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OPEN DAYS 2014 – LOCAL EVENTS
COUNTRY LEAFLET
THE NETHERLANDS
INDEX
I. Regional Partnerships – Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS
2014
Drenthe – no local event organised
Province of Fryslan
Gelderland/Overijssel
City of Leeuwarden
Province of Limburg
City of Maastricht
Midden-Noord-Brabant
Noord-Brabant
Northern Netherlands Provinces
South East of Brabant
Twente Region
Zeeland
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II. Independent partner – other organisation/association
organising a local event
Mons 2015 Foundation
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I. Regional Partnerships – Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2014
Province of Fryslan (Regions for Smart Cooperation)
"Wetsus Annual Congress 2014: From Knowledge to Business"
Leeuwarden
6-7 October 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Congress
Organisers:
Wetsus, centre of excellence for sustainable water technology
Chair:
Morning: Introduction and opening, drs. Ed Nijpels, Chairman Supervisory Board Wetsus
Afternoon: Chair: Guido Landheer MSc, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Director of Top
sectors & Industry Policy
Speakers:
prof.dr.ir. Cees Buisman, Member Executive Board Wetsus
Hans Corstjens, Director Platform Betatechniek
Rob Hamer, Vice President R&D Discover Foods / Director Unilever R&D
John Coburn, Managing Director XPV Capital Corporation
Durk Krol, Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP)
Martien den Blanken, Director PWN
Luc Kohsiek, Dijkgraaf Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier, chairman STOWA
Remi Gruet, European Ocean Energy Association
Prof. dr. Alexander Friedrich, Chair of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention at
the University of Groningen
dr Derek Lovley, Distinguished Professor, Microbiology, University of Massachusetts.
Description:
The title and focus of our annual Wetsus Congress on October 6 and 7, 2014 will be: From Knowledge to
Business.
Program Monday, October 6, 2014
09.30 - 10.00 Welcome and registration
10.00 – 12.00 Plenary session
• Introduction and opening, drs. Ed Nijpels, Chairman Supervisory Board Wetsus
• Speaker to be announced
• Wetsus Developments, prof.dr.ir. Cees Buisman, Member Executive Board Wetsus
• Hans Corstjens, Director Platform Betatechniek
• Rob Hamer, Vice President R&D Discover Foods / Director Unilever R&D Vlaardingen
• Marcel Mulder Award Ceremony
12.00-13.30 Lunch and visit exhibition floor
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13.30 -14.45 Plenary session I: Green technologies for circular economy
Chair: Guido Landheer MSc, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Director of Top sectors & Industry Policy
1. Lessons Learned in Water Technology Investing, John Coburn, Managing Director XPV Capital Corporation
2. Gerben Jan Gerbrandy, Member European Parliament
3. Durk Krol, Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP)
4. General Discussion
14.45 – 15.15 Break
15.15 – 16.30 Plenary session II: Business perspective of knowledge strategy
Chair: to be announced
1. Martien den Blanken, Director PWN
2. Luc Kohsiek, Dijkgraaf Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier, chairman STOWA, member TKI
water technology
3. Remi Gruet, European Ocean Energy Assocation
4. Paul Buijs , Berson
5. General Discussion.
Target groups of participants:
Researchers, Entrepreneurs, PhDs and policy officers in the field of water technology.
More information:
http://www.wetsus.nl/home/calendar/congres-2014
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Gelderland/Overijssel (Health Cluster Europe)
"Medica 2014"
Düsseldorf (DE)
12-15 November 2014
Territorial cooperation
Type:
Fair
Organisers:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Chair:
NA
Speakers:
NA
Description:
The MEDICA is the world’s largest medical marketplace annually organised in November in Dusseldorf. The
main product categories are:
Electromedicine/Medical Technology
Laboratory Equipment
Diagnostics
Physiotherapy/Orthopaedic Technology
Commodities and Consumer Goods
Information and Communication Technology
Medical Services and Publications
MEDICA consists of 115.000 m² of floor space, 4,600 exhibitors from 70 countries, 17 exhibitor halls, 5
exhibition areas and numerous forums and congresses.
In addition to the professional trade fair the MEDICA CONGRESS - the largest interdisciplinary forum of
Germany - and the German Hospital Conference - the leading communication platform for decision-makers
in German hospitals - have become an integral part of the trade fair.
Target groups of participants:
The main target groups are: general practitioners, hospital doctors, hospital managers, hospital nursing
staff, hospital technical managers, laboratory managers, medical trade, medical industry, medical assistants,
and cost units.
