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New medical technological research focused on cardiovascular diseases
This information is only available in Dutch.
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Kick-off Innovative Medical Devices Initiative 2.0
Op woensdag 18 april 2018 vond de Innovative Medical Devices Initiative (IMDI) 2.0 kick-off plaats in Utrecht. Tijdens deze middag presenteerde Hans Rietman, voorzitter van de stuurgroep IMDI 2.0, het vervolg van het IMDI subsidieprogramma. In de 2.0 versie van het IMDI zal de benadering van het NWO-programma Maatschappelijk verantwoord innoveren (MVI) een belangrijk onderdeel zijn.
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Looking back on the conference Connecting Practices 2018
On Friday January 19th, the Muntgebouw in Utrecht was filled with the chatter of about 200 people, already active in the field of responsible innovation, or interested to join.
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Conference Connecting Practices: insights from the industry
What is there to gain for a company by engaging in responsible innovation initiatives? During the conference Connecting Practices, representatives of industry revealed a myriad of motives.
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The MVI approach: a gain for society
‘If we can do better by innovation tomorrow, we have an obligation to innovate today.’ That motto from the NWO-MVI movie clip shown during 'Connecting practices' is the leading principle for the MVI-approach, illustrated member of the NWO-MVI Committee and Professor at Delft University of Technology Jeroen Van den Hoven during the closing debate.
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Connecting practices: sure, but how?
How does a cooperation between academic researchers and public and private partners in the field of responsible innovation come about? What are the challenges, and how to overcome them? During the conference Connecting practices, ample best practices were shared, and during several workshops possible solutions and suggestions were discussed for practical problems that can arise when working on a (sensitive) societal issue.
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Granted NWO-MVI projects 2016
Within NWO-MVI, nine new research projects, all related to the top sectors, were honored at the beginning of 2017. These projects identify early ethical and social issues of (technological) innovations, to make sure these can be taken into account in the innovation process. This increases the level of acceptance among stakeholders.
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Conference Connecting Practices: presentations of research projects
During the first day of the two-day NWO-MVI conference Connecting practices, researchers met for an intimate meeting at the Muntgebouw in Utrecht.
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Impression Pitch & Date Event, May 2017
A group of researchers and other professionals interested in responsible innovation (MVI) gathered in ‘de Zilveren Vosch’ in Utrecht to familiarise with the open MVI call for proposals and to get in contact with each other. Young MVI researchers Johanna Höffken (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Wouter Boon (Utrecht University) hosted the event, together with Jasper Roodenburg (NWO).
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Infographic on NWO-MVI approach
Identifying ethical and social issues at an early stage and taking these into account in the design process will lead to responsible innovations that enjoy broad social consensus. This approach also reduces failures or costly adaptations at a later stage.
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Handel in hoop
Should patients with no further treatment options be given access to unregistered drugs through a commercial company? And if so, under what conditions? Researchers in the NWO MVI Responsible Innovation programme are examining this question.
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Funding opportunity
First IMDI call about 'bemensbare zorg' now open for applications
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