International Congress on Sustainable World Food Supply 2050
The main purpose of this international two-day congress is to develop a plan to reach sustainable food production for the world in 2050. The congress emphasizes the importance of balancing the needs of...
View Article“HIER opgewekt” event 2015
Conference about local energy, small-scale energy production, and the possibilities and challenges for the future. See the website for more information about the event (in Dutch) and to register. The...
View Article“Permacultuur Festijn” Permaculture Festival
At this festival everything related to permaculture is on display. It will include presentations of new permaculture projects, such as vegetable gardens and neighbourhood gardens. All the projects...
View ArticleShowcasing The Hague’s signature innovation: Meet BooM creatives
BooM creatives is a The Hague-based brand and design agency that primarily focuses on branding and packaging. You would think that the company’s main objective is to design appealing packaging that...
View ArticleHague Talks: The United Nations at 70
The United Nations celebrates its 70th anniversary. HagueTalks will be marking this milestone with a unique edition, The global impact of the digital age, centered around the newly adopted UN Global...
View ArticleBig Improvement Day
Each year on the Third Tuesday of September the Dutch King delivers the State Opening of Parliament. Started in 2008, the Netherlands has welcomed a new tradition on the Third Tuesday of January: the...
View ArticleAnd the winner of the Innovator Challenge is…
The Hague Innovators 2016 are: Noordzeeboerderij, Zonnebrand zonder rommel and Urban Mining with Credits and, in the student category, Edibles! Alderman Karsten Klein awarded these Hague Innovators...
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Venture capital vs quality of life. Where can cities improve?
As a city municipality, do you need to improve quality of life and/or venture capital to attract startups and businesses? Apparent is that these are two profoundly different ingredients for progress,...
View ArticleDe Haagse Energiebeurs
Do you want to start being sustainable? Come to The Hague Energy Fair on Sunday, March 13 from 12:00 to 17:00 in the City Hall. Discover everything in the fields of sustainable living, gardening,...
View ArticleMinor Entrepreneurship for Society, the aftermath
On January 27th 2016, the students from the minor Entrepreneurship for Society presented their start-ups in Theater aan ‘t Spui, The Hague. This entrepreneurship education program is initiated by the...
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Calling all young
The Kairos Society brings together young entrepreneurs who are solving significant problems with corporations, influencers, and strategic investors. The Kairos Society believes there has never been a...
View ArticleBas Kotterink on Impactful research and open innovation
Bas Kotterink is senior scientist ICT Policy at TNO, the second largest Research and Technology Organization in Europe. His expertise and interests are on self organization, open innovation, and ICT...
View ArticleThe lucky hard working startups selected for the Investors Matchmaking track...
We got a marvelous response to our call to action to subscribe to our matchmaking track venture forum! We asked our community to subscribe and share this great opportunity for Social Impact startups....
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SimGas: Two Brothers’ Quest for accessible Clean Energy
Two brothers with a shared passion for socially responsible entrepreneurship and sustainable development set up a business that would shake things up in the biogas industry. Sanne and Mirik Castro...
View ArticleThe two options to submit your proposal for Startup in Residence: video
As the deadline of submitting your proposol is getting closer, we receive all kinds of questions regarding the procedure. We would like to give you a little hand. In case you have further questions, do...
View ArticleWicked problem: Tackling litter in the city
Startup in Residence The Hague Wicked problem: Litter in the city, #streetwaste Expert: Annelies Rebel, projectleader participation & clean, municipality of The Hague Startup in Residence After...
View ArticleWicked problem: Increase acceptance of electric transport in the city
Wicked problem: acceptance of #electrictransport Topic: mobility Expert: Floris van Elzakker, project manager electric transport Acceptance of electric transport This is about acceptance in the widest...
View ArticleWicked problem: Reducing the problem of abandoned bikes in The Hague
Startup in Residence Wicked problem: Reducing the problem of abandoned bikes in The Hague Startup in Residence After a successful Startup in Residence program in San Francisco and Amsterdam, The Hague...
View ArticleMeet jury member Mathis J. Bout
Startup in Residence Meet the jury Mathis J. Bout Msc. URBMATH Urban growth areas Who are you and what is your daily work and background? My name is Mathis J. Bout, and I’m an architect and the founder...
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Creating the Future Society and the Next Economy Today
Here in the Hague we’d like to imagine how the Future society will evolve and how great it will be if we all lend a hand. Today’s global challenges influence how we get there. That is why hypothetical...
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