Failure Festival 2025

Name: Failure Festival 2025
Start: 2025-10-30T15:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-30T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Ministry of Defence | Landgoed Bronbeek Arnhem

The kick-off event of the brand new NextGen Tech Leaders community, NextGen meets current generation Tech Leaders, powered by CIO Platform Nederland. For next generation IT, Digital, Tech, Cyber and Data Leaders. This event's theme: Authenticity & Empowerment!

15:30 - 16:30
- Welcome Drinks & Social Icebreakers
16:30 - 16:45
- Opening & Intro
  
  Gabriëlle Lopes
  
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  Moderator Gabriëlle Lopes & the initiators from NextGen Tech Leaders
16:45 - 17:05
- How to Deal with the Failure of World Politics
  
  Michiel Zeeman
  
  Michiel Borgers
17:05 - 17:20
- Flash Talk 1: Bart’s ‘Midlife’ Crisis
  
  Bart Mudde
  
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  How Kubernetes almost destroyed Bart’s 40th Birthday Party.
17:20 - 17:35
- Flash Talk 2: One Day at a Time
  
  Apoorva Abhinav
  
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  A unique story on how tough times can make you see the light.
17:35 - 18:00
- Active Interaction
18:00 - 18:15
- Q&A Panel
18:15 - 18:30
- The Soft Stuff Is The Hard Stuff
  
  Artie Debidien
18:30 - 18:35
- Wrap-up
18:35 - 20:00
- Informal dinner & networking

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Prices

Ticket type	Price
Failure Festival 2025	€ 25.00
Free for CIO Platform Nederland members	Free

Failure Festival 2025 tickets
Tickets are €25 excluding VAT. You will receive an Ideal link and invoice approx. 4 weeks before the event date. Click the 'Register button', followed by the 'Register without account' button to sign-up.
Please note: refunds are not possible.

CIO Platform Nederland member tickets
You have free entrance and can register for this event behind the login. Click the 'Register button' and login with your CIO Platform Nederland account.
If you do not know, if your organization is a member, check this here. If so, and you have not registered as such at CIO Platform Nederland, please register your membership here and sign-up for the event during the registration process.

Please note:
We strive to have 65% NextGen Tech Leaders (35% current gen) in our audience as well as in the Program Board who determines the content. Participants outside CIO Platform Nederland are very welcome! We may decline participants who do not meet our criteria. Commercial activities are not allowed.

Recap Failure festival 2025

Schedule of Failure Festival 2025

Failure Festival 2025

Welcome Drinks & Social Icebreakers

Opening & Intro

How to Deal with the Failure of World Politics

Flash Talk 1: Bart’s ‘Midlife’ Crisis

Flash Talk 2: One Day at a Time

Active Interaction

Q&A Panel

The Soft Stuff Is The Hard Stuff

Wrap-up

Informal dinner & networking