The University Foundation organizes lots of activities for the members of the Club. Below you can see short reviews of some past activities. A more complete list can be seen on the French or Dutch web pages.
Lecture on «The future of European Cancer Clinical Research: challenges and opportunities » by Prof. Françoise MEUNIER, Director General EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer). Lecture introduced by Prof. Augustin Ferrant, Secrétaire perpétuel de l’Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique. This activity was preceeded by a cocktail reception at the University Foundation.
Lunch debate (Dutch and French) on "The need for a new energy policy" with Prof. dr. Jaap de Zwaan (professor European Law at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) and Prof. Eric De Keuleneer (ULB), the main question being: "How to realise the transition to sustainable economic production and comsumption at the European level? "
The members of the Club of the University Foundation were invited for the New Year's reception on January 29, 2015, at 5.30 pm.
At the occasion of the publication of the book "Le Capital au XXIe siècle" by Thomas Piketty the University Foundation organized a lunch-debate (F/N) on "The increasing economic inequality in our welfare state" . The debate was presided by Prof. Eric De Keuleneer. The introduction was given by Prof. François Maniquet (Core, U.C.Louvain, Francqui Prize 2010). Prof.
Guided visit (Fr/Dutch) of the exhibition + Italian evening at the University Foundation
Private concert with Sheva Tehoval, soprano, Belgian finalist of the Queen Elisabeth competition 2014, and Elmira Sayfullayeva, piano, followed by a walking dinner at the University Foundation.
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In the framework of the remembrance of the beginning of the First World War ("De Groote Oorlog"), M. Luc Devoldere (editor of Ons Erfdeel vzw and author, and editor of the French language journal "Septentrion" and the English book series "The Low Countries") and M. Michael Amara spoke on the First World War.
Guided visit (Fr/Dutch) of the exhibition + dinner at the University Foundation