Updates

Tien young professionals van verschillende Zuidasbedrijven begonnen vorig jaar september met de Green Business Challenge. Deze Challenge is een initiatief van Green Business Club Zuidas (GBC Zuidas) en heeft als doelstelling om professionals al vroeg in hun carrière bewust te maken van duurzaamheid en wat ze hier zelf aan kunnen doen. Op maandagmiddag 20 februari presenteerden twee teams hun resultaten: zij lieten zien hoe je binnen vijf maanden door inzet en samenwerking écht een verschil kunt maken.

Circulair maken van kantoorartikelen
Team The Circle had zich ten doel gesteld om zo veel mogelijk kantoorartikelen bij verschillende bedrijven in Zuidas circulair te maken. Zij hebben het voor elkaar gekregen om de koffiebekers van AkzoNobel, die door een plastic binnenlaag niet recyclebaar waren, te laten vervangen door recyclebare papieren cups. Ook hebben ze er voor gezorgd dat bij CBRE het gebruik van wegwerp bekers is gedaald met 28% tot nu toe. En tot slot hebben ze bij Inbo en Loyens & Loeff de wegwerppennen laten vervangen door duurzame pennen die zijn gemaakt van gerecycled plastic. Om dit te bewerkstelligen, ontwikkelde het team een flowchart waarmee makkelijk geïnventariseerd kan worden welke producten bij een bedrijf verduurzaamd kunnen worden. Deze gaat GBC Zuidas gebruiken om het project door te zetten bij andere Zuidasbedrijven.

Vergistingsinstallatie in Zuidas
Het team Taste your Waste wilde een goede bestemming vinden voor (organisch) afval van Zuidas. Zij richtten zich op het plaatsen van een vergistingsinstallatie in het gebied. Hiermee hoeft organisch afval, de zogenaamde “swill”, niet meer vervoerd te worden, wat energie bespaard. Het afval wordt lokaal omgezet in groene energie, water, warmte en compost.
Het team zocht de samenwerking met The Waste Transformers (TWT), die al eerder een dergelijke installatie plaatste op het Westergasterrein in Amsterdam. Taste your Waste heeft TWT in contact gebracht met de VU, die geïnteresseerd is om de vergistingsinstallatie in Zuidas te realiseren en hier mogelijk aan wil meewerken. Ook zocht en vond het team meerdere Zuidasbedrijven die hun organisch afval in de toekomst door TWT willen laten ophalen en verwerken. Gezien de omvang en de kosten van het project, is dit ook na vijf maanden nog een “work in progress”, maar de belangrijkste voorbereidingen zijn getroffen en GBC Zuidas gaat zich verder sterk maken om de vergistingsinstallatie daadwerkelijk in Zuidas te krijgen.

Wat houdt de Green Business Challenge in?
De Green Business Challenge is een traject waarin young professionals de uitdaging aan gaan om zelf initiatieven te ontwikkelen die een concrete bijdrage leveren aan een duurzame Zuidas. In een klein team zetten zij een duurzaam project op poten. Leiderschap, creativiteit, zingeving en concreet resultaat, daar draait dit programma om! GBC Zuidas organiseert de Challenge jaarlijks en werkt hierin samen met Circle Economy en de trainers van Eyeopenerworks. Dit jaar deden professionals mee van de RAI Amsterdam, AkzoNobel, Loyens & Loeff, CBRE, gemeente Amsterdam, GreenOffice VU en Inbo architecten.

This edition of Amazing Monday we are talking big data.
Our program for the afternoon:

15.45h - Registration

16.00h – Welcome & General Introduction

16.10h – Concrete cases and pitches
- 5G Amsterdam / hi5platform by TNO
- Data Governance by KPMG
- Predictive policing by TNO
- Location Based Services by University of Amsterdam
- Spatial Data Infrastructure by Geodan
- Data Visualisation and process management by Omnimap
- Startup pitch (TBC)
- Event announcement

17.30h – Networking and Drinks

18.00h – End

We hope to see you there!

Join us at MaaS Meetup #2: A serie of events about Mobility as A Service.
More information: https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/agenda/maas-meetup-2

Dutch Digital Delta organizes a kick-off conference for scientists and companies who are looking for partners on big data innovation.

Pitches will be held on themes like: Energy, Smart Industry, Health and Data Handling. There is time to speed date with scientists, companies and entrepreneurs and you can engage in a conversation with TNO.

Check out the event for more information.

The School is an initiative of Amsterdam Data Science, a partnership between CWI, HvA, UvA and VU. Currently, these institutes offer over 200 courses and programmes in Data Science related study – and the idea is to further intensify the cooperation to be able to cope with the huge demand for Data Science talent worldwide.

