Dutch Innovation: A Look at the Future of Smart Cities

Hear from the successful implementations of 4 Dutch companies and how they are paving the way for a smarter and cleaner future! We'll also learn how Dutch innovations are making their way to the US.

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Philips Lighting (http://www.philips.com/lightforpublicspace) w/ Susanne Seitinger

Heijmans (http://www.heijmans.com/) w/ Joziene van de Linde

The GRID nyc (http://the-grid.nyc/) w/ Alejandro Kruger & Richard Canneman

EV-Box (http://www.ev-box.com) w/ Tim Kreukniet

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About the Speakers

Philips Lighting

Susanne Seitinger

Global Sub-segment Manager for Open Spaces in Professional Systems at Philips Lighting is responsible for leading the strategy around the impact of programmable LED lighting elements to create safe, inviting and responsive urban environments. Her combined background in architecture, urban planning and human-computer interaction is comprised of research and design projects like the Digital Mile in Zaragoza, Spain and Urban Pixels, wireless LED pixels for ad-hoc media façades. LightBridge, a project in honor of MIT’s 150th anniversary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, used new configurations of low-resolution displays and sensor-activated urban screens to showcase the potential of responsive infrastructures in future urban lighting plans. She recently published Light for Public Space which provides an extensive overview of recent city lighting design trends: http://www.philips.com/lightforpublicspace .

Heijmans

Joziene van de Linde

Managing Director of Heijmans Technology. Heijmans Technology is a subsidiary of Heijmans, completely devoted to the development and marketing of new technologies within the construction sector. Heijmans Technology’s main focus lies in the field of Smart Cities and Smart solutions for the construction sector.

Joziene van de Linde is from the Netherlands, she has degrees in both civil planning and in Real Estate Economics. She has worked in the public sector and is working now in the private sector, she has experience with many forms of public private partnerships. Her main focus right now is in developing and marketing new technologies for smart cities. Technologies that have an impact in public space and positively impact in peoples everyday life, by making city life safer, more attractive and healthier.

The GRID nyc

Richard Canneman, Co-Founder

Entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in Information and Communication Technology and proven track record setting up successful businesses in The Netherlands, Japan, Singapore and The United States. Expertise in: Web Applications, User Experience, IoT, Market Research and MICE industry mainly in start-up environments

Alejandro Kruger, Co-Founder

Initiator of various start-up businesses in both the service and manufacturing industry. Succesfully sold his stake in an innovative marble production company in 2014 and investing now in start-up companies with a focus on advanced applied technology. Background in international tax-law with broad experience in the financial services industry, real estate, procurement and manufacturing.

EV-Box

Tim Kreukniet

After founding the Dutch Organization for Electric Transport and spending three years within the EV industry in The Netherlands, Tim saw the opportunity for Dutch clean-tech solutions on the US East Coast. In 2013, Tim moved to New York and started East Coast Electric to promote and create business for Dutch clean-tech companies and organizations, in cooperation with the ECE program EV-Box started in the US market. Since 2015, Tim leads EV-Box North America to deliver high quality and state-of-the-art EV charging products to the US market. "We did not stop using CDs because they didn't work anymore, we just found a better way to listen to music. The same is happening to cars today."