Artificial Intelligence: if we're to believe the hype, it will either save the world or leave mankind jobless and obsolete (at best). But rather than trying to predict the future, the Amsterdam Economic Board is looking into practical solutions using AI. Jeroen Maas, challenge lead health for the Amsterdam Economic Board, shares his ideas on the future of healthy citizens - and the use of AI in healthcare.
Many people in Amsterdam work with blockchain, but the city lacks a tight community. That’s the main conclusion of Jonathan Knegtel’s research into the Amsterdam blockchain ecosystem. "We need to activate the community."
How can we strengthen the blockchain community in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area? That was the central question of the first edition of Amsterdam Blockchain City, an event organized by the Amsterdam Economic Board and Startup Amsterdam. "We need association between all the different parts of the Amsterdam blockchain community."
Each year in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, people throw away a total of 57,100 metric tons of baby nappies and incontinence pads, in equal proportions. Only 1% of the total is collected and processed for composting, and the rest is incinerated. This is a shame, because material from nappies and incontinence pads is actually recyclable.
The successful series of Corporate Network events continued with a fifth edition during Amsterdam Capital Week. It took place at Epicenter, an innovation hub that’s newly opened in Amsterdam, and it was all about Corporate Venture Capital.
The role of data and data-based solutions is increasingly prominent in the life sciences industry. How can these solutions address personalised treatment, and what should the role of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area be? These were the topics of the second Amsterdam Life Sciences cafe, organised by the Amsterdam Economic Board and EY.
Medical professionals, data scientists, entrepreneurs, researchers and others came together on 19 September for the second meetup of the Amsterdam Medical Data Science Group to discuss how medical data can be used to benefit patients and improve medical practices.
E-waste is any kind of discarded equipment with a plug or battery – also known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Resource and energy companies Meerlanden and AEB Amsterdam collect and sort e-waste respectively at their Regional Sorting Centre near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Recycle Service Centre in Amsterdam Westpoort, where equipment is also disassembled. The Board has been an important stimulus for these pioneers to start expanding and constructing their sorting centres. The more effectively equipment is sorted and disassembled, the cleaner the materials are, and the better they can be recycled.
Amsterdam is one of the frontrunners when it comes to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Combining AI with medical data science has been on the rise for a while and is poised to revolutionize the medical domain. AI offers a range of effective and innovative solutions to medical problems. However, there is still a gap to bridge between health professionals and data scientists.
Waternet, Sanquin and TU Delft are nominated for the IWA “Project Innovation Award 2018”! With the project: Bloodbank’s pharmaceutical processes cooled with cold from drink water infrastructure.
