Digital City

People get more connected and technology becomes part of our daily life. Between 2014 and 2015 there was a 27% growth of internet traffic in Amsterdam. Eleven out of fifteen Trans-Atlantic data cables are connected with or go through Amsterdam and the AMS-IX is the second largest internet exchange point in the world. In 2016 Amsterdam was ranked second in the European Digital City Index. Do you work on a smarter city? Share your technologies here!

Andrej Gjokikj, Business Development at Lightinus, posted

Everything you need to know about Smart Solar Bench: Innovative, Eco-Friendly and Tailored to the Smart City Concept

Whether we like it or not, we are living in the age of smart technology. Wireless technology, limitless access to online information, data collection and dissemination applications enable us to create communication networks that were hardly possible several years ago. Smart Cities are part of this technological shift in the fields of energy management, transportation, waste management and Internet of Things (IoT) for improving public services. To address the variety of services that we need in our daily urban lives, cities and municipalities are increasingly implementing smart solar urban furniture solutions.

This blog explains how a single urban furniture application (bench) can be transformed into a multi-functional platform, powered by clean energy sources, that delivers eco-friendly infrastructure of free services for citizens - Smart Solar Bench.

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The Data Economy - How to Succeed in a World of Data and AI

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The Amsterdam Business School is honoured to invite Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger to speak about what companies will need to do in order to succeed in the new data economy. His lecture will take place on Friday 25 May.

Due to an abundance of data and the availability of data-driven machine learning systems, we are entering the world of the data economy, an economy in which data is replacing money as the main driver of market behavior. In this economy markets will soar, conventional firms will struggle and traditional financial institutions will face unlikely competition by small groups and individual actors. The future will be driven by data, but run by digital superstars. Avoiding this oligopolistic dystopia will require bold measures.

Event programme
18:00 – 18:45: Doors open, welcome drink
18:45 – 19:00: Welcome and introduction of Professor Mayer –Schönberger by Professor Marc Salomon (UvA - Amsterdam Business School)
19:00 – 21:00: Lecture + Q&A by prof. Mayer-Schönberger (University of Oxford)
21:00 – 22:00: Networking

Location
UvA - Roeterseiland Campus
Seminar room C.1.04
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam

Registration
Registration is mandatory.

About Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Mayer-Schönberger, professor at the University of Oxford is the author of over a hundred articles and eleven books on the economics and governance of information, of which the most recent is 'Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data' (translated in Dutch: 'De Data-Economie', 2018 Maven Publishing). His other international bestsellers include 'Big Data
' (co-authored with Kenneth Cukier, translated into more than 20 languages), 'Learning with Big Data' (also co-authored with Cukier) and the award-winning 'Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age'.

Event on May 25th
Tom van Arman, Director & Founder at Tapp, posted

Alpha Beta Cities: Why big-tech companies are building cities to test new markets

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Ten years ago, during the “Great Recession” cash strapped cities began to outsource complex municipal projects to big-tech companies like IBM, Cisco, Oracle & Google. For these companies, city making became a new marketplace to test new products and services. What is the future of urban planning in our hyper-digital era and big-tech partnerships?

The ubiquity of smart phones and the internet of everything (ioT) is producing colossal amounts of data that becomes a blueprint of how to build sustainable and inclusive cities. Data has not only entered our homes and businesses, it’s becoming the core component to our smart cities. All of this data is giving software companies more power than ever, or, as Google’s sister company Side Walk Labs describes, it allows us to reimagine cities from the internet up leaving many architects and urban planners out of touch with the growing divide between the physical and digital domains.

Urban design, as we know it, is changing fast. Architects and planners are faced with the new reality that city officials require more innovative approaches to the challenges facing our urban environments. Master plans and zoning laws of the past are difficult to adhere to in a fast-paced era of autonomous vehicles, shared economies and climate change. With each new challenge, new partners are flooding the scene who can manage and make sense of this data but have little knowledge of urban planning.

Tech companies know more about our cities and citizens than our governments.
Between our purchase habits to point cloud scanning from self-driving vehicles, technologies make it possible for tech companies to gather huge amounts of data about us and how our cities operate. With this data “we have an opportunity to fundamentally redefine what urban life can actually be.” The lines between urban planning and business are becoming blurred. The challenge for architects and urban designers is to leverage the data to create sustainable environments for future generations, while the societal and environmental challenges of today can no longer be solved with same spatial design tools of yesterday.

