Moonshot Thinking

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Marieke Blom   is chief economist and global head of research at ING Group. She is also chief economist at ING in the Netherlands. 

Marieke has worked at ING since 2014. Her research team in Amsterdam covers a broad range of themes: from monetary policy and the housing market to specific sectors, sustainability, and technology. Marieke is a member of the board of the Dutch Royal Economic Society (KVS). She is also a member of the Advice Committee of the National Growth Fund. She regularly appears in the media. 

Before joining ING, Marieke worked as a senior manager at consultancy De Argumentenfabriek. She was a political advisor for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She started her career as a trainee and economist at ABN AMRO in 1999. 

Marieke holds a master’s degree in monetary economics and wrote her thesis at the research department of the Dutch Central Bank.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam-based climate fintech company Carbon Equity. Carbon Equity is a climate VC and PE fund investing fintech platform. The company was founded with the mission to unlock retail capital at scale to power breakthrough climate technologies whilst enabling more equitable ownership.

Jacqueline brings a unique perspective as a founder-turned-investor-turned-founder, twice over. She has worked as a private equity investor at HAL Investments and more recently as a general partner at Venture Capital fund Peak Capital. Jacqueline has spent the other half of her career building and leading companies. To date, these include De Kleine Consultant; Lamudi, a Rocket Internet-backed online real estate marketplace in Southeast Asia; and TrueMoney, an Ant Financial-backed Fintech scale up.

Jacqueline is obsessed with the question of how we can leverage capital most effectively to mitigate climate change. In addition to her role as founder and CEO of Carbon Equity, she serves on the board of the Dutch last-mile delivery scale up, Trunkrs. Jacqueline obtained an MSc degree in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and a BA in social sciences from University College Utrecht.

Jacqueline will speak to us about the role of institutional capital and private capital in fighting climate change.

After working in consulting and equipment rental, Erick Webbe joined bol.com about 8 years ago. Often acting as a translator, he bridges the gaps from management to merge requests and from academia to industry. Solving puzzles using technology is what he loves, especially if the solution requires a team effort to do it. At bol.com, he has built several data teams before becoming the advocate for data-driven working and opening the eyes of people of what machine learning can do. Erick tends to introduce his kids as analogue machine learning projects, which might explain his growing emphasis on responsible use of AI.

Erick Webbe joined bol.com about 8 years ago. Often acting as a translator, he bridges the gaps from management to merge requests and from academia to industry. Solving puzzles using technology is what he loves, especially if the solution requires a team effort to do it. At bol.com, he has built several data teams before becoming the advocate for data-driven working and opening the eyes of people of what machine learning can do. Erick tends to introduce his kids as analogue machine learning projects, which might explain his growing emphasis on responsible use of AI.

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Agustin Gutierrez has more than fifteen years’ experience as a film producer and operations director in the most demanding, fast-paced, international, high-tech environments across the globe. He's worked with influential TV and Film studios like Disney, Netflix, Hulu, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Universal, Warner Brothers and Amazon. In addition, he's worked on popular TV shows such as Narcos (Netflix production).

Catch Agustin as he speaks to us about the future of the entertainment industry, streaming platforms and the role data plays in all this.

Thanks to his experience and background in social science and his drive to improve people’s lives using data, Marijn combines technical expertise with a delivery of analysis, visuals and coaching. At Capgemini NL, Marijn has been leading the AI efforts for over 5 years. As an open source and sensor enthusiast, Marijn leverages his affection for open data and internet culture to deliver unique insights and solutions.

From distinguishing science from fiction, creating friction and first introductions, to implementing research, development, team management and AI in production. That’s not all: Marijn is a frequent speaker at events surrounding AI and data science.

Stefan van Duin is a partner and consultant of technology at Deloitte. He’s an expert in the area of data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. A graduate of the Executive MBA programme at RSM, Stefan has a background in computer science. He now helps global companies, primarily in retail and consumer products, to develop and implement their AI strategy and deliver AI-powered business solutions. Stefan leads a team of 70 AI specialists at Deloitte Consulting in the Netherlands.

Dick Willems has worked as a data scientist with the Dutch police since 2012. He studied mathematical psychology and started his career by working as a data scientist in the commercial (marketing) industry to gain experience.

In his work at the Dutch police, Dick mainly focuses on the use of unstructured data such as text, image and video data and on predictive policing – he’s the creator of the Dutch predictive policing algorithm, the crime anticipation system or CAS (in Dutch, het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem).

Pauline Bieringa has been managing director of Triodos Bank Nederland since September 2020. She grew up in Friesland, studied history in Groningen and the United States and completed her MBA at Erasmus University. Pauline started her banking career at ING Group, where she held several international positions in and outside the Netherlands. In 2004 she became director of public finance at BNG Bank. Additionally, she was supervisor at Hivos-Triodos Fund, Open University, KAS Bank and Stichting Berenschot Beheer for many years. Pauline is currently involved in a number of initiatives related to helping people with debt problems.

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