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Marco van Hout is co-founder and Creative Director of Digital Society School in Amsterdam, where students, academics and professionals are trained to become ‘digital transformation designers’, new leaders in a digital society. He initiated the Design Method Toolkit and the growing social movement of the Global Goals Jam, in conjunction with the UNDP (every September in 95+ cities, creativity for the benefit of the SDG's and society).

In the past Marco co-founded and headed a digital agency and strategic design consultancy and took seat in the board of the international Design & Emotion Society for over 10 years.

Marco is community liaison for World Design Organization, an advisory board member for DOT in Spain, and a visiting professor at IE University in Madrid. As a frequently invited speaker, moderator and facilitator, Marco addresses topics such as (digital) transformation design, digital society, human(ity) centered/ UX design, cross-cultural collaboration and sustainable development.