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Overview of the STeLA Leadership ForumHistory
Seven years ago, the Science and Technology Leadership
Association (STeLA) was launched by graduate students
studying

scienceandtechnology

at

MIT,

Harvard

University, and Boston University. Through informal
meetings

andfriendly

discussions

betweenhighlymotivated students from different countries and various
fields, the founders understood the need for a network of a
new generation of scientists and engineers which would
encourage the exchange of ideas on the critical role of science and technology in global
society. Shortly after the creation of STeLA in the US, a few founding members returned toJapan upon completion of their studies and established the second branch in Japan,
composed of students from the University of Tokyo, Keio University, and the Tokyo Instituteof Technology. The first STeLA Leadership Forum was held in Tokyo in 2007, organized by
STeLA under the auspices of the MIT-Japan Program. Both the US and Japan branches
actively contributed to the success in Tokyo, bringing together students from theirrespective nations to exchange ideas and learn leadership techniques with and from one
another. The following year, the STeLA Leadership Forum 2008 was a similar success at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. At this time, a Chinese branch wasestablished and the network of STeLA was further improved and expanded. The third Forum
was held at the National Institution for Youth Education in Tokyo, Japan in August of 2009.
In addition to participants from Japan, US and China, participants from France joined STeLA
in this year. The forth Forum, was held at Peking University in Beijing, China where students
from Japan, US, China and France once again came together to learn about leadership inscience and technology. The fifth Forum was held in 2011 at Stanford University in
California, U.S. where the participants from Japan, US, China and Europe addressed the
problems of sustainability. After this Forum, a new Europe Branch was established,
expanding the STeLA network once again. The sixth Forum returned to Japan in 2012 andfocused on Natural Disasters. This year STeLA Europe is honored to host the seventh Forumat the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The theme of this year’s Forum ismanaging ten billion people: overpopulation and urbanization.
The mandate of the Forum was, and still is, to create an intellectual network and to develop
leadership skills with the intent of preparing participants to understand and tackle global
issues in science and technology.

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Contents Overview
Each Forum consist of three components:
1. Leadership Sessions modeled after educational materials developed at the MIT
Leadership Center at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
2. Thematic Sessions including negotiations, panel discussions, and guest speakers,
focusing on the selected scientific theme each year.
3. Group Project, giving participants an opportunity to practice, utilize and apply theleadership skills they have learned throughout the Forum.

Theme of this year “Managing ten billion people”
SUB-THEMES: TRANSPORTATION, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
The increasing world population is a topic of growing
concern and the consequences are affecting the lives ofpeople around the world. At the moment 7 billion people liveon the beautiful planet earth. Researchers expect that in
2060 the world population will be more than 10 billion1.
Science and technology play key roles in predicting theconsequences of an increasing population, as well as
designing

new

food

production

techniques,building

sustainable houses, improving transportation systems, andimplementing new life styles. Science and technology make important contributions to thisproblem. Understanding how to use scientific techniques and knowledge to improve
efficiency and sustainability is a challenge that requires international cooperation. For thesereasons, STeLA chose “Managing ten billion people” as the main theme of this year’s Forum.
The Netherlands was chosen as the location for this theme, since this small country has
been managing land reclamation, water management, transportation improvement and foodproduction for years as the population continues to grow.
(1Retrieved at October 10, 2013 from http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#pastfuture)

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Messages from the Presidents
VALERIE GOEMANS- STELA EUROPE PRESIDENTCHAE WON LEE - STELA US BRANCH PRESIDENT

We can look back now on a week filled with

Although I could not participate in the Forum,

inspiring lectures, meaningful sessions, andI've spoken extensively with the staff members

insightful discussions. The Forum has given

and US branch participants post-forum andthe participants the chance to learn more

was ecstatic to find the positive outcome ofabout leadership, and through that, more

our work. The hours at STeLA constantly

about themselves as well. Many friendships

provide with opportunities to learn, discuss,

were created in this year’s remarkable group of

and act on the principles that unite us all; ourparticipants, giving them the chance to build abeliefmore global network. All this would not havecollaboration and leadership. No hour was

been possible without the support of ourwasted as participants attended insightfuladvisors, our sponsors, our staff, and the many

lectures,

other

the

creating meaningful friendships and networks

organization of this Forum in the past years. I

that span over the world. I believe STeLA

would like to express my deep gratitude forcontinues to improve every year as antheir support. Thank you!

organization, and I look forward to next year's

peoplewho

contributed

to

SHINGO HASHIMOTO- STELA JAPAN PRESIDENT

forum!

inthesessions,On

importance

and

that

of

globaldiscussions

note, Iwhile

welcometheremarkable new members of STeLA who will

I’d like to convey my warmest gratitude to ourcontinue

dedicated sponsors and foundations. Without

memorable and unique experience. Last but

your solid support, we couldn’t repeat thesenot least, I would like to thank our sponsors

excellent opportunities for young students.

and staff who made this year's Forum not only

Students, who are university undergraduates,

possible but excellent.

to

make

the

STeLA

Forum

a

Master and Ph.D. candidates, come to STeLA
from all over the world, where they learnsomething more than just leadership. Throughall courses, participants become more aware ofand develop a deeper understanding of
globally contentious issues. In addition, as theForum starts rolling, they connect with various
like-minded people who are of the samegeneration. In the end, they feel strongly thattogether they can achieve higher goals thanthey could ever achieve as only one person.
Now that the Forum is finished, I
believe they are ready to start off on new
endeavors and make a difference. Let us get
excited. I’m looking forward to seeing how far
they can go together.

