This document summarizes a portfolio assignment involving slides about seminars. It provides overviews of several upcoming seminars on topics like European policy, entrepreneurship, the impact of mining, and the economic crisis. For each seminar, it summarizes the content and reflections from the speaker's perspective. The seminars aim to discuss important current issues from various angles and provide perspectives on their implications.

1. PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 2
SLIDESHARE ON SEMINARS
NARRATION BY JONAS VAN GUCHT

2. OVERVIEW
• ‘European policy’ - S. Hermans - 15 November 2016 - Aula 3 KNT – 15:00
• 'Entrepreneurship' - C. De Maeyer - 7 December 2016 - Aula 4 KNT - 18:15
• ‘Impact of multinational mining industry’ - José Fachin - 7 March 2017 - L.01.07 KNT - 15:00
• ‘Economic and Financial Crisis’ - Angela Wigger - Tuesday 28 February - Facultaire Raadzaal Rechten,
Emile Braunschool, Voldersstraat - 13:00
• ‘Capitant Lightning Talks: Get Inspired’ - P. D’Hoore; R. Aernoudt; J. Smets; W. Ottevaere; I. Lenarduzzi -
Tuesday 28 February - Ufo Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35 - 19:30

3. EUROPEAN POLICY –
CONTENT SUMMARY
• Renewed European Social Policy
• European Pillar of Social Right
• European Social Fund: €86.4 Billion for
2014-2020

4. EUROPEAN POLICY –
REFLECTIONS
• Social welfare is important to the EU
• It helps all people in the EU achieve
basic standards of living
• The speaker seemed to have a biased
opinion about the EU
• The seminar felt like a presentation of
EU propaganda

5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP –
CONTENT SUMMARY
• San Francisco a breeding ground for
entrepreneurs
• Innovation hub
• Open minded people
• Information on the San Francisco
Study Trip

6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
– OWN RESEARCH
• San Francisco Housing Crisis
• Increasing the gap between poor and
rich
• Technology industry to blame

7. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
– REFLECTIONS
• San Francisco has a unparalleled
ecosystem for innovation
• Tech companies have the ability to
flourish
• Lot’s of venture capital and capable
people together in the same place

8. IMPACT OF MULTINATIONAL
MINING INDUSTRY
– CONTENT SUMMARY
• Tensions between government and local tribes are
high
• Mining companies pollute the water that is vital to
local tribes
• Government running propaganda criminalizing
activists

9. IMPACT OF MULTINATIONAL
MINING INDUSTRY
– REFLECTIONS
• Huge natural implications because of mining
• Government versus local tribes
• Loss of local cultures
• Hard to know if the speaker was biased, only one
side of the story

10. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
CRISIS
– CONTENT SUMMARY
• Crisis responses of EU governments
• Massive loans/ liquidity guarantees
• Government sponsored mergers
• Corporate tax exemptions
• Internal devaluation of labour won’t work

11. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
CRISIS
– REFLECTIONS
• Current policies aren’t efficient enough
• Some solutions are now showing their negative
repercussions
• New leadership in the EU is giving hopeful
projections
• I chose this topic because I have tried to
understand all different aspects of the crisis

12. CAPITANT LIGHTNING TALKS:
GET INSPIRED
– CONTENT SUMMARY
• The future of the stock market
• Blockchain: new internet
• Economics and its future
• Cash Is King in investments
• Jump: women in business

13. CAPITANT LIGHTNING
TALKS: GET INSPIRED
– REFLECTIONS
• The stock market always does the same
thing, the same curve is always
identifiable
• Blockchain will be the new standard
going into the future
• Politicians are hopeful for the economic
future
• Investments in your company are the
best safeguard for a rainy day
• Women in business have proven to have
had a positive effect on the companies
situation
• I chose this seminar because of the high
level of speakers that would be
attending the seminars

14. THE END