New digital initiative to encourage European collaborations
The Creative Industries KTN will partner with PICNIC and the UK Science & Innovation Network to deliver an event in Amsterdam designed to forge business relations between the UK and Netherlands on 21 – 22 February.
A limited number of bursaries towards travel and accommodation costs still remain for digital start-ups which have been in business for less than two years.
The event will mark the first in a series of collaborations between CIKTN and PICNIC throughout the year and will build on political contacts between the UK and Netherlands to drive economic connections, and which saw the Dutch Prime Minister visit London and Manchester with a group of digital businesses late last year.
Over the course of two days (pm 21st, am 22nd) attendees will hear case study presentations from digital entrepreneurs, gain insight on two dynamic European marketplaces and participate in panel discussions contrasting the experiences of UK and Dutch digital start ups and exploring the landscape of European capital finance. On the evening of the 21st there will be a dinner hosted by the British Ambassador with a keynote presentation on future trends.
Amsterdam is emerging as one of the main creative digital centres in Europe, identified by Wired as one of the top 10 tech start up cities and home to companies such as Layar and Booking.com.
Amsterdam digital event