Annual symposium
During the annual symposium on 16 June 2026, we worked on knowledge, guidelines and practical perspectives for the Netherlands as an innovative, entrepreneurial and governing country.
How can we strengthen the Netherlands’ earning capacity in a time when scarcity forces us to make strategic choices? This question was central to the TNO Vector Symposium 2026, ‘Drivers for long-term earning capacity’. Six months after the Wennink Report, we translated insights into concrete perspectives for action and policy for the Taskforce Future Prosperity & Earning Capacity.
In addition to participants in the various sessions, contributions were made by Ingrid Thijssen, member of the Wennink Report advisory group and President of the Executive Board of TU Delft, Rinke Zonneveld, CEO of Invest-NL, and Bas van der Pol, alderperson for the municipality of Tilburg.
View the final results of the breakout sessions here and download the document (pdf, 7.2 MB) (in Dutch). Illustration: Flatland.
About the break-outsessions
- Getting started with innovation adoption and improving labour productivity
- Digital sovereignty as key to future earning capacity
- Space is scarce and decisive for our earning capacity
- Flexibility in the energy system: from emergency measure to competitive advantage
- From idea to market share by organising capital for scaling
- Steering strategic sectors
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Lotte de Groen
Functie:Market directorSpecialisatie niet bekendMy name is Lotte de Groen. I am market director at TNO Vector, where I operate at the strategic intersection of societal transitions, innovation, and market development. In this role, I focus on accelerating and scaling transitions that have a tangible impact on long-term competitiveness, societal resilience, and broad prosperity.
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Anne Fleur van Veenstra
Functie:Director of ScienceSpecialisatie niet bekendAs Director of Science, I am responsible for our knowledge portfolio. I maintain relationships with other knowledge institutions. My drive is to ensure that our researchers apply their expertise to realise societal innovation.
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