Lectures

Dr Verburgh gives inspiring lectures about aging, health and nutrition.


Possible subjects

  • Why do we age? What is the role of nutrition in the aging process?
  • Nutrition and the brain - How can our diet improve brain function and slow down the advent of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's? 
  • The purpose of begin sick – On diseases and the theory of evolution.

Highlighted lectures on nutrition, health and aging
  • Interview for Pfizer for the book ‘Healthy ageing’ for which 20 professors and experts in ageing were interviewed.
  • Invited speaker University of Maastricht, Netherlands. Subject: nutrition and aging.
  • Keynote speaker for Procter & Gamble on ‘Nutrition & innovation’ (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Invited speaker on the ‘Globesitas-conference’, organised by the Dutch ‘Journal of nutritional medicine and disease prevention’, The Netherlands.
  • Keynote speaker ‘Health and care day 2013’ (Dutch Care Network)
  • Keynote speaker ‘National Food Debate’ (Netherlands)
  • Keynote speaker Obesitas conference (for 400 obesity experts, dieticians, obesity surgeons)
  • Invited speaker University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Subject: nutrition and aging.
  • Television lecture (on national Dutch television) about nutrition and aging (25 minutes prime-time) at ‘NTR Academy’ where original thinkers are invited to provide a lecture for the general public.
  • Speaker for the Flemish Circle of Physicians, Antwerp, Belgium (on nutrition, diabetes and aging). 
  • Invited panel member on launch of NewScientist magazine in The Netherlands, together with Nobel Laureate (in physics) Gerard ‘t Hoofd (in Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
  • Speaker ‘The future of Food’ (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Dr Verburgh is a registered speaker for Speakers Academy, the leading speakers bureau in Europe.

He was a 3-time speaker for PINC Conferences, which invited speakers like Ray Kurzweil (inventor, author, entrepreneur); Greg Marshall (executive producer for National Geographic); Tim Smit (creator and CEO Eden Project, Cornwall); John Wood (author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World); Fernando and Humberto Campana (industrial designers); Michael Braungart (inspirator Cradle to Cradle-principle); Matt Flannery (co-founder Kiva); and John W.M. Bush (Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT).


"There are speakers who reach the ears of their audience and there are speakers who reach ears and heart. Kris Verburgh is one of the latter and enchanted everybody."

- Peter van Lindonk, co-founder & director PINC (People, Ideas, Nature & Creativity) Conferences


“Without a doubt, the lecture of Kris Verburgh was one of the best we have ever seen at our Rotary meetings. A lecture of such a brilliant speaker is perhaps a one in 20-year event and I think this was also the prevailing impression of the public.”

- Rob Gruben, Rotaryclub The Netherlands.


“Kris Verburgh, scientific heavyweight and a maser speaker."

- Cor van Leeuwen, member of the board of directors Rabobank

Examples of clients

For more information or to book a lecture, please contact Miss C.Huyge at lezingen@voedselzandloper.com
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