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Celebrate the year

Stop time for a moment at RDM Next Goodbye 2023, here we come 2024! New Year's Eve is always a great time to reflect on the past year, and at the same time to look ahead to everything that is yet to come. End this year in the Loft and share the successes from 2023 in style. Thank your colleagues for their tireless efforts and enter the new year full of motivation! An atmospheric morning, afternoon or evening. This year we will prepare the Loft for Christmas and the New Year, including a Christmas tree and a special Christmas program. Hereby…
Frido Aalbers
September 19, 2023
Events

And we're off!

It is not yet noticeable from the nice weather, but we are now running at full speed here! This week we proudly hosted the kick-off of PortXL in the Loft, we received KPN IoT for a great IoT workshop from Junior IoT and the Commissariat Room was used for various meetings. There are more great events on the agenda in the coming period, we are really looking forward to welcoming you again! But secretly that's not all: at the back, our team is busy working on something new. About this very soon…
Frido Aalbers
September 7, 2023
Events

Three European projects in the Loft

The Transformation of European Shipbuilding: Exploring the Impact of New Technologies! Yesterday and today there are three different European projects in the loft, all aimed at applying new technologies in shipbuilding processes. These three projects, namely the FIBRE4YARDS project, Mari4_YARD and the Resurgam Project, share their knowledge and developments to advance the future of shipbuilding. Christophe Tytgat opened his presentation yesterday by asking whether new technologies will be enough to stimulate the shipyard industry. Today, during the second day of the joint dissemination event in the loft, the three sister projects (FIBRE4YARDS project, Mari4_YARD and Resurgam Project) will…
Hester
May 31, 2023
Events

Educational 5CC event with the Municipality of Rotterdam at the RDM

This week the Municipality of Rotterdam visited us at the RDM for an event called 5CC (Five Cities Connect). This day was packed with workshops and networking moments. The day started in the Auditorium, where guests from five different world cities received an introduction to the RDM. They were then treated to inspiring speeches by Fatuma Koker and Gerlof de Haan. After the plenary part, the visitors were led to the IT Campus, where they participated in various workshops in four different break-out rooms. Upon arrival they were welcomed with refreshing vitamin water and nakd health bars. There was a wide choice of workshops, ranging from strategic issues to technical…
Hester
May 30, 2023
Events

KPN event inspires female inclusivity and equal opportunities in society.

This week De Loft was all about women in the workplace! KPN visited us on Wednesday and Karlijn Straver from WOMEN INC gave an interactive presentation about female inclusivity within companies. WOMEN INC has been striving to improve the position of women in the Netherlands since 2005 and the guests present were actively involved in the conversation to share thoughts and ideas. The main topic of this event was the pursuit of a society in which gender or sex has no influence on the opportunities of individuals. In between there was a delicious lunch and a drink at the end, where the…
Hester
April 21, 2023
EventsTeam building

KPN impressed by the technology on the RDM – See what they discovered!

A tour of the Innovation dock with KPNG Yesterday, 250 KPN managers visited the Innovation Dock for an inspiration day with the theme "progress starts with you". We received them at the RDM location and guided them on a tour of the Innovation Dock. During the tour we introduced them to various digital technologies, including 3D printing, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and drones. For each technology we demonstrated, we discussed with participants specific applications in their own work and how these technologies could be used to drive progress and change. This experience made me want…
Hester
April 6, 2023
Team building

Robot race with Comaen

Robot Race: Program your way to victory! On a recent team outing in the Loft, Comaen came by to do the Robot race with us. After an instructional presentation, participants were divided into groups of 2 to 3 people and were each assigned a laptop and a driving route to a table. Here they could program their own robot to participate in the race. In the Robot Race, the goal is to get a moving robot from start to finish in the shortest possible time, which involves overcoming various checkpoints and multiple finish lines. The…
Hester
March 31, 2023
News

Councilor Simons visits

A great start to the day, councilor Robert Simons visited a number of companies and organizations in the Innovation Dock. During the tour, the councilor spoke with various people involved in technologies and innovations aimed at the port of Rotterdam. The tour was made possible by Marie José Van Den Boomgaard of KPN, Jurjen Lengkeek of RDM Next and Jouke Goslinga on behalf of RDM Rotterdam.View more news
Frido Aalbers
March 30, 2023
News

Minister Micky Adriaansens on the RDM

€210 million for growth in public-private partnerships in vocational education To increase the innovative power and productivity of companies in the Netherlands, the government has announced that it will invest €210 million in the scaling up of public-private partnerships between vocational education and employers in secondary vocational education and higher professional education . This investment is part of the government's Green and Digital Jobs Action Plan and aims to facilitate the transition to a sustainable and digital economy by making better use of knowledge and innovative solutions from vocational education. Minister Adriaansens of Economic Affairs and Climate has announced the subsidy scheme for public-private…
Hester
March 24, 2023
Events

Serious gaming with Prorail

On Tuesday our Loft was completely dedicated to ProRail: from an interactive game to networking while enjoying snacks and drinks! The afternoon started with serious gaming, where the group was divided into five smaller groups. The aim of the game was to renovate a station, where the participants each had to work together in an assigned role with different interests to arrive at a solution. An educational and fun way to work together. After the game there was a plenary session, after which there was time to network and talk...
Hester
March 20, 2023
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