MIAO WANG - STELA CHINA BRANCH PRESIDENT
It was a wonderful forum! At this point of thetime, I would like to express my gratitude tothis year’s sponsors, to all the hardworking
staff members, especially those from the hostcountry, and also to all the participants who
traveled across the globe to be our audience.
The excitement seen from the participants’eyes are the greatest rewards to the ones whobelieve in this forum, as one of the mostremarkable experiences in lives of science andtechnology

students,

which

makes

transformation from individual excellence tocollaborative intelligence happen. Thank you
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Message from our Advisors
Dear participants of the STeLA 2013 forum at Delft.
It is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to the 2013 STeLA
forum at Delft, The Netherlands; the first time the forum isbeing held in Europe. I am especially proud that students
from Delft University of Technology took the initiative topropose Delft for the 2013 event. I hope all participants will
benefit from the discussions, and experience authentic
moments of their leadership capabilities.
I first learned about STeLA a couple of years ago, just after students from TU Delft had
joined the forum in Japan and reported their sentiments and enthusiasm back to me. At thattime we had just started a so-called excellence program and we concluded that participation
to “an international network aimed at developing outstanding students’ leadership skills” could
be a welcome addition to that program; and indeed it is.
I joined STeLA, as an observer, when it was held at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, in 2011. There I
met Joe Hsueh, one of the driving forces behind STeLA. We witnessed an inspiring andstimulating last afternoon and evening of this event and were very pleased with the easy way
the students made contact and came forward with questions. All participants were very
forthcoming. I reported back: “During the final presentation the students were able to clearly
illustrate the objectives of their projects, the visions they had and how they managed to achieve
them. They were very well prepared in answering the questions. They clearly had fun in the workand the final event.” We could clearly observe that all participants benefited from attending
the leadership workshop, which are in fact exercises in understanding one’s own role andbehaviour in a team.
The STeLA forum also contributes to a mutual understanding and stimulates respect for
cultural differences. As such STeLA helps to comprehend global awareness, but the theme ofthis year’s forum illustrates even more that respect and awareness is essential to cope withthe challenges this generation faces.
I hope that STeLA 2013 at Delft will have a live long lasting impact on the solidarity among
the future leaders.
Best regards,
Peter Wieringa - Vice rector Delft University of Technology

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Dear STeLA colleagues,
I am pleased to welcome all participants as new STeLA colleagues at the STeLA Leadership
Forum 2013. I really appreciate all staff members for their passion and dedication in
preparation of this event. I have been collaborating with STeLA as a faculty advisor since
STeLA was launched in 2006, and have been watching the progress of STeLA network withgreat admiration.
The forum theme of this year is “MANAGING 10 BILLION PEOPLE: OVERPOPULATIONAND URBANIZATION”. It might sound too huge and challenging, but there is no doubt that
the STeLA staff is well trained in their mindset to address the theme through thoroughpreparation for this forum. Additionally, the staff will be ready to share the challenging
spirit and the feeling of reality with the participants simultaneously. Furthermore, I expect
that, through profound and fruitful discussion and collaboration among participants, staff,
speakers, and all other people involved, chemical reactions will occur. Presumably, only
such grass-root activities enable us to obtain the surprising value of a network that canreally change the world in an innovative way.
As a matter of fact, I am writing this message at Stanford University. I have a one-year
appointment as a visiting professor in order to collaborate with Dr. Dasher, the Stanford
faculty who supported STeLA Forum 2011 in Stanford. My mission here, which is closely
related to STeLA activity, is “to design and launch a new Project-Based-Learning course for
global/international leadership education at the graduate school level to develop an
innovative environment by the collaboration of graduate students in science/engineering
fields and professionals such as scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, marketers, and/or
capitalists.” I believe this is a good example of a fruit of the GREAT STeLA NETWORK,
which has changed my life and will change your life next.
Finally, please let me remind all STeLA students and alumni of the feeling of gratitude to all
the parties who have been supporting and collaborating with STeLA, and thank them fortheir great help. Although STeLA might probably never be sustainable without this help, I
am sure that all of us will benefit from the GREAT STeLA NETWORK as long as thisorganization continues to grow up.
With the best regards to you all,
Shigeki Saito
Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Staff Pre-Forum
PurposeFor the first time this year, a staff Pre-Forum to train and prepare all of the staff members
was held. This Pre-Forum was organized to practice the presentations and sessions.
Feedback was welcome and allowed the staff to fine-tune the forum content. There were also
training sessions for our facilitators, allowing them to enhance and practice their facilitation
skills. This prepared them for the coming week and made them able to better contribute to
the learning experience of their participants. Last, but definitely not least, activities toconnect all of the staff were held. Being a strongly connected staff team during the Forum isthe backbone for success. The staff Pre-Forum was a valuable addition to the STeLA Forum,
allowing staff to understand not only the sessions, but also timing and logistics, and as aresult, the staff worked as a great team. The Pre-Forum is a new element we will definitely
continue in the coming years!

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10:00 – 12.00

Welcome & Facilitation goals

13:00 – 17:00

Practice relating session

17:30 – 18:30

Facilitator training

19:30 – 21:30

Sensemaking session & facilitating discussion
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9:00 – 13.00

Practice Environment session

14:00 – 15:30

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18:30 – 21:00

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Berlage 1 (BK)Introduction to Forum (by Paul Hughes)

11:30 – 12:30

Berlage 1 (BK)

Leadership session –Distributed Leadership Lecture

13:15 – 17:30

Hall F (BK)

Leadership session - Relating

17:30 – 18:00

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Individual reflection

19:45 – 21:45

Team room(BK)

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8:30 – 12:00

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Leadership session- Sensemaking

13:00 – 14:30

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Thematic lecture by Tom Bosschaert

14:30 – 17:30

Berlage 1 (BK)

Thematic session - Environment

17:30 – 18:00

Berlage 1 (BK)

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19:30 – 20:45

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12:30 – 13:30

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13:30 – 17:30

Berlage 1 (BK)

Thematic session - Transport

17:30 – 20:00

Berlage 1 (BK)

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19:30 – 20:45

Team room(BK)

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8:30 – 11:30

Hall F (BK)

Leadership Session - Inventing

12:45 – 17:15

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17:30 – 18:00

Hall F (BK)

Individual reflection

18:30 – 20:00

Halfway

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Site visit & Group Project
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14:00 – 21:30

Berlage 1 (BK)Group project

21:30 – 21:45

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19:30 – 21:00

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Group project
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Group project
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Group Project
8:30 – 18:00
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Group Project & Presentation
8:30 – 12:00
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Final presentation

16:00 – 17:30

Berlage 1 (BK)

Final group reflection

17:30 – 19:00

Berlage 1 (BK)

Next forum presentation &large group reflection

19:00

Farewell
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8:00 – 12:00

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Forum Content
During the Forum, participants encountered five types of sessions. Leadership sessions taught
the participants about multiple aspects of leadership theory. During the thematic sessions,introduced by expert staff members, this theory was applied to scientific thematic problems.
Halfway through the Forum, there was a site visit. The Forum finished with a 3.5 day groupproject where the participants applied all of the skills that they learned. Each day ended with areflection session, where participants gave and received feedback from their team andfacilitators.

