HTDX Deep Dives

Session 1: The Future of Computing & Networks

Session 2: Ecosystem Creation & Open Innovation

Theme
With the increasing complexity of manufacturing, products, and services, the ability to collaborate with external parties becomes an advantage and often even a necessity. Being a proactive part of an ecosystem and practicing open innovation provides fast access to state-of-the-art technology and multi-disciplinary expertise to create a competitive advantage.

Objective
We will explore the benefits and draw inspiration from real-world examples of ecosystem creation, alliances, and open innovation value chains. To foster mutual understanding, we will begin by examining how the concepts of "ecosystem" and "open innovation" are perceived in both Japan and the Netherlands, highlighting their commonalities and differences. Additionally, we will discuss the types of collaborations required to build a truly high-tech and digitalized economy and society. What can we learn from each other, public-private partnerships, policies, and practices? What is our common ground?

Session 3: Creating Digital Trust

Theme
To realise a digital society, creating digital trust is essential. Policies, technology, and safety are crucial elements for this ambition. Data privacy and security as a foundation for trust, and trust as a core design principle when developing digital technologies are ways for technology vendors and service providers across the entire data value chain to take their responsibility.  

Objective
In this session, we will discuss practical approaches and strategies aimed at securing user data while enabling businesses to innovate through privacy by design. We will also cover topics such as designing for transparency, empowering user control, how to store, handle and share data in the future. What is our common ground to create digital trust?

Session 4: HTDX Showcases in Growth Markets for Society 5.0

Theme
Creating future societies and economies needs visions! What is the envisioned future that we are trying to build? How does our society function 15 or 20 years from now? Which applications are impossible today, but should we be ready to embrace tomorrow? How do our governments, think-tanks, research organizations and companies look at the future and what are they doing to realize these visions?

Objective
In this session we will give visionary organizations and their concrete projects or programs a platform. The aim is to inspire the audience with applications of various technologies, which are not just music for the future, but endeavors under development. Are there showcases where we could achieve common ground?

Session 5: Talent Shortages & Lifelong Learning

Theme
In the age where hightech and digitalisation are key, relevant talented people and their skills are very much needed. The development of knowledge, technical skills and digital skills need to be continuously updated at a higher pace. Not only the initial educational system has to be adjusted continuously, also the concept for life-long learning is of increasing importance. All this to the background of a worldwide shortage of talent in key enabling technologies, such as semicon, quantum, photonics, AI, 6G.

Objective
We will discuss how higher education, private companies and knowledge institutions could work together to realise an attitude and system change. What can we learn from each other, and how can we collaborate in talent development, mobility and exchange? What is our common ground?