The launch event will be opened by Kajsa Ollongren, Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam. Part of the launch event will be a mini-conference on “The Future Of Data Science Education”.

Programme
15:00 Opening by Kajsa Ollongren, Alderman City of Amsterdam and Marc Salomon on behalf of Amsterdam School of Data Science
15:10 School and Objectives by Maarten de Rijke, Director Amsterdam Data Science
15:20 “The Future of Data Science Learning” by Natasha Sachs, Regional Manager Europe Coursera and Doug Kelly, Data Science Vertical Expert Coursera
15:40 Panel: “The Future of Data Science Learning & People Development”
• Karin Dekker, Team Manager Analytics Belastingdienst
• Sacco van de Velde, Partner Ebbinge
• Kim Verhaaf, Global Head Advanced Analytics ING Bank
• Bart Voorn, Lead HR Analytics Ahold Delhaize
• Moderator: Marc Salomon
16:00 Official Launch by Ger Baron, CTO City of Amsterdam
16:10 Drinks
17:00 Close

On March 16th Responsible Data Science (RDS) will organize their monthly lecture on responsible data science. RDS is a joint collaborative from 11 knowledge institutions across the Netherlands.

Program:
16:00-16:05 Introduction and overview on Responsible Data Science
16:05-16:30 Speaker 1: Linnet Taylor, Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School
16:30-16:55 Speaker 2: Joost Kok, Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University
16:55-17:00 Wrap-up
17:00 – Networking and drinks
17:30 – Close

Amsterdam Data Science's Coffee and Data offers the opportunity for researchers and business to share their knowledge and give insight on a central theme, specifically on Friday 10 March this will be on Blockchain.

Program:
09:15 – 09:30 Coffee
09:30 – 10:00 Yurry Hendriks, Team Leader Blockchain IT Core Team, ABN AMRO Bank
10:00 – 10:30 Marc Stevens, Tenure-Track Researcher, Cryptology Group, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica (CWI)
10:30 – 11:00 Mark van Cuijk, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Expert, Info Support
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee

Vehicle2Grid technology stands for the possibility to use the battery of an electric vehicle to charge at times when there is congestion in the grid and to feed the electricity back to the grid at a later stage.

City-zen was an international consortium, a program stimulating learning-by-doing in Grenoble and Amsterdam between March 2014 and November 2019. The results can be found in a booklet or in detailed reports. http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/home/reporting/deliverables/

Smart Stories

Check the article about Vehicle to Grid featured in our online magazine 'Smart Stories':

Renewable energy supply – such as solar and wind power – is growing and the energy supply coming from gas fired power plants is decreasing.

City-zen was an international consortium, a program stimulating learning-by-doing in Grenoble and Amsterdam between March 2014 and November 2019. The results can be found in a booklet or in detailed reports. http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/home/reporting/deliverables/

Amsterdam’s quarterly AI summit for applied artificial intelligence calls for all AI enthused product, business and tech people to its third edition at Deloitte's Edge.

Discussions and Demo's they prepared for you this time:

"2016 was Artificial, 2018 will be Ambient. Why the internet of things needs an AI brain, and why we all need digital personalities." - Adrian Blackwood, Chief Innovation Officer at AMI.Group

"AI, IoT and gamification in logistics based on the Port of Rotterdam case" - Frehun Adefris Demissie, Lead Big Data & IoT Architect at LINKIT

AI and IoT @ The Edge: How IoT and AI contributes to optimal working environment in world’s most intelligent building - Naser Bakhshi, Senior Manager Advanced Analytics & AI Lead, Deloitte Consulting

Waternet will implement a neighbourhood bio refinery, a small scale treatment unit in which raw materials and energy can be recovered from black waste water.

City-zen was an international consortium, a program stimulating learning-by-doing in Grenoble and Amsterdam between March 2014 and November 2019. The results can be found in a booklet or in detailed reports. http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/home/reporting/deliverables/

The first Circular Challenge on Valentine’s Day was marked by two Circular Commitments signed by AEB, Meerlanden, Exter and the Amsterdam Green Campus and completely sold out. The event was moderated by Jacqueline Cramer, former minister and ambassador of the circular economy. How to add value to waste? In a series of Circular Challenges organized by Amsterdam Economic Board frontrunners in the start-up scene, corporates and municipalities join forces to validate their business cases and work on upscaling and new business propositions. Next challenges are scheduled to take place on June 27 and November 28.

The first Circular Challenge on Valentine’s Day was marked by two Circular Commitments signed by AEB, Meerlanden, Exter and the Amsterdam Green Campus and completely sold out. The event was moderated by Jacqueline Cramer, former minister and ambassador of the circular economy. How to add value to waste? In a series of Circular Challenges organized by Amsterdam Economic Board frontrunners in the start-up scene, corporates and municipalities join forces to validate their business cases and work on upscaling and new business propositions. Next challenges are scheduled to take place on June 27 and November 28.

