Past Speakers

Reshaping Work 2022 Conference

Hans Berends

Hans Berends

President of the Board,
Professor of Innovation and Organization,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/VU

Anastasia Sergeeva

Associate Professor of Digital Innovation
Vrije University Amsterdam
Panelist
Marleen Huysman

Marleen Huysman

Professor,
KIN Center for Digital Innovation
Sharon Block

Sharon Block

Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Keynote Speaker

Bogdan Deleanu

Head of MEP Cabinet, European Parliament
Panelist
Victoria Bunyard

Vicky Bunyard

CTO Northern Europe, IBM
Keynote Speaker
Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Teachout

Senior Counsel for Economic Justice, New York Attorney General
Panelist
Fabian Ladda

Fabian Ladda

Head of Policy for Local Commerce, Wolt
Panelist
Ting Li

Ting Li

Professor of Digital Business,
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Stijn Broecke

Stijn Broecke

Senior Economist, OECD
Roundtable Leader
Inès Baer

Inès Baer

Head of Data, Analytics and Labor Market Studies, ADEM
Panelist
Stefan Kröpfl

Stefan Kröpfl

Global Head of Life Business Insights & Governance, Zurich Insurance
Panelist
Robert Seamans

Robert Seamans

Associate Professor, New York University
Panelist
Anne Mollen

Anne Mollen

Senior Policy & Advocacy Manager, AlgorithmWatch
Roundtable Leader
Vincent Huguet

Vincent Huguet

CEO and Co-Founder, Malt
Panelist
Winifred Andriessen

Winifred Andriessen

Director of Advanced Analytics, KPN
Panelist
Joost Verbeek

Joost Verbeek

Program Technology Manager, Enza Zaden
Roundtable Leader
Mario Mariniello

Mario Mariniello

Member of the Future of Work Unit, Europan Commission
Panelist
Lauren Razavi

Lauren Razavi

Executive Director, Plumia
Panel Chair
Paul Jennings

Paul Jennings

Lawyer and Mediator, Bates Wells
Roundtable Leader
Emma O’Dwyer

Emma O’Dwyer

Public Policy, Uber
Panelist
David Graus

David Graus

Lead Data Scientist, Randstad Groep
Panelist
Radan Kanev

Radan Kanev

Member of European Parliament
Panelist

Tomislav Karacic

Panelist
Researcher - AI Impact on Work, KIN Center for Digital Innovation
Hendrik Meerkamp

Hendrik Meerkamp

Senior Policy Adviser, CESI
Roundtable Leader
Linda Li

Linda Li

Project Lead Ethics & AI, Dutch Police
Roundtable Leader
Maarten Stolk

Maarten Stolk

Founder & CEO, Deeploy
Roundtable Leader

Henri Drogulski

Manager of Human Capital Practice, Deloitte
Panelist

Stella Pachidi

Professor of Information Systems,
University of Cambridge
Panel Chair
Koen Frenken

Koen Frenken

Professor of Innovation Studies,
Utrecht University
Andrea Herrmann

Andrea Herrmann

Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Radboud University
Victor Bernhartz

Victor Bernhardtz

Ombudsman for Digital Labour Markets, Unionen
Roundtable Leader
Martijn Muller

Martijn Muller

Founder, Bestellenbij.nl
Roundtable Leader
Hedi Mardisoo

Hedi Mardisoo

CEO, Cachet
Roundtable Leader
Niels van Doorn

Niels van Doorn

Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam
Panelist
Hanneke Bennaars

Hanneke Bennaars

Professor of Labour Law, University of Amsterdam
Panelist
Anton Ekker

Anton Ekker

Tech and Privacy Lawyer
Roundtable Leader
Sam Cao

Sam Cao

Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
Panelist
Thomas Blondeel

Thomas Blondeel

Institutional Relations Manager, Smart Coop
Roundtable Leader
Angelos Kostis

Angelos Kostis

Postdoctoral Researcher, Swedish Center for Digital Innovation
Panelist
Anja Eleveld

Anja Eleveld

Professor of Social Law, VU Amsterdam
Panelist
Marijn Plomp

Marijn Plomp

Senior Lecturer & Programme Manager, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Event Host

Future of Work Conference 2021

Stefan Kröpfl

Stefan Kröpfl

Global Head of Life Business Insights & Governance, Zurich Insurance
Panelist

Ana Carla Pereira

Cabinet Expert of
Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, European Commission
Panelist

Stefano Scarpetta

Director for Employment,
Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Panelist

Christina Behrendt

Head of the Social Policy Unit, ILO
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Francesca Bria

President, Italian National Innovation Fund
Panelist

Menno Bart

Public Affairs Manager, The Adecco Group
Roundtable leader

Joanne Kubba

Senior Director EMEA Policy, Uber
Roundtable leader

Max Uebe

Head of "Future of Work,
Youth Employment" Unit, European Commission
Roundtable leader

