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Verstraeten and Van Grinsven win High tech Piek awards

Beena Arunraj

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17 January 2023

Verstraeten and Van Grinsven win High tech Piek awards

Naomi Verstraeten of Brainport Eindhoven and Lucas van Grinsven of ASML won the High Tech Piek awards. The awards are back after a corona pause.

The awards recognise people who have made an extraordinary effort for the high-tech Brainport region. This year, as a first, there are two Peak awards- a male and female category. Alderman Stijn Steenbakkers presented the Peak awards. Beatrix Bos and Bert-Jan Woertman presented the program.

High-tech Peak award

Naomi Verstraeten works for Brainport Eindhoven on the internationalisation of the region. The jury praised her ambition of getting the Southeast Netherlands to the top three tech regions in Europe. Verstraeten deserves recognition for her role in winning the billion-euro Brainport deal, intended to strengthen the business climate and facilities in the region.

Lucas van Grinsven, head of communications ASML, also won the Piek award. Van Grinsven is responsible for communication and reputation management at the Veldhoven chip machine manufacturer ASML.The jury lauded ASML for following in the footsteps of Philips with regard to social responsibility. Van Grinsven has played a formidable role in making the Brainport deal a reality.

**Star and Knaller (stunner)awards**

In addition to the two Piek awards, four Star and four Knaller awards were presented. Start-up investor Andy Lürling, marketer and the initiator of Fe+male Tech Heroes network Ingelou Stol, start-up officer of the Eindhoven municipality Johan van Erp and Mr and Mrs Boyd, the founders of Dispatches Europe were honoured with a Star award.

The Knaller award recipients were Studio040 director Mike Weerts, Paul van Son, Jeroen van Woerden, and Louise de Laat. The social importance of good local journalism is crucial in realising the region’s rapid growth, and it’s evident in the choice of Mike Weerts for the award. Innovation manager of High tech campus, Paul van Son and managing director of startup platform Gate, Jeroen van Woerden were extolled by the esteemed guests at the gathering. Louise de Laat is a promising member of a TU/e student startup team.

Peak Awards

The award ceremony is organised by the journalistic platform Innovation Origins in collaboration with the High Tech Campus, Mikrocentrum and the municipality of Eindhoven, among others. The awards put people who have made an extraordinary effort for the Brainport region in the spotlight. Due to corona, the award ceremony had to be postponed for two years. Yesteryear awardees of the Piek awards are Guus Frericks, Rob van Gijzel, Maarten Steinbuch, Staf Depla and Steef Blok.

For EindhovenNews: Beena Arunraj

This new Eindhoven coffee shop is partly run by people with dementia

Lila Mehrez

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16 February 2023

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This new Eindhoven coffee shop is partly run by people with dementia

At first glance, Smaakmakers in Woensel-West seems like your average coffee shop, but it isn’t. In this newly opened business people with dementia help in the operation. A group of vulnerable people, who are close to the heart of the owners.

The family behind Smaakmakers was itself affected by the disease. Founder Jolande Verbakel experienced up close how her father dealt with the consequences of dementia. However, he wasn’t the type to give up. “My father still wanted to be important,” explains Jolande. However, that turned out to be easier said than done. “Many things that are organized for people with dementia do not suit everyone. My father didn’t want to do crafts or shuffleboard, but still be useful.”

From workshop to coffee shop

It didn’t give her the idea to start a coffee shop yet. That only came later through her daughter and co-founder, Melissa de Laat. She worked in dementia care and organized cooking workshops for people suffering from the disease. The blissful reactions of participants left a taste for more. “I wanted to do something like this more often,” Melissa begins. Brainstorming began. “At first I thought about a catering company, but in the end I decided to start my own coffee shop together with my mother, who worked in the catering industry.”

Smaakmakers became reality through a crowdfunding campaign. The pair raised more than forty thousand euros. The opening of the coffee shop on Edisonplein took place last Saturday. With their own company, the two hope to get people with dementia out of the doldrums.

