According to Guustaaf Savenije of VDL ETG, the largest tier-1 high tech supplier and hardware company in the Netherlands, software is just one of the disciplines – no more, no less.
“State-of-the-art technologieën zoals IO-Link, geïntegreerd in Festo-componenten, zijn voor ons bijzonder waardevol bij het perfectioneren van onze machines” – Sylvie Guinard, CEO van Thimonnier
From connected vehicles to autonomous driving – software is changing the automotive world. In their talk at the Software-Centric Systems Conference (25 September, Eindhoven), Patrick Senden and Peter Vanhoef (Daf Trucks) will highlight the challenges of building a more software-oriented organization and what it takes to be recognized as a software company within the Brainport region.
Dutch Finance Secretary Wopke Hoekstra proposes to set up an investment fund for scientific and technology research. Experience has shown, though, that such a fund isn’t necessarily safe from politicians’ grabby hands.
Having been on both sides of research and development for all of my professional life, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m a strong believer in societal progress being driven forward by R&D.