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INTERVIEWER: What do you expect from today?
I'm just curious what the debate is here in the Netherlands.
I work mostly outside Holland.
Well, I hope to be learning some more about the technologies
and how they influence the Dutch economy.
HENRY MEIJDAM: We'd like to stimulate more debates about technology
and their positive or negative impact on values, starting with this conference.
AGNES VAN ARDENNE: In many ways we are crossing thresholds.
During our survey we discovered the dynamics of people's power
in physical and digital networks.
ANDRÉ KUIPERS: I believe very much in young people, who have bright, new ideas.
I think technology is the solution to being much smarter,
more efficient and much more sustainable and being in balance with nature.
CARLOTA PEREZ: The possibility of a sustainable, global golden age
lies ahead of us, right this minute.
INTERVIEWER: What did you find the most interesting
about the keynote speakers this morning?
Carlota Perez was, of course, the most inspiring of the speakers this morning.
They are all enthusiastic about technology
and how technology can provide us with new insights
but they all look at it from a different perspective.
It's not the technology that changes society
but really it will change when society asks for technology
and technology adapts to that demand from society.
So that was the most important thing I learned this morning.
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MEIJDAM: Today the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure
presents the 'Survey of technological innovations in the living environment'.
One important statement of the Council in its publication is
that the new, faster dynamics of technological development
ask for a broader and earlier social debate on the impact of innovations.
Well, just... - Here we go.
There it is.
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MAARTEN CAMPS: Technological possibilities are coming soon
and they will come without doubt.
And an important question is how are we going to deal with it?
And that's when policy questions come onto the table.
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JAAP SEIDELL: When Ban Ki-moon from the United Nations was asked
what was his main concern regarding the planet in the next 20 or 30 years,
he said: It's feeding the planet.
BRYANT WALKER SMITH: Understand the risks that automated vehicles pose
but also appreciate the risks that the status quo imposes.
KENT LARSON: I like the way this conference is framed, Connecting the Dots.
I think it's a much more useful way of thinking about it
than more narrowly defined, like, you know, 'green cities'.
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INTERVIEWER: What did you learn today?
That we really don't know what cities are.
There's a lot of work for politicians, for government, both local and global, to do.
Very exciting challenges and changes are going on
and I'm quite energised by the conference actually.
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