SMARTCITIES, STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS, AND DIGITAL EXCELLENCE: THE FOCUS OF CONFERENCEMATTERS’ NEW INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The new international edition of Conference Matters provides valuable insights into the development of the Netherlands as an expertise hub for smart cities, boasting diverse startup ecosystems spread across the delta and striving for optimal digital infrastructure. This edition, now available online, delves into these topics and more.

‘SMART NEIGHBOURHOODS SHOULD SERVE ALL CITY RESIDENTS’

How should you deal with growth as a city? When it comes to growth, the Netherlands is an export country. It has smart districts as a new area of expertise, recommended by Brainport Eindhoven and represented by Peter Portheine.

THE NETHERLANDS MUST CONTINUE TO INVEST IN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO STAY RELEVANT AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DESTINATION

The Netherlands is one of the world’s digital leaders. However, digital developments are moving very fast, and it seems that important investments are being delayed. Conference Matters asked an expert panel about how important the digital business climate is for the conference industry.

ESG IS HERE AND IS HERE TO STAY

That ESG will play an increasingly important role the coming years – and the fact that the impact will be significant – does not yet seem to be common knowledge. Nor does the urgency seem to be getting through to everyone.

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AN INTELLECTUAL CITY NEEDS A DEDICATED CONVENTION BUREAU

The conference visitor segment is too important to be included in a general tourism policy, both in terms of knowledge economy development and finance. This is especially true if you also claim to want to reduce the nuisance caused by mass tourism.

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‘THE ROLE OF THOUGHT LEADER SUITS US’

“We’ve evolved from a facility provider to a creative organisational partner”, says Erik-Jan Ginjaar, CEO of Postillion Hotels. The Event Design Lab at the Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre Den Haag is a good example of this.

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‘TOGETHER, WE MAKE AN IMPACT’

Every year, thousands of conferences are held in Amsterdam. It’s not surprising when you know that Amsterdam is one of the most sustainable and safest cities in Europe. A majority of these international meetings are held at RAI Amsterdam because it has everything an international sustainable conference needs and more.

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WHERE SCIENCE AND CULTURE MEET

In life, you have to make choices, and Leiden chose to profile itself as a knowledge city for conferences.That’s not such an odd option given that it has the oldest university in the Netherlands, a renowned University Medical Centre and the innovative Leiden Bio Science Park, a business park with a cluster of companies and knowledge institutions in the biotechnology sector.