The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination will hold a Crisis Diplomacy lunch seminar on Friday, April 11, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. in 012 Bendheim Hall. Aart De Geus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, will be the featured speaker for the session, "A Renaissance for Europe." Lunch will be served. To attend, RSVP to Angella Matheney.

Aart De Geus is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh, Germany. He has been a member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Executive Board since September 2011, overseeing projects on Europe, Employment, and Globalization. Prior to joining the foundation, Aart De Geus served as Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. From 2002 to 2007, he was Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Netherlands.