Eindhoven Engine Festival of Disruption

When:

19 October 2023

10:00 Hour - 17:00 Hour

Location:Disruptor building TU/e Campus

Event organizer:South region

Pricing KIVI members:Free

Pricing Non KIVI members:Free

Eindhoven Engine: In an era of change, disruption is what we need

About Festival of Disruption, source Innovation Origins.

Sustainability - Eindhoven Engine's Festival of Disruption gave visitors a taste of the technologies that are going to disrupt the world.

Background
Disruptions involve changing the traditional way an industry or market works through new methods or technology. The invention of the wheel, the industrial revolution and the internet all fall into the category of disruptions, or 'dislocations' in better Dutch. After such a moment, the status quo changes somehow, for better or worse. As humanity continues to grow, what are the disruptions that will rewrite history?

The second edition of the Festival of Disruption tried to answer this question. The event, organised by Eindhoven Engine - the innovation accelerator founded by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Fontys University of Applied Sciences and research institute TNO - showcased a wide range of technologies. Projects developed within the accelerator and the universities were displayed throughout the festival.

Keynotes, workshops and pitches took place in the halls of the Disruptor building on the TU/e campus. Visitors could learn more about technologies that will disrupt energy, smart mobility and healthcare. With climate change on the horizon, new disruptions are needed, the audience was told.

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More about the event on the Innovation Origins site:

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Festival of Disruption is an innovation festival, packed with interactive workshops, pitches and networking opportunities!

This year we will kick off with Floris Alkemade, architect and urban designer. He will deliver a keynote on the transformative changes needed to address complex issues such as climate change, aging, and energy transition in the Netherlands. He emphasizes the importance of changing our way of life and choices to ensure a sustainable future.

You will also get the opportunity to meet all our 26 OpenCall projects and the Emergence Lab project about low literacy. These projects will present and showcase their accelerated innovations!

To secure your spot at this extraordinary festival, please visit our website and register today!

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Keynote speaker Floris Alkemade

Floris Alkemade is a renowed architect and urban designer, graduated with honours in Architecture from Delft University of Technology in 1989. Afterwards, he worked with Rem Koolhaas for eighteen years and was one of the six partners of the renowned Office for Metropolitan Architecture, a design firm employing about 350 people. In 2008, he founded his own design firm FAA and later BAU+ operating out of Sint-Oedenrode, Brussels and Paris. From 2015 to 2021, he held the position of Chief Government Architect.

He combines his work as an architect and urban designer with teaching, lecturing and he serves on various professional juries. He was a visiting professor at the University of Ghent for nine years and a lecturer at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, he was chosen as Dutch Architect Of The Year. He has several publications to his credit. His essay The Future of the Netherlands is now in its sixth printing. With the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, he published the book Rewriting Architecture, a study of the creative process involved in reuse design. In July 2021, he was a guest on VPRO's Zomergasten (Summer Guests).

Previous edition Festival of Disruption

Festival of Disruption 2022 was a full day of inspiration, innovations and positive energy. Throughout the day, we showed our way of working and the latest developments of our innovation projects. We can look back on a very successful day.

Get an impression here!