CEO lecture by Gerben Edelijn
On 29 November, Gerben Edelijn, CEO Thales Netherlands, gave a presentation to a group of interested students from Saxion and the University of Twente. Edelijn managed to captivate the students with a diverse story about his personal career and his work at Thales.
After his lecture, many questions were asked by the students. Peter van Dam, director of Saxion's LED Academy, managed to keep things on track. The afternoon ended with a pleasant drink in the Grand Café of Saxion, where there was a long discussion afterwards.
Description
This activity is specifically for students, graduates and
professors/teachers at WO and HBO.
KIVI NIRIA Students Twente is organising a CEO series at UT. The aim of this series is to stimulate and enthuse students and young engineers for a successful career.
Ir. Gerben Edelijn will give a lecture this afternoon about, among other things, his work as CEO at Thales. We want CEOs of important companies, with an engineering background themselves, to talk about their experience and how their careers went and they became successful CEOs.
Ir. Peter van Dam, Director Academy Life Science, Engineering & Design of Saxion acts as chairman of the day
16.00 hrs - Opening by chairman of the day Peter van Dam
16.10 hrs - Start lecture Gerben Edelijn
The lecture will be structured on the basis of the following questions:
- What was your student time like?
- What challenges and obstacles have you encountered on your way to the top?
- What is your vision of the future of Technical Netherlands and what role does your company play in this?
17:15 - Question round led by chairman of the day Peter van Dam
17:45 - Closing and drinks in the Grand Café
Speaker(s)
Gerben Edelijn
Location
Saxion University of Applied Sciences, location Enschede
M.H. Tromplaan 28, 7513 AH Enschede
Organiser
KIVI Students Twente
Name and contact details for information
Elfride Dijkstra Problems registering? Send an email with your name and email address to kiviniria@utwente.nl and we will make sure you are registered