Rob van Gijzel’s lessons from Eindhoven
People often ask me what it takes to become the Smartest Region in the World. It may sound strange, but imagination might be more important than knowledge. If knowledge alone was enough to know the...
Rob van Gijzel
High tech Peak Awards: Our overall winner is… Rob van Gijzel
As last year, the E52 High Tech Peak Awards again go to nine individuals who in the past year have made a particular contribution to the field of high tech innovation, or for whom we have great...
Van Gijzel is the first “European Digital Leader”
“As a city manager Rob van Gijzel recognized the impact of the digital transition for the whole society years ago already, and he has continued to promote this view.” For that reason,...
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[Debate] How sustainable is Eindhoven’s Success Story?
All around the world, cities and companies are looking to Eindhoven as an example to learn from. The smartest square kilometer of Europe, the city of light, the place where photonics and high tech...
Opening DTW16: Focus on technology’s benefits for society
All those high-tech products, smart cities, smart mobility and e-health, all well and good, but what’s in it for society? If the opening of the Dutch Technology Week, Monday morning at the...
Brainport’s Taiwan Connection: five new companies to settle in Eindhoven
Brainport already had the strongest Taiwan-connection of the country, but after the recent visit of Mayor Rob Gijzel and Brainport program manager Naomie Verstraeten to the Far East, this will only...
Singularity University starts “Exponential Regional Partnership” in Eindhoven
Singularity University, based in Mountain View, California, starts its first “Exponential Regional Partnership” (ERP) with The Netherlands. Part of this agreement is the establishment of...
High Tech Cooperation between Eindhoven and Dresden
The municipalities of Eindhoven and Dresden have signed an agreement to facilitate research projects in the field of high tech electronics. The agreement is a so-called Memorandum of Understanding...
“Eindhoven, find your inspiration in other museums!”
Jonathan Marks responds to our article on new ideas for an Eindhoven based Technology Museum. Mayor Rob van Gijzel thinks a “traveling museum” and a local “phenomenon route”...
