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14 How does the new generation mix and match with the old guard? 36 The concept of experience as an important precondition 42 7 Editor's Note 35 Column Roberto Payer 66 Column Sven Bossu (AIPC) 68 Tips&Tricks: Budgeting 72 Meeting News Sustainability high on the list of priorities

Futureproof Peter Portheine, Director EIPO 'Smart cities doesn't mean that you have a city full of technology. Maybe it's actually the opposite'

Technology Niels Janssen, founder FX Agency 'Small snacks at different times instead of throwing everything at a wall for an hour'

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Food Jonneke de Zeeuw, Ms Mooncake

Postillion Expertpanel The Netherlands must continue to invest in digital infrastructure 'We will have a competitive advantage over other destinations that lack comparable options'

Corporate governance ESG is here Not having a ESG policy is the recipe to eventually lose your client

'White Dutch people should feel as at home eating Surinamese pom as they do eating hutspot'

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Lobbying Milos Labovic, author EU Superlobby 'You can't make it in Brussels without knowledge'

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Speaker Isabel Verstraete 'Keeping things closed internally and externally and not wanting to share is old school because you need others to survive'

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Industry Sports

conferences 'Considering the number of inhabitants and performances, the Netherlands is a real top-class sports country'

Colofon Conference Matters

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Knowledge Startup ecosystems

Summer 2023, volume 33, issue 141 Circulation: 5.000 copies

Publisher:

Marcel den Hoed

Translation:

Natasha Cloutier (Oh La La)

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Editor in Chief:

Edwin Nunnink

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'Based on the startup hubs in the Netherlands, we explore the specialisms and qualities of the various provinces'

Marketing & Traffic: Sem Mans

Contributors:

Niels Achtereekte, Evelien Baks, Sven Bossu, Thomas Fasting, Bas Hakker, Sjoerd Geurts, Angelique Lombarts, Judith Munster, Suzanna Timmer

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