When high-tech “experiments” don’t include the communities that occupy the cities, the consequences are predictable. For instance, one of the best examples today is Google’s Toronto Waterfront Development. This $1bn district will not only house Toronto’s growing tech industry, but also the new nerve center of Google Canada’s HQ. Google will be able to gather massive amounts of data. As Wired’s Susan Crawford writes: “Multitudes of sensors inside and outside buildings and on streets will be constantly on duty, monitoring and modulating. While the details of the arrangement aren’t public, the planning process is being paid for by Google, but that won’t continue unless government authorities reach an agreement that aligns with Google’s corporate interests.”

There are dozens of other examples like this. In each case, companies sell, manage and operate various municipal enterprise accounts that promise efficient, convenient, safer future cities. Some might not see this as a problem, but these smart cities are not built with commons in mind, but rather with an eye on corporate revenues and the intent to further refine product and service testing.

The good examples…

The most robust & resilient examples of smart cities are those that involve citizens throughout the process. Whether it’s Helsinki, London, Stockholm, Melbourne or New York, each of these smart cities share the vision to improve public services and quality of life through the use of disparate data that originates from various urban stakeholders.

Recently, the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) added “architecture for social purpose’ as the first topic of its latest core curriculum update. This topic encompasses the concept of understanding the social, economic and environmental benefits that architecture as a practice brings to both individuals and communities (https://architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/what-is-architecture-for-social-purpose). Engineering firm Arup estimates that the global market for smart urban services will be $400 billion per year by 2020, but if these smart solutions are to work - a precondition should be to engage citizens and stakeholders as early as possible in the development.

One example of these new private / public engagements is Chicago, Illinois, USA. Chicago has harnessed data is through the Connect Chicago initiative with Cisco to enhance public safety and security despite limited budgets. Chicago’s open data portal has over 600 datasets that can be used in a number of different ways including: the development community to create local apps to improve traffic flow, businesses to develop and market services such as SweepAround.us (an app that alerts residents when street sweepers are in the area) and the City to monitor vehicles, residence smart phones, cameras and even gunshot detection.

Here in Amsterdam we are busy with innovation and new partnerships. Amsterdam boasts 20 IoT living labs, more than 250 smart city projects, more than 360 open and real time open datasets and 40,000 proactive city makers who actively collaborate in the numerous public-private partnerships. Amsterdam’s innovative ways and forward thinking has been recognized as The European Capital of Innovation Award in 2016. The city regards itself as an open platform for livability, innovation & digital social innovation. In 2017 it won the World Smart City Award for Circular Economy for its efforts to develop policy for urban-level circular economics in several areas, including: local production of sustainable and seasonal food, scores of sharing platforms, local production of electricity, reduction of fuel consumption and the improvement of waste recycling. Amsterdam is also known for IoT and bottom-up data initiatives like joint ownership and other innovative procurement processes making Amsterdam a truly inclusive city meeting the many needs of its citizens, government and business stakeholders.

Resistance to the changes that continue in city and urban planning is futile. Architects and urban designers need to embrace and even experiment with this new data and digital trends, but also get serious about a participatory process that involves private-public partnerships. We need to engage stakeholders in frank discussions about the shape of our future cities. Architects need to embrace innovation in order to remain relevant. They need to bridge the divide between cities in the classical sense that are no longer viable and engage with citizens and companies build viable cities of the future that engage citizens, utilize data and allow for flexible development.

In Amsterdam at the Innovation Exchange Lab we work directly with elected officials, citizens from and private partners to create rapid prototypes to create viable and resilient cities built by and for everyone.

Tom van Arman is an architect & urbanist based in Amsterdam who works with local governments, industry leaders and maker-communities to create living labs. Co-founder AMSiXL and director of Tapp - an award winning smart city development consortium helping corporations and local governments connect maker communities to open data, api’s & IoT solutions.

Image Credit: 10sec Animation to HBO hit series Silicon Valley. Credit yU+co, Holywood California USA
URL: https://www.yuco.com/works/silicon-valley

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How are technological trends influencing your job role? Share your experience!

