Harriette Verwey, Rotary International Director 2025–2027 and Convenor of the Rotary European Action Summit 2026, personally invites you to join us in Rotterdam.
From 11–13 September, Rotarians, Rotaractors, partners and changemakers from across Europe and beyond will come together to connect, learn and turn ideas into action.
Among the many inspiring speakers are:
🔹 Olayinka “Yinka” Hakeem Babalola, Rotary International President 2026–2027
🔹 On Sunday, Bana Alabed, winner of the 2025 International Children’s Peace Prize, awarded by KidsRights
We ask your attention for the following breakouts on Saturday September 12th:
- 7.30-8.30 am: Breakfast session: Plastic Fishing, Boat Cleanup on the rivers Rotte and Maas, meeting point at the WTC entrance. See also the River Cleanup Europe.
- 11.15-12.15: “Celebrate the wonders of trees” – Speakers Bruno Doedens ‘Circle for Change’ and Anja Rijlaarsdam ‘Rotary 100 year Food forest’.
- 3.55-4.55 pm: “Ending the plastic pollution worldwide”, Speakers Gert-Jan van Dommelen ‘EndPlasticSoup, clubs in action’ and Ralf Hardenberg, ‘Children musical ‘No more plastic in the sea’.
- and of course: visit our EndPlasticSoup Booth in the House of Friendship with all information about our projects and actions like The Week of the Sea November 2-9!
