Panel Discussion: Innovation in the City of Amsterdam
Event Information
Description
Join us at AMS Institute for a lively panel discussion around innovation in the city of Amsterdam! We'll be digging into topics ranging from what are the most urgent areas asking for innovation, to what we can learn from other cities.
Event agenda:
- 5:30pm Doors open
- 5:45pm Brief presentation: intro to the Arcadis City of 2030 Accelerator, Powered by Techstars
- 5:55pm Panel discussion
- 6:30pm Question time and open networking
- Event ends 7:30pm
SPEAKERS:
Moderator Carolien Gehrels, European Director Big Urban Cities @ Arcadis
City of Amsterdam (https://www.amsterdam.nl/wonen-leefomgeving/innovatie/) Ger Baron, CTO Innovation Team
AMS Institute (https://www.ams-institute.org/) Kenneth Heijns, Managing Director
City of Amsterdam (https://www.amsterdam.nl/ingenieursbureau) Sarah Bork, Strategic Advisor at the Engineering Office
Tom van Arman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomvanarman/) Smart City Strategist & Future City Maker
Arcadis (https://www.arcadis.com/) Patrick van Hoof, Global Director Digital Innovation
Techstars (https://www.techstars.com/) David Mendez, Managing Director
OFFICE HOURS:
You can also sign up for Office Hours, one-on-one session with the team from the Arcadis City of 2030 Accelerator Powered by Techstars, designed to help us get to know each other. During this 20 minute session, we’ll talk about how we can help you and your startup → Request Office Hours
HOST:
Arcadis is shaping the future of cities, and developing a long-term vision on how we will live, work and travel by 2030. Additionally, Arcadis is investing in new value propositions enabling those developments. A key innovation initiative is the startup accelerator with Techstars.
At Techstars, we are on a mission to help entrepreneurs succeed. Over the past 10 years, we have helped over 1,900 companies grow and raise over $8 billion in funding, with a market cap of over $23 billion. Now we’re on a search for the next wave of companies to join our worldwide network!
We are looking for software-based startups with disruptive ideas to improve the quality of life across the topics: mobility, resilience, resources (energy, water, food and air), urban development and regeneration. Learn more.