More information:
http://www.medica.de/
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City of Leeuwarden (European Capitals of Culture Network)
"Smart City - Green growth"
Leeuwarden
November 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Conference
Organisers:
North Sea Commission/Province of Fryslân
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
The conference of the NSC will focus on how we can achieve synergy by working together in the North Sea
area. Innovation is about building capacity.
This two-day event focusses on:
1) Connecting regional strategies;
2) Building capacity;
3) Territorial cooperation
Target groups of participants:
More information:
http://www.northsea.org/
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Province of Limburg (Connecting regional strategies across borders)
Joint event with the Province of Limburg (BE)
"Limburg² - aligning the investment strategies of Belgian
and Dutch Limburg"
Hasselt
October 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Presentations & workshops
Organisers:
Province of Belgian Limburg (BE) and Province of Dutch Limburg (NL)
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
The local event will focus on the alignment of the Belgian Limburg investment strategy ‘Strategisch Actieplan
Limburg² (SALK)’ and the Dutch Limburg strategy ‘Kennis-as Limburg’. This way, the local event endorses the
theme of the Open Days consortium ‘connecting regional strategies across borders’, in which both provinces
participate.
First, both strategies will be presented to the audience during a plenary session. The main focus will be on
the following themes : 1. Health cure innovation/med tech/bio tech, 2. creative economy and 3. tourism &
leisure economy. The reason for the selection of these themes is that both provinces have taken important
initiatives in these domains during the past years. During the plenary session, actions and overlapse in both
strategies should be revealed. Also a best-practice example of cross-border collaboration between the two
regions will be presented to the audience.
After the plenary part, the participants will be divided in three workshops. Each of the workshops will broach
one of the three themes mentioned above. The aim of the workshops is to brainstorm on the cross-border
collaboration and project opportunities the strategies can offer. At best, some concrete cross-border project
opportunities might come out of the workshops and then be guided to relevant European programmes.
Target groups of participants:
Representatives of public administrations, knowledge institutes and intermediate organisations.
More information:
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City of Maastricht (European challenges - local solutions)
"European challenges, local solutions: European support for the
period 2014-2020"
Maastricht
13 November 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Workshop
Organisers:
City of Maastricht (Coordination: Mr Henrik Fokke, [email protected])
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
Maastricht’s local event will focus on how the city and the region are engaged with the European Union and
the European 2020 goals and how we can benefit from the new European programmes 2014-2020 in order
to contribute to these European goals. The workshop will showcase the various new European programmes
like the structural funds ERDF, ESF and Interreg, but also the new thematic programmes like Creative Europe,
Horizon2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility will be highlighted.
This afternoon event will bring the Brussels Open Days back to the region, partly building on the theme
debated in our Brussels event. We will look at potential projects and opportunities to learn from partners
from other European countries. We will raise awareness about how Maastricht and the region are
represented in Brussels and the advice and support that can be given to local organisations by the Maastricht
regional office in Brussels.
The event will be aimed at elected local politicians, officers and practitioners from local authorities, the
regional development agency, social partners, universities, companies and non-governmental organisations.
The content of the event will be designed to engage the audience including people who have little or no
previous experience of European work and funding, in order to raise their awareness of the opportunities
available.
Target groups of participants:
Representatives from the region’s universities, companies, social partners, local authorities and local
government.
More information:
http://www.maastrichtportal.nl/gemeente.html
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Midden-Noord-Brabant (Health Cluster Europe)
"Meet the members of LifetecZONe, Health Valley and
Slimmer Leven 2020 at TU/ Eindhoven"
Eindhoven
30 September 2014
Territorial cooperation
Type:
Networking event
Organisers:
LifetecZONe, Health Valley and Slimmer Leven 2020 at TU/ Eindhoven
Chair:
LifetecZONe, Ria Hein
Speakers:
1.
Tours:
Preseyes het ooglab en medische robotica lab
Het Biomechanica lab;
Robotica lab.
2.
Presentations:
Healthvalley
LifetecZONe
Xendo
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Table presentations (max. 35 companies
Description:
Lifeteczone is a network organisation for SMEs in Life sciences and Medtech. The September meeting will be
a joint initiative with Health valley, a network organisation for health care organisations and SMEs, and the
University of Technology in Eindhoven.
Target groups of participants:
SMEs, knowledge institutes and healthcare organisations.
