The Humanities & Humanistic Values in Society and Business

23 & 24 MAY 2013

A two-day seminar in Rome at The Royal Netherlands Institute and The Danish Academy

Humanists, Economists, Students, CSR champions, Managers, Employers:

You can still register!

It is time to create economic and social capital through dialogue and synergy between society, business and the humanities – time to rethink, reform, re-engage and re-empower the humanities.

The seminar aims at fostering a constructive and forward-looking debate about how humanists and managers can collaborate to unfold the human resources of the job market, add value and create responsible growth and innovation. We invite you to join the discussion with humanists, economists and successful managers from The Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, The United States, Great Britain, France and Japan addressing the challenges, opportunities and future of the Humanities.

The key note speaker is the prominent and ambitious British philosopher and art historian: John Armstrong

ORGANISERS

Gert-Jan Burgers • The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome • gj.burgers@knir.it

Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo • The Danish Academy in Rome • gitte@acdan.it

In collaboration with the Danish Think Tank DEA

PROGRAMME

May 23 at The Danish Academy at Rome

MORNING SESSION: reformation and renaissance

8.30-9.15

Registration

9.30-11.00

Welcome by Gert-Jan Burgers & Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo

Martin Junge "Humanities report and ideas for the future"

David Budtz Pedersen "New Policy Conditions for Innovation in the Humanities"

11.15-12.00

Keynote address by John Armstrong "Reformation and Renaissance of the Humanities"

12.00-12.45

Questions and discussion led by Martino Rossi Monti

AFTERNOON SESSION: the power of the humanities

14.00-15.30

Introduction by Lars Frølund

Rens Bod "The Power of the Humanities: Stories of Success and Claim to Fame"

Paul Jay "Fear of Being Useful"

Questions and discussion led by Lars Frølund

15-min-break

15.45-17.45

Talk & workshop

Ole Fogh Kirkeby "Ancient philosophy and humanistic values applied in modern value-based leadership: The concept of protreptics. How and why it works"

May 24 at The Royal Netherlands Institute

MORNING SESSION: Responsibility and contribution of humanistic value in business. Case studies in business ethics, philosophy and management

8.30-9.00

Registration for one-day participants

9.00-11.30

Welcome by Gert-Jan Burgers & Birger Riis-Jørgensen, Danish Ambassador to Rome

Introduction by Matteo Caroli

Sverre Raffnsøe "The human factor in Management and Organization. Towards a Human Turn in the Antropocene"

Jack Fuller "Ethics on the side of business – how to raise ambitions in management and leadership"

Koji Yamamoto "CSR and its forgotten history before the Industrial Revolution"

Discussion chaired by Matteo Caroli with responses from Emily Sims and Olaf Hoftijzer

11.45-13.15

Talk & workshop

Ole Fogh Kirkeby "What is a value? How does it work in our mind uniting it with the body, and is it possible to reconstruct a working axiology?"

AFTERNOON SESSION: Humanities in Business.

Opportunities for connection and interplay

14.15-15.00

Armstrong & Kirkeby "A philosophical dialogue on the humanities and humanistic values in business"

David Budtz Pedersen "Suitable for Business: A Co-Curriculum for the Humanities"

15.15-16.45

BUSINESS PANEL

Daniele Militello
Alessandro LoRusso
Stephen Bruyant-Langer
Don Koch

Discussion and questions led by Gert-Jan Burgers & Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo

16.45-17.15

Wrap up by Armstrong & organizers

REGISTRATION

Registration is still open, send your email to: academic.secretary@knir.it

ADMISSION FEE

50€ including lunches, aperitivi & collateral material
30€ excluding lunch (registration for lunch closes on 16 May)
15€ special fee for students, lunch excluded

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT

Beneficiary name : Nederlands Instituut te Rome

Beneficiary bank : ING The Hague (Netherlands)

IBAN : NL64INGB0000145920

SWIFT / BIC : INGBNL2A

Reference : ‘participation fee Humanities Seminar’

NB: for transfer via Italian bank account:

Beneficiary name : Istituto Olandese

IBAN : IT33H0100503213000000002190

SWIFT / BIC : BNLIITRR

ACCOMMODATION

Participants will organise accommodation for themselves