Description

The two world wars played a decisive role in TNO's history. The first planted the idea, the second ensured wide acceptance. After an arduous start-up period, the Central Organisation TNO was officially launched in 1932. There were resistances and doubts. Only during the Second World War did things take off. And after the war, TNO got the wind at its back. The organisation gained great respect and helped solve numerous problems. TNO was active in a broad field. Initially, the main fields of activity were industry and industry, food and nutrition, health and defence. Later, energy, environment and still later ICT were added.
In the 1970s, there were growing doubts about TNO's performance. Was TNO doing the right things and was it doing things well? Numerous committees got involved in these questions; a continuous stream of reorganisations was the result. Essentially one of the many symptoms of a rapidly changing world with technology and internationalisation as major driving forces.
Since 1980, things never really calmed down at TNO. But the work of passionate researchers went on and produced a continuous stream of interesting achievements.
The lecture will focus on the fortunes of TNO as a historical phenomenon in the Dutch knowledge infrastructure and a number of interesting research lines.

10.30:00 Reception with coffee
11:00 Lecture by Drs G.A. van de Schootbrugge
11:45 Pause
12:15 Continuation of the lecture with a concluding discussion
12:45 End of the meeting



ROUTE DESCRIPTION
From motorway A13 Rotterdam or Den Haag, exit Delft Zuid/TU Delft. Keep following TU Delft. At the end of the exit TU Delft turn right onto Schoemakerstraat. Then take the first turn left and immediately left again across the bridge. You are now in the car park of the burnt down Faculty of Architecture (Van den Broekweg). The Cultural Centre is at the end of this road, across Mekelweg. Due to work on the newly constructed ' Mekelpark', the Mekelweg is closed. Public transport via NS Delft-Zuid (see: www.snc.tudelft.nl, then on contact and then on directions).

Location

Cultuurcentrum (Theaterzaal, 232)

Mekelweg 10, 2628 CD Delft

Organiser

History of Technology

Histechnica

Name and contact details for information

Further information from R. Lutke Schipholt, using the e-mail address below.

RenM-Schipholt@planet.nl

Directions

Register via

Interested parties are requested to register no later than 8 February using the e-mail address below.

RenM-Schipholt@planet.nl