 2016 – Mar 2017
Acting as a program consultant to help redesign the annual presentation of the Economic Explorations report to stakeholders within the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam.

Programmer, MRA Catch Up Health (Freelance)
Oct 2016 – Dec 2016
Programming the Catch Up meeting for the health cluster of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam.

Place : Eindhoven
BedTalks is a unique freethinking event, that connects through dialogue. We facilitate conversations (BedTalks) in hotel rooms between unconventional minds, who haven't met before, and have vastly different backgrounds, but share an itch to save the world (or pieces of it).
At the end of the day people leave inspired, with new ideas and a concrete commitment to improve life as we know it.
www.bedtalks.nl

Urbanization is a complex and worldwide phenomenon. With global dimensions and long-term consequences that affect everyone. Only if everyone collaborates we can succeed to make the world’s megacities liveable and prosperous places for everyone.

That’s why the Human Cities Coalition, initiated by a group of Dutch companies, has forged a unique coalition that brings together a wide range of partners: international and local, private and public, corporate and grassroots, practitioners and academic, investors and donors. These organizations want to actively contribute their expertise to reduce air and water pollution, introduce flood controls or design new financing mechanisms for large infrastructure projects such as water sanitation and affordable housing.

www.humancities.co

Place :Rotterdam

Place : Leiden
Consulting (without remuneration) on the event format and program for the new event 'A Brave New World' that will take place on 2, 3 November 2016 in Leiden. https://www.bravenewworld.nl/