WORLD FORESIGHT FORUM

11-15 APRIL 2011 - THE HAGUE

EMINENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

José Maria Aznar

Former Prime
Minister, Spain
On leadership crisis

Jan Peter Balkenende

Former Prime Minister,
The Netherlands
On challenges for our
homelands

Han Seung-Soo
Former Prime Minister,
Republic of South Korea
On the rise of Asia

• Meet present and future leaders from the world’s of

Ruth Oniang’o
First Executive Director,
Rural Outreach Program
business, government, science and international
On climate and conflict
organizations
Didier Lombard
Chairman,
France Telecom-Orange
On ICT challenges
• Discuss the global challenges that affect the security of
our homelands
Rob de Wijk
The Hague Centre for
- Power shifts
Strategic Studies
On power shifts - Demographics
Luc Gnacadja
Executive Secretary,
- Climate change
United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification
On combating
- Global financial system
desertification
- Scarcity
Avi Gil
Diplomatic Adviser to
President Shimon Peres
On peace processes
• Create roadmaps for a shared future
Peter Sutherland
Chairman, Goldman
Sachs International and
London School of
Economics
• Think, speak and act with us in April 2011!
On financial
mismanagement

Barbara Judge
Chairman, UK Atomic
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The  Hague,  11-­‐15  April  
 
Venue  and  travel    
 
Venue  
The  WFF  activities  will  not  take  place  in  a  congress  hall,  but  along  the  most  prestigious  avenue  in  The  Hague,  
the  Lange  Voorhout.  Many  historical  buildings  along  this  avenue  will  open  their  doors  for  this  WFF  event.  The  
Expo  will  be  centrally  located  on  the  Lange  Voorhout  Avenue.    
   

   

   
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Travel  information  
Venue  address  WFF  2011  (Expo  tent  village)  
Lange  Voorhout  Avenue  
The  Hague  
The  Netherlands  
 
Travel  from  Schiphol  Airport  
By  Taxi:  A  taxi  drive  from  Schiphol  Airport,  Amsterdam  to  the  Lange  Voorhout,  The  Hague  takes  about  30  
minutes.  The  costs  for  the  taxi  drive  are  approximately  €  60  to  €  70.  
By  Train:  Take  the  train  to  The  Hague  Central  Station  (CS)  destination.  The  travel  time  from  Schiphol  Airport  to  
The  Hague  CS  is  about  30-­‐40  minutes.  
 
Travel  from  The  Hague  Central  Station  
By  Tram  
•  Tram  16,  17  or  tram  10  (drives  only  during  rush  hours)  into  the  direction  of  Statenkwartier.  Deboard  the  tram  
at  tram  stop  Buitenhof  (tram  16,  17)  or  at  stop  Kneuterdijk  (tram  10).  
•  Bus  22  into  the  direction  of  Scheveningen  or  bus  24  into  the  direction  of  Kijkduin.  Deboard  the  bus  at  bus  
stop  Kneuterdijk.  
 
Your  personal  travel  guide  
Please  create  your  own  personal  travel  guide:  http://journeyplanner.9292.nl  
 
Travel  by  car  
Please  note:  It  is  not  possible  to  park  your  car  at  the  Lange  Voorhout.  
Toll  parking  in  The  Hague  city  centre  
•  Monday  to  Saturday  from  10:00  to  22:00  
•  Sunday  from  12:00  to  22:00  
Parking  facilities:  
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•  Parking  garage  Plein,  Plein  25,  2511  CS,  The  Hague    >>  
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History  Lange  Voorhout  
 
The  Lange  Voorhout  Avenue  (Voorhout  with  
emphasis  on  the  second  syllable)  is  one  of  the  most  
famous  streets  of  the  Dutch  city  of  The  Hague.  The  
first  buildings  at  the  Lange  Voorhout  appeared  
around  the  beginning  of  the  15th  century.  The  
current  Monastery  church  (Kloosterkerk)  is  one  of  
the  few  buildings  that  remained  of  the  Monastry  
that  was  built  in  the  15th  century.    
 
The  Lange  Voorhout  owes  its  name  to  being  an  
offshoot  of  the  Haagse  Bos  (The  Hague  Forest).  Its  
characteristic  L-­‐shape  came  into  existence  by  the  
 
cultivation  of  the  Lange  Vijverberg  (1375-­‐1400)  and    
the  strip  of  land  between  the  Hoge  Nieuwstraat  and  
the  Voorhout  (1400-­‐1475).  
 
