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In Holland 180.000 tons of toilet paper are flushed away on a yearly basis. The Province of Friesland, a water board and some private parties cooperated to give this paper a new life. They win paper fibers out of the waste water and turn them into asphalt. Unique form of recycling! Article in Dutch

Another example of new economic development driven by innovative smart developments that can contribute to more social inclusion.

In twee dagen tijd onder professionele begeleiding uw bedrijfsdata koppelen aan open data. De Data Bootcamp is speciaal bedoeld voor die bedrijven die meer uit hun bedrijfsdata willen halen.

Dit tweedaagse evenement wordt georganiseerd door de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, vanuit het Data Science team van de onderzoeksgroep ‘Urban Technology’. Deze onderzoeksgroep heeft veel ervaring met het analyseren en visualiseren van data, waaronder databestanden die een relatie hebben met de stad Amsterdam. Als instelling voor toegepast onderzoek wordt ook veel met bedrijven gewerkt aan dashboards om de bedrijfsinformatie inzichtelijk te krijgen.

Programma:
- De eerste dag ligt de focus op het analyseren van uw eigen bedrijfsdata, gepresenteerd in vooraf ingevulde business dashboards.
- De tweede dag krijgt u als deelnemer de mogelijkheid om onder professionele begeleiding uw bedrijfsdata te koppelen aan open data.

Praktische informatie:
24 en 25 november 2016
Kosten 200 euro voor twee dagen
Doelgroep: De deelnemers aan het bootcamp zijn bij voorkeur verantwoordelijk voor het verwerken van de data in het bedrijf. Zij zullen samen met de onderzoekers en gespecialiseerde studenten als ondersteuners data klaarzetten voor analyses. Ook kunnen zij de nieuwe inzichten uitwerken in direct bruikbare dashboards.

Aanmelden?
http://www.hva.nl/urban-technology/onderzoek/urban-analytics

Re-organise organic waste streams to create a benefit for all

Roboat: research on world’s first autonomous fleet for moving people, moving goods, dynamic infrastructure and environmental sensing.
Let's use the canals again for the transportation of goods and people! This could help us dealing with a lot of our urban challenges.

Good morning,
I am Simona Balzelli Ludovico, Master of science student in Engineering and Management from Polytechnic of Turin.
I am collecting smart cities project that have been performed in Europe in order to write my final thesis relating to Taxonomy of smart cities project in Europe.
Can you help me?I need some pdf files or links about smart cities project. This is my email: simona.balzelli@gmail.com
Thanks
Simona Balzelli Ludovico

The workshop, organized in the context of the UvA's Research Priority Area Sustainable Chemistry, is intended for HIMS and HRSMC PhD students, postdocs and staff members, as well as for MSc students of the HRSMC Excellence Master 'Sustainability: the Molecular Approach'. However, researchers in the field of the molecular sciences are welcome to attend.

My app and GPS are running.

Hi friends from Amsterdam Smart City
My name is Luiz Augusto Bellusci. I am IoT Vice President of the Smart City Business America Institute, Business Designer and Vice-Mayor of Londrina, an important city in south Brazil.
I am writing a book about Smart Cities, and Amsterdam is my great reference.
I will be in Amsterdam for some days in november to know more about the Smart City projects and network with interesting people.
If you have something cool to show me, I will be very glad do visit you in Amsterdam and talk about opportunities in Brazil and South America.
Please, fell free to contact me at guto.bellusci@gmail.com
Regards
Luiz Augusto Bellusci

The Amsterdam Smart City community grew fast, really fast in the past few months. Read this blogpost if you are interested in the process around the ASC community. It's around 8 minutes to read, so perfect for the Friday afternoon! :)

Hi all
I manage a smart city project for the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
I am really interested in learning more about your BAMBEA project as we are looking at the health applications for iBeacons at the moment.
Is the trial up and running? What has been the outcome?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Beth

De website Honeypot beschrijft in een uitgebreid artikel de Amsterdamse tech-gemeenschap. Het artikel beschrijft niet alleen de successen, maar benoemt ook de problemen, zoals het gebrek aan groeikapitaal en talent.

The Amsterdamse Ondernemersprijs (Entrepreneurial Prize ) is a reward for the Amsterdam entrepreneur who excells in creative and innovative enrepreneurship. The prize is yearly given by the city council of Amsterdam, together with SME-Amsterdam. Who should be the winning entrepreneur according to you? Read more and sign up (Dutch only)

This week Nina Tellegen, director of the Amsterdam Economic Board, opened the Amsterdam Data Tower located at the Sciencepark. She is pleased with the tower as it strengthens the ecosystem and expands the data storage capacity with 7.7 megawatt.

According to Tellegen: 'Digital connectivity is one of the 5 urban challenges the board works on. To become one of the most innovative regions of Europe we do need datatowers such as the one built by digital realty that we are about to open.'

This week Nina Tellegen, director of the Amsterdam Economic Board, opened the Amsterdam Data Tower located at the Sciencepark. She is pleased with the tower as it strengthens the ecosystem and expands the data storage capacity with 7.7 megawatt.

According to Tellegen: 'Digital connectivity is one of the 5 urban challenges the board works on. To become one of the most innovative regions of Europe we do need datatowers such as the one built by digital realty that we are about to open.

The high digital connectivity makes Amsterdam a very attractive location and a European data hotspot – from Amsterdam companies can reach 80% of Europe in just 50 miliseconds. The Amsterdam metropolitan area houses almost 70 datacenters, and this number is growing fast. With 13% increase in capacity in 2015 we’re outpacing our European competitors – Frankfurt and London. The Amsterdam Science Park is a jewel for the region. More than 90 companies are based here and the presence of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange is an important factor in the decision of other companies to establish their business here. The combination of beta science knowledge institutes and initiatives such as SURFsara and the Netherlands science Center make this into a very vibrant and innovative area of which Amsterdam can be very proud.

More and more international companies discover the power of the Dutch digital infrastructure and enter the European market via Amsterdam. This data tower forms an important expansion and strengthens the eco-system. We need to cherish this eco-system as international competition is fierce. Herein lies a responsibility for companies and governments together, too long datacenters and related digital infrastructure has been seen as a business matter only. Recently the Dutch parliament appointed the digital infrastructure as our third national mainport – just like Schiphol Airport and the Port of Rotterdam. So we’re making good progress, now we need to join forces to really use this momentum to make it part of our national DNA.'

Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes and the municipality of Amsterdam are investing heavily to make scientific knowledge and technology available for societal and economic applications

IXA valorisation centre (a collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and the research institutes AMOLF and Nikhef will be collaborating closely in the new programme ‘IXAnext, Talent for innovation’. This collaboration aims to make the knowledge institutes’ knowledge and expertise more readily available for societal and private parties. Together they dedicate themselves to increasing the use and dissemination of knowledge in the region. This will be accomplished among others in the form of Innovation Labs, which will intensify cooperation with the business community and increase the support given to start-ups and spin-offs. By developing this programme, IXA is taking the next step towards professionalising and improving services in the valorisation process.

10 families bought an old school in the middle of Amsterdam and transformed this into some lovely apartments. The high ceilings allowed for beautiful and airy rooms. Marjolein Cazemier tells us how they managed to make a very energy efficient building, while giving room to all the wishes of those families.

Glad to see the industry now acknowledges that user centric approaches is the way forward