Leadership Sessions
The STeLA leadership strategy is built upon the Distributed Leadership Model, developed byProfessor Deborah Ancona at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The model is based on two
main ideas: 1) every leadership organization needs four capabilities: sensemaking, relating,visioning, and inventing and 2) these capabilities should be shared amongst the group, as one
person cannot master all of these capabilities.
The leadership sessions consist of a lecture, activity, and reflection for each of the fourcapabilities. We began with the relating session, introducing a model of group-oriented
behaviors, which provided a strategy for identifying and quantifying behaviors of teammembers. We then discussed systems thinking in the sensemaking session, examining thevalue of stakeholders and feedback systems. Next we explored the importance of shared andadaptive visions in the visioning session. Lastly, we tied together the other capabilities with
the inventing session, where we introduce design thinking from the d.school at Stanford
University.
Through the leadership education sessions, the knowledge-filled lectures, the experiencefrom the activities, and the conceptual strengthening from the reflection sessions
participants both learned of and practiced with the tools they need to join or lead a
distributed team.

Relating
Relating is the foundation upon which strong relationships are built, connecting with people
and having fruitful dialogues. It encompasses the ability of a leader to
INQUIREADVOCATE
CONNECTThe ability to listen and understand what others are feeling and thinking.
The ability to take a stand and influence others of its merits while also being
open for alternative views.
The ability to build collaborative relationships with others and create
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The relating session discussed the following aspects:
ICEBERG MODEL
People often only see certain behaviors or pieces of an event and, based on that information,
they react and draw conclusions. However, quite often people’s behavior is only the tip of
the iceberg, meaning underneath the water level is critical information about the cause ofthis behavior. People’s experiences, values, norms, and beliefs all influence both the initial
behavior, and one’s reactions and conclusions, but they are harder to see and recognize. The
lesson here is to recognize their presence and realize that in order to change, the highest
leverage can be found by understanding and changing the initial reactions, or what isunderneath the water level.hy
INQUIRY AND ADVOCACY MATRIXIn order to have a fruitful dialogue it is important to balance inquiry and advocacy. It isequally important for one to understand the opinions and feelings of others as well as being
clear about personally-held opinions. It is essential to be genuinely interested in others, aswell as being able to let others explore one’s own view. With simple exercises, theparticipants are shown how certain conversation styles are related to the balance between
inquiry and advocacy.
4 PLAYER MODEL
In a dialogue or decision-making process, inquiry and advocacy are not the only things thatneed to be in balance. Different roles within a group should also be in balance. In the 4Player Model, four roles are described as being essential for healthy and productive teambehavior. The four roles are: the Mover (establishing direction), the Follower(complementing the Mover), the Opposer (questioning and correcting the direction), and the
Bystander (providing alternative perspectives). Any individual can exhibit any of these fourroles at a given time and shift roles as necessary within the group. Therefore, a team may see
these roles changing from person to person.
DISASTER SIMULATION
The “disaster game” is a simulation developed for the 2012 Forum in Tokyo, where thetheme was “natural disasters”. This simulation is used to provide the participants withexperience in group dynamics and how to make decisions with limited time, resources, andinformation. The natural disaster simulation utilized a board game, which represented afictional area that had the potential for different disasters. The simulation went throughseveral turns to indicate the passage of time and the propagation of a disaster. The
participants had to anticipate what could happen in future turns and make choices in the
moment. For example, by “buying” rescue vehicles and design a strategy to save humans in a
specific area.

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Sensemaking
Sensemaking is the art of identifying
structure underneath complex systems.
The first step is to identify a system,
regardless of its apparent complexity orlack thereof. A great activity for system
identification is the well-known Beer
Distribution Game, developed at the
Sloan School of Management at MIT.
STeLA has used this activity many times
in the past because of its ability todemonstrate how seemingly mundane
systems can become catastrophic.
Participants spend about 2 hours playing roughly 40 rounds of this game though it doesn’ttake many rounds for the cycles of excess inventory and backlog to inflate costs. In the postgame discussion, participants acknowledged some of the difficulties with frustration andblame in what feels like a powerless system. We spent time understanding how to map thesesystems with loop structures, enabling the participants to effectively map complex systems.
By the end of the discussion, participants learned how to identify structure in systems, react
to mitigate chaotic situations, and communicate complex systems to others.

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Visioning Session
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important since they provide motivation for people to change theirviews. Every created vision should be able to answer the question, “Why am I doing this?”
During the visioning session, we had
the honor of having Paul Hughes
present

his

extraordinary

unique“Ten

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Thinking” method to take every
participant on a wonderful journey.
In order to reach the goal of visions,a thorough explanation was given by
Paul about the importance of why
people should know why they are
doing the things they do. After thishe discussed the “Front and Back
Offices” at the level of companies, organization, community and individual. The front office
is presented to the public (world). Consider a company that presents itself as a car sellingcompany. Though most believe the company makes its money selling cars, the company
actually earns most money by offering car loans with interest. This unexpected sales
strategy is the “back office”, a hidden agenda of sorts.
Paul continued with techniques and tips about how to create a (personal) vision. He
highlighted that this is a non-linear processes. It takes a lot of creativity since: “creativity is
the difference that makes the difference”. You have to think “outside the box” to come up withnew visions and solutions for current problems. To create a vision, Paul provided theparticipants with a handy tool, the “visioning star”, representing the Purpose, Why, How,
Values and What of a vision. Paul also explained the importance of stating your vision
positively; for example, instead of saying “I do not want to be poor”, use “I want to be rich”.
The final important aspect of visioning is the “Shared vision”. In shared visions, a wholeteam must face and point towards the same direction. “The core component of a shared vision
is alignment,” says Paul. Vertical alignment focuses on your own visions and values, whilehorizontal alignment takes team members into account, creates a shared vision, and has
therefore a greater impact. Finally, the most important way to achieve a shared vision is byusing proper language, which everyone can understand.