Hello! Are you working in Computer Science and IT, Marketing and Sales, Digital media or Design? I will highly appreciate 5 minutes of your time in completing a short questionnaire on how is your job influenced by technological developments and how do you keep on learning most efficiently in an age of excessive information.

I am conducting this research as part of my Bachelor thesis on how technological trends are influencing the current digital job marketplace and shaping the skills which professionals need. The gathered data will help me in identifying patterns across job roles in the degree to which they are changing along with technology, what are the top 3 skills for the certain role and how do you engage in learning. Moreover, the research will serve me in thinking of a solution on how to help students and recent graduates in preparing for their dream job roles and the specific skills they need.
Here is the link to the form: https://simona101.typeform.com/to/J8W5JN
Thank you in advance!

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harry Stork, Community Manager at City of Amsterdam, posted

Xomnia presents: predictive models and autonomous boats

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Het Amsterdamse Xomnia helpt de gemeente maximaal waarde te halen uit hun data en om meer datagedreven te werken.
Ze geven deze Demo Donderdag uitleg over een risico analyse-/voorspelmodel dat ze ontwikkelden voor een verzekeraar.
Kers op de presentatie is hun zelfvarende boot die op basis van kunstmatige intelligentie door de Amsterdamse grachten vaart.
Na de succesvolle proof of concept ontwikkelen ze dit concept door, voor een binnenvaartschip van de Shipping Factory.

Sprekers
Kaj Gruppelaar (consultant bij Xomnia), Jerome Cremers (data scientist bij DataLab/OIS) en David Woudenberg (lead autonomous bij Xomnia) vertellen over deze initiatieven.

Event on Apr 19th
Gijs Boerwinkel, Head of communications at Waag, posted

Facebook Farewell (again)

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Openbare vergadering van de Facebook Liberation Army maandag 16 april 20.00 uur in De Waag, Amsterdam.

Facebook Liberation Army is verheugd dat de beweging om Facebook te verlaten publieke aandacht heeft gekregen. Na de Cambridge Analytica onthullingen van whistleblower Chris Wylie komt #deletefacebook goed op gang. In Nederland zet de lancering van byebyefacebook.nl door Zondag met Lubach de stroomversnelling in gang.

De eerste Facebook Farewell Party vond plaats in 2015. Op initiatief van Waag en Institute of Network Cultures werd een vreugdevol afscheidsfeest georganiseerd in de Stadsschouwburg. De argumenten om Facebook vaarwel te zeggen waren toen ook al overweldigend, van privacyoverwegingen en verslavingsverschijnselen tot de vercommercialisering van vriendschap.
De vraag toen en nu is:
"Wat is het alternatief?"

Op 16 april zal deze vraag centraal staan. Wat is Mastodon en hoe werkt Signal? Bestaan Ello en Diaspora nog en hoe bevalt het daar? Wie staat er in de startblokken met een alternatief? Wat zijn de voorwaarden waar een sociaal platform aan moet voldoen? We zullen ook bespreken wat de beste manier is een Facebook-account te deleten. Niet iedereen kan zijn netwerk zomaar opgeven, heeft een eigen massamedium of marketingbudget om volgers te blijven informeren. Wat zijn de afwegingen voor personen en organisaties? Maar ook: hoe vertel ik het mijn familie en vrienden? Hebben we afkickklinieken nodig of is iedereen nu wel klaar met Facebook en is de betovering allang doorbroken?

Sluit je aan bij de Facebook Liberation Army en begin je eigen initiatief. Organiseer een meet-up of begin een Facebook Anonymous kring. Vaarwel zeggen tegen Facebook is een bevrijding, dat moet gevierd worden!
- Marleen Stikker
- Geert Lovink

Achtergrond
De Facebook Liberation Army campagne is een vervolg op de 'Unlike Us' conferenties van het Institute of Network Cultures (HvA lectoraat) en de Facebook Farewell Party die in april 2015 door o.a. Waag is georganiseerd in de Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg.
Facebook Farewell Party (2015): fla.waag.org

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Herman van den Bosch, Curator at Amsterdam Smart City; professor in management education , posted

New open source tool to map traffic density and destination

Who uses the street, in what way, and why? These are common questions that urban planning agencies consider every day when trying to build better cities.

