Global Challenges

Innovation is not an isolated phenomenon; it is a precondition for progress. Never before have we been so aware of the need for innovation in order to keep our country safe, liveable, and accessible. The Innovation Expo 2018 is focused on major social challenges. Across the globe, increasingly more people are migrating to the cities. This has brought about a fundamental change in our ways of life. The pressure on our living environment is increasing. More than ever, we want to combat scarcity and we are taking different stances with respect to consumption and waste. Modern ways of living and working call for a modern infrastructure. In addition, climate change calls for innovation in our use of water and energy. And we are faced with the challenge of having the same planet Earth produce better food for more people and distributing such food efficiently.

Dutch Solutions

In the Netherlands, we tend to join forces in national and international public-private cooperatives. This concerted action, the Dutch Solution, is an element of the formula for success: from an initial idea to a new product or service, ready to be upscaled. Innovators, decision-makers, policy-makers, enablers, and consumers collectively come up with innovative solutions. Taking innovations further, realising breakthroughs, and thus contributing to the social challenges we are facing in our country and in the world. That is the ambition of the Innovation Expo 2018 on 4 October 2018.

For further information, please visit https://innovationexpo2018.nl/.