New Dutch Wave House is located at Waller Ballroom; 700 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701

To visit New Dutch Wave online, please visit the website and Eventbrite pages.

Sunday, March 11 to Wednesday, March 14:
New Dutch Wave stand at the Interactive Trade Show
The New Dutch Wave booth offers a surprising program everyday. Varying from the Dutch developments in solutions and tools for people with visual impairments, to showcasing interesting tech and creative startups. Next to that, you’ll find some interesting presentations from our municipalities to show you why you should come and work or do business in The Netherlands. Don’t forget to grab a delicious Dutch stroopwafel on your way out!


Monday, March 12: Startup Day / Opening
1pm-3pm New Dutch Wave Pitch Competition, powered by Innogy
We are welcoming 10 startups to share their groundbreaking ideas with the entrepreneurship community. Join the audience to see who will pitch their business ideas, convince expert judges of their value, and wow the crowd in 5 minutes (with 5 min Q&A).

3pm - 4pm Global Challenges, Blockchain-Enabled Solutions
Panel discussion moderated by HRH Prince Constantijn, special envoy for startups. Panelists include: Arash Aazami (UniversalRight.org), Arthur Melissen (Storro), and Marloes Pomp (Dutch Blockchain Coalition).

4pm - 5pm Dutch Startup Showcase
Meet the innovators that are shaping the future of our cities, recruitment, e-commerce, sports tech, music, festival innovation, food, energy, video and music streaming!

11pm – 2am Opening Party: We officially open the New Dutch Wave house with some very special guests, a barbeque, and a great party!


Tuesday, March 13: Smart City Day
9:30am – 11am How to design the city?
A panel discussion about urban development, including design of the circular city and how panelists’ projects contribute to the development of their cities. Opening by Jann de Waal with speakers including: Blue City: Lars Crama (Blue City), Hans Schönfeld (Dutch National Police Department), Claudius Lieven (City of Hamburg), and Ren Yee (UNStudio)

11am- 12:30pm Tackling local challenges resulting from global problems
Austin Mayor Steve Adler will welcome the audience and briefly share his view on smart cities, including Austin. The panelists will elaborate on several statements: Cities need to have Smart City strategies, city planners must look beyond its boundaries, city councils need to learn from startups, and more.

12:30pm – 12:45pm Global Challenges, Dutch Solutions
Presentation by Dave Geensen and Frank Vieveen (both municipality Rotterdam) about smart city challenges and solutions in Rotterdam. A short film will be followed by a short talk.

12:45pm – 1pm Creating the Internet of Energy Talk by Arash Azaami (Kamangir)

1pm – 1:30pm Discussion with startups: Impact for the future of living Moderated by: Martin Luxemburg (Director, Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam). Pieter Waller from Chargetrip, who won the innogy Mobility & Energy Track during the New Dutch Wave Startup Competition, along with Babak Mirzaie from Expivi and Veerle Donders of Zoku, will explain how they contribute to smart city challenges.

1:30pm – 2:10pm Roundtable discussion: Smartest cities do make social impact
During the Round Table, the following projects will be discussed: Amsterdam's Agile Digitalization, Amsterdam Innovation Arena, MaaS: (Mobility as a Service), and Smart Policing: "Data driven for a safe & smart city”. Speakers: Anil Balgobind (City of Amsterdam), Henk van Raan (Amsterdam Arena), Eric Minck (Min IenM).

2:10pm – 2:30pm Festivals for Inclusive Cities
In this presentation, a quick view of the Expo Floriade 2022 Almere will be explained by representative Mark Spetter." Linda Holleman of We Make The.City Festival will present the plans for coming WeMakeThe.City festival.

2:30pm – 3pm The enabler of smart cities; Future roles of utilities
Hosted by Andre Richter and Lukas Winter of innogy. innogy SE is one of Europe’s leading energy companies, offering innovative and sustainable products and services which enable energy efficiency and improve quality of life.

3:30pm – 4pm Bundle IT in a Department of Technology
Join Technical Lead of Dept, Arthur Stobbelaar, in a talk about why the existence of a centralized Ministry of Technology is paramount to deal with Net Neutrality, Cryptocurrencies, and other issues we’ve faced in the past year.

4pm – 4:30pm Fake news, social addictiveness, and dumb cities
We explore how and why we need ethics for actual human beings in Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and UX design, as it is the only way forward in creating smarter cities we actually want to live in.

9pm - 10pm and 10pm - 11pm The Living Museum
An exhilarating mix of the avant-garde art, music, fashion, technology and performance. An experience created in collaboration with groundbreaking Dutch artists, who make multidisciplinary cross-overs and give a new meaning to the word “museum”.

