Innovative entrepreneurs and corporates, top scientists and other talents gathered at Amsterdam Science Park, on October 25, to celebrate the latest findings in life sciences and digital innovation. Guests of the Science & Innovation dinner learned about some exciting new scientific ventures, and how technology is saving lives.
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area has once again received a maximum score of 4 stars from the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing. The recognition encourages collaboration to make the region even more 'lifecourse-friendly'.
No one can do it alone. No organisation can tackle the great challenges of our time as a soloist. And that is precisely why Willem Offerhaus has operated at the intersection of government, business and education for decades. As a Board member, he contributes to the business climate in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area and sustainable, responsible digitalisation. Both are important for a smart, green and healthy region, he argues.
The action network – created to reduce the use of natural gas in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area by 15% before the end of this year – has won a prestigious international award. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the initiative received an award from C40 Cities.
On Friday October 7 the fourth edition of TOMAS CONNECT took place in Amsterdam. Moderated by Mark Wijsman, 10 companies and 11 initiatives came together at Zoku to get the most recent picture of the local talent development ecosystem, pitch their needs, engage in strategic discussions and have 1-on-1 matchmaking with the local heroes.
The 'National Coalition for Sustainable Digitalisation' (NCDD) offered Minister Adriaansens (EZK) a manifesto that encourages the creation of an integrated approach to sustainable digitalisation.
Intensive-care medicine is a high-stakes field. Multiple decisions that could literally mean the difference between life and death are made every day. One of those decisions is whether a patient is well enough to be discharged from the ICU. In a world-first, doctors at Amsterdam UMC are now being supported in that decision by artificial intelligence. We talked to Wouter Kroese of Amsterdam-based software developer Pacmed and Patrick Thoral, intensivist at UMC, about the collaboration that led to this pioneering innovation.
The 15% GasTerug Action Network launched three concrete initiatives on Friday, 7 October, in the presence of North Holland Provincial Deputy Edward Stigter to help businesses and healthcare facilities save additional energy:
Life Sciences Café is finally back live – and interacting. Its latest edition featured Scenic Biotech’s CEO talking about how the company is scaling its ground-breaking new approach in treating cancer and inherited diseases. Another presentation outlined how the Biotech Booster programme will unleash €250 million to help the Netherlands scale on these kinds of success stories.
For the application of real health data and federated learning in AI, we still have much work to do – and biases to address. If we do this right, a global health care system can emerge that not only improves patient outcomes, but is also non-racist. In a special edition of the Medical Data + Pizza event series on Sept. 22, this was the main conclusion of the international speakers.