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InventingInventing is the fourth component of Ancona's
four capabilities in the Distributed Leadershipmodel. While inventing was only included in thegroup project during the past years, STeLA was
excited to hold its first session focused entirely
on Inventing at the 2013 Forum in Delft, thus
introducing

participants

to

the

full

four

capabilities over the course of the Forum. In our
Inventing Leadership session, participants were encouraged to get out of their comfort
zones and reclaim their creative confidence through an inventing theory lecture and a hands
on workshop on Design Thinking, supported by resources from Stanford's d.school.
Together, we discussed design as leadership and leadership as design, looking at different
design mindsets such as flaring (idea
generation)
selection).

andcontracting

Through(strategic

hands

on

brainstorming, teamstorming, and fast
prototyping exercises we were able to get
immediate feedback on our ideas, andcommunicate effectively with teammatesto "unlock" a group's creative potential.
Given

the

current

globallandscape,implications for inventing in our future are vast. No matter what discipline we come from wemust constantly ask ourselves: When are we inventing? What are we inventing? With whom
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Thematic sessions
Urban Farming Design Challenge
Building on exercises from the inventing theory session, the Thematic Inventing workshop
led participants through a deeper design challenge to create an urban farming solution for a
crowded city environment. The goal of the inventing workshop was to innovate and generate
new ideas. The Inventing session focused on providing the tools and creating a framework inwhich participants were able to use the skills they learned in new ways to invent solutions.
Through two distinct design cycles, we explored some of the fundamentals of user research(building empathy) and iterative prototyping (refining ideas). The first cycle focused onbrainstorming, with dynamic activities and exercises in idea generation and a framework on
how to select the best ideas. After selecting an idea, the participants prototyped theirsolutions. Through the fast-paced and exciting inventing session, STeLA participants wereable to learn the process by which ideas and theories can be actualized. They ultimately
created an inspired collection of prototypes and final presentations to be proud of.!

Environment
Environmental problems rise drastically with the development of human civilizations andthe expansion of urbanization. They cannot be ignored they always create obstacles andrestrictions for developing cities. Therefore this thematic session focused on introducing
concepts of sustainable development as well as cases of solving environmental problems indense areas. With this basis, we brought forward a powerful skill, systems mapping, which
engaged the participants to think about the procedures of analyzing systems. The
participants not only learned relevant knowledge about environmental systems, but also had
the chance to practice sensemaking skills which had been taught in the morning leadershipsession.
First, Mr. Tom Bosschaert gave a lecture on sustainability in the context of urbanism
through the eye-glass of his systems thinking expertise and unique methodology Symbiosis
in Development (SiD). He shared his own experiences of working on four continents on
various urban redevelopment cases, and further explained the definition of sustainability as
well as the essential properties of a sustainable system. He then gave a concise tutorial of
Symbiosis in Development theory as well as its application in sustainability development
and focused on introducing the concept and procedures of systems mapping. During thelecture, there were many insightful discussions and interactions between the participants
and the lecturer, which helped the participants to gain a deeper understanding of theconcepts.

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After the thematic lecture, theparticipants started practicing theskill of sensemaking on a realenvironmental

problem.

The

participants were divided into sevengroups and were asked to analyze acase study about Easter Island,
where environmental sustainability
issues

led

to

the

civilization’s

demise. The participants generatedasystemmap

toexplainthesituation on the island, provided at least three suggestions to present-day governments
about how to avoid environmental problems, and then gave a three-minute presentation.
However, the materials given to different groups had been rearranged into three different
patterns in terms of the quantity of information and the way it was distributed to each groupmember, to simulate different situations one might meet when conducting sense making asa group. After their presentations, the participants were mixed up and re-divided into six
groups, each containing individuals who had experienced each of the three patterns. They
were instructed to do a group reflection on their system mapping process, as well as their
feelings when doing sensemaking under different information patterns. They compared thedifferences between the system maps and between their sensemaking processes in terms of
quality and efficiency. They also had a heated discussion on what is the most balanced wayof managing sensemaking. Through the session, the participants gained new understandingof sensemaking by applying system mapping skills and uncovered deeper insights about thebalance between efficiency and complicity when conducting sensemaking.

Transportation
Duringthissession,participants

were

challenged to design and develop a newtransportation system for the Randstad in
the Netherlands. The Randstad is a highly
dense area, which contains major cities like:
Amsterdam,

Den

Haag,

Rotterdam

andUtrecht. Because of the high density in thisarea, the transportation system and theroads

betweenthedifferent

citiesareoverused, which results in congestion.

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The question is: where to start?
There are many things that have to
be

taken

decision

intoaccount

beforemakerscanactually

execute any plan. Therefore a groupor a team should come up with avision about their strategy or plan ofaction. What are they aiming at with
their design and what do they wantto achieve?
History tells us that the Randstad
changed significantly after the Second World War. Cities became bigger, larger, denser, andmore modern. Dr. Rob van Nes, lecturer of the year at TU Delft, gave an introductory lecture
to this session and explained in different phases how the Randstad has developed over the
past 60 years.
Dr.Ir. Rob van Nes introduced the Circle of Spiekermann
Wegener (see figure), which shows feedback loops of land-use
transportation.
The participants used this theory to inform their decisions during
the simulation of the transportation system. Next, participants
collaborated with representatives (other participants) of different
cities in the area. Keep in mind that each participant had a goal to achieve, specificinformation and a unique vision.
All of these factors, in addition to limited time and resources, ensured that the participants
worked both within and outside of their groups to think outside of the box and create novel
solutions.

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Site visit
During the site visit, the participants explored aspects of living below sea level in the Netherlands
through the elaborate Dutch defense against flooding and a prestigious land winning project toexpand the harbor.

