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Ecosystems in Practice – 23 juni
Een campus bouwen is meer dan stenen stapelen. Het vraagt om het verbinden van mensen, het op 1 lijn brengen van ambities en het dagelijks
8 June 2026
Een campus bouwen is meer dan stenen stapelen. Het vraagt om het verbinden van mensen, het op 1 lijn brengen van ambities en het dagelijks
The Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven is the innovation and production hub of the Dutch high-tech manufacturing industry. SMEs, knowledge institutions, and partners work
Twenty-one years ago, Foodvalley was born. For me, that was the starting point of a sixteen-year adventure. As the first director, I was able, together
Many organisations now accept a simple truth: you don’t solve big challenges on your own. We need partners. Yet I still see collaborations stall—not for
Support organisations for ecosystems (valley bureaus, economic boards, cluster organisations or triple helix organisations) are often set up with a substantial injection of public funds.
Collaboration between parties with different assignments is always complicated. This is often attributed to conflicts of interest between partners which, especially when things get exciting,
Satisfaction and optimism usually prevail when setting up a valley bureau, economic board, cluster organisation or triple helix organisation. And rightly so. After all, the
Early 2020 I was invited to give a lecture at the American University of Beirut. This time it was not about innovations in agri-food, but
On the 12th of August, Food Tech Hub Brasil organised the first virtual exhibition of Food Tech Startups in Latin America. Multinational startup companies are
Starting from the 1st of July, Søren Madsen, Roger van Hoesel and Chris Karman join forces in Ecosystem Navigators. Through this new partnership the co-founders