That's why Sidewalk's Model Lab is launching Replica: a new modeling tool that uses anonymized mobile location data to give planning agencies a comprehensive portrait of how, when, and why people travel in urban areas.

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Pakhuis De Zwijger, Communicatie at Pakhuis de Zwijger, posted

SXSW Highlights

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Did you also experience a little bit of social media jealousy last month, seeing your timeline being filled with pictures of the latest trends and innovations, the newest gear, art, music, celebs and other weirdness? Every March, tens of thousands of tech influencers and innovators, corporate hacks and computer hackers, regulators and reporters descend on Austin for SXSW Interactive, an interdisciplinary festival to celebrate and discuss the power of business, technology, and design to drive economic, environmental and social change. If you missed it, don't worry. We invited some of the Dutch highlights to fill you in on their projects and the trends in their business and drench you in the SXSW experience!

With amongst others:
John Meulemans
Founder & managing director at 3sixtyfive

Claartje Vogel
Journalist at Adfo Group / Adformatie

Chafik Benhmidouch
Founder at DOOR Creative Studio & co-founder The Living Museum

Gianna Tomiyama
Creator and curator bij ZAZA ZUSHIO & co-founder The Living Museum

Arne Koefoed
Head of Ideas at Wink & co-founder New Dutch Wave

Maarten Bloemers
Lawyer & co-founder GUTS Tickets

Babak Mirzaie
Co-founder and CEO at Expivi

Nick Yap
Co-founder Travis & founder Volareo

Pakhuis De Zwijger's picture Event on Apr 16th
Gijs Boerwinkel, Head of communications at Waag, posted

Black Box Bellagio

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The Black Box Bellagio - an unusual casino that won't take your money, but is after your freedom, integrity and private data instead. Play with the (un)fairness of expected values and chances, predicted risks, and giving up your identity. Disclaimer: The house always seems to win.
Play and find out which personal data you are willing to share with your fellow players. During the game you will learn to look at your personal data in an alternative way. Do you care about your privacy or about winning the game? How far do you go?
During the evening you can visit the casino between 8 - 11 pm to play roulette, poker or blackjack. Be on time to be guaranteed of a spot at the table.

Algorithms, information and uncertainty
It is a well-known fact that Facebook uses algorithms to track our behavior. But what these algorithms do is commonly unknown. This creates an untrustworthy situation towards information provided by these algorithms, think about information on food, technology, news, doctors or banking. Everything is false until proven otherwise.
One of the driving forces behind a gambling game is the uncertain state of 'simultaneously knowing and not-knowing'. With poker players risk their bet by judging the value of their cards over their opponents’ by trying to deduct clues from non factual elements when playing face to face. One tries to read the opponent's behavior and facial expressions, and assess whether they’re bluffing or not.

Proof is ‘found’ in subjective predictions – a mathematical game made human. This subjectivity is surprisingly similar to profiling risks and identities through online algorithms. Think of someone who googles nail polish, who is automatically considered female. Such elements of uncertainty, insecurity and overgeneralization are indispensable for the Black Box Bellagio.
Black Box Bellagio is has been developed by Roos Groothuizen, a designer and artist from Amsterdam that works around with digital rights. Black Box Bellagio has been realized in collaboration with Ymer Marinus.

DECODE
The Black Box Bellagio is organised as part of the project DECODE. Via the casino DECODE engaged a new group of people to increase awareness of the issues around personal data and data commons.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 732546.

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Kiki Bauer, International Project Manager , posted

City Planner/Urban Designer

I am looking for a designer/designer team for a project in Shenzhen China.
personally I love dutch designers' works, especially in tactical urbanism.

So I would like to work with a dutch designer to represent an innovative
plan to my motherland China. The project is about a seaside area, 8 square km.
There will be amazing prizes up to 650K Eur. Also this is another super opportunity for dutch designs to become well-known in China.

