168th Dies Natalis: The Grammar of Technology

Technology Technology is everywhere. There is no escaping it. It is engineers who are shaping the future. It is their work that will, in part, determine how we tackle the challenges of the coming decades. This puts a great responsibility on the shoulders of knowledge institutions which educate those engineers, such as TU Delft. Jacob Fokkema The departing Rector Magnificus, Jacob Fokkema, has used his rectorship above all to educate engineers who focus on the future and realise that they will bear a considerable responsibility for the society of tomorrow. Delft is known internationally as a university which, in cooperation with the other universities of technology of the Netherlands, strives to link technology with ethics systematically. Start of the ceremony The Dies Natalis will take place in the TU Delft Aula building (Mekelweg 5) and will begin at 15.00 in the main auditorium on the third floor. You are requested to take your seats in the main auditorium by 14.45. Speeches will be given in both English and Dutch, by turn. Simultaneous translation facilities will be available, with headsets available at the entrance of the auditorium. Programme - Opening by Dirk Jan van den Berg, President of the Executive Board - Keynote speaker Prof. Susan Sterrett, Department of Philosophy, Duke University, USA “Wittgenstein flies a kite; A story of models of wings and models of the world” - Dies Natalis lecture Prof. Jacob Fokkema, Rector Magnificus “Better with technology” - Musical interlude - Transfer of the rectorship The Rector Magnificus, Prof. Jacob Fokkema, will transfer the rectorship to Prof. Karel Luyben - Conclusion by Dirk Jan van den Berg, President of the Executive Board

K.C.A.M. Luyben

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