1. Opportunities of demographic changes in the Achterhoek Region (the Netherlands) Willkommen Bienvenue Bienvenida Välkommen Hoş geldiniz Welkom Martin Stor 13th October 2015

2. To expand its opportunities, the Achterhoek is looking for partners throughout Europe. Which European region wants to join us?

3. Cooperation between government, companies and organisations Three main themes: ECONOMY LIVING ENVIRONMENT ACCESSABILITY ACHTERHOEK AGENDA 2020

4. Agriculture & food Healthcare Manufacturing - & construction industry EMPLOYMENT ACHTERHOEK

5. SMART INDUSTRY Manufacturing technologies Digitalization Network centric.

7. SMART INDUSTRY ACHTERHOEK Innovation  Revenue Revenue  Jobs Jobs  Quality of life

8. INNOVATION HUBS: – Achterhoek: 10 innovation hubs – Goal: Stimulating innovation – innovation hub: – joint enterprise of 1-5 sme’s – manager: young graduate – 7 – 12 students per hub (Intermediate Vocational Education, Higher Vocational Education, University) – Continuing process: selecting innovation projects, students SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK

9. SMART BENDING FACTORY cooperation 10 sme’s outsourcing sheet metal bending state of the art technology IT integration lower cost of ownership SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK

10. MASTERCLASSES SMART INDUSTRY ACHTERHOEK Curriculum development: 2 leading sme’s the masterclasses initiates a smart industry community Initiative embraced by dutch smart industry movement SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK

11. AGRO innovation lab based on lora open source network connecting internet of things application in agro SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK

12. CONNECTION –Fibre optic cable OPEN INNOVATION –Printing on concrete

13. INVITATION The Achterhoek kindly invites you to visit our region on the 27th of November 2015