Curriculum Vitae CONTACT dr. Matthijs Pontier 15-04-1985, Amsterdam Legmeerstraat 50II 1058NG Amsterdam The Netherlands Mob. +31 (0)6 47651056 E-mail: matthijspon@gmail.com Web: http://camera-vu.nl/matthijs/ EMPLOYMENT 2011 – 2013 Postdoc at SELEMCA (Services for Electro-mechanical Care Agencies) at the Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA@VU) / The Network Institute, VU University, Amsterdam 2013 - Employee Council VU University (Ondernemingsraad, OR) within ProVU fraction - Commission social and organizational affairs (SOZ) - Commission communication (ComCom) o Editor of OR-pages in university newspaper Ad Valvas o Managing social media accounts OR 2007 - 2011 Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA@VU), VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Thesis: Virtual Agents for Human Communication EDUCATION 2007 - 2011 Ph.D. Student at the Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA), VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Thesis: Virtual Agents for Human Communication 2005 – 2007 M.Sc. in Cognitive Science VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Thesis: A computational model for emotion regulation 2003 – 2006 B. Sc. in Psychology VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2002 – 2006 B.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1. Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT
dr. Matthijs Pontier
15-04-1985, Amsterdam
Legmeerstraat 50II
1058NG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Mob. +31 (0)6 47651056
E-mail: matthijspon@gmail.com
Web: http://camera-vu.nl/matthijs/
EMPLOYMENT
2011 – 2013
2013
2007 - 2011
Postdoc at SELEMCA (Services for Electro-mechanical Care Agencies) at the Center for Advanced
Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA@VU) / The Network Institute, VU University, Amsterdam
- Employee Council VU University (Ondernemingsraad, OR) within ProVU fraction
Commission social and organizational affairs (SOZ)
Commission communication (ComCom)
o
Editor of OR-pages in university newspaper Ad Valvas
o
Managing social media accounts OR
Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA@VU),
VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thesis: Virtual Agents for Human Communication
EDUCATION
2007 - 2011
Ph.D. Student at the Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA), VU University,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thesis: Virtual Agents for Human Communication
2005 – 2007
M.Sc. in Cognitive Science
VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thesis: A computational model for emotion regulation
2003 – 2006
B. Sc. in Psychology
VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002 – 2006
B.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence
VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
TEACHING
2013
Supervisor Bachelor Project Lifestyle Informatics of Amir Cohen
2009
Instructor Psychology of Media Use
2009
2nd reader Master Thesis Artificial Intelligence of Sven Stam
2009
Instructor Integrative Modelling
2008 – 2009
Instructor Introduction to Modelling and Simulation
2008
2nd reader Master Thesis Artificial Intelligence of Frank de Lange
2007 – 2008
Instructor Self-Organising Systems / Introduction to Modelling and Simulation
2007 (spring)
Instructor Functieleer practicum

2. PUBLICATION LIST
In the publications listed below, ‘*’ implies equal authorship, and therefore the authors are listed in alphabetical order.
Book Publications
Pontier, M.A., Van Rysewyk, S.P. (eds.) (2014). Machine Medical Ethics. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and
Automation: Science and Engineering, Springer
Pontier, M.A. (2011). Virtual Agents for Human Communication - Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance TradeOffs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots. PhD Thesis.
Journal Papers
*Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2012). Coppélius' Concoction: Similarity and Complementarity Among
Three Affect-related Agent Models. Cognitive Systems Research Journal, Vol. 15-16, May-June 2012, pp. 33-49.
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., and Treur, J. (2010). A Computational Model based on Gross’ Emotion Regulation Theory.
Cognitive Systems Research Journal, Vol. 11, 2010, pp. 211-230.
*Hoorn, J.F., and Pontier, M.A. (2008). Robot communication – human contact with androids. Information Design Journal,
vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 236-241.
Conference Papers
Pontier, M.A., van Gelder, J.L., De Vries, R.E. (2013). Computational Model of Affective Moral Decision Making that
predicts Human Criminal Choices. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Principles of Practice in MultiAgent Systems, PRIMA'13, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, in press.
