Ruud Yap is head of IT and CTO at the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA). Within the organization there is interest in responsible technology because it can give Amsterdammers more control over their digital environment. But a transition to ethical tech is quite a challenge.
In order to achieve the energy transition, we need to be smart with data. And that can also be done in a transparent and democratic way, think Marleen Stikker and Koen Overtoom. 'I think the system will tilt anyway, but I still find it exciting how we can achieve that.'
Zorg2025’s Healthcare Innovation Prize was formulated to celebrate the latest healthcare innovations in the Netherlands – products and services that can potentially have a huge impact on improving the quality of an individual’s life. During 2021’s preliminary regional round the prognosis was clear: maintaining health is preferable to having to cure disease.
We will not make it by reducing alone. A future-proof, sustainable region requires a major system change and talent development also plays an important role in this. Melek Usta and Dick Benschop therefore believe that lifelong learning should be given more attention. "Isn't it crazy that you don't get an enormous dynamic at the MBO and HBO courses from people who are continuously updating their quality and competences?"
Tom van Arman is founder and director of Tapp, an agency that develops responsible urban technologies. Van Arman is packed with ideas about the digital city and the role that Tada can play in it. Citizens must be much more involved in the implementation of technology in the public space, says Van Arman. He explains how he uses the Tada principles to realize this in his projects. Entrepreneurs could learn more from each other about developing ethical technology. The Tada platform can act as a library for the exchange of knowledge.
The national government has great circular ambitions. Converting this from paper to practice with all parties required for this is a tremendous task. Acceleration of the implementation of the circular economy is needed. In the Amsterdam region, the Amsterdam Economic Board has built up five years of experience with impressive results.
The power of Tada is that it is based on principles, so many people agree with it. At the same time, ethical principles are abstract. Yes, we want a digital city from everyone and for everyone. But how do you put that into practice? A lot of work has already gone into Tada's practical application, for example in partnership with the Municipality of Amsterdam. And now it is time to take the next steps to develop Tada in practice.
A coalition of companies and governments from the Amsterdam data center chain has achieved energy savings of 10 percent in recent months by running data servers in 'saving mode' without any loss of performance. With this data center energy saving coalition 'LEAP' (Lower Energy Acceleration Program) achieves its first demonstrable success in the goal of reducing energy consumption by 20 to 40 percent in the next three years. The positive results of the pilots at Schiphol, KPN, Rabobank and the North Sea Canal Area Environmental Service have now been actively shared with the parties in the LEAP coalition. The active sharing of the results, on the basis of information, instruction and training material, the so-called 'Happy Flow Manual', should make the transition to wide-ranging use of the energy-efficient eco mode quickly and efficiently applicable to any organization.
We often talk about talent with and at Young on Board. Also as part of our 'triptych' sessions in which young game changers, experts from the field and board members have their say in three different sessions. The highlight of the triptych is an issue of one of the Board members that lies far in the future and is still very uncertain. A challenge that calls for a critical look and questions that can be quite abrasive. Young on Board enters into conversation and looks for the pain and the gain. Without offering immediate solutions, with extra food for thought (and sometimes material to ignite).
The three most promising innovative scale-ups in healthcare are known. These healthcare innovators and representatives from the region have a chance of winning a place in the final of the National Healthcare Innovation Prize; the prize for the most innovative company in the scale-up phase in the field of care and welfare.
