If it were up to Atilla Aytekin and Jeroen Verwoort, the Board will not only work on a smart, green and healthy region, but also on an entrepreneurial region. "The energy transition in our region, in the port and at Schiphol must become a business case that is interesting for the whole world."
To get out of the crisis green, the Board is working in collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Bureau on making textiles circular. Five intentions have been expressed to contribute to a circular approach to textiles for the next three years: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, repurpose or recycling and regional processing. Many parties in the region signed the intention.
The famous Data plus Pizza meetings are finally back: online, without pizza, and offering four €5,000 grants for seed projects to fuel collaboration between AI specialists and healthcare professionals in Amsterdam. Welcome to the ‘Cardiology and Money’ edition.
The promises of the use of data and new technologies are great; our cities are becoming greener and more livable, health care more effective and education more accessible. But what happens to the available data now that more and more traffic is flowing online? Who develops the algorithms and who is ultimately responsible? The manifesto 'Tada - Clear about data' contains values that should apply in digitally responsible cities. In this interview, we will examine one of those values together with an expert.
The smart, green and healthy region that the Board organizations are working on can only be achieved if organizations in the region work together on it: Geert ten Dam and Robert Metzke are convinced of this. 'Only if you have everyone at the table will you arrive at valuable solutions.'
The circular economy is becoming the new normal, and data is propelling it. In the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, numerous organisations are already hard at work on circular initiatives that prioritise the application of data. Among them is Seenons, which helps businesses manage their sustainable waste separation and collection. ‘We want to fix the flaws in the system.’
The worldwide use of natural resources is growing at an alarming speed. If we maintain our present consumption and production patterns, we will need three Earths by the year 2050. The circular economy can bend this curve: it closes the loops of products, materials and resources, yielding the lowest possible environmental impacts, while using renewable energy sources and safeguarding the planet’s biodiversity. In the book ’How Network Governance Powers the Circular Economy’, Board member Jacqueline Cramer shows how network governance can power the circular economy.
Companies, knowledge and educational institutions and governments in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area are preparing for important and joint steps towards a more circular approach to textiles, strengthening the position of the region as a bicycle hotspot, many more new-build houses made of wood and more technical talent in sustainable jobs. As a result, we invest faster and more effectively in the economy of today and tomorrow. The aim is to create jobs in the short term, to fill existing vacancies and to achieve greater well-being and prosperity in the long term.
After Paul Elbers, Intensivist of the Amsterdam UMC had made his appearance at the State of the Region to highlight the importance of collaboration and sharing medical data, he sat at the table in the Op1 program in the evening for a world first to be allowed to share. Dutch intensive care providers will collaborate on a large scale and share data to improve the treatment of critically ill patients. This data mainly comes from IC equipment such as surveillance monitors and respirators. The combination of treatment data and artificial intelligence can make it clear which treatment works best for which patient. The collaboration is called icudata.nl and is unique in the world.
The ambition is clear: the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area must become a high-class region. How? 'Only together', with a more professional organization and by making use of the thinking and innovation power that is already available in the region. Welcome to State of the Region 2020.