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M. (2013). Robots that stimulate our autonomy. Artificial Intelligence Applications and
Innovations 2013, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AIAI’13, in press
Pontier, M.A., Hoorn, J.F. (2013). How women think robots perceive them – as if robots were men. Proceedings of the 5th
International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART’13, Vol. 2, pp. 496-504.
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical
Reasoning, Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2012,Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7637, pp. 442451.
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do, In: Miyake, N.,
Peebles, B., Cooper, R.P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 34th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society, CogSci'12, pp. 2198-2203.
*Bosse, T., Brenninckmeyer, J., Kallisch, R., Paret, C., and Pontier, M.A. (2011). Matching Skin Conductance Data to a
Computational Model of Reappraisal, Proceedings of the 33th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society, CogSci'11, pp. 1888-1893.
Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Hoorn, J. (2010). Speed Dating with an Affective Virtual Agent - Developing a Testbed
for Emotion Models In: J. Allbeck et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual
Agents, IVA'10, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6356, pp. 91-103.
*Bosse, T., Gratch, J., Hoorn, J.F.,Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2010). Comparing Three Computational Models of
Affect. In: Y. Demazeau et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents
and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS'10, Advances in Soft Computing, Vol. 70, pp. 175-184.
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2009). An Affective Agent Playing Tic-Tac-Toe as Part of a Healing Environment In:
J.J. Yang et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems,
PRIMA'09, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5925, Springer Verlag, pp. 33-47.
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2009). Silicon Coppélia: Integrating three affect-related models for establishing richer
agent interaction. In: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology,
IAT'09, pp. 194-202.
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2009). Affective agents perceiving each other’s actions. In: Otamendi, J., Bargiela, A.,
Montes, J.L., Pedrera, L.M.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,
ECMS'2009. European Council for Modelling and Simulation, pp. 194-202.
*Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2008). When the user is instrument to robot goals. In: Proceedings of the
Seventh IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'08, 2008, pp. 296-301.

3. *Bosse, T., Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2008). A Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Simulation. In:
Sloutsky, V., Love, B.C., and McRae, K. (eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society, CogSci'08, pp. 2498-2503.
*Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2008). A virtual therapist that responds empathically to your answers In: Prendinger,
H., Lester, J., and Ishizuka, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents,
IVA’08, pp. 417-425.
*Pontier, M.A. (2008). Simulating the Effects of Therapies and Traumas on Emotion Regulation. In: Louca, L. S.,
Chrysanthou, Y., Oplatkova, Z., and Al-Begain, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Modeling and
Simulation, ECMS'08, pp. 104-110.
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Treur, J. (2007). Incorporating Emotion Regulation into Virtual Stories. In:
Pelachaud, C., Martin, J.C., Andre, E., Chollet, G., Karpouzis, K., and Pele, D. (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh
International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA'07. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4722. Springer
Verlag, pp. 339-347.
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., and Treur, J. (2007). A Computational Model for Adaptive Emotion Regulation. In: Lin, T.Y.,
Bradshaw, J.M., Klusch, M., Zhang, C., Broder, A., and Ho, H. (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE/WIC/ACM
International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'07. IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 289-293.
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., and Treur, J. (2007). A Dynamical System Modelling Approach to Gross’ Model of Emotion
Regulation. In: Lewis, R.L., Polk, T.A., Laird, J.E. (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive
Modeling, ICCM'07. Taylor and Francis, pp. 187-192.
Posters
Pontier, M.A., Hoorn, J.F. (2013). How women think robots perceive them – as if robots were men. The 5th International
Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART’13
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical
Reasoning, NWO ICT Open 2012.
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do, The 34th
International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'12
*Bosse, T., Brenninckmeyer, J., Kalisch, R., Paret, C., and Pontier, M.A. (2011). Matching Skin Conductance Data to a
Computational Model of Reappraisal, The 33th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,
CogSci'11
Pontier, M.A., Otte, M., and Hoorn, J.F. (2010). An Affective Virtual Agent for Natural Human-Agent Interaction. SNN
Intelligent Machines Symposium 2010
*Bosse, T., Hoorn, J.F., Pontier, M.A., and Siddiqui, G.F. (2008). A Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Simulation. The
30th International Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'08
(Extended) Abstracts
Pontier, M.A., Hoorn, J.F., Konijn, E.A., and van de Schoot, A.G.J. (2013). Dating a Robot is Like Dating a Man - A New
Perspective on the Turing Test, 24 Hours of Communication Science, Etmaal 2013.
