On Friday October 7 the fourth edition of TOMAS CONNECT took place in Amsterdam. Moderated by Mark Wijsman, 10 companies and 11 initiatives came together at Zoku to get the most recent picture of the local talent development ecosystem, pitch their needs, engage in strategic discussions and have 1-on-1 matchmaking with the local heroes.
The 'National Coalition for Sustainable Digitalisation' (NCDD) offered Minister Adriaansens (EZK) a manifesto that encourages the creation of an integrated approach to sustainable digitalisation.
Intensive-care medicine is a high-stakes field. Multiple decisions that could literally mean the difference between life and death are made every day. One of those decisions is whether a patient is well enough to be discharged from the ICU. In a world-first, doctors at Amsterdam UMC are now being supported in that decision by artificial intelligence. We talked to Wouter Kroese of Amsterdam-based software developer Pacmed and Patrick Thoral, intensivist at UMC, about the collaboration that led to this pioneering innovation.
The 15% GasTerug Action Network launched three concrete initiatives on Friday, 7 October, in the presence of North Holland Provincial Deputy Edward Stigter to help businesses and healthcare facilities save additional energy:
Life Sciences Café is finally back live – and interacting. Its latest edition featured Scenic Biotech’s CEO talking about how the company is scaling its ground-breaking new approach in treating cancer and inherited diseases. Another presentation outlined how the Biotech Booster programme will unleash €250 million to help the Netherlands scale on these kinds of success stories.
For the application of real health data and federated learning in AI, we still have much work to do – and biases to address. If we do this right, a global health care system can emerge that not only improves patient outcomes, but is also non-racist. In a special edition of the Medical Data + Pizza event series on Sept. 22, this was the main conclusion of the international speakers.
Jacqueline Cramer on her retirement from the Board ...
The urgency to save energy is increasing: energy prices have risen to record highs, an energy crisis is manifesting itself and the number of people facing financial hardship is growing by the day.
Transitions require not only technological but also social innovations. Research institute DRIFT argues that government, knowledge institutions and businesses must work together with the entire community to get those necessary transitions done. Beyond the triple helix, in other words.
For a smart, green and healthy region, we can put the brainpower of Millennials and Gen Z to good use. Young on Board represents those generations within the Amsterdam Economic Board. Nupur Kohli (32) is the new president of Young on Board.
