About Kring Breda

KIVI Kring Breda: where technology and conviviality come together

The Breda Circle is a very active circle. The more than 30 active members take it in turns to host the meeting, which is held every 3rd Tuesday of the month in the hall of Café Restaurant Moeke in Ginneken (Breda).

Kring Breda's multi-faceted meetings

There have been very interesting topics in the past year such as:

  • Heat pumps for the home
  • Delta 21
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Wind and solar energy
  • H2
  • Story about Korean admiral
  • Jan Rothman's book "The Perfect Storm"

And previously e.g.

  • Global warming swindle
  • Energy Benchmark
  • Computer visualisations
  • How to become pope...career planning now and in the late Middle Ages
  • Burn out
  • Rinie Wagtmans: from fearless cycling hero to top entrepreneur
  • New design riding saddle for horses
  • Risk management
  • Director General of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Mr Maarten van Eeghen. Theme: Better use of rail is hugely profitable
  • Corporate social responsibility in a changing world
  • Dutch underground pipework brought to the surface - Interests and actors around standardisation at NEN 3650
  • Company visit to Nedtrain Tilburg
  • Beer brewing and breweries (by Kringlid Eindhoven)
  • Life on Aruba
  • CIMIC (Civil Military Cooperation): how engineers contribute to building Iraq, by the Nestor of the Breda circle

Engaging lectures and lively activities ahead

All this while enjoying dinner and drinks afterwards. Besides the serious side of things, there is plenty of room for networking and making social contacts. In this context, the circle occasionally organises other activities such as:

  • Season-closing BBQ with supporters

Want to deepen your knowledge and network? Join us!

In short, plenty of reasons to get active and apply to the circle board: Jan Brugging or Willy Smits.