Pontier, M.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical
Reasoning, NWO ICT Open 2012.
Pontier, M.A., and Hoorn, J.F. (2012). Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do, Proceedings of the
24th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’12.
Pontier, M.A. (2011). Virtual Agents for Human Communication - Emotion Regulation and Involvement-Distance TradeOffs in Embodied Conversational Agents and Robots, BNVKI Newsletter , September 2012, Vol. 28, No. 3, ISSN 15668266, PhD Thesis Abstract.
Pontier, M.A., Otte, M., and Hoorn, J.F. (2010). An Affective Virtual Agent for Natural Human-Agent Interaction. SNN
Intelligent Machines Symposium 2010
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., Siddiqui, G.F., and Treur, J. (2007). Incorporating Emotion Regulation into Virtual Stories.
Proceedings of the 19th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’07.
*Bosse, T., Pontier, M.A., and Treur, J. (2007). A. Dynamical System Modelling Approach to Gross’ Model of Emotion
Regulation. Proceedings of the 19th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’07.

4. SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS
2013 2012 2011 2010 -
Associate member of NeSCoR (Netherlands School of Communication Research)
International program committee of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
International program committee of International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and other
Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE)
International program committee of European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS)
REVIEWING
Reviewed over thirty papers for various journals and conferences, including:
Media Psychology
Journal of Cognitive Systems Research (CSR)
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (JAISE)
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT)
IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SOSA)
International Conference on Industrial Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE)
International Conference on the Foundation of Digital Games (FDG)
International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART)
Annual Conference of the Cognitve Science Society (CogSci)
European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS)
AWARDS
2009
“Affective agents perceiving each other’s actions” nominated for best paper award at ECMS 2009
GRANTS
2011
2009
2008
€ 1.472,€ 1.250,¥ 28.500,€ 2.000,-
Ph.D. International Stimulation Fund
Ph.D. Research Fund
PRIMA2009 Student Scholarship Program Winner
Ph.D. Fund
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue:
Fluent:
Good reading, some understanding / speaking:
Some reading, little understanding / speaking:
Dutch
English
German
French
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
2013
Model of Affective Moral Decision Making that predicts Human Criminal Choices, 16th International
Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA'13
Emotionally intelligent caredroids that act morally good, Border Sessions, 2013-11-14
SELEMCA presentation and demonstration prototypes, Innovation Relay, Smart Cities, 2013-11-12
Demonstration Alice Robot, Robot-day Lectureship Technology in Healthcare, Health Academy
Heerlen, 2013-10-02
Robots that Stimulate our Autonomy, 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Applications and Innovations, AIAI’13
Moral robots that improve patients’ autonomy. Bessensap 2013, NWO, Journalism meets Science

5. Do Emotionally Intelligent, Moral Caredroids need Rights? Book presentation ‘Rights and Duties for
Robots’, 2013
Should we change the law when robots become more autonomous? Introduction to discussion at
Transnational Legal Studies
How women think robots perceive them – As if robots were men. The 5th International Conference on
Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART’13
Dating a Robot is Like Dating a Man - A New Perspective on the Turing Test, 24 Hours of
Communication Science, Etmaal 2013.
2012
Emotionally Intelligent Caredroids that Act Morally Good. Humans in service: design challenges,
Symposium organized around PhD graduation Fernando Secomandi, TU Delft
Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical Reasoning, The 13th Ibero-American
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA’12
Moral Coppélia - Combining Ratio with Affect in Ethical Reasoning. ICT OPEN 2012, NWO
Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do, The 24th Belgian-Dutch Conference
on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’12
Toward machines that behave ethically better than humans do, The 34th International Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'12
Dating a Man is like Dating a Robot, Bessensap 2012, NWO, Journalism meets Science
2011
Virtual Agents for Human Communication, PhD Defense
Matching Skin Conductance Data to a Computational Model of Reappraisal, The 33th International
Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'11
2010
An Affective Virtual Agent for Natural Human-Agent Interaction. SNN Intelligent Machines Symposium
Speed Dating with an Affective Virtual Agent - Developing a Testbed for Emotion Models The 10th
International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA'10
2009
An Affective Agent Playing Tic-Tac-Toe as Part of a Healing Environment, The 12th International
Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA'09
Affective agents perceiving each other’s actions. The 23rd European Conference on Modelling and
Simulation, ECMS'2009.