Biggest Circular Hub on Resources

Amsterdam Metropolitan Area has the ambition to be the most efficient Circular Hub of Europe by smart recycling of products and upcycling of resources.

Circular Commitments

The first Circular Commitment was signed by AEB and Meerlanden on regional sorting centres. Both companies agreed to further stimulate recycling of e-waste by setting up and/ or expanding their regional sorting centres. At the same time they commit to exploring new partnerships to further upgrade e-waste into valuable products.
Exter and the Amsterdam Green Campus signed a second Circular Commitment in which they confirmed their plans of processing agri-food streams into high quality resources to be used in products for human consumption. Their idea is innovative as they plan a cooperative with suppliers of these waste streams.

Challenges

The program further contained 10 pitches of WeCycle, Waternet, Meerlanden, AEB, e-waste Arcades, Rijkswaterstaat, Almere Upcycle City, Brightloops and Exter/ Amsterdam Green Campus. For more information on the challenges, please check out https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/nieuws/nieuw-leven-afvalberg (Dutch only).

Here you can find more information on the kick start of the circular economy by the European Parliament.

Looking for synergies (partners, researcher, investors) to develop the project Sainthorto,
an interactive garden which thanks to Arduino and a good part of creativity, interacts with the environment producing a soundscape where the melody changes according to the environmental changes and the meteorological parameters shaping an always unique space. Sainthorto received already important acknowledgment and awards connected with the initiative where it took part like the Maker Faire Europe in Rome and the Architizer People Choice Award 2014 e 2015. You find the complete description of Sainthorto here: http://www.oflstudio.com/works/sainthorto/
We want to focus now on the development of applications that can improve the performance of Sainthorto and on the research of design solutions for urban spaces strongly connected with nature and empowered by technologies enabling dwellers to interact with plants.

Another fine example of a bit of common sense and minor behavioral change can have a huge impact.
The safety figures are based on US studies. With all the bikes in the Netherlands the percentage may not as low as shown but I believe that right turns for cars and vans are still safer than left turns.

Does anyone have figures / studies on right versus left turns in the Netherlands (or that part of Europe where they drive at the right (hand) side of the roads)?

Last month, the European Parliament Environment Committee decided for ambitious measures to boost recycling, cut landfilling and curb food waste, thus kick-starting the Circular Economy.
The share of waste to be recycled should be raised to 70% by 2030, from 44% today, while landfilling, which has a big environmental impact, should be limited to 5%, said Environment Committee MEPs on Tuesday, as they amended the draft EU “waste package” legislation. They also advocate a 50% reduction in food waste by 2030.
See for details the link below, for this information in Dutch read https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/nieuws/europarlement-stemt-kick-start-circulaire-economie and here (http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?id=16fea531-4575-4798-9b24-a5620125ee57) you can watch a short movie with the highlights of the debate.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=IM-PRESS&reference=20170123IPR59605&language=NL&format=XML

Hello everyone, we're looking for a Dutch Lead for Civocracy, our civic tech startup! We are a passionate, international team of 7 and are looking for a driven Dutch Country Manager to spearhead business development activities in the country.
Civocracy is an online platform which fosters participation, co-creation, and engagement in communities.

Responsibilities/job description:
" Business development: research, strategy, budgeting & market monitoring
" Sales: research, cold calling, reporting, & closing
" Account management: training, weekly client management & support,
reporting
" Communication/PR: networking & strategy

Our offer:
• An attractive work environment & network (Impact Hub)
• A highly collaborative group dynamic
• An opportunity to experience and learn from a growing business, its
challenges across different disciplines and an atypical organizational
culture
• Business development training
• Enable you to grow with the company, both in responsibility and role
• Flexible location
• Remuneration based upon commitment and experience
Both full-time and part-time employment possibilities

Your profile:
- ambitious, driven, independent: you want to learn and are able to manage and have ownership of your own work
- communicative, creative: you have experience working in a team, you know how to get a point across clearly, you adapt quickly
- socially oriented: you want to improve yourself and your surroundings
- your are good at planning & strategizing
- previous sales experience desired
- fluent in Dutch + english professional proficiency required

For applications please e-mail vittoria@civocracy.org

Share a ride, Toogethr.

Partners:

Apply now for the Dutch Smart Cities bootcamp organized by B. NY and the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York - May 1-6 2017 in NYC, USA!

Deadline extended until 28th February!

For more information, contact Yeni Joseph - yeni@b-buildingbusiness.com

More Info: http://b-buildingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/B_NY_onepager.pdf