Young KLV - Workshop - Sell your idea. Date: Thursday 21 March 2013
Would you like to start a business, to sell an item or would you simply like to improve your presentation skills? Learn to sell your idea by attending the pitching training of KLV. A diverse team of trainers will teach you the theory of pitching a product and provide you with feedback after you have performed a pitch yourself!
www. klv.nl

Training Debatteren, de kunst van het overtuigen
Dinsdag 12 februari – 19.00-22.00 uur – Impulse, gebouw 115
Eén van Nederlands bekendste debatleiders, Gijs Weenink, komt wederom naar Wageningen University om een cursus debatteren te geven voor Young KLV! Als directeur van de Debat Academie traint en coacht hij verschillende Tweede Kamerleden en mensen uit het bedrijfsleven. Wil jij weten welke technieken hij hen leert, ben je geïnteresseerd in de kunst van het overtuigen en wil je leren hoe ook jij een volleerd debater kunt worden? Kom dan naar deze boeiende cursus Debatteren. Info: www. klv.nl onder activiteiten.

De afgelopen maanden is in de media een fel debat gevoerd over intensivering van de landbouw in relatie tot de wereldwijde voedselzekerheid. De beroepsgroepen, verenigd in de Nederlandse Zoötechnische Vereniging (NZV) en de Studiekring Ontwikkelings-vraagstukken (SKOV), hebben de behoefte aan een verdiepingsslag. Op donderdag 7 februari gaan strategen op het gebied van voedselvoorziening, veehouderij en duurzaamheid met elkaar in dialoog in de conferentie “Keuzes voor de landbouw en veehouderij: lokaal of mondiaal, intensief of ecologisch?”.Info en aanmelden: http:// bit.ly/debat0702

Grab your chance! About Barriers and Careers.
Does Wageningen UR really score the second lowest in the percentage of female professors? Is it really that difficult for women to get to the top at Wageningen UR?
Managers and women, let’s go for diversity and do something about it!
The Wageningen Women’s Network VWI invites all women ánd men to its New Year’s Gathering on Wednesday January 16, 2013, 2:30-6:30 pm (with drinks and chances to network) at Impulse in Futurum, university building 115, Wageningen Campus
Speakers: Christine Verheijden, gender and network expert, will present the science shop report ‘Chances for female talent’; Martin Kropff, rector magnificus, will comment on behalf of Wageningen University; Marian Bos-Boers, honorary member and founder of VWI, will give some historical perspective; Harry Starren, former CEO of De Baak (Centre for Leadership and Entrepreneurship), will lead an interactive workshop to make us conscious of barriers and guide us towards action
More info and registration: www. vwi-netwerk.nl/opportunities-2013
Name: Wageningen Women's Network VWI

11 December: Wageningen debate on the future of food production.
Organised by: Independent Critical Students Group Wageningen.

Saturday December 8th 2012 at 20.00 o’clock student orchestra ‘De Ontzetting’ will give their biannual concert in theater Junushoff in Wageningen. The evening will be in the character of the upcoming tour to China. With the theme ‘Release the dragon’ the orchestra will deliver a spectacular evening. Among others we will play the following pieces; Praise Jerusalem, Lux Aurumque, and Windows of the World. Kindly we would like to invite you to our concert. Reservations can be made via ontzetting@ wur.nl

Green house lecture. St. Boerengroep. 26 Nov. Are short chains through internet the solution to the crisis in horticulture? Many farmers are close to bankruptcy: last year 90% of the companies have booked losses. Olaf van Kooten believes that producers will offer their products through internet directly to both individuals and supermarkets. This will break the power of the brokering Will this work? And what is really the cause of the crisis?
With Olaf van Kooten (Professor Horticulture Production Chains at Wageningen UR), Ted Duijvestijn (sustainable horticulturalist) and Jos Verstegen (researcher LEI and teacher CAH).

EAT ME will become the center of integrating different disciplines of the WUR and apply knowledge in practice. Systems thinking, Producing plants, Understanding Natural Interactions, Networking, and Collaboration will be integrated in garden elements. The Eetbare Academische Tuin en Milieu Educatie (Edible Academic Garden & Environmental Education) invites you to get involved or simply enjoy the presentation of the garden design. Tues Oct 20 at 19:30 in Forum. Reserve (free entrance) at www. grassrootsscience.nl