Auditorium, Tuesday May 25. 10:00 hrs See session contents Auditorium, Thursday May 27. 14:00 hrs See session contents E106+E107, Tuesday May 25. 16:15 hrs See session contents E106+E107, Tuesday May 25. 16:15 hrs See session contents Forum, Thursday May 27. 11:15 hrs See session contents E103, Wednesday May 26. 14:00 hrs See session contents Forum, Thursday May 27. 09:00 hrs See session contents Forum, Thursday May 27. 11:15 hrs See session contents G104+G105, Tuesday May 25. 14:00 hrs See session contents G104+G105, Tuesday May 25. 14:00 hrs See session contents E103, Wednesday May 26. 14:00 hrs See session contents

About Mr. Charles Groenhuijsen

Education
1966-1973 High School with emphasis on history, languages (including English, French, German, Latin & Greek)
1973-1977 History at University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Employment
Free-lance reporter Utrecht University Weekly, 1974 - 1977
Covering the national and international aspects of higher education

Staff-reporter De Volkskrant (national newspaper), 1977-1983
Reporting on national issues with an emphasis on transportation, health care, economics

Staff reporter NOS Dutch Public TV, 1983- 1986
News reports on a variety of national and international topics. Trips to numerous European countries and extensive newsreports from Africa and South-America. Covered the first elections in Suriname, reported on political situation in South Africa, visited Columbia among many other countries

Sr.US-correspondent NOS public TV, Washington DC, 1986 - 1989
Reporting on US-politics, economy and numerous human interest stories. Covered the Iran-Contra affair and the 1988 presidential elections. Interviewed President Ronald Reagan, Secretary of State George Schultz among others.
Youngest correspondent ever to be stationed in Washington, DC for NOS Public TV.

Anchorman NOVA-TV, 1989-1996
NOVA is a daily newsprogram on Dutch public TV. The format is a mixture of ABC's Nightline and The Jim Lehrer Newshour. We covered all the major domestic and international issues. Among the international topics: The Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections.

Bureau-chief for NOS TV & Radio based in Washington DC, 1996-2006
NOS runs the most widely watched TV-news program in The Netherlands with a marketshare in the segment of news and current affairs of more than 40 percent. Responsible for daily operations of the Dutch news bureau. Interviewed President Bill Clinton, (then) Governor George Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator John McCain, Senator Trent Lott, among many others.

Independent writer, producer, speaker, consultant, 2006 - now.