“You notice in people who are diagnosed that they become very passive, because they think they can no longer do something.” Her daughter adds: “Of course the disease will get worse, but we focus on the period before that. When they can still do a lot.”

Employee of the first hour

An employee (with dementia) from the very beginning is Ellie. She has only had a few working days, but she can no longer live without the company. “It’s very nice here. I don’t want to leave here,” she says with a smile on her face. “I do all kinds of things. For example, if I see something lying around, I clean it up.”

One thing the employees suffering from amnesia are not allowed to do is take orders. This is done via a QR code or at the cash register. “We don’t want it to be too stressful for them. It’s also okay if they bring an order to the wrong table. We also count on a little understanding from the guests.”

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

Programme #eindhovenfestival offers 70 online events over Christmas holidays

Shufei

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10 December 2020

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Programme #eindhovenfestival offers 70 online events over Christmas holidays

#eindhovenfestival presents the program with 70 events over the Christmas holidays from 18 to 31 December. The program covers from dance to concert, film to quiz, cabaret to workshop and from reading to sing-along.

The festival opens on Friday, 18 December with music by Michelle David & the Gospel Session, GLOW light artworks and the breakdance show of The Ruggeds.

Highlights

In the following days, there will be music by Hammond specialist Rob Mostert, Pianist Matteo Myderwyck, klezmer group CKE, opera L’Heure Espagnole by Opera zuid, Def Americans with Johnny Cash Christmas Carols, and the popular Dutch classical music canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt in a rousing performance by the percussionists of the Mallet Collective.

Viewers get into Christmas atmospheres with Fanfareorkest Wilhelmina Eindhoven, the Strijps Kamerkoor, Jingle Bell’s comedy club, the Christmas concert of the Dutch Bach Association, the Christmas concert of the carillonist of the town hall and Catharina church. A special online edition of Sing-a-long will be streamed live from the Effenaar.

The program also offers activities for children and young people. For example, there are a number of maker workshops on the program where children can build a rocket launcher and make a toolbox. There is a youth talk show live from the Parktheater, an online escape room of the preHistoric village where the viewer travels through the ages and MU presents DIY assignments for home. There are also puppet shows for the little kids.

Other highlights include the Southern Theatre with Spinoza and Marx. City poet and musician. The host of the #eindhovenfestival, Iris Penning will play her poetic pop songs together with a cellist. The Vonderkoor presents ‘The Road to the Square’, a documentary about the connection in the Eindhoven district of Vonderkwartier. The online quiz of the Philips Museum will test people’s knowledge about Eindhoven and Philips.

Attention to each other

The festival is supported by the Eindhoven municipality since it fits in this period of #attentiontoeachother. This period focus on the topic of togetherness and cohesion in the city.

Councilor for Culture & Design, Monique List-de Roos: “The cultural sector has been hit very hard by the corona crisis. Cultural institutions still have limited visitors and creators see a large part of their assignments lost. Fortunately, I also see many creative ways in which the sector manages to bring its offer to its audience. #eindhovenfestival’s initiative is a great example. Cultural institutions and creators, together with enormous enthusiasm and within a short time frame, have realized a complete digital offer. Young and old can enjoy this during the Christmas holidays. Culture can also connect people online. And especially in these times, that connection and attention to each other are very important. As a municipality, we are happy to contribute.”

#eindhovenfestival is the reuslt of close collaborations from various cultural institutions. The festival intend to add more experience and fun to the Christmas period and meanwhile support the event creators.

Program and tickets

The program is available and the tickets are for sale on the website. A festival ticket for all 14 days costs €5. Upon purchase of the festival ticket, the visitor will receive a special link that gives access to all live streams and prerecorded events. The visitor can watch and look back up to a week after the festival alone or with their partner, family or other housemates. Besides, there will be one free show every day.

