What areas in life sciences and health are attracting the most money from venture capital firms? What are the factors that make a biotech ecosystem flourish? And how can we help the sector’s little fish grow? These questions were tackled at the latest edition of the Life Sciences Café.
With the challenges involved in applying AI and data science in a clinical setting, the April's edition of the Medical Data plus Pizza meeting offered some refreshing views: 1) that the concepts involved are actually quite straightforward, and 2) that we already have a handy roadmap for making data accessible and FAIR. However, there’s still some ‘garbage’ to deal with…
Enter the competition and win up to 750,000 euro in co-financing for your idea for an open, trusted and fair market for data sharing. A market that is scalable and broadly applicable and that allows parties in the Amsterdam area to work on a smart, green and healthy region.
Circular economy: our national government appointed a secretary of state on the topic, we have national, regional and local policies and programs to enhance a transition towards a circular economy and countless parties are (said to be) involved. Even the mainstream press made circular economy recurring news. But how circular are we? What is the impact of all these efforts? Does it get us any closer to a circular economy? The Gap Report states that our world is 9% circular. How well do our efforts on circular contribute to improving this percentage? If we can’t comprehensively and systematically measure the transition to a circular economy, we will be left in the dark whether our efforts are indeed leading to an inherently waste-free and regenerative economy. And we do want to know, as it helps us define our strategies and next steps to take. Therefore, in 2018, upon initiative of the Amsterdam Economic Board, the Municipality of Amsterdam and the cooperating municipalities of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, Metabolic developed a monitoring framework for the circular economy to track this progress.
During the 8th Amsterdam Medical Data Science meetup, the focus was on the challenges in applying artificial intelligence and data science in a clinical setting to improve patient care.
De Board organiseert, samen met Amsterdam CTO en StartupAmsterdam, een serie meetups over de toekomst van blockchain. Tijdens deze meetups onderzoeken we hoe we de blockchaingemeenschap van de Metropoolregio Amsterdam kunnen versterken. Thema van de tweede bijeenkomst: blockchain en educatie. Hoe brengen we onze kennis van blockchain zo goed mogelijk over? En wat kunnen we op dat gebied voor elkaar betekenen?
At the Amsterdam Life Sciences Café on 7 March 2019 in Amsterdam Science Park, Wouter Bos presented an action plan to establish the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area as a centre for healthcare innovation with artificial intelligence as its cornerstone.
In February, the monthly Medical Data Science Meetup focused on new and innovative ways of treating sepsis. Taking place monthly at Amsterdam UMC, the event brings medical professionals and data scientists together for a night of learning, discussion and pizza while closing the gap between these two interconnected fields.
Brussels, London, Bonn 7th February 2019 – By 2025, the overall demand of ICT specialists across six European countries will increase to up to 1.67 million workers. The six European countries assessed are today facing a shortage of 477,000 ICT specialists at different skills levels. This could increase up to 1.26 million in 2020 and even further beyond . Current education and training systems will not manage to cope with this demand. This represents opportunities to create and scale more inclusive pathways for underrepresented groups and a truly diverse workforce.
In the area of health, data science and AI technology are becoming increasingly important for a longer healthier life. By combining data, AI and medical knowledge, we can map out diseases faster, intervene faster and cure faster. And, even better: prevent us from becoming ill or sick in the first place.