Deltawerken
The “Maeslantkering” is the final piece of an elaborate
defense structure against flooding. The participants
visited this huge structure which also holds the record
for being world’s largest autonomous robot.

Maasvlakte 2
At the beginning of the twenty-first
century, it

was

clear

that

the

Rotterdam Harbor needed to expandin order maintain a competitive
position. For over 40 years it had
been the largest harbor in the world,
but now there was no space toexpand further. It was decided that
this problem would be solved byreclaiming

approximately

2000

hectares of land on sea. This new
part

of

the

harboriscalled“Maasvlakte 2”.
In May 2013 the Maasvlakte 2 was opened and the area is
now accessible by road, rail and water. At this moment
two container terminals are being constructed, more landis still being added, and work is currently underway tothoroughly connect the Maasvlakte 2 to the rest of theharbor.
At the start of the site visit the participants received a presentation, after which they went
on a cruise to get a good look at the harbor from sea. During this visit to the Maasvlakte 2,
they learned about the construction, the background, the current status, and what plans
there are for the future.

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Guest Speakers
Keynote Jeroen van der Veer: his personal vision of leadership
Jeroen van der Veer has a degree in mechanical engineeringfrom the Delft University of Technology as well a degree in
economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. After
graduating from the Delft University of Technology, hestarted his career at Royal Dutch Shell, where he spent mostof his professional life in managerial positions andeventually became CEO. Working for Shell, van der Veer
always saw sustainability as a high priority. This resulted in
the company’s change of direction to realize an envisioned
sustainable future. During his career, van der Veer
developed his own vision on leadership and developed thisin his personal leadership formula. Additionally, after hestepped down as CEO at Shell, he took on several leading roles in multiple advisory boards ofprominent Dutch businesses such as Philips and ING.
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Paul Hughes: Introduction to the Forum & Visioning Session
Paul Hughes graduated from The National College of Art &Design, Dublin, Ireland. Literally drawing as he speaks, Paul
Hughes paints stories across ten meters of paper - "tenmeters of thinking" - stories that are used to stimulate
individual and organizational growth. With over a decade ofexperience giving lectures and workshops at internationalseminars, master classes, and public events on design
thinking, Paul Hughes is an expert on coaching creativeclasses. During the forum he provided an inspiring
introduction and shared his knowledge about creating avision.
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Tom Bosschaert: Sensemaking & Environment Session
Tom Bosschaert founded Except Integrated Sustainability in 1999.
Except is a multidisciplinary organization that specializes ininnovative design, consultancy, and development in sustainability.
Tom has worked in four continents on a wide variety of policy,
business, and industry strategies as well as urban redevelopment,
software, and products. During the STeLA Leadership Forum 2013
Tom shed light on sustainability in the context of urbanism throughthe eye-glass of his systems-thinking expertise and uniquemethodology Symbiosis in Development (SiD).

Rob van Nes: Transportation Session
As an Associate Professor of transport and planningof the civil engineering department in the Delft
University of Technology, Rob van Nes – elected
best teacher in his field of study – focuses onquestions such as what the typical characteristics
are of transport networks, and how to assess
designs for transport networks using transportmodels. During the thematic session he shared his
expertise on transport on the basis of the complex
Randstad transport system.

Hendrik Tieben: Group Project Mentor
Hendrik Tieben - architect, urban designer, and associate
professor of the School of Architecture of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong - joined us during the Group
Project of the STeLA Leadership Forum 2013. His research
focusesonissuesofrapidurbanization,

urban

regeneration, heritage, and identity. Throughout thegroup project he shared the knowledge and insights hegained through his extensive experience of researchingurbanization and its issues.

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Group Project
The group project is the final piece of the Forum during which all of the previously learned
skills and insights are put to the test. The goal is to simulate a real life situation where
effective teamwork, sharp analytical thinking, and stress management are crucial for highquality end results. Moreover, it is aligned with the overall theme, so the knowledge thatparticipants have gained throughout the week is useful. At STeLA, we believe that ademanding task, with a tight deadline, and many possible solutions is required to effectively
push participants to learn about how they actually behave in a team and emulate groupdynamics. The group project is conducted in the six or seven person reflection groups which
participants have been in throughout the week, so they are already familiar with one anotherand their group facilitators.
This year the group project was about
overpopulation and urbanization. The
goal of the group project was tocompletely redesign a district in Hong
Kong.

This

challenge

participants huge freedom

gave

the

in

their

choices and was therefore very suitabletochallenge

theirleadership

andtechnological skills. A new aspect in thisgroup

projectwasthenecessarycollaboration between teams to complete the assignment. Professor Tieben from the
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a leading expert on urbanization in Hong Kongand he was invited to inspire, assist, and judge the teams.
On the afternoon of Day 5, Professor Tieben opened the first part of the group project with awonderful lecture on urbanization and big cities. During this part of the group project theteams were challenged to create a system map of a big city in general. This system map
contained all the aspects of a city that are important for urban design. Before the forum eachmember of each team was given different articles on the development and problems in avariety of cities. Together the team had to decide which of the many aspects should be in thesystem map. The next morning the system map was presented to a jury of experts. All teams
were able to successfully make a system map with very creative insights. As the teams
discovered these insights were necessary for the second part of the group project.

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Professor Tieben then gave the second part of his lecture on the specific problems of HongKong. After this, all teams were given a short assignment and the details of their district.
The assignment stated that they had to re-design a district of 1.2 by 1.2 km, take thepopulation growth until 2040 into account, and collaborate with the other teams. At thatsame time, all teams were given a deadline of two hours to come up with a collective plan forthe distribution of facilities over their districts. After a short moment of hesitation, twoparticipants took initiative to organize the remainder of the 2 hours. By the end of thedeadline the whole group was able to present the judge with their decisions.
For the following two days, they had the complete freedom to build a mock-up of their city.
Each team was also given a small budget to spend in the faculty shop, so they could choosesome of their own materials. During the first day very little actual construction took place.
The room was filled with serious faces and buzzing with intense discussions that in somecases even went on into the night. Only the next morning did the teams started building.
During the construction phase, they had some opportunities to get feedback from Professor
Tieben. It was also on this day that something unexpected happened…
The assignment stated that they had to give a ten minute presentation on the final day of
the Forum. However, during the last day of construction, one of the participants came to thestaff asking for something remarkable: They wanted to sacrifice one minute of each team’s
presentation time in order to give a collaborative presentation from all of the participants!
The participants had been organizing inter-team meetings to make sure that all the districts
were coherent.

