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                   COMPARISON NETHERLANDS - GERMANY
Markus Becker, the supposed manager of the Hamburg Port Authority, managed to fool
the entire room: the promised comparison between the ports of Hamburg and Rotterdam never materialised. The role of port manager turned out to be a successful alias for a com- ical performance with big laughs about the differences between Dutch and Germans.
‘WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A BEAR APPROACHES YOU’
“What happens in our brains when we en- counter a bear?” asked Victor Kallen, psy- cho-physiologist at TNO Defence Safety & Security, as part of his highly humorous argu- ment. He further elaborated on the influence the brain has on a person’s functioning and on how stress impacts this. “The more stress, the faster the turnover of croquettes,” was one
of his remarkable examples. He also made a link with the work of the pilots. “It is important to always stay focused. Stress has no office hours.”
ILLUSIONIST DELIGHTS
The final guest of the symposium was illusion- ist Victor Mids, known for his inimitable tricks with Dutch celebrities in the TV show Mind- f*ck. He also managed to baffle the guests aboard the SS Rotterdam with his illusionistic skills. With the help of a few random spec- tators, he gave a dazzling performance; the main question afterwards was ‘how on earth does he do that?’.
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