2008
When the user is instrument to robot goals. The Seventh IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT'08
A Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Simulation. The 30th International Annual Conference of the
Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'08
A Robot’s Experience of Another Robot: Theory. The 30th International Annual Conference of the
Cognitive Science Society, CogSci'08
Simulating the Effects of Therapies and Traumas on Emotion Regulation, The 22nd European
Conference on Modeling and Simulation, ECMS'08
2007
Incorporating Emotion Regulation into Virtual Stories. The Seventh International Conference on
Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA'07
A. Dynamical System Modelling Approach to Gross’ Model of Emotion Regulation. The 19th BelgianDutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC’07
A computational model for emotion regulation, Master thesis defense

6. MY RESEARCH IN THE MEDIA
2013-09-09
Robots kunnen patienten en zorgverleners ontlasten
Waterstof #67, September 2013, Waterlandstichting
2013-06-22
Hoe gaat het met… de zorgrobot?
www.scientias.nl
unique range 170.000 / month
2013-01
Wondere wereld – integratie van emotionele intelligentie in zorgrobots
Tvb ZORG, Jaargang 43, Nummer 1, januari 2013
67.900 readers
2012-12
Handicap in het nieuws: Zorgrobot rukt op
Boogh magazine, Jaargang 6, Nummer 3, december 2012
2012-11-08, 21.10 The self-care society
The fifth day, EO, NPO2, National Television
2012-10-20
Robots kunnen positieve bijdrage leveren aan de zorg p.8 p.9
Technisch Weekblad, http://www.technischweekblad.nl/
2012-10-10, 15.45 Alice, de zorgrobot van de toekomst (Alice, Carebot of the Future)
Villa VPRO, VPRO, Radio 1, studio-conversation about caredroids
498.000 viewers
circulation 66.000
listeners 2.600.000 / week
2012-10-02
Caredroid over twee jaar beschikbaar voor ouderen (Caredroid in two years available for elderly)
http://www.zorgvisie.nl/
unique range 96.000 / month
2012-10-01 12.45
Radio Interview: Carebot
listeners 2.000.000 / week
Tijdvoortwee, KRO, Radio 2 (national radio), interview with Frits Spits about caredroids
2012-10-01
Zorgrobot rukt op (Carebot is advancing)
Spits, http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/
http://camera-vu.nl/matthijs/ZorgrobotsSpits1.jpg
http://camera-vu.nl/matthijs/ZorgrobotsSpits2.jpg
Zorgrobot rukt op
circulation 1.600.000
front page
article
unique range 515.000 / month
Zorgrobot rukt op (Carebot is advancing)
www.ango.nl
unique range 83.664 / year
Zorgrobot maakt opwachting
http://www.skipr.nl/
unique range >10.000
2012-10-01
2012-10-01
(Carebot is approaching)
2012-09-27
Robots in de zorg goede aanvulling, maar ze moeten gevoeliger worden
(Robots complement healthcare, but need to get more sensitive)
http://www.trouw.nl/
unique range 817.687 / month
2012-09-27
Robots voelen met je mee (Robots sympathize with you)
Ad Valvas, http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/
http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/nieuws/robots-voelen-met-je-mee
circulation 12.308
574 Hits at 21.03.2013
2012-09-26
Laat zorgrobots ook morele afwegingen maken (Let robots also make moral decisions)
http://www.opiniestukken.com/
2012-09-26
Zorgrobots, maar geen botte zorg (Carebots, but no insensitive care)
http://sargasso.nl/
unique range 75.000 / month
Zorgrobots, maar geen botte zorg (Carebots, but no insensitive care)
http://www.socialevraagstukken.nl/site/
unique range 25.000 / month
2012-09-19
2012-07-01
Sociaal intelligente robots: droom of werkelijkheid? (Socially intelligent robots: dream or reality?)