Final presentations
The final presentation took place in the prestigious Room,called the “Orange room”, of the TU Building of Architecture
filled with a curious audience of STeLA staff, judges and thegeneral public. The final presentation was open to the media
and public in order to share what we had accomplished andreach out to the greater community. Professor Wieringa - thevice rector of TU Delft and one of the STeLA Europe advisors opened the afternoon activities. Then, the STeLA Europe
president, Valerie Goemans, introduced the concept of STeLA to
the audience. Finally Professor Tieben introduced the groupproject and the case of Hong Kong to the audience. Together,with the group project student staff, they judged theparticipants.

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Participant and Staff information

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Hanati Hailati

Ahmad Ruiz Bin Mohd Asri

Bryce Anzelmo

Bart van Osnabrugge

Haoli Guo

Ai Osakabe

Catherine Fan

Claire Muller

Ke Xu
Lijia Zhang

Cherry May R. Mateo
Hanae Shimo

Eric Safai
Peter Meleney

Dominic Dijkshoorn
Ivan ThungR

Ming Yang

Haru Negami

Sivan Naaman

Jiajun Cen

TKenji Sasayama
Mako Itadani

Vinayak Agarwal

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Qiao Zhang
Wandong Kong

Julia Attevelt
Kristian Elset Bo

Yingshuo Zhang

Ryuta Ujihara

Kristina Kakalacheva

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Yue Wang
Zewei Ni

Sengyun Kim
Takeru Ishida

Marijn Wouters
Santosa Putra

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Zhen Lian

Wilson Tadashi Muraki Junior
Yisihak Abenezer Bewongel

Stefan Ghita
Swip Draijer

Yoshimi Aiyama
Yuki Hashimoto

Yanjing Cai

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JP

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Ge LiuKunihiro Miyazaki

Alorah Harman

Chris Rozemuller

Miao Wang

Lauho Lam

Craig BroadyEline Krijkamp

Sihao Zhang
Xiaoyue Liu

Mai Kawaguchi
Mei Maruki

Doohee You
Garrett Hemann

Emiel Barten
Emma van Bruggen

Xin ChenNobuyoshi Matsumoto
Seiya Yonemori

Issra Omer
Liujing Xing

Hoessein Alkisaei
Hylke de Visser

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Shingo Hashimoto
Watanabe Shun

Jo Hoogslag
Jurgen Kuipers

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Yoko Yamagishi

Philippe Lee Meeuw Kjoe

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Renske Kroeze
Roberto Drebes
Simone Dekker
Tim van de Grift
Valerie Goemans

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CN (25%)

JP (32%)

US (14%)

EU (29%)CN (15%)

JP (26%)
EU (41%)
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CN (25%), 11

JP (32%), 14

US (18%)6

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Facilitators: Craig Broady & Yoko Yamagishi
Participants: Lijia Zhang (CN), Yingshou Zhang (CH),
Sengyun Kim (JP), Hanae Shimo (JP), Stefan Ghita(EU), Sivan Naaman (US).

Group 2 >Facilitators: Jurgen Kuipers & Ge Lui Saber.
Participants: Qiao Zhang (CN), Hanati Hailati (CN),Ahmand Ruiz Bin Mohd Asri (JP), Yoshimi Aiyama(JP), Bart van Osnabrugge (EU), Santosa Putra (EU)& Catherine Fan (US)< Group 3
Facilitators: Hylke Visser & Chen Xin
Participants: Ke Xu (CN), Haoli Guo (CN), Yisihak
Abenezer Bewongel (JP), Mako Itadani (JP), Dominic
Dijkshoorn (EU), Julia Attevelt (EU) & Eric Safai (US)Group 4>
Facilitators: Roberto Jung Drebes & Lauho Lam
Participants: Wandong Kong (CN), Ming Yang (CN),
Wilson Tadashi Muraki Junior, Ai Osakabe (JP), Swip
Draijer (EU) & Claire Muller (EU) )Group 5
Facilitators: Garrett Hemann & Mai kawaguchi
Participants: Zewei Ni (CN), Cherry May R. Mateo(JP), Ryata Ujihara (JP), Marijn Wouters (EU),Kristina Kakalacheva (EU) & Bryce Anzelmo (US)Group 6
Facilitators: Shingo Hashimoto & Eline Krijkamp
Participants: Zhen Lian (CN), Takeru Ishida (JP), Haru
Negami (JP), Kristian Elset Bo (EU), Ivan Thung (EU) &Vinayak Agarwal (US)< Group 7
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Participant Experiences“ AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING MOMENT WITH BRIGHT AND TALENTED PEOPLE”
Kristian Elset Bø – EU
The STeLA forum 2013 was a great opportunity for forging relationships across the globe aswell as engaging in important global discussions. I think it is safe to say that only a few
times a year that many bright and talented individuals are brought together and to be apart of it was absolutely amazing.
The forum is very intensive, but by varying the content during the day the board and staff
managed to keep it interesting from dawn till dusk. In comparison to other conferences andworkshops I’ve attended earlier, STeLA was extremely rewarding when it came to actually
making use of what you learned. Usually there would be a lecture, or a smaller workshop in
the morning, followed by a thematic session before and after lunch. In the afternoon andevening there would be a larger task/workshop where we could apply the day’s lessons andpractice working as an international team.