#eindhovenfestival is an initiative from the following organisations:

Eindhoven Library, Centre for the Arts Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week, Effenaar, Glow, MU, Music Building Eindhoven, Natlab, Parktheater Eindhoven, Philips Museum, preHistoric Village, STRP, Van Abbemuseum.

With the cooperation of: Fanfareorkest Wilhelmina, Dynamo, Yksi, Popei, Carte Blanche, Phileutonia, Stichting Carillon, United Cowboys, Vonderkoor, Eindhoven Jazz Orchestra, #aandachtvoorelkaar (from Eindhoven municipality) and many others.

Source: Uit in Eindhoven

Translator: Shufei

Ronald McDonald (Open) House Veldhoven

Greta Timmers

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23 February 2024

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Perhaps not everyone knows what the Ronald McDonald houses offer. Their slogan is “Keeping families close”. This means that parents can stay close to the hospital where their very sick children are. The sick child’s siblings can also stay over so the family can be together. On Wednesday February 28, the Veldhoven RMDH has an ‘Open House’. Visitors are welcome to see the facilities and sample the coffee.

Ronald McDonald Houses provide affordable bedsit rooms, a communal kitchen and laundry facilities. They are always close to hospitals with specialised care. Situations may vary: premature births, operations, cancer treatment, children in intensive care. RMDH Veldhoven is one of the eleven houses in The Netherlands where parents can stay at a stone’s throw from their child. Maxima Medical Centre in Veldhoven is one of ten hospitals with an NICU – a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Bambi belt

Recently, the hospital introduced a novelty, the ‘bambi belt’. It is a wireless band around the baby’s abdomen, which replaces the traditional spot electrodes that measure heart action and breathing. Currently, electrodes are attached to the delicate skin of a premature baby. This causes skin irritation, can be painful and disrupts the baby’s sleep. The Bambi Belt also make it easier for parents to remove their child from the incubator to cuddle.

Royal visit

Whether this innovation is the reason King Willem Alexander is paying the Maxima MC a visit is unclear. It is certain, however, that a royal visit has been planned for Wednesday 28th. The King will be given a tour round the hospital and speak with doctors, staff, and parents of premature babies.

McDonalds

McDonalds founded the charity through which the RMD houses can operate. Worldwide, there are now over 380, eleven of which are situated in The Netherlands. However. McDonalds are not the only sponsors. Many companies and individuals support the RMDH with money, goods, or labour. Because the RMD houses depend entirely on charity, such help is the only way in which they can continue to offer their service to families.

Visitors are welcome in Huis Zuidoost-Brabant on Wednesday 28 February from 10.30-16.00 The address: De Run 4604 in Veldhoven.

Source: RMDH Website not (yet) in English

Written by: Greta

World Embassies at Dutch Design Week again

Melinda

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19 September 2019

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World Embassies at Dutch Design Week again

The 2019 Dutch Design Week is almost upon us. During this week, 19 to 27 October, people, including international experts, designers, and influencers in Eindhoven will take on the challenge of tackling current social issues differently.

This year, for the third time, there are six embassies, each with its own theme – Safety, Circular & Biobased Building, Sustainable Design, Health, Mobility, and Water. For each of these, a World Design Embassy has been established. Each will offer a programme with exhibitions, workshops, debates and more. Each embassy will also organise a conference, where the relevant issue will be explored in great depth.

At the Embassy of Safety, various stakeholders, including the police, attempt to answer the broad question ‘Is safety a right?’ from multiple perspectives. The Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building will explore how we can guarantee that everyone has an environmentally-friendly home in the Netherlands in the near future? Representatives from the North Brabant Province are among those looking into this. Both these embassies will be ‘housed’ in Ketelhuisplein, Strijp S.

Sustainable Design?