www.scientias.nl
unique range 170.000 / month
MEDIA APPEARANCES FOR EMPLOYEE COUNCIL VU UNIVERSITY
2013-05-23
Van Noodzaak tot Redelijkheid
Jaarverslag 2012 Ondernemingsraad Vrije Universiteit

7. 2013-03-27
Erger dan verwacht
Ad Valvas, p.28-29 http://issuu.com/advalvas/docs/advalvas_60_14
http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/sites/default/files/AV14.pdf
circulation 12.308
NON-SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN PRINTED AND ONLINE MEDIA
2013-07-18
Negatieve boodschap over drugs helpt niet
NRC Handelsblad, http://www.nrc.nl/
2013-06-21
Over vijftig jaar zijn alle drugs legaal
https://www.piratenpartij.nl/ (pirate party)
2013-06-12
Over vijftig jaar zijn alle drugs legaal
http://sargasso.nl/
2013-05-31
Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden in Maastricht
http://sargasso.nl/
unique range 75.000 / month
Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden in Maastricht
https://www.piratenpartij.nl/ (pirate party)
2013-05-29
circulation 203.021
unique range 75.000 / month
2013-05-07
Vervang repressie door alternatieven die wel werken
https://www.piratenpartij.nl/ (pirate party)
2013-05-07
Vervang repressie door alternatieven die wel werken
http://bureaudehelling.nl/ (scientific bureau green left party)
2013-05-05
Met het schrappen van anti-privacy maatregelen valt miljarden te bezuinigen
https://www.piratenpartij.nl/ (pirate party)
2013-04-17
Vervang repressie door alternatieven die wel werken
http://www.socialevraagstukken.nl/
2013-03-18
Ons drugsbeleid is als een waterbed, oplossing: gereguleerde teelt
http://www.trouw.nl/
unique range 817.687 / month
Reguleer de wietteelt toch
http://www.socialevraagstukken.nl/
unique range 25.000 / month
Waarom is wiet nog steeds illegaal? En tabak en alcohol niet?
http://www.krapuul.nl/
unique range 83.760 / month
Geef de macht terug aan het volk
http://www.thepostonline.nl/
unique range 150.000 / month
Bezuinigen? Hef drugsverboden op!
http://www.welingelichtekringen.nl
unique range 350.000/ month
2013-03-18
2013-03-18
2013-02-19
2012-12-30
2012-12-26
Bezuinigen? Hef drugsverboden op!
www.opiniestukken.com
2012-12-21
Stoppen drugsverboden maakt bezuinigingen overbodig
http://www.sargasso.nl
unique range 25.000 / month
2012-10-30
Nederland staat voor gek
Ad Valvas, p.6-7 http://issuu.com/advalvas/docs/advalvas_60_05
http://camera-vu.nl/matthijs/AdValDrugsbel.pdf
2012-04-12
Minister Opstelten is 'kierewiet' geworden
Eindhovens Dagblad,
Minister Opstelten is 'kierewiet' geworden
2012-04-07
2012-04-06
Opstelten is 'kierewiet' geworden,
BN de Stem, http://www.bndestem.nl/
Minister Opstelten is 'kierewiet' geworden,
Brabants Dagblad, p.14 p.15
Minister Opstelten is 'kierewiet' geworden
unique range 75.000 / month
circulation 12.308
circulation 326.100
circulation 340.600
circulation 374.000

8. 2012-04-02
De voorgestelde wijzigingen in het drugsbeleid zijn kierewiet
http://www.opiniestukken.com
2012-03-29
Drugsdebat is een debat van doven,
http://www.sargasso.nl
unique range 75.000 / month
Opstelten duwt met een banaan in zijn oor recreatieve gebruikers de criminaliteit in
Unity drug education, www.unity.nl
unique range 150.000 / year
2012-03-28
2012-02-02
Stop met ineffectief cameratoezicht,
circulation 12.308
Ad Valvas, http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/images/AdValvasPDF/PDF/5919.pdf
http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/opinies/1584-stop-met-ineffectief-cameratoezicht.html
2012-01-26
Dure Veiligheidsgevoelens,
Staatskrant Amsterdam West, http://www.staatskrant.com/
circulation 22.000
Dure Veiligheidsgevoelens
http://www.sargasso.nl
unique range 75.000 / month
2012-01-19
2012-01-19
Cameratoezicht in Amsterdam-West blijkt weinig effectief en erg duur,