11pm - 2am The Living Museum Presents
After the two shows of The Living Museum, they will present a night filled with music!
- 11pm - 11:40pm Lex Empress
- 12am - 12:40am Chagall
- 12:45am - 2am DJ Masha


Wednesday, March 14: Festival Innovation, Music, and Tech
10am - 11am What’s next in Influencer Marketing, and why the future of branding is publishing
Moderator John Meulemans (3sixtyfive) talks about brands that have become a publisher, the role of influencers, and how new creative formats will change marketing forever. After the presentation, a panel with industry-experts from Ubisoft, Armada Music and Fashionchick will explore new opportunities and share their vision.

11:15am – 12:15pm Paradiso Panel on Branding in Music
In this panel session, we discuss branding a venue and artists in the current market, with participants of every branch involved. Moderator: Carly Renwarin (Head of Marketing, Publicity & Ticketing Paradiso)

12:30pm – 2:30pm What is the secret of the Dutch Festival scene?
With this track, we dive into the world of music and entertainment – and find out what kind of technologies are coming to a festival near you (if not already there!)

3pm – 7pm Where Cultures & HR meet, hosted by Appical
Network with Dutch companies and learn about how you can "Build a Culture in High-Performance Organizations" with our panel of HR experts from PepsiCo, Uber, Southwest Airlines, and Appical. Plus, beats will be provided by the famous Dutch DJ Joost van Bellen!

8pm – 2am Paradiso Presents!
Amsterdam’s Paradiso has become a pop venue, a club and a cultural center in one. In this program, they will host musical acts Rosemary & Garlic, The Homesick, Ace Tee, Canshaker Pi, Soweto Kinch, Joost van Bellen!


Thursday, March 15: Dutch Impact Party
9:30am – 11:20am The Living Museum Talks
Hear about new ways to present music and art of the avant-garde with the founders of the Living Museum Gianna Tomiyama & Chafik Benhmidouch and the artists Chagall, Lisette Ros, Sam Andrea and Coen Aerts.

12pm - 6pm Dutch Impact Party
Hear what Holland’s upcoming talent has to offer for an all-day Dutch sonic expression! Click here for the Eventbrite page.

• 12:30pm Yori Swart
• 1:30pm Rosemary & Garlic
• 2:30pm Max Meser
• 3:30pm Mozes & The Firstborn
• 4:30pm The Homesick
• 5:30pm Canshaker Pi

2pm – 6pm Stroopwafel Tasting provided by Stroop Club
Enjoy the mouth-watering experience of this non-classic classic Dutch tradition: The Stroopwafel!

8pm – 2am Appelsap Presents!
Appelsap is bringing some of the best of what Dutch/UK music has to offer! Larry Racer, Naaz, Abstract, Ray Fuego, Kojo Funds, and Amy Becker are on the lineup.


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New Dutch Wave

New Dutch Wave is an International movement to celebrate top notch Dutch creativity and entrepreneurship launched in 2017 at South by Southwest. A platform designed to inspire, connect and generate new business, New Dutch Wave is the place where Dutch entrepreneurs, creatives, startups, artists, as well as the Dutch government and our smartest cities will present themselves to a relevant international audience.

New Dutch Wave was founded by WINK and Enterprise Summit, in collaboration with the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Creative Holland.

As part of the New Dutch Wave initiative, StartupDelta, the Amsterdam-based public-private startup hub, is coming to SXSW Interactive to showcase some of the Netherlands’ most ingenious answers to everything from blockchain-based secure file sharing (Storro), to wearables that track your soccer and sports performance (DashTag). Both were chosen to be among 50 companies competing in this year’s SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event.

In addition, a total of ten innovative Dutch companies will compete in a face off at the New Dutch Wave House on March 12, 2018. The competition will be judged by HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje, special envoy from the Netherlands and long-time champion of Dutch tech and culture.

March 10-11, 2018: Accelerator Pitch Event (Hilton Hotel, 4th Floor, Salon A/B)

March 11: New Dutch Wave Stand opens, featuring 12 startups selected by StartupAmsterdam & StartupDelta (see below for full list), Expo Center Stand 1541

March 12: New Dutch Wave Pitch Competition powered by Innogy, NDW House, 1-3 PM       

• Panel: Global Challenges, Blockchain Solutions, NDW House, 3-4 PM: Meet the Dutch changemakers in a lively discussion led by HRH Constantjin van Oranje with Arash Aazami (“Digital Energy Powering the Globe”), Arthur Melissen (“Information Technologies Used to Increase Trust and Freedom in our Digital World”), and Marloes Pomp (“Blockchain in the Dutch Public Sector”).
• Startup Showcase, NDW House, 4-5 PM: Curated matchmaking meets serendipitous connection

“SXSW is a proven and excellent platform for startups who want to connect with the worldwide creative industry. During SXSW, appealing Dutch startup-solutions and technologies will be presented, with a focus on innovative Smart Cities, and the question of how to make cities cleaner and safer with the help of new innovative technologies,” says Prince Constantjin. “We are eager to make this trip to Austin as successful as possible and help facilitate meaningful connections between startups and their potential clients and investors.”

