NRC Focus seminar 'Trust' on March 18th 2010

On Thursday, March 18th 2010 NRC Focus (Dutch quarterly magazine on strategy, economics and leadership) will organise a seminar at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam entitled 'Trust from an economic sociological perspective'. Three internationally renowned speakers will address this theme.

The speakers at the seminar are:

• Norb Vonnegut
  former stock broker and author of the Wall Street bestseller 'Top Producer'
• Prof. Dr Henriëtte Prast
  Executive Member of the WRR and professor of behavioral economics.
• Anna Bernasek
  author of 'The Economics of Integrity. How Wealth is built on Trust'
  

Moderator of the seminar will be Roel Janssen, reporter for NRC Handelsblad.

Date, time and location

Date: Thursday, March 18th 2010
Time 16:30 - 21:00 (doors open at 15:30)
Venue: Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Language: English

About the seminar

Trust is essential for markets to function properly. In a 'high trust society' like the Netherlands, where people have confidence in both fellow human beings and institutions, this fact is easily overlooked. Financial institutions traditionally have been bastions of trust, both for consumers and businesses. People entrust them their savings and confidence in them. But the recent credit crisis, megafrauds by Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford and the bankruptcy of banks like Icesave and DSB have put a serious dent in this confidence.

Even outside the financial sector time has come to take a critical look at the concept of  trust: car manufacterer Toyota, known for it’s reliability, saw itself forced to a "total recall" of unprecedented proportions caused by technical malfunction in their cars.

Walking dinner

Following the seminar, a walking dinner will be held until 21:00 hours, where visitors can talk with the speakers, reporters and other visitors of the seminar.

Discount for ESE employees

NRC Focus offers a discount of 150 euros on the entrance fee to employees of Erasmus School of Economics. Normally the fee would be 399 euros. But ESE employees pay the special price of 249 euros. If you are interested in attending the seminar you can register at www.nrcfocus.nl. 

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