Herman Van Rompuy

Herman Van Rompuy, first president of the European Council and former Belgian prime minister, needs little introduction. 

As a lifetime politician, Herman has been at the forefront of driving our society forward, slowly but steadily. During the financial crisis of 2008, he led Belgium - one of the most culturally complex countries on the face of the planet - to safer waters. As the “president of Europe”’, 7 years later with the Greek debt crisis, he did the same thing again with the European Union.

  Apart from a politician, Herman is also a thinker and creative author,  you may know him from his famous haiku’s or his politically oriented books. 

Needless to say, all this brings a unique perspective on Utopia, how we can achieve it and which stumbling blocks we still have to tackle… Enough ingredients for a talk on the TEDxLeuven stage!