Five companies have committed themselves as key partners for the new Master of Science in Digital Design, which kicked off at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) on this Monday. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), VodafoneZiggo, ANWB, Informaat and DigitasLBi are all set to take on an active role. They will provide the students with projects in which solutions to real-world design problems are sought, for instance, and supervise the students during the design process.

Applications are now open for the ACE Incubation Program. Learn how to build your science or high-tech company with 12 weeks of training and support. The program kicks off on October 2nd, 2017 with a full week of workshops, followed by 11 separately organized sessions and one-on-one mentoring.

Amsterdam-based tech giants and startups are collaborating with the City of Amsterdam to strengthen the capital’s already extraordinary talent pool. It is the first initiative that encourages tech companies to work together to bring in talent – not just compete for it.

Do you have a high potential startup in the field of Drug Development, Diagnostics, Medical Devices or Bioinformatics and would you like to get specialised coaching? Sign up for the Venture Challenge Fall 2017! A 10-week coaching programme. You might take home the €25,000 prize money for your pitch after the programme.

Employment is changing dramatically. With the push of a button we can have services delivered to our exact location and the number of gig workers is substantial and rising. What does the new world of work mean to us? The 19th and 20th of October, academics, policymakers, business leaders and platform workers will come together to experience the future of work and find ways to shape it.