16th  century  
During  a  stay  in  The  Hague  in  1536,  Emperor  Karel  V  
commanded  to  plant  four  rows  of  linden  trees  at  the  
Lange  Voorhout.  These  trees  still  give  the  Lange  
Voorhout  a  stately  appearance.  
 
17th  century  
In  the  golden  age  the  Lange  Voorhout  is  the  meeting  
point  of  the  The  Hague  ‘beau  monde’,  where  they  could  
saunter.  On  the  request  of  Prince  Maurits  an  attempt  
was  made  to  create  a  city  moat  of  the  Lange  Voorhout.  
This  failed,  probably  because  the  Lange  Voorhout  is  
partly  located  on  a  sandy  hill.    
 
   
18th  century  
In  the  old  days,  the  Lange  Voorhout  was  full  of  small  
homes.  In  the  18th  century  a  large  part  of  these  
houses  were  demolished  and  replaced  by  the  
stately  buildings  out  there  right  now.  Many  of  these  
properties  are  state  monuments.    
 
19th  century  
From  1811  till  1813  the  Lange  Voorhout  was  called  
the  “Cour  Napoleon”  and  the  Lange  Vijverberg  the  
  “Cour  de  l’Impératrice”.  Later  on  it  was  decided  to  
restore  the  old  names.  

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In  2009,  the  Lange  Voorhout  has  been  renovated.  
Several  constructions  have  been  placed,  including  one  
to  protect  the  roots  of  the  linden  trees.  Also,  several  
concrete  slabs  have  been  placed  to  carry  the  sculptures  
of  the  annual  exhibition.  A  shell  path  covers  these  
constructions,  like  it  used  to  do  in  the  old  days.    The  
golden  crowns  on  the  street  lanterns  indicate  the  route  
that  the  golden  carriage  of  her  Majesty  Queen  Beatrix  
of  the  Netherlands  rides  during  “Prinsjesdag”.  The  
lighting  in  the  lanterns  is  controllable  and  can  be  aimed  
at  the  art  objects    
 
Well-­‐known  buildings  
Well-­‐known  buildings  at  the  Lange  Voorhout  include  the  Kloosterkerk,  the  Pagehuis,  the  building  of  the  
Supreme  Court,  Hotel  Des  Indes,  the  Palace  Lange  Voorhout  (nowadays  the  'Escher'  Museum),  and  on  the  
other  side  Pulchri  Studio.  In  addition  to  these  often  huge  buildings  also  the  narrowest  House  in  the  Hague  (1  
meter  83  wide)  is  to  be  found  there.  
   
The  Lange  Voorhout  Palace  (Escher  in  Het  Paleis)  is  certainly  the  place  to  see  the  originals  of  famous  works  like  
Belvédère,  Ascending  and  Descending,  Day  and  Night  and  parts  of  the  Metamorphosis  series.  The  Lange  
Voorhout  Palace  has  been  owned  by  the  Royal  Family  for  almost  a  hundred  years.  In  1896  it  was  bought  by  
Queen  Emma,  the  great-­‐grandmother  of  the  current  Queen  Beatrix.  She  had  among  other  things  the  central  
stairway  constructed,  which  was  meant  for  only  three  people:  the  Queen  and  the  two  most  important  Ladies  of  
the  Court.  All  the  others  had  to  take  the  (yellow)  servant  stairway,  still  in  use  for  the  second  floor,  or  they  had  
to  take  the  one  that  has  now  been  replaced  by  an  elevator.    
Downstairs  in  Café  MC  (the  former  kitchen  of  the  palace)  you  can  see  what  the  interior  of  the  palace  looked  
like  in  Emma’s  time  and  you  will  find  portraits  of  her  granddaughter  Queen  Juliana  and  her  family.  
   
The  American  and  the  British  Embassy  are  located  at  the  Lange  Voorhout.  Even  before  the  attacks  of  11  
September  2001,  these  buildings  were  heavily  guarded.  The  US  Embassy  will  soon  be  moved  to  another  
location.  The  Swiss  Embassy  is  located  on  nr.  42  and  is  the  former  home  of  Theodore  baron  de  Smeth  of  
Deurne.  
 