“THE STELA EXPERIENCE IS OF THE MOST EXCITING OF MY LIFE SO FAR.”
Claire Muller -EU
I have to say that the STeLA experience is of the most exciting of my life so far. I had
been abroad to study and travel, but collaborating with students from all around the world
during a week and a half is far more interesting and challenging.
At the beginning of the forum, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. The sessions
were very well organized so that everyone could see the link between them. During themornings, we had lectures from various speakers about the four following themes: visioning,sensemaking, relating and inventing. During the afternoons, we had to put into practice
everything we learnt during the sessions within our group. Those activities were mostly very
entertaining, for our greatest pleasure. I think that my favorite part of the forum was thereflection periods. First, and the end of each day, we were given about 20 minutes to thinkon our own and make a review of everything that had happened during the day. Followed bygeneral reflection about the way the team had acted and the way it should have acted. Those
periods were really benefic to me because they allowed us to keep the team going in theright direction. I learnt a lot on myself, on the effects that stress and tiredness had on me,
but also on the others. It wasn’t always easy to work with people who have a completely
different way of behaving and acting. But as a matter of fact I think we ran the boat quite
well. Since I came back, I have been trying to apply the concepts learnt to my everyday work.
It still needs some improvements but I feel like it is working.

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“W HAT KIND OF ( PERSONAL ) OBSTACLES DO I NEED TO OVERCOME TO BE A BETTERLEADER ?”Haoli Guo – CN
If there is one thing you should know about STeLA, it's STeLA is an awesomeorganization where you could learn more about leadership and meet amazing people
all over the world. Before I went to this year's forum, I didn't know the reason why lots offormer participants of STeLA chose to stay and continued to contribute to this association.
But I got my answer when the forum ended. I think that reason would be different foreveryone of us, but most importantly, there is a reason.
I had a great time at TU Delft in 2013 during this year's forum. STeLA not only taught mewhat I don't have a chance to learn in school, but also provided me with opportunities tohave connections with other participants and staffs. At the beginning of the forum, everyone
was quiet, but after several days' working together we got close to each other and became
good friends (I know that sounds nothing special but that process for me is one of the bestparts of STeLA). What is more, STeLA offered me a chance to get to know myself more. For
instance, what am I good at? What are my weaknesses? What kind of obstacles do I need
to overcome to be a better leader?
It was a precious experience in STeLA and I really hope more people could be changed
because of STeLA!
“I’M HAPPY IN THE STELA FAMILY.”

Ke Xu – CN
STeLA really gives me a nice memory and I learned many useful skills about leadership. Firstof all, I think the lectures and speeches really lead us to break through our old thinking
mode and teach me how to work together to solve problems. Many of the concepts given by
the professors influence me a lot. Secondly, I met people who are from different countries
with a different culture. It’s very amazing to share different kinds of ideas that come up
with different people. On the other hand, I think the most valuable aspect of STeLA is games
and GP for leadership practice. I found it very hard to take the theory into practice. Manysmall flaws become big problems in front of the limited time and emergency situation. Bothpresenting ideas accurately and limited time should come into consideration. We have tounderstand others’ ideas and make the best final group decision. All the problems give us achance to reflect what we could do to make the group work better. This forum gives me ahint of potential problems. And I will pay more attention on them in my future study. A lotof knowledge should be learned.

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"AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE TAKE HOME ARE THE PEOPLE."
Catherine Fan – US
Going into STeLA I did not know what to expect. The subject matter of urbanization was on
a topic I had no knowledge in as a bio engineer. I also wondered how this leadership forum
would be different than the other leadership retreats I had experienced in school. But STeLA
was truly an experience like no other. We were all tested mentally, physically andemotionally throughout the short course of the nine days. We had brilliant lecturers,
professors, and mentors--they not only taught us about their fields but general themes ofproblem solving that could be applied to our own lives. Therefore I know that the mostimportant aspect of the forum for me was to meet the people there. Everyone hailed fromdifferent cultures with different backgrounds and disciplines. So I felt that I could truly be
myself and be open and share my own personal journey during this forum while others went
through their own with me. It's phenomenal how it seems I've known another participant formonths or years when it had only been a week. A poignant statement made by my teammate
Kenneth during group reflection is one that I think sums it up: "At the end of the day,
what we take home are the people."“STELA LEADERSHIP FORUM IS AN INCREDIBLE, LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY.”

Vinayak Agarwal – US
It all starts on the first day of the forum and as the journey progresses, it fills you up withremarkable stories of people's lives that touch your heart and inspire you to develop a larger
than life perspective, it brings people together in indescribable ways, it proves that groupenergizers such Rock Paper Scissors, Tangled hands, Penguins and Flamingos, group hugs
and Yes! Lets! (STeLA’s baby) can be as effective if not more than caffeine in disrupting
sleep, it challenges you to solve intimidating global problems with minimal resources, itempowers you to discover yourself and equips you to be a unique and effective leaderof the future and after 14hours x9days in the midst of all that, you would wish that itnever end and yet as the inevitable happens, you bring home vivid memories, connections
and leadership concepts that live with you forever.
STeLA taught me that effective leaders are not only movers, rather they are movers,
followers, opposers and bystanders interchangeably and that true victory lies not in the
victory of the “ME” but the victory of the “WE”. The Northstar of the forum from myperspective was the Group Reflection Sessions because that was the time each one of us in
the team stepped up to empower each other from being mere components of a system to a
web of reinforcing interconnections and I realized that working with dynamic people fromdifferent cultures and areas of expertise can help discover underlying patterns in seemingly
monumental problems, making them conquerable. Lets Discover, Empower and Lead! Yes
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‘I WOULDN’T TRADE THAT WEEK FOR ANYTHING’
Mako Itadani – JP
STeLA forum was the most exciting and inspiring experience in my life. It gave me a chance
to master leadership and an opportunity to meet with new people. Let me elaborate on two
things.
First, STeLA changed my idea of leadership and gave me a chance to put it in practice. I
learned that leadership means assessing the situation and being flexible to take up the roles
that are needed at different times.
Putting it in practice was really difficult for me. On the first day, I could not even fully
understand what others say because of the language problem. So I broke the difficulty into
smaller ones and decided to go through the following steps. 1. familiarize myself to English
discussion, 2.understand what others say (inquiry), 3. think about the topic by myself, 4.
come up with idea, 5. express my own thought clearly and logically (advocacy), 6. getting
leadership. Thanks to the great help from my teammates and facilitators, I
accomplished each goal and finally, I contributed to the team, taking a role of mover,follower, opposer and bystander. Second, it was inspiring to meet and discuss with people
who have different way of thinking, majors and cultures. It gave me a new perspective on
different majors, my own majors and the attitude on life. Thus, both people and content in
STeLA forum were precious. I wouldn’t trade that week for anything. I owe you mygratitude.