How can businesses, designers, and consumers make a difference? This is what the Embassy of Sustainable Design will focus on. IKEA Nederland, TU Delft, and the Design Academy Eindhoven are among the many participants trying to get to the bottom of this issue in the Innovation Powerhouse, Gloeilampenplantsoen, and Yksi Expo. These are all located on Strijp S & Strijp T.

Design talents, healthcare professionals, commercial parties, and official institutes will explore the central question – what will happen if the hospital of today no longer exists? This is one of the questions that will be featured at the Embassy of Health in the Klokgebouw, Strijp S. Partners include Philips and the Máxima Medical Centre.

Mobility as a means, not an end – this is the Embassy of Mobility’s central theme. Behind Radio Royaal in Strijp S, parties such as the City Council and NS will show how they now focus on people, and no longer purely on vehicles. And last, but not least – a creative Water Hub for knowledge sharing, inspiration, and the acceleration of innovation. This is, of course, the Embassy of Water. It will be held at Het Lab at the Campina site. Partners include Waterschap De Dommel and Brabant Water.

Source: Dutch Design Foundation

Lights go out in Eindhoven and Geldrop for ‘Nacht van de Nacht’

Cyril

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23 October 2018

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Lights go out in Eindhoven and Geldrop for ‘Nacht van de Nacht’

In Eindhoven and Geldrop, the lights will go out in public places on Saturday evening to draw attention to waste of energy.

The ‘Nacht van de Nacht‘ campaign by nature and environmental organizations is supported in many places in the country. In Eindhoven, the LED screens on the Markt will be turned off, just like the lights on ten approach roads, at the VVV Brandstore and on the mast at bus station Neckerspoel. The Lichtnaald on the Beukenlaan also remains dark, as well as the illumination of the Catharinakerk.

Geldrop-Mierlo also participates. The church in Geldrop and the mill in Mierlo will not be illuminated on Saturday night.

According to the municipality of Eindhoven, the city is already consciously dealing with light. For example, lighting is dimmed at night to save energy. Companies can take part in the campaign and sign up via the website www.nachtvandenacht.nl.

Source: Studio040

TU/e and NXP join forces

Lila Mehrez

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25 May 2023

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Eindhoven University of Technology is going to collaborate with NXP. University and company want to develop a new, promising communication technology. To this end, the parties signed an agreement on Wednesday.

From NXP, specialists from the company will work together with scientists from the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute. Both parties will make data, knowledge, students and employees available for the cooperation.

Together, the chipmaker and TU/e want to get a new “groundbreaking” technology off the ground, using frequencies above 300 gigahertz. Current technologies that try to make use of these high frequencies perform unevenly, TU/e says.

“TU/e is known for its pioneering work in the field of wireless communications, an area essential to the strategic sovereignty of both the Netherlands and Europe. NXP has been an important partner in this field for many years,” reveals CEO Robert-Jan Smits.

Track record

“Cooperation with leading universities is an integral part of NXP’s innovation strategy,” said Lars Reger, vice president of NXP.

“Eindhoven University of Technology’s proven track record in collaboration with industry gives us full confidence to expand our collaboration. This will lead to new innovations in communication technologies and advanced driver assistance systems, an area in which NXP is a world leader in semiconductors.”

Collaboration

This is the second time in a short time that TU/e has entered into a partnership with a major player in the Brainport region. Earlier it was announced that ASML is investing in the university, building a clean room there, among other things.

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

Brabantsedag jury and how the spectators can vote too

Beena Arunraj

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25 August 2022

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Brabantsedag jury and how the spectators can vote too

As a spectator of the Brabantsedag theatre parade, it is a pleasure every year to see the floats and the play of the sixteen float groups. Eindhoven News has been on the jury of Brabantsedag many times. This year too, Eindhoven News will be on the jury for the press award.

With one beautifully put-together creation after another, it becomes vivid by the afternoon, the audience is the big winner. The prizes that the wagon builders can take home will only be announced in the marquee in the evening. But what can be won and how does the prize distribution work?

