Welcome to a New Reality

The reality in which we thought that systems protect us, that security is a given, and that crises are exceptions, increasingly seems like a thing of the past.

What will take its place is still diffuse. But one thing is clear: ‘resilience’ is no longer an abstract concept. It is something we must better understand and grasp, but above all, something we must put into practice.

We’re keeping the exact details of what we’re going to do to ourselves for a moment. What we can say: this will be an afternoon that will change the way you look at technology, systems, and your own role under pressure.

P.S. The program was developed in collaboration with Maurice de Beer, who, on behalf of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region, works daily at the intersection of technology and disaster, risk, and crisis management.