“IF YOU WANNA GO FAST, GO ALONE; IF YOU WANNA GO FAR, GO TOGETHER”.
Ruiz Asri – JPThis was definitely one of the biggest lessons I got from this STeLA adventure. The “Iceberg”
concept, “Vision star” and “4 roles” of distributed leadership were only the few things that I
learnt from those 10 fulfilling days in the forum. Arriving in Delft with no expectations
whatsoever, I was blown away by the impact that this Leadership forum has left. Not only
did the forum allow me to journey far and deep within myself - creating an atmosphere
where I could truly reflect on what type of individual and leader I was and could become; theforum also succeeded in gathering and creating a passionate, yet compassionate atmospheresuitable for cultural & ideological exchange. A platform where anyone and everyone fromdiverse backgrounds could come to share and debate on global issues critically,
academically. It has always been a dream of mine to see such a platform exist; and such anhonor it was to be a part of one. A standing ovation to the STeLA Leadership Forum 2013’s
staff members for such an outstanding achievement.

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Sponsors and support
The Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation

Sojitz Foundation

Nihon Bungu Zaidan

The Tokyo Josai Rotary Club

Fourth Valley Concierge:

IDEA League

Delft University of Technology

StuD studentenuitzendbureau

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A Glimpse for Next Year

STeLA is thrilled to announce that the STeLA Leadership Forum 2014 will be held at
Stanford University. Stanford's campus, in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a multidisciplinary
hotbed for ideas, and pioneering initiatives coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute of
Design (the d.school) are especially in line with STeLA's mission to build multi-faceted,creative thinking leaders in science and technology.
As hosts, the STeLA US branch has developed a vision of shared collaboration between
international branches in preparation for the 2014 Forum, with foundations of mutual
respect, strong communication, and continual alignment, to accomplish an outstanding
Forum such that all members of STeLA are proud of both our internal process innovations aswell as the value we deliver to the next generation of STeLA participants.
The theme of the 2014 forum is Bioethics, a pressing issue for our times. STeLA is delighted
to be partnering with resources from the Stanford School of Medicine, renowned for its
cutting edge research and strong multidisciplinary agenda, and also to be working withmentors and materials from MIT's biomedical engineering curriculum, assigned #1 ranking
in the current US National Research Council report, in thedesign of this year's group project.
From health innovation to global health, from hospital
service design to biomedical engineering, STeLA isconvinced that in 2014 it is our responsibility as amultinational group of scientists and technologists to
examine the human values of healthcare as well as themorals and ethics influenced by technologies or trends wecontribute to. We look forward to this challenge at the 2014 Forum in Stanford and welcome
the opportunity to grow as an organization and as an international network of leaders with astrong global perspective.
We invite you to participate in our shared vision for STeLA 2014!

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Acknowledgement
Acknowledgements
STeLA Leadership Forum 2013 could never be held successfully without the support,suggestions, encouragement, inspiration, and companionship of many people.
Advisers
Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to Prof. Peter Wieringa from the Delft University ofTechnology; Marietta Spiekerman-Middelplaats from the Delft University of Technology;
John Chiang, the former CEO of Motorola China; Associate Prof. Shigeki Saito from Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Associate Prof. Kazuaki Inaba from Tokyo Institute of Technology;
Assistant Prof. Hiraku Sakamoto from Tokyo Institute of Technology; Assistant Prof. Kosuke
Takahashi from Tokyo Institute of Technology; and Prof. Hideyuki Horii from The Universityof Tokyo.
Keynote & Thematic Speakers
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Jeroen van der Veer, Paul Hughes from Ten
Meters of Thinking, Tom Bosschaert from Except Integrated Sustainability, and Rob van Nes
from Delft University of Technology for delivering interesting and inspiring lectures andproviding us with their valuable time. Special thanks must also go to Marga SchrijvershofVink and Wilma van der Kooij.
Group Project
We give our great thanks to Associate Prof. Hendrik Tieben from the School of Architectureof the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his great help with designing and executing thegroup project.
Advice for Thematic Sessions
We are grateful to all of the help of Rob van Nes from Delft University of Technology withthe design of the thematic sessions.
Grants and Donations from Companies and Foundations
We are deeply grateful for the financial support of: Prof. Peter Wieringa of the Delft
University of Technology; Sylvia Walsarie Wolff, Brenda Hooiveld and Barbara Marx fromthe Honours Program Delft; STuD student employment agency; Bebeyond; MISTI; the MITJapan program; Sojitz Foundation; Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation; Nihon Bungu Zaidan; Fourth
Valley Concierge; and Tokyo Josai Rotary Club.
Personal Donations
A special thanks is also in place for the financial donations of Stephen Forrest of thedepartment of physics of the University of Michigan; Choi Jiyoung; Maya Yoshikawa; Kei
Koshida; Koji Hasegawa; Maya Nagasawa; Kuji Tomoaki; Yuki Nakane; Taro Hizume; Seiya
Yonemori; Taku Nakane; Fahim F. Khan; Yu Takahashi; Shigeki Saito; and Kei Nagao.

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Contact information
WEBSITE:
www.stelaforum.org
EMAIL ADDRESSES:
STeLA JAPAN: jp-staff@stelaforum.org
STeLA US: us-staff@stelaforum.org
STeLA EU: contact-eu@stelaforum.org
STeLA CHINA: cn-staff@stelaforum.org
SOCIAL MEDIA:
https://www.facebook.com/StelaLeadershipForumFORUM MOVIE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeyHtUJ4_k&feature=youtu.be

MEDIA COVERAGE
Augustus 29, 2013, Scienceguide.nl,
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