The selected startups are promising examples of Dutch tech, ranging from the use of blockchain in ticketing and cloud sharing to AI as an HR solution.

Wonderkind: Wonderkind attracts the perfect candidate for the job using AI and winning job ads. With Wonderkind companies can reach talent they’ve never reached before.

Expivi: Expivi opens new and exciting ways for you to present your products anywhere, on any device in 3D.

GUTS tickets: Utilization of blockchain to create a transparent ticketing ecosystem, where predatory secondary ticket prices and ticket fraud are nonexistent.

Storro: Storro is a peer-to-peer blockchain application enabling you to safely store and share files without the cloud.

DashTag: FIFA-grade soccer stats for everyone. Bring the FIFA game experience into real-life soccer games.

The Avocado Show serves visually stunning and incredibly tasty signature dishes made with love from sustainable and socially responsible avocados.

Biomed Elements: Manufacturer of biological implants that span from orthopedics to tissue engineering.

Statebox: Statebox is building a formally verified programming language using robust mathematical principles and visual diagrams to prevent errors, allow composability, and ensure termination, perfect for blockchain building and process management.

Volareo: Volareo is the world’s first blockchain music streaming speaker, by bringing musicians & music fans closer together in a “direct-to-consumer” ecosystem powered by artificial intelligence and the transparency of blockchain.

Wizzymaps: Wizzymaps is a web app that makes it easy to create your project and share information in a visual way without downloading an app. An interactive web app for all mobile devices.

Lightning Video Editors: The fastest, coolest way to sum up your training or your event in a video.

Uscoutfor is a game changer in the sport-tech industry and combines intelligent imaging, behavior algorithms, and Deep Learning to generate high impact, real-time automated content and datasets. In combination with readily available hardware, this makes it simple to broadcast any sports match live.

BlueCity is an incubator for circular entrepreneurs in and around Rotterdam. Our hub in a deserted swimming pool and dynamic community of entrepreneurs, researchers, neighbours, government officials, and educators serve as a breeding ground for 25 innovative, circular companies linking their production waste streams.

Chargetrip is an intelligent routing platform for electric mobility. By loading data into our navigation apps we can develop predictive models for energy companies and fleet managers.

Digital Angel improves the quality of life of patients and well-being healthcare professionals by connecting smart medical devices to a single platform.

Fited is an AI-driven design platform for automated 3D modeling of patient-specific medical devices. Its mass adjustment system automatically creates a patient-specific medical record with patient photos and medical images.

Stackables develops, produces, and markets modules for mobile cooking and entertainment that are smart and shareable. Stackables’ products share the same footprint and unintrusive, timeless design, including its debut product, the GRXLL (pronounced: Grill X)

Universal Rights offer a platform for investment and value creation for the internet of energy. Energy is the main currency feeding the real, tangible economy, and Universal Rights contribute to universal access to abundant, infinite and clean energy sources.

Zoku Lofts are smartly designed, spacious micro apartments with a fully equipped kitchen, extensive storage space and an elevated sleeping area that can be screened off to make it cozy, business or somewhere in between, allowing you to live comfortably and work efficiently.


“SXSW is the ultimate showcase for Dutch innovators,” enthuses Dutch Ambassador to the US Henne Schuwer. “Dutch startups drive innovation from autonomous driving trials to pedestrian street lights designed for smartphone users and noise reduction systems on our highways. The Netherlands is developing techniques to make our cities smarter, safer, and more efficient.”

The Netherlands has long used technological ingenuity to make the most of limited resources--and done so with a real knack for aesthetic beauty and civic progress. The companies encouraged as part of StartupDelta prove this technological knowhow can go global. Part of Europe’s tech renaissance, they are enriching the Dutch startup ecosystem, turning intriguing ideas into solid businesses.

Dutch scientists and inventors have laid the groundwork for the digital age, contributing to everything from CD technology to microchip printing. They have used technology to grow more food, to save more energy, to make city life more harmonious and efficient. Their companies range from highly specialized niche firms to the billion-dollar payment service Ayden (which just became the main payment processor for eBay).

“Leveraging technology and the online nature of many players and athletes, we offer a sport experience that feels fresh,” says Epco Berger, founder and CEO of DashTag, which helps athletes track on-field performance and smash goals. “The Dash, our wearable designed with soccer in mind, turns field performance into FIFA-like stats. Being part of SXSW gives us the chance to share our vision to a broader audience and likeminded people from different areas of expertise at the intersection of sports, media, and lifestyle.”

