Florentine van Boetzelaer-Tiemstra

Do you and your company want to contribute to building sustainable smart cities in the USA? Do you want to exchange knowledge, innovate, do business and work together on a sustainable future? Participate in the Smart City Clipper Sessions.

In March and April 2019, historic sailing ship 'The Amsterdam' will visit Miami, Baltimore, New York and Boston. At these cities the ship will become the stage for 'Smart City Clipper Sessions'.

During these 3-hour sessions, Dutch and American high-ranking government representatives and entrepreneurs will exchange knowledge and explore how to contribute to building sustainable smart cities.

The 4 Clipper Smart City Sessions are part of a multi-year collaboration between the Netherlands and the U.S. on Smart Cities, where we exchange knowledge, innovate, do business and work together on a sustainable future. The sessions will maximize the effectiveness of the sessions since the insights will be presented at the NYSC expo in May 2019. For this reason, the organization of the NYSC expo will co-host the sessions.

Program
Miami, March 20 - March 21: 2 Sessions: Water Quality ... and City Logistics | Cross Chain Coordination | Blockchain Technology
Baltimore, March 27 - March 30: Flood resilience
New York, April 10: Innovative Green Building | Industry Resilience | Circular Urban Development
Boston, April 17 – April 24: Energy Systems and Sustainable Building

We offer you:
- Interactive sharing of knowledge and insights;
- The possibility to present your matching solution to the specific city challenge;
- Networking abilities with US statesmen, company leaders and influencers;
- Site visits to relevant sustainability projects in the respective city;
- A dinner on board of the Clipper with participants of the Clipper Smart City Session;
- In some cities there is the possibility of reserving one of the cabins on the ship to spend the night free of charge.

Participation is free of charge. Travel and/or accommodation costs will be at your own expense.

On 29 of November together with the people working for the Dutch Embassies in the United States and Canada we are organizing a seminar for entrepreneurs interested in expanding their business there. For this seminar I am looking for entrepreneurs that have experience in doing business in the USA and Canada and who wish to share this experience with other entrepreneurs active in the circular economy/ urban development.

It is a great opportunity to expand your business network, find possible partners and to meet the people working at the Dutch Embassies in the USA/Canada.

Please email me at florentine@amsterdamsmartcity.com if you are interested or drop me a line below!

On September 18- 20 2 the RVO and Amsterdam Trade is organizing an innovation mission to South Korea. The Dutch Embassy in Seoul has reserved speaking time at the conference for specifically Dutch companies. In South Korea there is a lot of interest in Dutch Smart City solutions. Speaking at this conference is a great opportunity if you wish to do business in Asia as many city officials and other Smart City companies will be listening. Drop me a line, if you are interested. Deadline is August 10

The NETHERLANDS is welcoming you to join us at our business event and our Dutch
Pavillion which will take place this November at Barcelona.

The Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona is the world’s largest meeting
place within the Smart City market. It brings together 600 exhibitors and over 18 000
participants from businesses and cities from all around the world.

A Dutch delegation of companies, knowledge institutes and governments is visiting
the event as part of a Smart City mission led by John Jorritsma; Mayor of Eindhoven
and president of the Brainport Eindhoven foundation. Next to Mayor John Jorritsma
we will have lots of leaders, influencers, directors and mayors present. We are proud to
announce that Kari Aik, the initiator of the USC (United Smart Cities) will be present
and engaged in our program and so will the mayor of Den-Bosch Jack Mikkers, who
will represent the delegation during the last two days of the Conference.

On Monday November 12th the business event ‘The Dutch & Smart Cities” will take place.
During this business event workshops, deep-dives and roundtable discussions will take
place that focus on societal challenges and technological concepts in cities. Over 200 Dutch leaders, influencers, directors and mayors are looking forward to meet you in person to start a dialogue.

Monday (*Different address)
9.15-9.30 Official Opening Mayor Jorritsma
9.30-9.55 Key-note Kari Eik
10.00-16.00 Break out sessions
16.00-17.00 Conclusion of the day & program EXPO
17.00-18.30 Drinks & Gathering, powered by VNG, Ambassador van Bonzel & Mayor Jorritsma

Tuesday (Smart City Expo)
10.30-12.00 Circular Economy
13.00 -14.30 Mobility
15.00-16.30 Safety & Security
16.30-19.00 Drinks & Opening Dutch Pavillion
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Wednesday (Smart City Expo)
10.30-12.00 Sustainability
13.00 -14.30 Data
15.00-16.30 Healthy Urban Living
16.30-19.00 Netherlands in the United Smart City Program,
Gathering Powered by: BTG & Commscope

Thursday (Smart City Expo)
10.30-15.00 Sharing Economy
Smart Cities & Start-Ups

Do you have experience doing business in China? Or do you have the ambition of doing business there? Then come to one of the events during the 5th edition of the China Business Week. From 24 to 27 September you can immerse yourself in the Chinese market. There will be interesting presentations, roundtable discussions and one- on- one meetings with experienced entrepreneurs and Dutch diplomatic representatives living in China. In addition there will be plenty of room to expand your network.

During the meetings the opportunities and market developments will be focused within the following sectors:
- agro-food/horticulture
- high tech systems & materials
- water & environmental technology
- logistics / belt and road inititative
- Urban development

Locations:
24 September: Tilburg
25 September: Zaandam
26 September: Arnhem
27 September: Rotterdam

Interested?
Participation is free, a no-show without cancellation however will cost you 75 EURO. You can register on the RVO website from 20 August onwards.

On November 20-22 the Japan Management Association is organizing a sharing economy exhibition. The idea is to combine an exhibition (with booths from Japanese and international companies) with a conference. A total of 5000 visitors and 100 exhibitors are expected. The Dutch Embassy in Japan is actively looking for companies that wish to speak at the conference or that wish to exhibit their company. There are a growing number of Japanese corporates in the Energy, Transport, Real Estate and Consumer Goods as well as Employment Agencies, that are interested in incorporating (foreign) sharing concepts. This makes the Japanese market very interesting for companies active in the Sharing economy. If you are interested, let me know and I'll bring you in contact with the Dutch Embassy.