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Climate-neutral Brainport 2040: Circular water hubs

We proudly announce a landmark collaboration between Eindhoven Engine, Rijkswaterstaat, and a coalition of visionary partners. This agreement, officially kicked off during the Festival of Disruption 2025, marks a decisive step toward achieving a climate-neutral Brainport by 2040 through circular water hubs.

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Cut the crap: does innovation regenerate or deplete?

The Shepherd & The Steward — From Human Doing to Life-Centered Being

We celebrate innovation. We reward speed. We optimize efficiency. But the planet is exhausted, systems are cracking, and so called “solutions” keep multiplying.

So perhaps the problem is not that we innovate too little, but that we innovate from the wrong premise. Inside a living system, nothing is isolated. You don’t command the flock into coherence — you move with it. What if stewardship is not the opposite of innovation, but its condition?

Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 18:00
Location: Kazerne

At this meetup, we confront a radical shift: from human-centered doing to life-centered being. From designing for systems to designing within them. We’ll learn from the Shepherd and the Steward, from producing solutions to practicing stewardship.

Featuring

Chiara Treglia — The Regenerative Culture Steward

Working at the intersection of design, learning and organizational transformation to cultivate cultures rooted in responsibility and long-term thinking.

Walter Baets — The Wicked Problems Shepherd

Bridging complexity theory, quantum interpretations of innovation and lived experience as a shepherd, exploring how direction emerges within living systems

Expect sharp dialogues, bold insights, honest reflections and an open, welcoming conversation. Because at the EHV Innovation Café, the discussion is not the afterthought — it is the main act.

Whether you’re a founder, designer, technologist, policymaker, educator or curious do-er, this is your space to listen, learn and connect.
 
We are Inclusive by Default and Give to Grow. Because the real shift is not controlling the flock, but learning how to move with it.
Can we cut the crap — and make innovation an act of care?

 
Moderated by Charlotte Grün

@ Kazerne Downtown Eindhoven

Walk-in 17:30, start 18:00
English spoken, free entrance, open to all