With live national radio coverage on BNR Nieuwsradio, 1441 innovative entries and 32000 social votes, the sixth edition of the Accenture Innovation Awards was an even bigger success than last year’s edition. In the Amsterdam Convention Factory over 900 guests joined Accenture in recognizing and rewarding the most innovative concepts in the Netherlands with the Blue Tulip. This year, for the first time in Innovation Awards history concepts could also compete for a special award for the most sustainable innovation: the Green Tulip.
Aiming at honoring, uniting and stimulating innovation in the Netherlands, keynote speakers Wouter van Dieren (Club of Rome), Mike Lee (Appsterdam) and Andre Kuipers (Astronaut ESA) shared their thought and vision on sustainable innovation. Wouter van Dieren kicked-off the event by stating that there are limits to growth, developments and innovations of industrial capital and agriculture. By changing the rules of ‘Business as usual’ organizations can take natural and social capital in consideration, instead of mainly focusing on financial capital. Andre Kuipers took the audience on a breathtaking journey in the life of an astronaut, his daily practices and his experiences during Mission ISS earlier this year. He demonstrated the vulnerability of the Earth Read more…
Yesterday it once again became clear that innovation is still alive and well in the Netherlands. With 1250 participating concepts across various industries, over 25000 votes and 700 visitors and innovation enthusiasts, the fifth edition of the Accenture Innovation Awards was a big success. The coverage of the event via Twitter (#AIA11) even made it to the number 1 trending topic with over 550 tweets.
The Innovation Awards honors high performance in the field of innovation, uniting and stimulating innovators in the Netherlands. Accenture Netherlands Banking lead, and moderator of the event, Barend van Doorn welcomed the audience with an introduction of the story behind the ‘Blue Tulip’ and introduced the first of three key note speakers of the day; former CEO of Shell: Jeroen van der Veer. In the inspiring presentation he addressed the need for a society to innovate, stating that governments have to stimulate -not finance- innovation and restore the link of confidence between governments, corporations and citizens. With the keynote titled “Game Changers”, Accenture’s Global Innovation Lead Wouter Koetzier discussed this year’s participating concepts and their potential to have a breakthrough impact through 3 main trends in innovation to lead to Game Changers: Sustainability, Social and Digital. During the presentation he stated that innovation is the driving force for strong competitiveness, long-term profit and growth. Read more…
Marjolijn: Hoi Rob, Dank voor je berichtje, het gaat inderdaad niet altijd zoals je van te voren hoopt. Maar des te mooier als je er met vallen en opstaan...Read the full comment
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