http://www.opiniestukken.com
2011-12-15
Met het schrappen van anti-privacy maatregelen valt miljarden te bezuinigen,
http://www.privacybarometer.nl
3073 hits at 21.03.2013
NON-SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
2013-09-17
Presentation about Drugs in Debat for district council
2013-06-21
Drugs in Debat, presentation on Drug Policy at Pirate party volunteer weekend
2013-06-17
Drugs in Debat, presentation on Drug Policy at debate
2013-06-15
Drugs in Debat, presentation on Drug Policy at debate
2013-06-07
De Hoeksteen, Salto TV, interview on the project ‘Drugs in Debat’ and drug policy
2013-06-03
Spoken, FunX Radio, interview on drug policy, drugs and spirituality
2013-05-07
Bureau de Helling, Reading on alternatives for repression for scientific bureau green left party
2013-04-22
De Stelling van de Stad, AT5 (Amsterdam TV Station), discussion about threats on internet
2013-02-19
Dichtbij Nederland, Radio 5 (national radio), Discussion about regulation cannabis production
2013-02-18
Wereldstad , AT5 (Amsterdam TV station), Portret-item about ‘The Matthijs Pontier Daily’
2012-12-06
Panel-member discussion about Fair Trade Coke, Nieuwe Leiders, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
2012-04-23
Onder Ons, Omroep Brabant (regional TV station), Bespreking opinie-onderzoek wietpas
2011-02-15
Presentation on new synthetic drugs and cognitive enhancers for Unity drug education
2011-10-30
Presentation on new synthetic drugs and cognitive enhancers for Jellinek (mental health care)
2010-05-19
Panel-member discussion Kom Uit de Fles Dag (100 years Jellinek mental health care),
OBA theater (public library Amsterdam) broadcasted on FunX (national radio)
2010-05-18
Presentation on ‘mephedrone’ at DIMS-day, Den Bosch (DIMS = national drug monitoring institute)

9. VOLUNTEER WORK
2013 -
Project leader ‘Drugs in Debate’
‘Drugs in Debate’ is a volunteer project that stimulates the debate on drug policy and recreational
drug use.
- Managing and leading the project
- Organizing debates
- Finding sponsors
- Organizing a media campaign
- Media appearances
- Writing articles
- Giving presentations
- Participating in the Young Civilianship Award 2013
2005 -
Prevention Worker
Unity Drug Education Project, Jellinek, Amsterdam, http://www.unity.nl/
Unity is a volunteer project for and by adolescents in the dance scene. We educate about safer use of
alcohol and other drugs at dance events, parties and in clubs in an objective and 'open minded'
manner. Primary goals of Unity are an increase in one’s own responsibility and harm reduction by
spreading knowledge.
Awards:
3rd place in ‘Golden peer award 2012’, given to the most-valued volunteer.
Extra activities:
Member of science group.
--Helping in organizing, and performing experiments
Member of politics group.
--Discussing drug policy.
--Having contact with media about drug policy
--Having contact with politicians about drug policy and the need for Unity Drug Education
--Organizing a tour for politicians on large dance events (EHBO, Unity, Security, Police, Event itself)
Member of group focusing on new substances
--Gathering information about new substances, and ordering this in a database
--Discussing how to deal with new substances as Unity
--Giving presentations on how to deal with new substances
2002 -
Board member of youth center Juggs@Vrijburg, team-leader of technical team and webmaster.
Juggs@Vrijburg Amsterdam, http://www.vrijburg.nl/juggs/
- Managing and guiding adolescents in keeping the youth center running
- Commission to develop the future vision of liberal center Vrijburg
- Webmaster
- Leader of the technical team
- Organizing activities
- Organizing discussions
- Cooking for big groups