Designers/Organizations with interest (preferably has planning and design experiences on waterfront or coastal cities) please contact me for more details.
Email: kikibauer99@gmail.com

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Victoria Hanchar, posted

3-Day Hyperledger Fabric Training

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Hyperledger Fabric is the leading open source software platform for permissioned enterprise blockchains. Attend this intensive hands-on training course and learn how to build a full-featured blockchain application using Hyperledger Fabric 1.0.

The program is designed for developers (Golang/Java) and spans 3 full days.

Two days are essential to bring you to the level where you can start developing your own distributed application.

On the third day, attendees develop their idea into a working smart contract and application under guidance of the trainer.

You will work with an experienced trainer: Oleg Abdrashitov, Head of Requirements Working Group at Hyperledger Project.

Use promo code SMARTHYPERLEDGER for $200 off Standard ticket!
Contact the Organizers: training@altoros.com

Event from Apr 13th to Apr 15th
Lotte Duursma, posted

Responsible data sharing

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If data is the new gold, how can we ensure that we can all benefit from the possibilities? The Amsterdam Data Exchange (in short: Amdex), an initiative of Science Park Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Economic Board, could be the answer to this.
The project, as described in a report published this week, aims to provide broad access to data for researchers, companies and private individuals. Inspired by the Open Science Cloud of the European Commission, the project is intended to connect with similar projects across Europe. And eventually even become part of a global movement to share data more easily. (attachments in Dutch)

Share data trustfully

If data is the new gold, how can we ensure that we can all benefit from the possibilities? The Amsterdam Data Exchange (in short: Amdex), an initiative of Science Park Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Economic Board, could be the answer to this. The project aims to provide broad access to data for researchers, companies and private individuals. Inspired by the Open Science Cloud of the European Commission, the project intends to connect with similar projects across Europe and eventually become part of a global movement to share data more easily.

The idea originated during the Science and Business dinner organized by Amsterdam Science Park (ASP). With Science Park’s history in the field of technological innovation and digital connectivity, the Amdex was a logical next step. As argued by Margo Keizer (ASP), "data sharing is already happening here, but at an informal level. We bring all these different initiatives together. To do this, we need to address various infrastructural and legal issues." The Amsterdam Data Exchange is an initiative to do exactly that, she adds.

Transparent and familiar

Wouter Los questions: "how can we work efficiently with all this data?” With his extensive experience in the European scientific community, Los helped in the investigation of the function of the data marketplace. He explains "we want to go to an open, democratic playing field. In this model - in contrast to the monopolistic models that you now come across - the data remains from its owner and they decide which data can be shared with whom and under what conditions. We build a market model in which everyone is able to consult and use data in a transparent, familiar manner."

Chief Technology Officer, Ger Baron mentions, "since 2011, the municipality have had an open data policy. Municipal data is from the community and must therefore be available to everyone, unless privacy is at stake. In recent years we have learned to open up data in different ways.” He adds, “panorama photos, for example, are freely accessible on our data portal. In addition, we share data with market parties to find a parking space. We want to share data, but under the right conditions. This requires a transparent date market which is exactly what the Amsterdam Data Exchange can offer. "

After the publication of this report, in which a vision on the open data market is outlined, the design will be made more concrete using usecases.

As Willem Koeman (Amsterdam Economic Board) agrees, "sharing data is the key to solving our 21st century challenges. And with the Amsterdam Data Exchange, Amsterdam is leading the way.”

(Article and report in Dutch)

Read here briefly what AMdeX stands for

Read the extensive AMdEX report here
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Vertrouwd data delen

Als data het nieuwe goud zijn, hoe kunnen we er dan voor zorgen dat we allemaal kunnen profiteren van de mogelijkheden? De Amsterdam Data Exchange (kortweg: Amdex), een initiatief van Science Park Amsterdam en de Amsterdam Economic Board, zou hierop het antwoord kunnen zijn. Het project, zoals beschreven in een rapport dat vandaag wordt uitgebracht, heeft tot doel brede toegang tot data te bieden voor onderzoekers, bedrijven en particulieren. Geïnspireerd door de Open Science Cloud van de Europese Commissie, is het project bedoeld om verbinding te maken met soortgelijke projecten in heel Europa. En uiteindelijk zelfs onderdeel te worden van een wereldwijde beweging om data makkelijker te delen.

