Second national conference on the future of the ‘personal purchase of care’ (PGB)

In this edition there will be a strong focus on the present financial and organizing structures and the possible changes that have to be made to cope with the economic situation nowadays. As solutions may be found in combining different regulations to a ‘one stop shop for care’, the day will try to explore the consequences of that option for the different fields of care and regulations that we have now. With this conference we hope to bring in at least 350 participants from all actors within the care field.     On the 10th of November Science Alliance will organize, in cooperation with Per Saldo and the CG Raad, the second national conference on the future of the ‘personal purchase of care’ (PGB).

National conference on knowledge valorisation has a successful sequel

After a successful first edition in 2009, Science Alliance managed to continue there success formula with a second national conference on knowledge valorisation on the 8th of June in Amsterdam. With over more than 250 participants and more than 50 speakers, which spoke about a broad range of different aspects of valorisation, the day gave a good overview of the ‘state of the art’ in knowledge valorisation. Due to a new collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs the day also gave the latest insights in the new national valorisation tender that is now running to stimulate knowledge valorisation with a budget of 80 million over the next three years.  

Willem de Vos called Most Entrepreneurial Scientist of the Netherlands 2010

During the national conference on knowledge valorisation, the award for the most entrepreneurial scientist of the Netherlands 2010 was given to Willem de Vos, professor microbiology at the Wageningen University and Research centre. He was rewarded the price for his outstanding entrepreneurial and scientific performances over the last three years, which for example resulted in a Spinoza price and the spin-off of different companies. With organizing this award ceremony a special thanks goes out to the Dutch Patent Office and the Technology foundation STW for their support.