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Why we write about this topic:<\/summary>

Looking back is boring if you also can ask a wide range of experts for their expectations. This is what they wish for, but they fear 2023 will not bring.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

For most media, the past weeks were a moment to look back. Not for us, of course; we continue to look forward consistently. The slogan in our first newsroom was \u201cNot What Happened Yesterday, But What\u2019s Relevant Tomorrow\u201d. That\u2019s why we allowed our network to reflect on two questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) what expectation with a high probability of realization<\/strong> do you have – within your field of expertise – for 2023?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) what expectation with a low probability of realization<\/strong> do you have, but would you – from that same expertise – fervently wish for it to come true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, we published the answers to the first question (which you can read here<\/a>). Now, it\u2019s time for the – to be honest – most interesting answers. What would you like to see happen in 2023? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the names<\/h2>

The hyperlinks behind the names of the quoted experts lead to their statements in the first article<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Carmen van Vilsteren<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More results in preventing diseases (among other things, prevention, especially behavior change) or discovering causes (especially neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maarten Steinbuch<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Electric flying seriously taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katja Pahnke<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I hope that despite enormous pressure on the (international) labor market, we can retain skilled workers for our region and offer new talent a living and working environment to settle here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buster Franken<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I fervently wish there would be specific attention among VCs for talent development – and not just the existing training institutions, but precisely the new innovative methods (such as challenge-based learning!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds: “This could be possible because there is mass recognition that the talent pool is drying up and simple job boards are no longer doing their job. And may I also wish that all corporates set a goal to shorten their procurement processes to 2 weeks (just kidding).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rinke Zonneveld<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Dutch politics, hard and clear choices are finally being made about which economic activity we want to have and keep in the Netherlands in the long(er) term. And that policy and money flows are being directed toward this goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daan Kersten<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The killer application of measurement with integrated photonics is found, and the first voluminous application proves that the developments of the last 15-20 years are retroactively turned into a positive business case in one fell swoop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The first photonics unicorn is thus a reality”, Daan adds. “The low probability is in the timing; it will probably take longer, but this technology’s bright future is clear.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arno Sprengers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More companies are starting to be aware that knowledge is essential for a long-term existence, and therefore for our future, and that respect, together with trust, is the basis for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds: “I have repeatedly experienced the energy you give people when you genuinely recognize their added value and help them contribute their knowledge to the organization. This culture change also has a chance, but it will take more time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hilde de Vocht<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An explosion in the number of women on the High Tech Campus with a technical background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlo van de Weijer<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I would fervently wish for a breakthrough in the field of synthetic fuels, for example through mandatory blending in airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This breakthrough could also be caused by a major power in the oil industry, he adds. “Or some major investor finally realizes that that is the future after all, and those synthetic fuels are cheaper than the refined fossil fuels in the long run.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eug\u00e8ne Franken<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Peace on earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has high hopes. Plus some more practical ones from his specific field of expertise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n