Het idee is ontstaan tijdens het Science and Business diner georganiseerd door het Amsterdam Science Park (ASP). Met de geschiedenis van het Science Park op het gebied van technologische innovatie en digitale connectiviteit, was de Amdex een logische stap. “Het delen van gegevens gebeurt hier al veel, maar op informeel niveau,” legt Margo Keizer van het ASP uit. “We brengen al die verschillende initiatieven bij elkaar. Om dit te doen, moeten we diverse infrastructurele en juridische kwesties aanpakken.” De Amsterdam Data Exchange is een initiatief om precies dat te doen, voegt ze eraan toe.

Transparant en vertrouwd

“De vraag is, hoe kunnen we efficiënt werken met al deze gegevens?”, zegt Wouter Los, die met zijn uitgebreide ervaring in de Europese wetenschappelijke gemeenschap heeft geholpen om de functie van de data marktplaats te onderzoeken. “We willen naar een open, democratische speelveld toe” legt hij uit. “In dit model – in tegenstelling tot de monopolistische modellen die je nu tegenkomt – blijven gegevens van de eigenaren en beslissen zij zelf welke gegevens kunnen worden gedeeld met wie en onder welke voorwaarden. We bouwen een marktmodel waarin iedereen in staat is om gegevens te raadplegen en te gebruiken op een transparante, vertrouwde wijze.”

“Als gemeente hebben we sinds 2011 een open data beleid. Gemeentelijke data is van de gemeenschap en moet dus voor iedereen beschikbaar zijn, tenzij de privacy in het geding is”, zegt Ger Baron, Chief Technology Officer van de gemeente Amsterdam. “De afgelopen jaren hebben we geleerd om data op verschillende manieren open te maken. Panoramafoto’s bijvoorbeeld zijn vrij toegankelijk op ons dataportaal. Daarnaast delen we data met marktpartijen om bijvoorbeeld een parkeerplek te vinden. Wij willen data graag delen, maar wel volgens de juiste voorwaarden. Dit vereist een markt voor data met transparante regels. Dat is precies wat de Amsterdam Data Exchange kan bieden.”

Na de publicatie van dit rapport, waarin een visie op de open data markt wordt geschetst, zal het ontwerp verder worden geconcretiseerd aan de hand van usecases.

“Het delen van data is de sleutel tot het oplossen van onze 21e eeuwse uitdagingen. “En met de Amsterdam Data Exchange loopt Amsterdam hierin voorop”, zegt Willem Koeman van de Amsterdam Economic Board.

Wil je meer weten? Op 15 mei organiseert de Amsterdam Economic Board een bijeenkomst over de Amsterdam Data Exchange, stuur een mailtje naar Willem Koeman (w.koeman@amecboard.com) om op de hoogte gehouden te worden.

Lees hier in het kort waar AMdeX voor staat

Lees hier het uitgebreidde AMdEX rapport

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Lidy Van K., Publicity , posted

Meetup over literatuur in een digitale wereld

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Wat als je in een nieuwe toekomst zou kunnen stappen, waar de regels nog niet zijn bepaald? En de afloop niet vastligt? En je er wel met elkaar moet uitkomen? Wat als dat alleen kan door samen een nieuwe taal te ontwikkelen?

In deze meetup ontmoet de literaire sector de technologiewereld, praten visionaire sprekers je bij over literatuur in een digitale wereld en presenteren makers hun nieuwste interactieve projecten waar storytelling en non-lineaire tools een rol spelen.

Tijdens de meetup presenteren we tevens de uitkomst van de residency waar een interdisciplinair team – een grafisch ontwerper, interactie ontwerper, creative coder en auteur – heeft gewerkt aan een interactief verhaal; een prototype dat voor het eerst te ervaren is door publiek. Daarnaast spreekt taaltechnoloog Folgert Karsdorp (Meertens Instituut) over Asibot, de schrijvende robot die hij samen met Ronald Giphart ontwikkelde.