Monuments  
Apart  from  all  the  monumental  buildings  there  are  
three  different  monuments  on  the  Lange  Voorhout:  
the  monument  of  Queen  Emma,  the  monument  for  
Duke  Karel  Bern(h)ard  von  Saxon  Weimar  (1792-­‐
Liebenstein  (Saxen),  1862)  and  the  pump.    
 
•  The  monument  of  Queen  Emma  is  a  kind  of  sofa.  
On  the  back  the  following  texts  can  be  found:  
o  ”In  grateful  memory  of,  and  to  honorable  memory  
of  H.M.  Queen  Emma".    
o  Offered  by  the  order  of  Freemasons  under  the  
Grand  Orient  of  the  Netherlands  in  the  year  1938,  
destroyed  in  1940,  reinstated  in  1959.    
 
•  The  monument  to  Duke  von  Saxophones  Weimar  
was  founded  two  years  after  his  death  and  is  on  the  
side  of  the  Toernooiveld,  near  the  American  
Embassy.  It  has  four  texts:    
o  Karel  Bernard  von  Saxophones  Weimar  1792-­‐1862    
o  Protector  of  the  arts  and  sciences    
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o  Tribute  of  contemporaries  1866    
 
•  The  pump  became  a  national  monument  in  1715  
and  is  located  in  the  inner  curve  of  the  Voorhout.  
 
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The  Hague  
 
The  Hague’s  current  role  as  host  to  international  organizations  
and  the  international  community  is  part  of  a  tradition  dating  
back  more  than  750  years.      
 
  In  1998  the  city  celebrated  its  750th  anniversary  with  a  grand  
The  Hague  –  International  City  of  Peace  and  
Justice   commemoration,  and  the  city’s  international  community  was  
well-­‐acknowledged.    
Historians  today  generally  agree  that  the  city  was  founded  in  1248  by  Count  William  II  of  Holland.  The  name  
originated  from  him:  ‘des  Graven  Hage’,  or  the  Count’s  Wall  (or  hedge),  thus  The  Hague.  
 
Hospitable  city  
Past  generations  helped  to  turn  The  Hague  
into  the  hospitable  city  it  is  today  –  a  diverse  
community  of  people  from  many  different  
backgrounds  and  countries.  In  past  centuries  
it  has  been  host  to  international  visitors,  but    
also  provided  a  safe  haven  for  outcasts.  
In  this  respect  the  city’s  history  is  interwoven  with,  and  deeply  embedded  in,  the  history  of  the  Netherlands.  
It  is  no  accident  that  the  national  constitution  explicitly  states  the  promotion  of  the  international  legal  order.  In  
a  climate  that  was  remarkably  tolerant  and  intellectual  by  the  standards  of  their  days,  renowned  scholars  such  
as  Erasmus  and  Hugo  Grotius  were  able  to  flourish  here  and  make  their  bodies  of  ideas  known  to  the  world.  
   
Important  events  
In  more  recent  centuries,  the  city  returned  to  the  international  spotlight  as  a  location  for  important  events  and  
institutions  such  as  the  Peace  Conferences  of  1899  and  1907,  the  International  Court  of  Justice,  the  
International  Criminal  Tribunal  for  the  former  Yugoslavia  (ICTY)  and  the  International  Criminal  Court  (ICC).  
These  and  many  other  important  developments  are  strongly  linked  to  The  Hague  and  the  activities  hosted  
here.  
 
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The  Hague  has  many  faces:  
*  residence  of  the  Dutch  Royal  Family    
*  seat  of  the  Dutch  national  government  (though  not  the  country's  capital,  which  is  Amsterdam)    
*  city  of  scholars    
*  city  of  storks  (the  city’s  coat  of  arms  has  featured  the  proud  stork  for  many  centuries)    
*  city  by  the  sea      
*  city  of  culture    
 
But  the  rich  heritage  of  this  green  city  by  the  sea  ensures  that  it  shall  always  remain  a  humble  servant  to  its  
role  as  International  City  of  Peace  and  Justice.  Download  the  brochure  The  Hague  -­‐  International  City  of  Peace  
and  Justice    for  more  information.  
 
