The Value Department

GIIN Impact Forum 2024
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-24 | RAI Amsterdam, Europaplein 24, Amsterdam, 1078 GZ, Netherlands
With attendees hailing from 70 countries, the GIIN Impact Forum is a major source of energy, inspiration and connectivity for the impact investing industry. Whether you’re new to this work or a seasoned pro, the forum is the place to be for the latest and greatest tools and ways of thinking on how we move capital to the most pressing issues facing society today. And the abundant #networking coupled with interactive and thought-provoking programming actually helps people become better impact investors when they leave.

Symplatform 2024
2024-09-03 - 2024-09-06 | Lecco, Lake Como
Symplatform is the place where academic knowledge meets the practice world to foster a critical discussion on what platforms are, how they work and what they can become for people, organizations and our society. Symplatform is a yearly conference taking place in a phygital format.
Join us to:
➡️ Engage with top experts in AI, blockchain, Circular Economy, and Platform Strategies.
➡️ Network with scholars, practitioners, and industry leaders.
➡️ Access cutting-edge research and innovative special sessions.
➡️ Participate in a hybrid event with both online and in-person sessions.
Symplatform, born in 2020, is the place where academic knowledge meets the practice world to foster a critical discussion on what platforms are, how they work, and what they can become for people, organizations, and our society. Symplatform is a yearly conference taking place in a phygital format.
September 3-5: Online (Teams)
September 6: In person (Lecco, Lake Como at Polo territoriale di Lecco – Politecnico di Milano)
Price (early bird till July 10th): €89 for online participation (Sept 3-6), €189 for full conference including lunch and coffee breaks (Sept 6)
💡 Special Sessions
– Round Tables, Keynotes, and Workshops with academics and practice leaders, see details in the agenda below.
– Paper Presentations on Latest Research Throughout the Event
– Special session “Symplatform as a platform” and much more!
🔗 Register Now: https://lnkd.in/dRGtyR8d
👉 Find Out More: https://symplatform.com/

Dutch Blockchain Days 2024
2024-06-19 | De Meervaart, Amsterdam, Meer en Vaart 300, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Dutch Blockchain Days program has been divided in four parts:

One main track of high level keynote speakers and pitches with thought leaders from all over the world.
Three sessions during the day.
Over 30 breakout sessions. Workshops, panels and other side-sessions, offered by a broad range of Dutch thought leaders.
You can find all details here.
Web3 experience. Throughout the venue, we have all kinds of cool web3 experiences prepared for you. Booths and more.
Included in the ticket is F&B all day; from drinks during the day and a nice lunch, to the afterdrinks. There will be extensive networking opportunities during all these moments.

The Blockchain Netherlands Foundation (BCNL) is organizing the Dutch Blockchain Days Conference for the 4th time. BCNL is the largest web3 ecosystem in the Netherlands and is a business network including startups, professionals, corporate enterprises, universities and other stakeholders, that is on a mission to optimize the conditions for blockchain/crypto projects and companies. The foundation focuses on events, networking, representation, and education. The people behind the DBD24 conference are professionals with a variety of backgrounds, who volunteer to provide the community and visitors with an inspiring location, an impressive program, a range of partners partners, ongoing network opportunities, and brand visibility. At the DBD the entire ecosystem comes together and we are looking forward to seeing you there.

TheNTWK Summit 2024
2024-05-27 - 2024-05-30 | Casa Llotja de Mar, Edifici Llotja, Pg. d'Isabel II, 1, Pis 2, Barcelona, 08003
If you’re facing the following challenges:
🔹 Reinventing your business strategy for resilient growth.
🔹 Balancing sustainability goals with business performance.
🔹 Using new technologies for a competitive edge while managing costs and ROI.
🔹 Creating long-lasting partnerships for innovation and impact.
#TheNTWKSummit24 is your place.
🗓 Date: 28-29th May
📍 Place: Casa Llotja de Mar, Barcelona.
💻 Can’t make it in person? No worries, you can still join online!
Join Europe’s Top Summit for Platform & Ecosystem Innovation for two days of learning and networking!

VU Ecosystems Day
2024-04-19 | VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ecosystem are different from – and encompass often – other collaborative organizational arrangements, as they are (1) organized around a core product/service/technology supported by a wide-range of complementary product/services/technologies, (2) accelerate growth and innovation, and (3) continuously co-evolve through learning and adaptation. An ecosystem thus represents a constellation of organizations that continuously realign capabilities, resources, roles, and investments to create and distribute value. Ecosystem members come together to create and deliver a shared value proposition in a partially intentional, highly self-organizing, manner, such that members provide contributions that fill out and complement those of the others. Against this background the VU Center of Ecosystems generates and disseminates actionable knowledge in pursuit of answering the following questions.
The nature and forms of Ecosystems

What are ecosystems, and how do they differ from other inter-organizational arrangements?
What types of ecosystem exist, and how are platform ecosystems, innovation ecosystems, and business ecosystems, purpose-ecosystems different?
What is ecosystem performance, and how can economical and societal impact be reconciled?

The governance of Ecosystems

Why do organizations want to become ecosystem leaders and/or participate as a complementor in an ecosystem?
What roles and contributions do different actors, such as companies, governments, and other organizations fulfill in ecosystems
What are viable ecosystems business models and how do business models enable members to create and appropriate value?
What are the value-creating conditions and value-appropriation mechanisms?

Ecosystem dynamics

How do ecosystems emerge and develop?
What mechanisms and processes drive ecosystem transformation?
How does the interplay between ecosystem and ecosystem members drive ecosystem development?

Organizations as Ecosystems

How can organizations adopt ecosystem thinking, design, and practices?
What organizational (design) approaches – e.g. Agile Organizations, Spotify model, Holacracy – enable organizations to embrace and embed ecosystem practices?
What does leadership entails, if approached from an ecosystem perspective?

The VU Knowledge Hub for Ecosystems is a center of expertise, which aims to be platform for research, education, and valorization. Propagating cross-disciplinary and multi-level research into the emergence, governance, and transformation of ecosystem organizing the Hub organizes research colloquia (e.g. mini-conferences) to advance a research community on ecosystems. During our yearly Ecosystems Day event (first edition in 2023) we bring together a diverse group of academics and practitioners, all passionate about ecosystems.
Furthermore, focusing on the diffusion of knowledge across practitioners the hub organizes roundtable sessions where academic and practitioner engage in meaningful conversations. Furthermore, the hub will disseminate the results of its an annual ecosystem survey assessing state-of-the-art ecosystem practices.
For information, please reach out to us at ecosystems.hub@vu.nl.
