{"id":492611,"date":"2024-11-14T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=492611"},"modified":"2024-11-14T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T05:30:00","slug":"precision-fair-clubhouse-reunion-networking-venue-masterclass-and-an-exciting-place-for-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/precision-fair-clubhouse-reunion-networking-venue-masterclass-and-an-exciting-place-for-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Fair: clubhouse, reunion, networking venue, masterclass and an exciting place for wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taking place this week in the Brabanthallen in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Precision Fair<\/a> brings together high-tech companies, professionals, and scientists to share the latest technologies and knowledge. With over 375 exhibitors, international networking opportunities, and a conference program with over fifty keynotes, presentations, and workshops, the fair offers visitors the chance to learn about and shape the future of precision technology themselves. The fair is pre-eminently a place for networking, but it is also a colossal reunion, clubhouse, and a spot to catch up with each other. It doesn’t matter with which of these considerations you entered: all these aspects are covered for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Precision Fair it also becomes clear that although the world of precision technology is growing rapidly, the real stakeholders still know each other very well. If it is not because they once worked together on an ingenious new product, it could also be because they have been watching that particular competitor for a while. On the trade show floor, they run into each other, and most visitors barely manage to get ahead. At every booth, there seems to be a new reason to halt; an old acquaintance to catch up with, or a new contact to make. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leidse Instrumentenmakers School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for director Stef Vink of the Leidse Instrumentenmakers School (Leiden Instrument Maker School, LIS). With his booth, Vink’s vocational school is wedged between the universities of Delft and Eindhoven, but for Vink it is not just about visibility. \u201cWhat we want to achieve here is for our students to find a connection with their future work field. In addition, of course, the fair is bursting with networking opportunities for our school. Moreover, we are discovering relevant innovations that keep the school current.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stef Vink (LIS) with students at the Precision Fair 2024 Photo \u00a9 Bram Saeys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fair provides LIS with a platform for its students to orient themselves to their future work environment safely and efficiently. \u201cOur booth is a place where they can land for a while,\u201d Vink explains. \u201cThey prepare themselves, know what to look at, and afterward, we discuss what they have seen and how they can continue looking at potential internships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LIS is at the heart of the technical field. As such, contacts with the business community, many of whom attend the fair, are particularly warm. \u201cThis is also a meeting place for companies taking in our graduates. When I walk around here, and companies address me with: ‘How nice that your students are here again,’ then that to me is the biggest success,\u201d says Vink. Reflecting on LIS’ role in Quantum Delta Growth Fund projects involving dozens of relevant companies, Vink emphasizes the importance of maintaining relationships. \u201cThere are dozens of companies here that are also very relevant to us for that reason,\u201d he says. \u201cBy maintaining and growing this network, LIS can continue to link education and business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitching students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The country’s three major technical universities had delegated several student teams on the fair’s first day. Six of those teams were allowed to pitch their groundbreaking technological initiatives for the Young Talent Pitch Award. The jury judged them on aspects such as social impact, technical feasibility, and innovativeness. That was far from easy because the projects, ranging from autonomous racing cars and an electric motor to hydrogen-powered airplanes, a South Pole rover, and a real rocket, all excelled in originality. Team Aero Delft ultimately emerged as the winner, closely followed by DARE – Stratos V, also from Delft, which took second place.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hydrogen-powered flight step closer with new collaboration between Airbus and student team AeroDelft<\/div>
European aerospace company Airbus is teaming up with student team AeroDelft to research the use of hydrogen in aviation. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Aero Delft is building a retrofit aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen, a sustainable alternative that could turn the aviation industry on its head. The team wants to explore the possibilities of hydrogen as a propulsion method, eventually switching from gaseous to liquid hydrogen. Aero Delft stood out, according to the jury, for its technical feasibility and innovation, marking an important step forward in the quest for cleaner aviation. Koen Pijnacker’s pitch was sharp and convincing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koen Pijnacker (Aero Delft), winner of the Young Talent Pitch Award, Precision Fair 2024 – Photo \u00a9 Bram Saeys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DARE (Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering), TU Delft’s student rocketry team, won second place with their project, Stratos V. This ambitious project aims to reach space with an entirely student-built rocket, gaining unique hands-on experience in advanced rocket construction. With innovations such as a reusable parachute for the rocket and a focus on sustainable and reusable materials, Kyle Scherpenzeel demonstrated on behalf of Stratos V their ambition to push the boundaries of space projects.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From Delft to orbit, with Dawn Aerospace<\/div>
Doing up to thousands of spaceflights with just one aircraft: that is the goal for the Mk-II Aurora of Dawn Aerospace, a start-up company located in Delft.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

International<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This year’s Precision Fair is dedicated to international cooperation, welcoming a record number of international delegations. \u201cInterest from abroad is enormous, and we therefore welcome groups of fellow professionals from all over the world,\u201d says Bart Kooijmans, program manager at organizer Mikrocentrum. For example, the short-pulse laser society from Lithuania is joining with four companies, and the Irish Precision Tooling & Machining Association is joining with 12 companies. Delegations from Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada are also represented, as are the Canadian Photonics Association and the Swiss Precision Cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is the second and final day of the Precision Fair. Tickets can be ordered for free at this link<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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