Read  more:  
>>  touristic  information  The  Hague    
>>  touristic  information  The  Netherlands  
 
Close  to  The  Hague  is  Delft,  the  city  of  Delft  Blue,  the  House  of  Orange  and  Johannes  Vermeer.  A  city  of  great  charm  with  
the  best  Holland  has  to  offer.  Delft  is  an  absolute  'must-­‐see'  during  your  visit  to  the  Netherlands.  
 
>>  touristic  information  Delft  

 
Summit  and  Convention  speakers  
 
Some  confirmed  speakers,  panellists  and  moderators  in  the  Convention  and  Summit:  

Derek  Abell  
Jozias  J.  van  Aartsen  
Founding  President,  ESMT-­‐  European  
Mayor  of  The  Hague  
    School  of  Management  and  Technology  
   
 
Summit  
Convention  and  Summit  

   

                   

Jan  Peter  Balkenende  

José  Maria  Aznar   Former  Prime  Minister,  The  Netherlands;  
President,  FAES  fundación    para  el  Análisis  y  los   Professor  Governance,  Institutions  and  
 Estudios  
  Sociales;  Former  Prime  Minister,  Spain      Internationalisation,  Erasmus  School  of  Law  
  &  Economics  
Convention    
Convention  
 
   
                   

Hero  Brinkman  
Barbara  K.  Buchner  
Dutch  Politician,  member  of  parliament  for  the  
Director,  Climate  Policy  Initiative,  Venice  
 PVV  
     
 
 
Convention  
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Jack  Cambria  
Founding  partner  and  President  of  The  
Lieutenant,  New  York  City  Police  Department  
       Arkin  Group    
 
 
Convention  
Summit  

 
 

                   

   
Robert  L.  Dilenschneider  
Founder  and  President,  The  Dilenschneider   Gérard-­‐François  Dumont  
 Group  
       Professor  of  Demography,  University  of  
  Paris  Sorbonne  
Summit    
Convention  
 
   
                   

Saeb  Erakat   Jean  Paul  Fitoussi  

Chief  of  Palestinian  Liberation  Organization   President,  Observatoire  Français  des  
 Steering  
  and  Monitoring  Committee        Conjonctures  Èconomiques  
   
Convention  and  Summit   Convention  and  Summit  

   

                   

Avi  Gil   Tom  Glocer  

Diplomatic  Adviser  to  President  Shimon  Peres     CEO,  Thomson  Reuters    
       
   
Convention  and  Summit   Summit  

                   

Luc  Gnacadja   General  Lord  Charles  Guthrie  

Executive  Secretary,  United  Nations  Convention   Former  Chief  of  Defence  Staff,  British  
 to  
  Combat  Desertification  (UNCCD)      Armed  Forces  
   
Summit   Convention  and  Summit  

 
 

                   

François  Heisbourg  
Chairman,  International  Institute  for  Strategic  
Glen  Hiemstra  
Studies;  Chairman,  Geneva  Centre  for  Security  
Founder  and  Chairman,  Futurist.com    
 Policy;  
  Special  adviser,  Fondation  pour  la      
 
Recherche  Stratégique    
Convention  and  Summit  
 
Convention  
   

                   

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IT  security  expert     Author  and  expert  on  legal  systems      
   
     
Summit   Summit  

   

                   

John  Hulsman  
Senior  Research  Fellow,    The  Hague  Center  for  
Naveen  Jain  
Strategic  Studies  
Founder  and  CEO,  Intelius  
 President  
  and  Co-­‐Founder,    John  C.  Hulsman      
 
Enterprises  
Summit  
 
Convention  and  Summit  
   
 

                   

Huang  Jing  
Monty  Jones  
Visiting  Professor,  Lee  Kuan  Yew  School  of  
Executive  Director,  FARA-­‐Forum  for  
Public  Policy  (LKYSPP)  of  National  University  of  
       Agricultural  Research  in  Africa    
Singapore    
 
 
Convention  
Convention  
   

                   

Jeroen  de  Jonge   Barbara  Judge  

Senior  Policy  Advisor,  The  Hague  Center  for   Emeritus  Chairman,  UK  Atomic  Energy  
 Strategic  
  Studies      Authority    
   
Convention  and  Summit   Convention  

                   