The only prize that the spectator has a direct influence on is the public prize. The jury forms are handed out to the public before the parade are collected afterwards and the winners are determined based on the interest of the audience

The Press Award is handed out by the independent press jury that consists of media such as Omroep Brabant, Eindhovens Dagblad, Studio040 and Eindhoven News.

The Parelprijs is awarded for an exceptional group performance, construction, portrayal, or use of materials. This makes it the only prize that may not be awarded every year. In addition, there are three honourable mentions for special and conspicuous participants.

The parade floats are judged on three categories: Transfer of Subject, Artistic-Technical and Theatrical and Musical Quality. These three categories count equally and are judged by the professional jury, and experts in the field.

Stichting Brabantsedag is looking for professional jury members who have knowledge of the specific category and theme of that year (in this case Met Verve). The members of the professional jury do not have to be familiar with the Brabantsedag; apart from a small briefing about the parade, the jury is completely free to make its own judgment. In this way, the result is as independent as possible.

During the parade, the members of the jury are scattered over the route. This ensures that the judges cannot influence each other and that the quality of the play and technique is not a snapshot but a good reflection of the parade over the entire course. After the parade, the judges have to work hard. To arrive at a general classification in time, the assessments must be put together in a very short time. The points are added up per category and these points together make up the first classification. In the event of a tie between float-building groups, the jury decides which float ends up above the others.

This results in an overall ranking and a top three in each of the three categories, which is announced in the evening in the marquee, just like the other prizes. The overall winner is the group that scores best on all the parts together. This group, the overall winner, is taken from the ranking of the 3 categories. The top three in each category win a cup. In the meantime, the tension in the tent is palpable and the final results are announced. After first the numbers 16 to 11 are announced, we slowly work towards finding out who will be the new overall winner of the Brabantsedag and who will be immortalised in the Walk of Fame.

Source: Stichting Brabantsedag

Weekend Tips from Yvette

Yvette

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28 January 2021

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It’s the weekend in Eindhoven but where could you go to? There are some nice events in Eindhoven that you can visit online. You can see the Mosa Trio live from the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, play The Global Online Quiz with friends and family, wat the dance performance Asian Celebration from the Parktheater or dance the afternoon a way with the Status Quo Forever band live from Cafe Wilhelmina. Read more on Eindhoven News.

Friday: Mosa Trio live from the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

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Saturday: Global Online Quiz #17 by the guys of number 42

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Saturday: Asian Celebration – dance performance from Parktheater

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Sunday: Status Quo Forever New Years Concert from Cafe Wilhelmina

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About Yvette:
“I’m the manager of the biggest expat Facebook group in Eindhoven – Expats in Eindhoven. A group dedicated to help expats have a great time in Eindhoven, get to meet new people and answer their questions. Further I work as graphic designer for my own company STUDIO YDID. In my free time I like to go running, race cycling, go out with friends and family or listen to the band Queen. If you want to know more – feel free to mail me at info@studio-ydid.nl.”

Splinterspektakel is starting again

Bob

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15 August 2018

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It’s a real tradition in the last week of the summer holiday: the Splinterspektakel. At Speelpark de Splinter all kinds of activities are being organised this week.

Especially families who do not have the opportunity to go on holiday, are the target audience of this Splinterspektakel. “Our goal is to offer each child a fun time during school holidays, so that each child can tell a nice story at school after the holidays,” the organisation says.

Daily there are varying activities at children’s park the Splinter. From a forty-meter-long assault course to a carnival express, a salsa workshop, or a bubble bath.

The Splinterspektakel lasts until Friday.

Source: studio 040

Translation by: Bob

Event News

High-tech Peak award

Star and Knaller (stunner)awards

From workshop to coffee shop

Employee of the first hour

Highlights

Attention to each other

Program and tickets

Bambi belt

Royal visit

McDonalds

Track record

Collaboration

Partners

Parktheater

Popei

The Hub

**Star and Knaller (stunner)awards**