Focus: value-driven innovation, reliable and fair data exchange

Willem is focused on how we remain in control of data, and not the other way around. To this end, he initiated the manifesto Tada, which contains guiding values ​​for a digital society. In the AMdEX field lab, partners collaborate on technologies for reliable and fair data sharing.

Willem studied Social Science Informatics at the University of Amsterdam and previously worked at IBM and Verdonck, Klooster & Associates.

“I believe in a digital future in which data sovereignty and decentralised collaboration are central. I like to bring these abstract developments down to concrete collaborations that contribute to a better society. I like to use design thinking for this: “Living in beta, no idea is ever finished.”