About the Dutch Innovation Prize

The Dutch Innovation Prize is part of the Dutch Innovation Monitor, one of the largest annual surveys into innovation in the Netherlands. A wide range of Dutch companies are invited to participate every year. Both the Dutch Innovation Prize and the research on which it is based are an initiative of the Amsterdam Center for Business Innovation of the UvA, led by Prof.dr. H.W. Volberda.

 The other nominees for this award are: Basilisk Self-Healing Concrete, MIMETAS, PHYSEE, The eNose Company

This year’s jury consists of: Gerard Bakker (Inspector General NVWA), Hans Boumans (Technology Transfer Manager TNO), Jos de Groen (senior policy officer SER), Thomas Grosfeld (specialist Innovation and Top Sector Policy VNO-NCW), Donovan van Heuven ( editor-in-chief MT/Sprout ), Geert Huizinga (director of FME advocacy), Frederieke Leeflang (chairman of the NPO), Greet Prins (chairman of the Chamber of Commerce), Albert Jan Thomassen (director of FBNet Family Companies), Pieter Waasdorp (director of Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Economic Affairs) and Henk Volberda (jury chairman). The public can also vote (online) from the beginning of October via AVROTROS’ De Wereld van Morgen website.