Barbara Gerstenberger

Head of "Working Life" Unit, Eurofound
Roundtable leader

Frederik Fahning

Co-Founder, Zenjob
Roundtable leader

Anastasia Fetsi

Lead Expert in Human Capital Development, European Training Foundation
Roundtable leader

Oliver Roethig

Regional Secretary, UNI Europa
Roundtable leader

Paul Peake

General Counsel for Food,
Grocery and Etail portfolio, Prosus
Roundtable leader

Sarah de Heusch

Institutional Affairs Officer and
Chair of Ethical Committee, Smart Cooperative
Roundtable leader

Ferdinand Schmutzer

Owner of FS-Consult &
Platform Worker, Roamler
Roundtable leader

Melissa Heikkilä

AI Correspondent, POLITICO Europe
Panelist

Juliet Schor

Economist and Sociologist,
Boston College

AI@Work 2020

Robert Seamans

Robert Seamans

Associate Professor, New York University
Panelist

Ella Hafermalz

Assistant Professor, KIN Center
Panel chair

Aida Ponce Del Castillo

Senior researcher, Foresight Unit of European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
Panel chair

Marleen Huysman

Professor, Head of KIN Center for Digital Innovation, VU Amsterdam
Keynote speaker

Rina Joosten

Co-founder, Seedlink Tech
Panelist

Jochem de Groot

Director of Corporate Affairs,
Microsoft Netherlands
Panelist

Marleen Stikker

Founder, Waag Society

Marc Burger

COUNTRY HEAD, CAPGEMINI INVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

David Allessie

Senior consultant, Gartner
Roundtable leader

Peter Paul Verbeek

Professor of Philosophy of Techology & The Designlab,
The University of Twente
Keynote Speaker

Sjarrel de Charon

Content Moderator
Roundtable Leader

Ilse Verdiesen

Lieutenant-colonel,
Royal Netherlands Armed Forces
Roundtable leader

Dick Willems

Data Scientist, Politie Amsterdam
Roundtable leader

Jeroen Maas

Challenge Lead Health
Amsterdam Economic Board
Roundtable Leader

Regional Event Stockholm 2020

Virginia Dignum

Professor of Social and Ethical Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University
Keynote speaker

Tobias Porserud

Vice President of AppJobs.com and President of The AppJobs Institute
Panelist

Robert Torvelainen

Senior Public Policy Associate, Uber
Panelist

Rebecca Filis

The Swedish Tax Agency
Panelist

Nisha Besara

Political Scientist
EVENT HOST

Mats Elzén

Client development advisor
Panelist

Martin Linder

President of Unionen
Opening speaker

Koen Frenken 

Professor in innovation studies at Utrecht university
Keynote speaker

Katarina Lundahl

Chief Economist and acting Policy Director of Unionen
Closing speaker

Irene Wennemo

Director-General, the National Mediation Office
Panelist

Evgueni Vinogradov

PhD, Senior Researcher and former Research Director at Nordland Research Institute
Panelist

Donnie SC Lygonis

Founder/CEO at Entrepreneurs Without Borders. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Panelist

Christina Öberg

Professor/Chair in Marketing, Örebro University
Panelist

Bogdan Szyber 

PhD Candidate and Director of MoAR – Museum of Artistic Research

Birgit Leick

Østfold University College
Panelist

Anna Ilsøe

Associate Professor, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
Panelist

Regional Event Novi Sad 2020

Bogdan Ionita

Assistant Professor, University of Bucharest
Speaker

Steffen Hudolin

the Head of Operations II of the EU Delegation to Serbia
Speaker

Tatiyana Korshunova

Leading Researcher at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law, Russia
Speaker

Slobodan Golusin

MA student in Sociology and Social Anthropology, CEU
Panelist

Branka Andjelkovic

Public Policy Research Center
Keynote speaker

Nevena Kostic

Lawyer
Speaker

Ugljesa Marjanovic

University of Novi Sad
Speaker

Martin Risak

University of Vienna
Keynote speaker

Aleksandra Lakic

Sociologist
Panelist

Vassil Kirov

Associate Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS), and Associate Researcher, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
Speaker

Jelena Starcevic

Professor, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City
Speaker

Nicolas Friederici

Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society; Oxford Internet Institute
Speaker

Ionut Lacusta

Head of Public Policy,
EEMEA & EU Affairs, Glovo
Speaker

Zachary Kilhoffer

Researcher in the Jobs and Skills unit, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Speaker

Jovana Zafirovic

PhD Candidate, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade and Junior Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences
Panelist

Andrej Cvetic

Graduate student of International Relations and Sociology, University of Belgrade
Panelist

Bagryan Malamin

Marketing Communications Professional and PhD Candidate, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS)
Speaker

Gabriela Yordanova

Senior Research Associate, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS)
Speaker

