At the start of 2019, several Dutch organizations working on quantum technology have taken the initiative to build a National Agenda on Quantum Technologies, to be presented in Autumn 2019. This week I had the pleasure to host a “town hall meeting” that brought together scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers and decision makers in order to take the next step in realizing this ambitious agenda.
Category: events
Obama Seminar wint de publieksprijs
Het was toch wel het hoogtepunt van vorig jaar: een seminar met Barack Obama in Amsterdam. Ik was die dag hoogstwaarschijnlijk de meest blije dagvoorzitter in de geschiedenis van de mensheid.
Intelligenza Artificiale
Durante la settimana più digitale e innovativa dell’anno, in un venerdì quasi primaverile, protagonista indiscussa è stata l’Intelligenza Artificiale. In una plenaria gremita spicca la magistrale keynote di Jim Stolze di Singularity University in cui si è parlato di nuovi trend tecnologici e di come le tecnologie esponenziali hanno e avranno un impatto importante andando a ridefinire i modelli di business, economici, politici e
Technologists…. be the change!
Have you ever asked yourself the question… is this the world that I want to live in? Are there things that you would like to see differently? If the answer is “yes”… then, what’s stopping you from changing them? Be the Change, this world so desperately needs. That is the theme of the upcoming SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2017 on November 20 – 21 at
Humans are best at being human
Last week was the week of the World Summit AI. All the A.I. brains were coming to Amsterdam. Such a cool line-up with Professor Stuart Russel and remote-presentations by Ruslan Salakhutdinov (Apple & Carnegie Melon) and Yann Lecun (Facebook & New York University). I was a speaker on the second day. Shellie Karabell from Forbes wrote this article during her stay in Amsterdam. Humans
AI for Good
Kunstmatige intelligentie is te belangrijk om over te laten aan grote tech-bedrijven. Daarom is er sinds vorige week een nieuw initiatief dat ook Gemeentes en NGO’s in staat stelt om AI-oplossingen toe te passen.
Speciaal voor de lancering van AI for Good was Youtube-held Siraj Raval ingevlogen om zijn kijk op de democratisering van AI te delen met de zaal. In het publiek van de Venture Studio op Amsterdam Science Park bevonden zich vooral studenten van de UVA / VU en medewerkers van onder meer Warchild, de Verenigde Naties, het Rode Kruis, Gemeente Amsterdam en van het SIDN fonds.
Lees meer op www.aiforgood.nl.
Fast forward into our future
This week the SingularityU Summit took place in Amsterdam. A two day conference that focused on exponential technologies and their impact on business, humanity and our personal lives. On stage international speakers shared their research and predictions in the fields of: Biotech & Neurotech Quantum Computing & Blockchain Robots & Artificial Intelligence Future of Health Future of Mobilty FUture of Energy Future of Security
Opening SingularityU The Netherlands
Op 2 juni opende koningin Maximá de “Innovation Hub” van SingularityU The Netherlands. In de “Apparatenfabriek” werden zo’n 60 technologieën gedemonstreerd die een doorbraak betekenen in bijvoorbeeld voedselvoorziening, waterzuivering, digital health, drones voor veiligheid en virtual / augmented reality. Singularity University is een Amerikaanse denktank opgezet door onder meer Google en Nasa. RTL Boulevard maakte onderstaand filmpje van de opening van hun eerste filiaal
Les Pays-Bas courtisent les start-up
Comme la France, le royaume vise une place parmi les trois premiers pays européens les plus attractifs. Tim Cook, PDG d’Apple, Travis Kalanick, patron d’Uber, Eric Schmidt, le directeur général d’Alphabet (Google), Nathan Blecharczyk, l’un des fondateurs d’Airbnb, Andrus Ansip, le commissaire en charge du Marché numérique… La liste des personnalités qui participent au premier Startup Fest, qui se déroule jusqu’à samedi aux Pays-Bas,
Two days about the future of financial education
Last week I had the pleasure to be the master of ceremonies at the Global Symposium of the OECD. In the presence of H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, debates at this high-level symposium in Amsterdam on 20-21 April 2016 focussed on financial education amongst kids, youth, adolescents and adults. The theme was carefully chosen: “Financial Resilience, throughout life”.