Urban mobility and energy transition are important themes within BAM Infra. That is why the construction group is affiliated with the Bouwhub in Amsterdam Westpoort and employees travel on electric bicycles to project locations in the city. Commercial manager Sanne van Vliet tells more about BAM's sustainable ambitions.
The Amsterdam Economic Board starts together with NL Digital, Green IT Amsterdam, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the North Sea Canal Area L*E*A*P (Lower Energy Acceleration Program). The goal of L*E*A*P is to exploit the energy-saving potential of ICT within data centers and to accelerate the pace towards the sustainable digital economy.
The Medical Data plus Pizza Meeting is hosted by the Right Data, ...
Who should own the data that gets used in MedTech and personal health applications? Is data really ‘the new oil’, a resource to be controlled by the few? Or should data be seen as a universal human right, like oxygen?
Natalija recently started as 'Challenge Lead Talent for the Future'. What are her drivers? And how does she give meaning to the ambitions of the Amsterdam Economic Board when it comes to the most adaptive labor market and talent development in the Amsterdam region? How do we ensure that people are motivated to develop for a lifetime and also want to do the jobs of the future?
The Amsterdam Economic Board’s Jeroen Maas opened the evening at Amsterdam Science. ...
Amsterdam universities, the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Economic Board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation within the life sciences community in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area and build on Amsterdam’s excellent starting position in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and data.
As Challenge Lead at the Amsterdam Economic Board, Jeroen Maas is focused on developing the region’s AI health ecosystem into a world-class hub by connecting the most relevant local players in academia, industry and government. The challenges remain daunting, yet Maas maintains his enthusiasm and sense of humour. In this interview he discusses the sector – and what data science and AI innovators will need to break out of the pack in the coming years.
In June Jack van der Hoek was again appointed as deputy of the province of North Holland. The fact that he automatically joined the Board in this way is in line with the ambitions of the province in the field of economy and the labor market.
The first ‘Data plus Pizza’ of the academic year focused on AI and the heart. While one presentation showed how a deep learning algorithm is now as effective as a highly trained human analyst in predicting outcomes for patients who fall into a coma after heart failure, another presented a freshly invented smart wearable that could significantly increase the length and quality of life for heart patients who live alone.