Attila Kun

Professor of Labour Law, Károli Gáspár University
Speaker

Ildikó Rácz

Adjunct lecturer and PhD student, Károli Gáspár University, Faculty of Law
Panelist

Nataliia Lomonosova

Analyst, CEDOS think tank, and PhD student, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla academy
Panelist

Sreten Vranic

Head of Social Banking at Erste Bank, Novi Sad
Speaker

Maja Turnsek

Associate Professor & Vice Dean for Research at University of Maribor
Speaker

Agnieszka Piasna

Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
Speaker

Andrey Shevchuk

Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Speaker

Jan Drahokoupil

Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
Speaker

Denis Strebkov

Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Speaker

Darko Vidić

Founder and CEO, GreenDesign Ltd.
Speaker

Joanne Gouaux

CEO, Morning Angel Communications
Speaker

Mariya Gabriel

EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Keynote speaker

Carsten Vollrath

CEO, IPG GROUP
Speaker

Platform Economy 2019

Shellie Karabell

Journalist
Panel chair

Roberto Viola

Director General,
DG Connect
(EU Commission)
Keynote speaker

Irene Mandl

Head of Employment Unit, Eurofound
Roundtable leader

Dean Bosche

Head of Partnerships, Toptal
Panelist

Mei Li Vos

Director of the AVV Trade Union
Keynote speaker

Marieke Blom

Chief Economist, ING
Panelist

Falko Kremp

Country Manager Germany, Fiverr
Panelist

Arco Elsman

Managing Director, Twago
Roundtable leader

Sacha Michaud

Co-founder, Glovo
Roundtable leader

Jenny Shen

Platform Worker
Panelist

Mari-Jon Keijlewer

Founder, My Flexwork
Roundtable leader

Ernesto Spruyt

Founder, Tunga
Roundtable leader

Carola Bouton

Senior policy officer,
European Commission
Roundtable leader

Danique Thijse

Platform Worker
Panelist

Tobias Porserud

Vice President, AppJobs
Roundtable leader

Lucie Evers

Co-founder, Partago
Roundtable leader

Amrit Sewgobind

Union Official, FNV
Roundtable leader

Joris den Ouden

Union Official, FNV
Roundtable leader

James Farrar

Founder/Director, Worker Info Exchange
Roundtable leader

Pinar Ozcan

Professor,
University of Oxford
Keynote speaker

Zoë Clements

Strategy Consultant,
IBM Europe
Roundtable leader

Jeremias Adams-Prassl

Professor of Law,
University of Oxford
Keynote Speaker

Stijn Verstijnen

General Manager,
Deliveroo Netherlands
Roundtable leader

Valérie Rijckmans

Trade Union Official, AVV
Roundtable leader

Platform Economy 2018

Koen Frenken

Koen Frenken

Professor of Innovation Studies,
Utrecht University

Juliet Schor

Economist and Sociologist,
Boston College

Wiggert de Haan

CIO & Founder, Roamler
Roundtable leader

Matthew Taylor

Chief executive, RSA
Keynote speaker

Yorick Bleijenberg

Platform worker
Roundtable leader

Laura Esnaola

Managing director, Care.com Europe
Keynote speaker

Pim Paulusma

Policy Advisor, FNV
Roundtable leader

Amrit Sewgobind

Union organizer FNV
Roundtable leader

Johan Zwemmer

Senior Associate, Stibbe
Panelist

Koen van Schie

Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Roundtable leader

Paul Eggink

CEO & Co-founder, Temper
Roundtable leader

Fredrik Söderqvist

Economist, Unionen
Roundtable leader

Jochem Pasman

Senior manager, KPMG Digital Transformation
Roundtable leader

Miia Rossi-Gray

Policy officer, European Commission
Roundtable leader

Stijn Verstijnen

Counrty manager, Deliveroo
Panelist

Laurin Sepoetro

EU Public Policy, Uber
Panelist

Platform Economy 2017

Benjamin Sachs

Benjamin Sachs

Professor of Labor and Industry, Harvard Law School
Keynote Speaker

Yorick Bleijenberg

Platform worker
Roundtable leader

Kenneth Wijngaarde

Head of marketing Temper

Rolf Moester

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Jason Moyer-Lee

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain

Jaap Buis

Randstad Holding

Kristina Nilsson

Manager PR at takeaway.com

Evert Verhulp

University of Amsterdam

Michelle van Os

Managing director Helpling nl

Irene van Hest

FNV Zelfstandigen

Nicholas Costello

European Commission

Koen Frenken

Professor, Utrecht University

Josien van Breda

Labour market expert

Alina Lupu

Artist & Gig worker

Benedikt Franke

Co-founder of Helping

Jeremias Adams-Prassl

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Vera Demary

GERMAN ECONOMIC INSTITUTE

Mei Li Vos

Vice-President, AVV &
Member of the Dutch Senate
Keynote speaker

Laurin Sepoetro

EU Public Policy, Uber
Panelist