The Innoversum Convention on the business opportunities of nano-technology in the food, sports and health sectors was a success. We welcomed approx. 400 visitors.  Some highlights. Member of the national Innovation Platform and the ‘most influential man’ in the Netherlands, Alexander Rinnooy Kan, gave the keynote (in dutch).  In the afternoon, senior-and-still-kicking serial entrepreneur, Bert Twaalfhoven stole the show.  The convention ended with award ceremonies.  The Van de Krooneberg award 2010 for young and promising UT spin-off entrepreneurs was for Recore Systems, while Wendy Borneman won the Marina van Damme scholarship for female high-potentials.

VentureLab entrepreneurs Koen Mioulet  (B2B marketing and VBDN – the dutch association for business developers), Max Groenendijk (Lightmotif), Rob Wermenbol (Amitek Model Factory), Wijnand Grooten (101 solutions), and TOP entrepreneur Sandra de Vos (Medisse)  presented their businesses at the Innoversum ‘mini-fair’.

I was actively involved in the preparations of Innoversum 2010, side by side with Kennispark, IPT, Saxion and BTC staff. In particular I was responsible for the organisation of the breakfast debate between students from the  University of Twente (UT) & Saxion Polytechnic, and the mayors of Enschede & Hengelo (our neighbour city) and the chairmen of the Board from the UT & Saxion. My greatest worry was for the students to turn up at all, and preferably on time. And they almost all did! We had good food and a lively debate. It made a great start of the day!

Look  here for pictures.

IACS Solutions BV / Level Control Systems is in the field of development and production of electronics control systems.
The amount of projects is growing and therefore there is a need for an additional electronics development engineer.

Profile:
- Education level: bachelor or university degree in electronics.
- Development of electronics control equipment, based on microcontroller and/or FPGA design.
- Control systems are mostly digital based (IO, communication); analogue IO is sometimes requested.
- At least knowledge of / experienced in:
- electronics schematics (i.e. orcad, ulticap, altium)
- hardware layout (i.e. ultiboard, altium)
- programming language; Ansi-C, C++ and/or C#, java

Please send your motivation letter and CV to Harry Roewen, managing director of IACS Solutions BV and Level Control Products.
The company is located in Almelo, the Netherlands.
Contact information: email harry.roewen@iacs.nl, tel 0546-588310

(see also the public profile page of Ir. Harry Roewen)

Carry Abbenhues, the province of Overijssel’s deputee for economy, toursism and employment, formally opened The Corridor on March 25. She unveiled the 3d animation film of “The Gallery” the future home of the Corridor’s and many other inhabitants. An ‘open house’ followed the formal opening. Quite a few neighbouring entrepreneurs from the Business & Science Park Enschede accepted the invitation to get to know the Corridor and its inhabitants. But I also saw colleagues from the Unversity of Twente, and many new faces who came to take a look.

VentureLab’s founding father, professor Aard Groen, presented the VentureLab Twente programme to a large audience in the Corrridor’s conference hall. Six VentureLab entrepreneurs gave a pitch, among them Maria Lijding (Smart Signs), Piere Wolters (WitWorks) and aviator Ben Capelle (Clean Tech Development Center), shown in the picture gallery. For more pictures have a look at the website of Kennispark Twente, one of the other organisations housed in The Corridor.

17-year olds learn to set up their own business in the Masterclasses ‘Entrerpeneurship is done like this!’. Fresh ideas inspire us, trainings inspire them. Following an impression of the opportunity recognition class.

VentureLab Twente nodigt u van harte uit voor de opening van gebouw “The Corridor”, Hengelosestraat 525 te Enschede op donderdag 25 maart as. Vanaf 16.00 uur kunt u een kijkje nemen bij de diverse organisaties en bedrijven die in The Corridor zijn gehuisvest. Tussen 16.00 en 17.00 zullen deelnemende bedrijven in VentureLab Twente een pitch houden.

Dit zijn:

• Amitek Model Factory (3D printing): Rob Wermenbol
  (zie ook press, referencelist, artikel Telegraaf 19 maart “Innovatief Leren Ondernemen”)
• Smart Solutions BV (dynamische bewegwijzering) : Maria Lijding
  (zie ook press, referencelist, artikel Financieel Dagblad 11 maart “Veelbelovende start voor maker van dynamische deurbordjes”)
• The Master Networker Institute B.V. (netwerkprofessionalisering): Robert Reinink
• Twente Institute for Wireless and Mobile Communications (draadloze communicatie): Sonia Heemstra de Groot
  (zie ook press, referencelist, artikel Telegraaf 19 maart “Innovatief Leren Ondernemen”)
• 101 Solutions B.V. (volg- en meetsystemen op afstand): Wijnand Grooten

Verder een bedrijfspresentatie van Clean Tech Development Center (vliegtuigbrandstof) Ben Cappelle 

Vanaf 17:00 uur staan een hapje en drankje voor u klaar. Vriendelijk verzoek u per e-mail aan te melden bij het secretariaat van Kennispark Twente, secretariaat@kennispark.nl

Wij stellen uw bezoek zeer op prijs!