Living Labs
A strong demarcation between sectors will disappear. Working together and crossing over will make you innovate faster. Tilburg has numerous projects and locations where innovations arise as a result of crossovers between sectors, agencies or professional groups. Unique collaborations and the desire to make a difference together make entrepreneurs leaders. Here it is possible, here we change the world.
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Tilburg is your Living Lab
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MindLabs
The ROC Tilburg, Fontys, the University of Tilburg and Persgroep work together in an innovative centre that focuses on the human side of (media) technology. The old train workshop 'building 70' in De Spoorzone is the inspiring place where all this will come together in 2021. MindLabs is already operational from the Deprez building in De Spoorzone in Tilburg.
Entrepreneurship is pioneering
Tilburg is a testing ground for numerous initiatives, with both economic and social added value. Businesses, government and education find each other in innotive hubs and help each other further. Often from the bottom up and thus initiated by business and education. A co-operating government then ensures that the hubs get a successful start.
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Smart crossovers
The link between modern industrial activity and excellent distribution networks is what makes Tilburg distinctive. This link creates special economic opportunities with high added value as a result. Companies such as Agristo, BOA Netherlands, CAPI, P. van der Wegen Gears, Bierens, Tesla, Standard Aero, Group of Butchers and Art Group already work closely with logistics partners and form crossovers to be able to switch quickly.
Living Labs Projects
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Augumented reality, virtual reality en serious gaming voor logistics
Augumented reality, virtual reality en serious gaming voor logistics
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Data science for logistics innovation (DALI)
Data science for logistics innovation (DALI)
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Pitch Logistics
Pitch Logistics
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Smart Cool Water project
Smart Cool Water project
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Station88
In this living lab all knowledge, data, network and sounding board possibilities find their way to start-ups, growers and smart SME's through a strong programming. From inspiration sessions and lectures to workshops, network meetings, entrepreneurial tables and entrepreneurial safaris.
Fuji Open Innovation Hub
The Fuji Open Innovation Hub is located in the production and R&D center in Tilburg. In this hub, Fujifilm invites partners to work together to find solutions for technological challenges. After Japan and the US, this is Fujifilm's third Open Innovation Hub worldwide.
The Open Innovation Hubs are designed in such a way that partners can become acquainted with Fujifilm's most important technologies and products. The goal is to search together for opportunities and to create a basis for future collaboration. With the existing fundamental technologies presented in the European Open Innovation Hub, Fujifilm develops a wide range of products for various markets. The markets represented in the Open Innovation Hub Europe are healthcare, energy & environment and industry & solutions, areas in which Fujifilm is a leader in technological innovation.
"Our mission at Fujifilm is to connect with the innovative society and then work together on solutions to technological problems. This allows us to bring new values to society," says Takaaki Kurose, president of Fujifilm Europe. "This new facility increases Fujifilm's presence in Europe and underlines our commitment to the area where we have been doing business for 50 years.
Fundamental technologies
In the decades of research and development for photographic film, Fujifilm has developed many unique and patented technologies. Examples are high precision coating, nano-dispersion, grain formation and functional polymers. Fujifilm also applied these technologies in non-photographic areas and the company's activities now cover a much wider area, so that new markets are becoming increasingly diversified. These technologies include medical and pharmaceutical applications, high-performance semiconductor materials, photovoltaic applications, wastewater treatment and gas separation applications.
Ideation process
In the new European Open Innovation Hub, customers and new partners can enter into a constructive dialogue with leading Fujifilm technical experts. Using the latest technical tools in the hub, a creative process is stimulated, which accelerates the creation of new ideas to solve technological challenges. The new Open Innovation Hub has four spaces where the latest Fujifilm technologies come to life for the visitor: the spaces 'encounter, 'learn, 'touch' and 'create'.
More information: https://www.fujifilm.com/about/research/oih/
News
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Dear future, How do we relate to games and digital worlds?
As a student, Joris Verhaak - partner and director of innovation and strategy at marketing communications agency Fama Volat - envisioned a career as an astronaut. Now he does not travel to the moon, but to digital worlds.
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Dear future: What does a digitally accessible future (for everyone) look like?
Marijn van der Laan, commercial director and partner at Cardan Technobility is clear about it: with the digital barriers that currently exist, many companies are missing out on opportunities.
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Dear future: What does the future of our education look like?
Real problems from real companies, where a solution from a student helps them move forward: that's true according to Erdinç Saçan, specialist and speaker on digital marketing, lecturer at Fontys ICT and practor at ROC Tilburg and more.
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Dear future, what does our digital landscape of the future look like?
For Silicon Valley you no longer have to get on a plane, you just land around the corner. Spoorzone Tilburg offers plenty of room for visionaries, the experts of the future. With them, we cast a glance into the crystal ball.
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Dear Future, can algorithms really get to know us
For Silicon Valley you don't have to get on a plane, you just have to land in Tilburg. Spoorzone Tilburg offers plenty of room for visionaries, the experts of the future. What, for example, is the future of algorithms? Read more here.
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Fresheads starts Tech Tuesday; event for developers
Tilburg Tech Tuesday is a new initiative of the Tilburg bureau Freshheads. The idea? Inviting developers once every three months to catch up with each other. With seventy-five people present, the first edition is immediately full.
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Cultilene is Impactmaker of the quarter
Because of the sustainable applications they offer to greenhouse horticulturists worldwide and the difference they make in this respect, Cultilene has been named Impactmaker of the quarter.
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MKBServicedesk.nl acquired by incubator Van Spaendonck
MKBServicedesk.nl was taken over by Van Spaendonck from Tilburg, the incubator that has been providing services to SMEs for 100 years. With this, Van Spaendonck has acquired a leading online platform for SMEs and the expertise of an online media company.
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2.5 million for Data Science 'Zero Hunger Lab' Tilburg University
Tilburg University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are investing 2.5 million euros for a period of 3 years in research to combat hunger in Africa and enable people to feed themselves.
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New Professor of Special Chair in Social Work
New professor of special chair SoTilburg University has appointed Prof. Dr. Tine Van Regenmortel for five years as professor in the special chair Social Work, financed by the Foundation Social Work.cial Work.
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Nominees Junior BOV-Trophy 2019 known
The jury of the Junior BOV Trophy 2019 has pronounced itself and selected six nominees who have the chance of winning the coveted prize for starting entrepreneurs.
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Freshheads wins two Red Dot Awards
Tilburg-based agency Fresheads has won two Red Dot Awards in the 'Brands & Communication Design' category.
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Tilburg startup devises innovative way of rewarding personnel
During the development of the blockchain savings programme, startup Retailcoin appears to be an interesting mechanism for employers.