More information:
http://www.lifeteczone.nl/events
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Noord-Brabant (Advanced co-operation in Demographic Change)
"New funding period 2014-2020 in South-Netherlands –
Smart Specialisation Strategy, accelerator for new industries"
Maastricht
29 October 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Kick-off conference, debate
Organisers:
Provinces of Noord-Brabant, Zeeland, Limburg, Stimulus- Programme Management South
Netherlands
Chair:
King’s commissioner of Limburg, Mr. Theo Bovens
Speakers:
Sharon Dijksma, Secretary of State (tbc)
Bernard Wientjes, president VON-NCW (tbc)
Wim van der Leegte, entrepreneur VDL (tbc)
Ben Knapen, EIB (tbc)
Theo Bovens, king’s commissioner and president supervisory committee OP South
Netherlands
Description:
New funding period 2014-2020 in South Netherlands – S3 accelerator for new industries?
The conference will be the kick-off for the new funding period in South-Netherlands. The provinces of
Zeeland, Limburg and Noord-Brabant, together with their stakeholders, have completed the preparatory
work. Although they have to face considerable reductions of ERDF, all parties are very ambitious. The
conference will focus on the important issue of smart specialization and what this means for our industries.
South Netherlands will continue to develop as a technology region. What does this mean for the
manufacturing industry? The participants on the panel will discuss how South Netherlands and their cities,
knowledge institutes and industries, can achieve these goals through better cooperation.
Target groups of participants:
Local and regional representatives, representatives of ministries, businesses and educational institutions.
More information:
http://www.op-zuid.nl/home.html
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Northern
Netherlands
Provinces
(Advanced
co-operation
Demographic Change)
"ScanBalt Forum 2014: Active and Healthy Ageing"
Groningen
8-10 October 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Forum
Organisers:
The 2014 ScanBalt Forum is organized by the Healthy Ageing Network Northern
Netherlands (HANNN) and the University Medical Center Groningen in close collaboration
with the three Northern provinces: Groningen, Fryslân and Drenthe.
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
The Northern Netherlands and the Baltic Sea Region are dealing with the same demographic changes: an
elderly population, growing cities and low populated rural regions. The 2014 ScanBalt Forum will be focused
on scientific and business development aspects of active and healthy ageing. About seventy speakers from
the Northern- Netherlands and the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) will present results of fundamental and applied
research, as well as on education and entrepreneurship during this three days event. This all in the
stimulating environment of the University Medical Center Groningen and the historic Academia Building of
the Groningen University.
This year the Groningen University celebrates its 400th anniversary, while at the same time the Netherlands
celebrate their 400 years of diplomatic connections with Sweden. Reason enough to come to Groningen. In
2013 the Northern Netherlands have been acknowledged by the European Commission as a Healthy Ageing
reference region, an example for Europe how universities, industry and politics cooperate in finding solutions
for the demographic change, for the ageing society, for prevention of chronic illnesses, for stimulating
business development to find new diagnostic tools and devices that allow elderly maintain independent and
to stay at home.
Most of these issues will be highlighted at the ScanBalt Forum 2014 or can be initiated during the EDR
matchmaking event that facilitates finding partners that are interested in cross border collaboration.
Furthermore the ScanBalt Forum 2014 will house the second Annual Scientific Lifelines symposium that will
be held on 8 October in the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. The topic of the Lifelines
symposium is: From bench to biobank: biomarker development and challenges of biobank research, a rapidly
increasing field.
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Target groups of participants:
Representatives of industry and research institutions from the Northern Netherlands and the Baltic Sea
Region will be brought together in a stimulating environment to exchange ideas, to make new contacts and
to initiate international collaboration.
More information:
http://www.hannn.eu/en/calendar/scanbalt-forum-2014-active-and-healthy-ageing
http://www.hannn.eu/assets/images/downloads/HAN1310_Flyer%20Vooraank.%20Scanbalt%202014_A5_d
efintief.pdf
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South East of Brabant (Health Cluster Europe)
"Reshaping the future of health care for the next generation
in a consumer driven world"
Eindhoven
22-23 October 2014
Territorial cooperation
Type:
World Health & Design Forum
Organisers:
Cooperative Smart Living, Midpoint Brabant, Province of North-Brabant
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
The international society is aging at a rapid pace. Nevertheless, living longer does not automatically entail
one can stay healthy, active and independent. Following initiatives such as the European Innovation
Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing and Horizon 2020, Cooperative Smart Living, Midpoint Brabant and
the province of North-Brabant have joined forces in organising the World Health & Design Forum. The aim is
to inspire people to jointly initiate projects that contribute to:
more healthy and active lives of elderly
improvement of understanding of health, diseases and the process of aging
prevention, detection and treatment of diseases
development of new devices, methods and treatments in health care.
This does not only relate to creating knowledge, but even more so to accelerating the implementation
thereof.