14.00-17.30 presentaties, interactieve installaties en aansluitend een borrel
taal: Nederlands
Asterdwarsweg 5 / Amsterdam
Tickets € 15,- via bit.ly/IfThenWhatNow
www.ifthenwhatnow.nl

PRESENTATIES
- if then / what now: Auke Hulst, Anja Groten, Adriaan Wormgoor, Arjan Scherpenisse
- Other Futures: Brigitte van der Sande
- Asibot: Folgert Karsdorp
- Hier en Daar: Lisa Weeda, Nienke Huitenga
- Het geheugen van smartphones: Maurits de Bruijn

MODERATIE
Paulien Dresscher

INSTALLATIES
o.a. Nienke Huitenga, Lisa Weeda, Gianluca Monaco, Arjan Scherpenisse, Lava Lab, if then / what now.

Event on Apr 13th
Jasper Soetendal, Partner at City of Amsterdam: Digitalization & Innovation, posted

Amsterdam Open Beacon Network

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The City of Amsterdam is exploring the opportunities of a city wide, open beacon network. Currently 200 beacons are installed on almost all bus- and tram stops in the innercity. This is a first step. At this current stage, we want to involve app developers in the use case exploration for such a network.
We would like to invite you to test the open beacon network, and find out what kind of opportunities arise for your business.

Join the Google Group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/amsterdam-open-beacon-network> to get instant access to the Amsterdam Open Beacon Network and start using the beacons by adding your attachments in your own namespace.

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Audrie van Veen, Director Strategic Partnerships at Amsterdam Economic Board, posted

EU will distribute public Wifi vouchers for municipalities

The next call for projects will be launched on 15/05/2018 at 13:00 (Central European Time).

It is open to:

- Municipalities
- Entity acting on behalf of municipalities
Via the link below you can see the list of eligible entities in your country.

The WiFi4EU voucher will cover the equipment and installation costs of Wi-Fi hotspots. Beneficiaries commit to pay for the connectivity (internet subscription) and maintenance of the equipment to offer free and high-quality Wi-Fi connectivity for at least 3 years.

What can you expect?
The Wifi4EU voucher provides a fixed amount of funding of EUR 15.000 per municipality. The municipalities that receive a voucher will select the 'centres of public life' where the WiFi4EU hotspots (wireless access points) will be installed and may use the WiFi4EU voucher to partially fund a project of higher value.

The voucher may serve to purchase new equipment or upgrade old material and replace it with most recent and best available equipment on the market.

The beneficiaries will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis, while ensuring that all Member States can benefit from a minimum amount of vouchers (a minimum amount of 15 vouchers per country will be awarded under the first call.

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Anonymous posted

Proficiency in Solidity + Intro to Cosmos Network and Stellar Payments

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Learn blockchain coding from one of the pioneers of the space, Sebastien Jehan of Rockchain.org

In this live, 2 day, developer-led course you will:
-become proficient in coding with Solidity
-learn all that you need to code your own custom token launches
-be able to develop dApps with proficiency
-be able to code complex smart contracts for real life business purposes

AS A BONUS you will also learn the basics of two emerging protocols:
1) Cosmos - the internet of blockchains that will bring interoperability between different blockchains and tokens - definetely the future of this technology
2) Stellar - one of the most promising payment networks, supported by many big players such as IBM and Deloitte

The training is live and will take place in Amsterdam. In case you have a team that you need to train in-house, let us know and we can bring the course to you.

Places are limited to ensure personal guidance by trainer for all participants, so in case of interest, get in touch now!

All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.

For more details visit the website here: http://blockchaindev101.infinitigroup.eu/

Event from Sep 27th to Sep 28th
Gino Taselaar, Marketeer , posted

Safeguard announces collaboration with Startupbootcamp Amsterdam.

We are excited to share the exciting news with you of our newly-formed partnership with Startupbootcamp Amsterdam. In anticipation of developing our AI accident prediction platform, this collaboration will facilitate crucial support from experts, network expansion opportunities as well as general guidance to help ensure the success of our upcoming endeavours.

Startupbootcamp Amsterdam is part of one of the largest innovation programs for startups and scale-ups, which has helped to accelerate and grow close to 600 companies worldwide. Following their graduation from Startupbootcamp’s acceleration program, these startups have gone on to successfully execute their intended endeavours as well as raise millions in funding.

Safeguard will do a Token Sale, whereby an intended 30 000 ETH will be raised to facilitate the development of an AI system that will be able to predict hazardous workplace incidents and injuries based on IoT technology and historical data. Ultimately, this system aims to drive the goal of reducing workplace injuries and fatalities to a significant degree.

