3. Industry pioneers in Twente
Entrepreneurial innovators:
• C.T. Stork
• Thomas Ainsworth
• Charles de Maere
• Willem de Clercq
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4. Panorama of Twente around 1930
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5. Employment in the
textile industry
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Development of number of jobs in the textile industry from 1969 to 2011
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6. Downturn of the textile industry
“Innovation comes with creative
destruction”, Josef Schumpeter
What/who doesn’t innovate becomes
obsolete! New replaces old
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7. Regional policy in Twente
Policy measures implemented in Twente Strengthen the
regional development:
1. Investment in Human Capital (Higher Education)
2. Supporting Entrepreneurship
3. International cooperation
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8. 1 Investment in Human Capital
Investment in Technical Higher Education:
Building the University of Twente (1962)
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13. Programme
Tuesday 15 may 2018
• Arrival dinner at “het Paradijs” (The paradise)
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14. Programme
Wednesday 16 may 2018
• Practitioner Development Workshops at Saxion University
• Welcome reception at City Hall Enschede
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15. Programme
Thursday 17 may 2018
Friday 18 may 2018
• 3E conference at University of Twente
• Conference dinner at “de Gieterij”(Foundry)
University
of Twente Gieterij
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16. Getting to Enschede
Airplane:
• Schiphol airport:
• Direct connection by train every 30 mins
• Airport Munster/Osnabrück
• Connected by bus and train every hour
Car: by A1/A35 (E30)
Train: via Netherlands & Germany
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17. Accommodation
• Intercity hotel.
Next to central train station
and city centre.
• Drienerburght.
On the university campus
• Broeierd.
Near the university campus
Bus transfers are supplied
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands