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Conferences & keynotes

A selection of conference papers, international presentations and keynote addresses since 2014.

2026
Keynote address

Een Indiase Renaissance: de contradicties ontrafeld [An Indian Renaissance. The Contradictions Decoded]

Rotary Club International Brussels Brussels 8 September 2026
2025
Keynote address

India. Eenheid in verscheidenheid [India. Unity in Diversity]

Lions Club Brussels/Munt Brussels 6 October 2025
2024

The Buddhist ‘Middle Way’ versus a ‘Brave New World’. Perspectives from the Philosophy of History

Spirituality & Business in the Anthropocene Era. The 20th Anniversary Conference of the European SPES Institute Corvinus University of Budapest 20-22 June 2024
2022

Friendship Resisting Big Business and Big Government. A South Asian Philosophical Perspective

Annual European SPES Conference 2022: Place Based Sustainability, Ethics and Spirituality – Call for a New Economy Serving Life Urbino, Italy 19-21 May 2022
2017

La philosophie et histoire comparée comme source de contestation socio-économique et de dialogue interculture

Association Présence Philosophique Le Puy-en-Velay, France 26 April 2017
2015

Buddhism as a Source of Revitalization of Sustainability Management in the West: The Case-Study of E.F. Schumacher

G. DE VYLDER & H. OPDEBEECK

International Conference on GNH (Gross National Happiness), on the occasion of the 60th Birth Anniversary Celebration of His Majesty the Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Paro, Bhutan 4-6 November 2015
2014
Best Paper Award; member Scientific Committee

Indian Spiritual Traditions: An Inspiration for Managerial Ethics in Europe?

G. DE VYLDER & H. OPDEBEECK

Convergence 2014, 6th International Conference. Ethical Leadership: The Indian Way IFIM Business School, Bangalore 9-11 January 2014
2014

The Concept of ‘Peace Management’ From a Sikh-Indian Perspective

Business for Peace-Strategies for Hope Conference, Commemorating the Centennial of the First World War (1914-1918), Annual Conference of the European SPES Forum Ieper 9-12 April 2014
2014

Travelling to India: Complementary or Contradicting Utopias?

Annual Conference Renaissance Society of America, session “Geography in Renaissance Utopias III: Outside and Overseas” New York 27-29 March 2014