Jules  Kroll   Didier  Lombard  

Founder  and  former  CEO,  Kroll  Inc.   Chairman,  France  Telecom-­‐Orange  
       
   
Summit   Summit  

 
 

                   

Coby  van  der  Linde  

Edward  N.  Luttwak  
Director  of  the  Clingendael  International  Energy  
Senior  Associate,  Center  for  Strategic  
Programme;  Professor  of  geopolitics  and  
       Studies  
energy  management,  University  of  Groningen  
 
 
Convention  and  Summit  
Convention  
   

                   

World Foresight Forum

11-15 April 2011 – The Hague – The Netherlands
www.worldforesightforum.org
 Paul  A.  Marks   Sheikh  Samir  Mirdad  
MD,  Memorial  Sloan-­‐Kettering  Cancer  Center     President  and  CEO,  Linx  Investments  
   
     
Convention   Convention  and  Summit      

                   

Cas  Mudde  
Ruth  Oniang'o  
Nancy  Schaenen  Visiting  Scholar  at  the  Janet  
Founder  and  First  Executive  Director,  Rural  
Prindle  Institute  for  Ethics  of  DePauw  
       Outreach  Program  
University,  Greencastle,  Indiana  
 
 
Convention  
Convention  
       
                   

Ivo  Opstelten  
Demetrios  Papademetriou  
Minister  of  Security  and  Justice,  The  
Chairman,  Migration  Policy  Institute  
 Netherlands  
     
 
 
Summit    
Convention  and  Summit  

   

                   

Ana  Palacio  
Former  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  Spain;  
Raj  Patel  
former  Vice  President,  World  Bank;  Founding  
writer,  activist  and  academic  
 Partner,  
  Palacio  y  Asociados;  Senior  Strategic      
 
Counsel,  Albright  Stonebridge  Group  (USA)  
Convention  
 
Convention  and  Summit  
   

                   

Shervin  Pishevar   Frederico  Rampini  

Founder  and  CEO,  SGN   US  Correspondent,  La  Repubblica  
       
   
Convention  and  Summit   Convention  

 
   
                   

Tom  Ridge  
Alexander  Rinnoy  Kan  
President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  Ridge  
Chairman  of  the  Netherlands  Social  and  
Global;  Former  Secretary  of  Homeland  Security,  
       Economic  Council  
USA;  Former  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  USA    
 
 
Convention  and  Summit  
Convention  and  Summit  
 

                   

World Foresight Forum

11-15 April 2011 – The Hague – The Netherlands
www.worldforesightforum.org
 Han  Seung-­‐Soo  
Dominick  Salvatore  
Former  Prime  Minister  and  Chair  of  Board  
Director,  Ph.D.  Program,  Faculty  of  Economics,  
of  Directors  of  the  Global  Green  Growth  
 Fordham  
  University,  New  York      
Institute,  Republic  of  Korea  
 
 
Convention  and  Summit  
Convention  
   

                 
 

David  Tilman  
Peter  Sutherland  
Regents'  Professor  and  McKnight  
Chairman,  Goldman  Sachs  International;  
Presidential  Chair  in  Ecology  at  the  
 Chairman,  
  London  School  of  Economics      
University  of  Minnesota  
 
 
Summit  
Convention  
 
   
                   

Rob  de  Wijk    

Director  HCSS;   Joel  P.  Wyler  
Professor  of  International   Chairman,    
 Relations,  
  University  of  Leiden;  Chairman,      Granaria  Holdings  
National  Security  Think  Tank      
  Convention  and  Summit  
Summit  
   

 
Media  
 
Publications  

Below  you  will  find  several  WFF  publications  

 

                             
   
                             

   
WFF  Partner  Brochure                     WFF  Flyer                
                                       

World Foresight Forum

11-15 April 2011 – The Hague – The Netherlands
www.worldforesightforum.org
  

                               

                               

   

 
WFF  2011  paper  -­‐  Grand  challenges  of  a  new  era                                
The  Maritime  Future  of  the  Indian  Ocean  -­‐    
 

Putting  the  G  back  into  great  power  politics  

 

                                       

                                 

 WFF  presentation  kick-­‐off  16  Sept.  2010              

                     

 
 

World Foresight Forum

11-15 April 2011 – The Hague – The Netherlands
www.worldforesightforum.org