Tech Events at Matrix ONE, Amsterdam

A matchmaking afternoon for life-sciences and health founders looking for funding: pre-matched one-to-one meetings with more than thirty investors, open to e-health, medtech and biotech startups seeking equity, funding expertise and introductions. At Matrix ONE on Amsterdam Science Park, 12:30 to 17:30 on 5 November. Free but invite-only - applications go through the b2match platform.

with Marek (AI agent expert and teacher, Amsterdam Data Academy) · Ishan Singh (Marketing leader, Uber)

A free afternoon for marketers who want to get past AI demos: build a working AI agent yourself with teachers beside you, then talk frankly about what AI really changes in marketing work. Run by the Amsterdam Data Academy as an official World AI Week event. Walk-in 15:00, programme from 15:10, close at 18:00. Marek, AI agent expert and teacher at the Amsterdam Data Academy, opens on what an agent is and how one gets from demo to production, then leads a hands-on build in n8n. From 16:30 there is a small facilitated round table with Ishan Singh, marketing leader at Uber, on what is genuine and what is still noise, followed by networking from 17:30. Free, in the Sustainalab at Matrix ONE, Science Park 301. Two things the organisers require before you arrive: bring a charged laptop and its charger, because a tablet or phone will not work for the workshop, and accept the n8n invitation emailed to you and create the account in advance. No programming experience is needed. Places are limited and sign-up asks for your company and job title. Why go: the build-it-yourself format is the fastest way for a non-engineer to understand what agents can and cannot do. Aimed squarely at marketing directors, managers and agency leads.

Can metal-organic frameworks, materials tuned to catch molecules at tiny concentrations, give the Netherlands better nitrogen sensing on farms, and with it better policy? SustainaLab puts the lab, the start-up and the field on one stage. Stefania Grecea (University of Amsterdam, co-founder of Nano-Hybrids) on what MOF sensors could detect that current kit cannot; Ellart de Wit, CTO of On2Quest, on getting a material from discovery to industrial deployment; Pieter Hoenderken (Impact Smart Solutions) on making sensing data usable for farmers and regulators. Moderated by Marco Tibaldi of Amsterdam Chemistry Network. 15:30 to 18:00, including networking drinks. Free, in English, at SustainaLab in Matrix ONE, Science Park 301. Registration via the SustainaLab site. Why go: a deep-tech room that tackles the lab-to-market gap head on, on the policy problem Dutch farming cannot get away from. For climate-tech founders, materials researchers and anyone weighing hardware investments.

with Gerd Junne (Author and Emeritus Professor, University of Amsterdam)

A book discussion with Gerd Junne on decentralised hydrogen systems, hosted at Matrix ONE on Amsterdam Science Park.

Academic symposium at Amsterdam Science Park on advanced materials and electrochemistry for the energy transition. Research-heavy and aimed at a scientific audience.

A training session at Matrix ONE for impact and climate-tech founders on building an impact narrative investors will actually accept. Workshop format.

SustainaLab's talk series at Matrix ONE on Amsterdam Science Park, this edition on flood-risk modelling and its consequences for housing. Climate and data modelling applied to the city itself.

The next SustainaLab Talks turns to one of the Netherlands' quietly mounting environmental problems: keeping its waters safe to swim in as harmful cyanobacterial (blue-green algae) blooms and pathogenic bacteria become more frequent. Across a series of short talks from academia and industry, followed by a panel and networking drinks, the session digs into what drives these blooms, the risks they pose to water quality, the prevention and control strategies in play today, and the innovations and cross-sector collaborations needed to protect lakes and recreational waters. Hosted at Matrix ONE on Amsterdam Science Park, in the heart of the city's deep-tech and climate-tech cluster, it is a grounded afternoon for researchers, cleantech founders and anyone working at the intersection of science and environmental innovation.

with Gadi Rothenberg (Professor of Chemistry, University of Amsterdam)

What does it actually take to turn sustainable science into a viable company? In the first SustainaLab Books seminar, Prof. Gadi Rothenberg of the University of Amsterdam draws on his new book, Innovation Management in Sustainable Chemistry, to unpack the principles behind building a successful sustainable-science venture. Expect a grounded, case-led two hours that links research to commercial reality - highly relevant for deep-tech and climate-tech founders, researchers eyeing spin-outs, and investors in the space - followed by Q&A and coffee. Hosted at Matrix ONE on Amsterdam Science Park, in the heart of the city's deep-tech cluster.