The Zernike Campus in Groningen will soon be in the spotlight during a special working visit by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Rianne Letschert. They are visiting the region as part of the National Talent Strategy and will also tour the University of the North.
The visit is taking place as part of the Talent Strategy that the cabinet presented last summer. The strategy outlines how the Netherlands is working to attract, train, and retain talent for the four “most crucial challenges facing the Netherlands.” These are digitization and AI, security and resilience, energy & climate technology, and Life sciences and biotechnology.
At Zernike Campus Groningen, these themes come together every day. Knowledge institutions, companies, researchers, students, and entrepreneurs work here to generate new knowledge, drive technological developments, and create innovative solutions.
Feringa and AI FabriekThe visit by King Willem-Alexander and the minister begins with a tour of the CogniGron lab in the Feringa Building on the Zernike Campus in Groningen. There, they will speak with, among others, entrepreneurial researchers who have founded a startup based on their unique expertise in smart AI hardware.
The group then learns about three AI projects at the University of the North, in which students and researchers from vocational, applied, and research universities are collaborating on innovations that add value to society.
This is followed by a discussion about the significance of the AI factory for the Northern Netherlands. The morning program concludes with a roundtable discussion on how the National Talent Strategy can be implemented in the region and what it will take to make this work in the rest of the Netherlands as well.
Groningen as a hub for AI and innovation
The arrival of the Dutch AI Factory also underscores Groningen’s growing importance as a hub for AI and innovation. The AI Factory will consist of two parts: an AI supercomputer on the Zernike Campus and a knowledge center in Niemeyer.
The visit demonstrates how important it is to bring together talent, knowledge, and entrepreneurship.
Source: University of the North
Image: ©RVD, Robin de Puy
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