{"id":7602,"date":"2017-08-01T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2017-08-01T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:42:09","slug":"first-meeting-of-the-dutch-innovation-cafe-series-dedicated-to-smart-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/first-meeting-of-the-dutch-innovation-cafe-series-dedicated-to-smart-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"First Meeting of the Dutch Innovation Caf\u00e9 Series Dedicated to Smart Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7510 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity.png\" alt=\"Dutch-Innovation-Caf\u00e9\" width=\"407\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity.png 1194w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-600x321.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-260x139.png 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SmartCity-140x75.png 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/>Several events dedicated to \u201csmart cities\u201d are forthcoming in the next few months in Sofia. A series of meetings will be held on the initiative of the Dutch Embassy in Bulgaria and in partnership of the Dutch ICT (Technology) Cluster in Bulgaria and the <a href=\"http:\/\/innovationstarterbox.bg\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovation Starter Innovation Agency<\/a>. The series is called the Dutch Innovation Caf\u00e9 (Smart Cities Series 2017) and aims at providing space for sharing the experience of innovative ecosystems in the Netherlands and Bulgaria, and to create partnerships between startups and well-established companies from different industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first meeting was held on June 22 with Adri Wischmann, founder of the Internet of Things Nederland. Lecturers were also other guests from the Netherlands &#8211; the leading country in the field of green and sustainable technology development, as well as representatives of three Bulgarian startups working in the field of smart cities &#8211; Tickey, Melissa Climate, Veloxoft and Hawk Eye Innovations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meetings aim at fruitful dialogue between the public sector, NGOs, business and individuals and organizations with proven experience in building working solutions behind the concept of a \u201csmart city\u201d. It includes sustainability of the living conditions and the environment; optimization of energy, resources, time and processes; urban design that provides good user experience (UX) and not only looks good but also works well for a comfortable daily life of residents as well as overcoming the negative effects of urbanization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lecture presentations:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adri Wischmann, founder of IoT Nederland (Internet of Things Nederland) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/InnovationStarter\/adri-wischmann-dutch-innovation-cafe-smart-cities-sofia-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yerun Van Herthum, Human Resources Director at Strypes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/InnovationStarter\/jeroen-van-hertum-dutch-innovation-cafe-smart-cities-sofia-2017-77195031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lubomir Yanchev, Founder of Melissa Climate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/InnovationStarter\/lyubomir-yanchev-dutch-innovation-cafe-smart-cities-sofia-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimitar Dimitrov, Founder of Tickey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/InnovationStarter\/dimiter-dimitrov-dutch-innovation-cafe-smart-cities-sofia-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Penev, co-founder of Veloxoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/InnovationStarter\/aleksander-penev-dutch-innovation-cafe-smart-cities-sofia-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can follow the organizers\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/innovationstarterbox.bg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/innovationstarterbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page<\/a> for information on the dates and schedule of the next meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several events dedicated to \u201csmart cities\u201d are forthcoming in the next few months in Sofia. 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