The Joy of Small Cities

This event is organised by maieutic, an interdisciplinary research and project bureau based in Groningen and focussing on topics in internationalisation, diversity and sustainable society. It is supported by Let's Gro, the municipality of Groningen and Sustainable Society of the University of Groningen.

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Groningen is a small city in a big world. In this session a stellar panel of Groningen based international players from different sectors – business, cultural, and academic –  reflect on the joys (and pains) of operating globally from a small city base, including quality of life and resilience aspects of this. 
Confirmed participants so far: Edwin Kuipers, founder Crowdynews; Charlotte M’doe, head of marketing, University of Groningen; Melissa Oudshoorn, founder TedXGroningen; Monique Swennenhuis, international marketing Hanzehogeschool; Guy Weizman, founder Club Guy&Roni Mark Yeoman, artistic director Noorderzon
We will invite discussion on what makes the city attractive in an international context. Groningen usually views itself in a national context, in which it often has a negative self-image (the ‘Calimero’ complex). But viewed globally Groningen might have many attractive aspects which local residents may not see or undervalue. As the city becomes more international and more globally oriented, the city will start to view itself differently. We would like to catalyse this self-reflection and lead to a more positive and internationally oriented self-image for the city.
Co-hosted with Lior Steinberg of <A HREF="http://www.lvblcity.com/who-are-we" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LVBLCITY</A>. Details <A HREF="https://letsgro.nl/program/joy-small-cities" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>or join the event on Facebook <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/events/660246147467924/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>.

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