While Austin, Texas is preparing for SXSW17, the New Dutch Wave adds a host of new partners to the delegation – just moments before departure. Thijs Biersteker, BNN-VARA, Nick Verstand, innogy Essent, Gazelle, AkzoNobel, fashion designer Pauline van Dongen, and Circus Family have been added to the already extensive list of leading Dutch individuals and companies attending SXSW. The New Dutch Wave delegation now includes more than 50 partners eager to demonstrate why the Netherlands’ position in the top 10 of most creative countries is justified.

Aside from the beautiful Dutch Design stand in the Austin Convention Center marketplace, designed by Formnation, Barbarella & Swan Dive will be home to the New Dutch Wave from Sunday, March 12th to Wednesday, March 15th.

The Dutch presence will not go unnoticed. Visitors to the New Dutch Wave house will not be able to miss the Drive In – an installation by the production company Halal – situated in a Cadillac, where a screen will display the diverse work of the Amsterdam company. Riding orange Gazelle bikes through the city center of Austin, the New Dutch Wave will be handing out stroopwafels, made by the Austin-based Dutch company de Stroopclub.

The four days of intriguing panels, discussions, and presentations  – ‘Deep Dives’ into the far-reaching convergence between content and tech –  have four themes.  Every day will end with musical performances by a wide range of artists, bands, and DJ’s, organized with the help of Buma Culture and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). For more information and the full schedule of events, see: www.newdutchwave.com

On Sunday, our focus will be on the Intelligent Future, on Monday the Media Innovations will be presented, Tuesday will be themed Experience Design & Design for Society, and Wednesday’s finale theme is Entertainment Meets Tech. Every Deep Dive will be presented by a wide variety of top-level speakers, recent additions being Mediamonks’ Global Head of VR and Talpa’s Head of Strategy Joost Galjart.

On Tuesday March 14th, fashion designer and Wearable Technology specialist Pauline van Dongen will be presenting her “Issho” in the New Dutch Wave house. This intelligent, touch-sensitive denim jacket is tuned in to the wearer’s behavior. Contemporary artist Nick Verstand will also be speaking on Tuesday, discussing his latest piece: ‘Point of View’, a 10-foot tall light sculpture surrounded by 8 speakers, designed to invoke a totally novel sensory experience and prompting us to question what we really see and hear. His installation has been selected for the SXSW art program and can be viewed at the Hilton Downtown (room 412). Artist Thijs Biersteker has an ongoing exposition of his latest interactive installation ‘Plastic Reflectic’, which shows how people’s behavior can influence the development of the plastic soup in our oceans.

Aside from all the tech-trends, there is also an opportunity to relax on Tuesday: the organizers of the dating site and app Inner Circle will be organizing a ‘Singles Only Drinks’ event. On this night, single SXSW17-visitors can use the Inner Circle app to get in touch with one another and meet in real life on the New Dutch Wave house patio.

Wednesday March 15th will be dedicated to games and music. Entertainment Meets Tech will provide a platform for keynotes and demonstrations by Utomik and Illusive Games. Utomik has been dubbed the ‘Netflix of gaming’, and Illusive Games works on gaming-accessibility for everyone, regardless of language, age, or experience. Their ‘Circles’-game went live mid-February on Steam and is quite remarkable: it contains over 90 levels of gameplay – but no text.

Beeld en Geluid will present the findings of an experiment conducted over the last couple of weeks using their COGITCH-algorithm, which computed the ‘hit’-potential of the Dutch Impact artists performing on SXSW. The Dutch Impact Party will take place on this day as well, including the latest addition to their line-up: Grandpa Death Experience.

OPENING BY PRINCE CONSTANTIJN
The New Dutch Wave delegation will be leaving for Austin this week to set the stage for the Dutch creative industry, who will enjoy the limelight for 4 days during SXSW. HRH Prince Constantijn from The Netherlands will open the New Dutch Wave stand on Sunday, March 12th, where he will be the first to experience the Sensory Reality Pod built by Dutch startup Sensiks. Afterwards he will open the New Dutch Wave house with a kickoff of the panna-competition taking place on the house’s patio.

ABOUT THE NEW DUTCH WAVE
New Dutch Wave is a platform for Dutch creativity and entrepreneurship abroad – designed to inspire, connect, and create new business. New Dutch Wave was founded by Corrino Media Group, Wink, and Enterprise Summit, in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Creative Holland, iMMovator, StartupDelta, Buma Cultuur, Amsterdam Trade, amsterdam inbusiness, Rotterdam Partners and the City of the Hague. Other partners from New Dutch Wave are Adformatie, Akzonobel, Backbone, Dept, Dutch Impact, Dutch Media Innovators, Dutch Music Export, Dutchband, Emerce, Faber Exposize, Fonds Podium Kunsten, Formnation, Gazelle, Halal, The Inner Circle, Innogy Essent, Minibrew, The Next Web, Sensiks, De Stroopclub, Superhero Cheesecake, Utomik and The Hup.