According to Safeguard’s CTO, Gertjan Leemans, a use-case example for this system would be on a construction or building site, whereby the AI system would be able to apply live data relating to the weather, time of day, hardware machinery (such as cranes) and other variables to determine whether or not a safety risk is posed and what the likelihood of an accident or injury is.

In line with the Safeguard’s roadmap and for the sake of gathering the required data to build the AI system, Safeguard will also soon be launching its own Data Marketplace. This new marketplace, built on the blockchain, enables businesses to securely and transparently share their safety-related data in exchange for Safeguard Tokens (SGT), an ERC-20 based utility token.

The primary benefits of the partnership are as follows:

Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, part of one of the largest organizations in the world providing innovation programs for startups and scale-ups, has chosen to support Safeguard and its unique business model and ecosystem for the sake of incentivizing and facilitating a new data marketplace. This milestone affirms the status of this internationally recognized network of innovation programs as a key part of the blockchain community and furthermore portrays Startupbootcamp’s willingness to further encourage the adoption of blockchain technology.

Manuela Krull, the managing director of Startupbootcamp’s ‘Smart City & IoT’ program, will also join Safeguard as an advisor. Her extensive knowledge in Blockchain has already proven to be beneficial during the build-up to their Token Sale. Apart from her expertise, Manuela also has an extensive network, both within the private and public sector.

By partnering with Startupbootcamp, Safeguard is also able to tap into the organization’s worldwide network of thousands of mentors, as well as 140+ corporate partners; from PwC and Vodafone to Cisco and HP. Furthermore, Safeguard will be able to take part in the Startupbootcamp’s events that are organized in more than 100 locations each year.

Safeguard’s CEO, Ingmar Vroege, commented on the newly-formed collaboration:

“We as Safeguard are very happy with this collaboration. As the network and knowledge of Startupbootcamp is well known all over the world. We believe that this support will be one of the key elements in driving the success of our Token Sale. Not only does Startupbootcamp have great mentors that can help us, they’ve also got extensive knowledge of and experience with Blockchain technology. By tapping into this vast pool of information and resources, Safeguard will be able to scale up at an even faster rate. We’re also really excited about applying to the Startupbootcamp Smart City & IoT program that kicks off in July. The objectives of this program are perfectly in line with Safeguard’s ultimate vision.”

Manuela Krull from Startupbootcamp Amsterdam further confirms:

“It is important for Startupbootcamp to be a part of this initiative. Safeguard as a solution really contributes to safer cities, which we strive for in our Smart City & IoT innovation program. Therefore we are happy to see that they applied for our program. We are scouting startups and scale-ups until April 16th. Since we work with a lot of emerging companies, of which an increasing amount has Token Sale plans, we are happy to support this process.”

Securing a partnership with Startupbootcamp’s prestigious network will strongly support Safeguard’s goals of developing not only a new marketplace for safety-relevant data but also of building accident prevention software. Through this partnership, they will be granted opportunities to engage with industry-leading experts and blockchain pioneers, thereby further enabling them to scale their business and become industry-leaders within their field.

Interested in joining the Safeguard Token Sale? Early investors will receive a 20% bonus on their initial investment when investing in the Safeguard presale. The whitelisting of the presale starts on the 3rd of April. For more information you can check out safeguardtoken.com

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Joël Dori, Startup Liaison at StartupAmsterdam, posted

project: a round two!

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project: a (short for https://project.amsterdam) invites global tech talent to come work and live in Amsterdam. 10 awesome Amsterdam-based companies are looking for the best-of-the-best tech pros: software engineers, data analysts, PHP developers, data engineers and other ICT experts.

What makes this different from your average job board? The top 10 candidates will be flown into Amsterdam for 5 days in May, 2018: with their flights and accommodation covered, plus a FREE 2-day ticket to The Next Web Conference.

Please share this great project with your contacts in Russia, Europe, the Bay area, or even people who already live in the Netherlands -> if they bring the expertise, Amsterdam will bring the hospitality.

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Looking for speaker on subject "AI & robotics" at Norwegian IT-conferense in Amsterdam

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