On October 22 and 23, 2014, the World Health & Design Forum will take place in Eindhoven during the Dutch
Design Week (DDW). The programme will consist of plenary sessions; breakout sessions and side visits.
Target groups of participants:
Policy makers, health care organisations, patient organisations, universities and knowledge institutes,
research institutes, hospitals, insurance companies, companies in the field of health and life sciences, press,
end-users.
More information:
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Twente Region (European challenges - local solutions)
"Connecting regional strategies: why, how and with whom?"
Hengelo
30 October 2014
Connecting regional strategies
Type:
Conference and debate
Organisers:
Networkingcafé Twente in Europe in Twente
EU office Twente
EUREGIO
Chair:
Conference session 13 :00-16 :00 : chair of international affairs in Twente
Discussion session 16 :00-18 :30 : Moderator Mr. Diele Biemold
Speakers:
Director of Foundation Pioneering (platform for innovative builders in the region)
Knowledge park Twente (for innovating, starting and growing entrepreneurs)
Advisor Public Affairs Region Twente/ City of Enschede, Almelo or Hengelo
Description:
Exploration of the different roles that play a part in connecting regional strategies. How can regional
strategies better be linked by the parties involved? We discuss by using a concrete example which are
innovative living labs from our region. The implementation of living labs connects all the triple helix parties.
We will ask the questions: what are living labs and why are they of importance, how can they be effective,
and who can be involved in setting them up. Central players are being invited to make durable connections
and to discuss what roles they play in getting innovation implemented in local societies.
Target groups of participants:
Entrepreneurs mainly innovative entrepreneurs, local government, representatives from the region’s
universities, local media, SME’s.
More information:
http://twenteineuropa.eu
http://www.regiotwente.nl/internationaal/eu-office-twente
http://www.euregio.eu
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Zeeland (Health Cluster Europe)
"Innovations for health: how can Europe help us?"
Middelburg
31 October 2014
Territorial cooperation
Type:
Seminar
Organisers:
NV Economische Impuls Zeeland
Provincie Zeeland
Chair:
Arend Roos, Programme Manager Innovative Health Zeeland, Economische Impuls Zeeland
Speakers:
Arnoud Guikema, Provincie Zeeland
Martijn Warmerdam, Reeleaf
Prof. Olaf Timmermans, Universiteit van Antwerpen en Hogeschool Zeeland
Description:
Each day, more Zeelandic organisations are joining their forces in trying to find answer to the challenges in
the field of health and welfare. Demographic change and budget cuts put pressure upon the public sector.
This process can also be perceived as a challenge for innovators. Lots of projects and other initiatives aim at
enabling the power of innovation and entrepreneurship in tackling these challenges.
Zeeland is not the only region struggling with these topics. Cross border cooperation and exchange of
experiences and best-practices would be very useful for organisations in this region. Besides, it would open
new opportunities to find funding for Zeeland initiatives.
This seminar focusses on European initiatives for ‘Innovation and healthy ageing’ and will:
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Inform the audience about the EU policy on active and healthy ageing
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Communicate the learning from the Brussels Open Days-session
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Explain what EU-funding programs are applicable for these topics
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End with exchange of project ideas and a matchmaking session
Target groups of participants:
Healthcare providers, Home care and elderly care, Municipalities, SMEs, Welfare organisations and the third
sector representatives.
More information:
www.impulszeeland.nl
www.santezeeland.nl
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II. Independent partner – other organisation/association
organising a local event
Mons 2015 Foundation
"Mons 2015 on tour"
Amsterdam
21 October 2014
Territorial cooperation
Type:
European Roadshow (presentation of Mons 2015 programme)
Organisers:
Wallonie Bruxelles Tourisme (WBT), general delegation Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
(FWB) Wallonie Bruxelles international (WBI), Centre Wallonie Bruxelles international
(CWBI)
Chair:
Speakers:
Description:
Mons 2015 will be European capital of Culture in 2015. The aim of this title is to spotlight a small our middle
city size on the European map thanks to the Culture. It will encourage tourism and economy in the region.
In 2015, Mons will present plenty of cultural activities such as exhibitions, artistic projects built with
inhabitants, shows, concerts, family activities, digital projects, …
The entire programme will be presented during a big and exceptional press conference in October 2014 in
Mons and after that in different cities in Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne, London).
Target groups of participants:
Professional of culture and tourism: journalists, tour operator representatives, …
More information:
Website: http://www.mons2015.eu/
Press: http://www.mons2015.eu/fr/fondation/presse-communication/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wLV7RWkT-U
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