Personalised treatment – through biotech or ‘datatech’?
The Amsterdam Economic Board and EY will organise the second Amsterdam Life Sciences café – this time with the topic ‘personalised treatment’ on september 20th at the Science Parc.
Roadside grass as a green raw material
In the Netherlands, around a million tons of grass per year is mowed from road verges, and the clippings can be very valuable. On the Board’s initiative, the Port of Amsterdam, biobased resource company NewFoss, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Province of Noord-Holland and the Zuiderzeeland Regional Water Authority are collaborating on the intelligent use of grass clippings in the project GrassBloxxx. How much grass is processed, and what is the output?
Make IT Work rewarded as best practice retraining digital skills in the EU
The European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society has selected Make IT Work, the retraining project of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, as the model project for teaching digital skills. This was announced in June at the Digital Assembly Event in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Drug regulations and their impact on new drug discovery and development
On 19 June 2018, the Life Sciences Café made a welcome return to Café Restaurant Polder in Amsterdam Science Park. Organised by the Amsterdam Economic Board in collaboration with EY, the Café’s new series takes inspiration from the upcoming move of the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam. It brings a mix of Life Sciences professionals and members of the business community together to learn about and discuss innovations and challenges in the sector.
High-grade food waste processing
The agro-food industry produces 55% of the total amount of industrial waste in the Netherlands. At present, 80% to 90% is digested to make biogas, composted or processed into livestock feed. The rest is ploughed into the ground or incinerated. Yet a proportion of this waste is suitable for much higher-grade recycling. The Board supports parties in developing their business case and business model for higher-grade food waste processing.
Wooing tech talent
The festive launch of the TechConnect programme was all about the Amsterdam region as a tech hub. How can you attract new tech talent? And how can you increase diversity in the tech scene?
Half a million data servers a year discarded in the Netherlands
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is one of the biggest data centre hubs in the world. The economy is digitising and there is an explosion of demand for server capacity to run data-driven applications such as video streaming, online games, self-driving cars, the Internet of Things or blockchain applications. All this data has to be stored on servers, which are often housed in data centres. Apart from the huge market for new IT equipment the region offers, this also means that a growing stream of used equipment is becoming available. Can we organise this according to circular principles so that valuable raw materials circulate as long as possible in the region’s economy?
Speeding towards a circular economy: Acts of the Region 2018
20 June 2018 – Circularity is a hot topic. This was evident in the charming Amsterdam restaurant LEUK during the third Circular Commitment event ‘Circular Purchasing 1-2-3’, part of State of the Region 2018. Companies, universities and local authorities have been lining up to sign the Board’s initiative to collaborate on making the world more sustainable. Time to celebrate successes!
Scenario: Global Giants
In the Global Giants scenario, control is top down and Europe is ...
Scenario: Local for Local
In the Local for Local scenario, a disintegrating Europe and a strong bottom-up society have led to a divided world in which ‘old’ institutions, such as government and large companies, have been rejected by citizens, who organise more themselves, shaping a sustainable, more locally oriented economy. This scenario was last updated on 9 June 2020.