Lecturers 5th ECPM member congress
Dr. Andreas Walker
Dr. Andreas M. Walker, 1965, Basel-Switzerland, married since 1990, father of 4 children.
- Dr. Andreas M. Walker is an expert in Strategic Foresight.
- He worked for several consulting companies and as member of senior management of a global financial player.
- He has won three international awards.
- Since 2002 he is owner of a consulting company for Strategic Foresight and Strategic Business Development.
- He is advising politicians, administrations, companies and Christian NPO.
- In 2002 he has written a scenario of a global financial crisis and 2004 he has written a scenario of a global swine flu pandemic.
- Since 2009 he is Co-President of Swiss Society for Futures Studies giving a lot of interviews and talk shows to Swiss and German television and radio stations and to newspapers and magazines.
Prof. dr. Bob Goudzwaard
Goudzwaard, Bob, was born in 1934, march 4, in the city of Delft, the Netherlands.
Studied Economics in the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Mastersdegree 1959.
- 1959 - 1966: Scientific collaborator of the dr Abraham Kuiperfoundation in the Hague
- 1967 - 1971:Member of Dutch Parliament, second chamber, for the Anti-Rev. Party
- 1970: Received his doctorsdegree in Economics from the Erasmus University (doctors-thesis on Unpriced Scarcity & the role of expretial effects in Economic theory)
- 1971 - 1999: professor of Economics and Economic Policy in the Social Faculty of the Free University in Amsterdam
- 1973 - 1983: rector of the training-centre of the Christian Labour Union (CNV) in the Netherlands.
- 1976: Chair of the first program-committee of the Christian Democratic Party (CDA)
- 1979: honored with the Rector Dhanis Chair of the University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 1981 - 1991: chairperson of Dutch Christian Interchurch Aid (ICCO)
- 1988: nominated as professor in Cultural Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy of the Free University of Amsterdam
- 1996 - 2001: chairperson of the European Ecumenical Commission on Development(EECOD)
- 2002 - now: advisor of the Department on Justice, Peace and Creation of the World Council of Churches, Geneva.
Bob Gouzwaard is fellow of the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto, and Knight in the order of the Dutch Lion. He is married with Zegerina van Helden, and has four children anmd five grandchildren. Church affiliation: reformed
Edward Dommen
Edward Dommen is a specialst in economic ethics. He worked for most of his career as an economist in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, having previously been a university professor of economics. Lately he has been working especially on Calvin's economic and social thought. He is the author or editor of various books including How Just is the Market Economy (World Council of Churches, Risk Book Series, 2003) and Fair Principles for Sustainable Development (Edward Elgar, 1993). He has been Clerk of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. He is a member of the committee of the Fédération romande des socialistes chrétiens.
Read here his article "A reformed perspective on the global economy" that will be discussed on the congress.
Emile Vanbeckevoort
Emile Vanbeckevoort is married to Reintje since 1977 and has 3 children and 3 grand children.
Academic career
1. Education, degrees
- Licentiaat in de Bestuurswetenschappen (H.I.B.H-Brussel.)
- BD bestuurskunde & overheidsmanagement (Doctoral 2-year study program - KU-Leuven)
2. Academic positions held and teaching experience
- Docent management & human resources Hogeschool-Universiteit-Brussel
- Burgerlijk professor School Militaire Administrateurs - Brussel
- Professor international MBA-program , I.B.R. - Steinbeis Universität Berlin
- Consultant professor H.I.T. Harbin - University int'l dep. (China)
3. Member of the ITDG ICCC-International training & development group
4. Participation at academic conferences
- Speaker conference/programme KU-Lublin (Stalowa Wola - Poland)
- Speaker conference/programme Warwick University (U.K. )
- Speaker MBA-programme EHSAL-Turibas University (Latvia)
- Speaker conference/programme H.I.T. Harbin, Weihai (China)
- Speaker MBA-programme EHSAL-University St. Peterburg (C.I.S.)
- FIBAA accreditation meeting int'l MBA - Bonn (Germany)
5. International Experience and Language Proficiency:
Speaker at many academic and/or christian conferences in more than 20 nations in all continents with a main focus on development economics.
Fluent in Dutch, French and English, very good in German, passive understanding of Spanish, Italian, Latin and Greek.
Church affiliation and activities
- Member of EA-affiliated church in Belgium
- Co-founder ICCC (stewardship - curriculum development)
- Co-founder EPB (mobilising prayer - outreach to the political world)
- Co-founder EBVO (curriculum development secondary schools)
- Co-founder Int'l MBA-programme IBR ( curriculum development &
- Judeo-Christian economics)
- Development programmes in Africa (cooperation for the poor - training)
- Author of the book "L'Approche de la Fournaise" ed. RDF , 1994