Jan Adriaenssens
Jan Adriaenssens is director of City of Things at imec. He is fascinated by the role and impact that technology has in and on society. Jan studied mathematics in Antwerp and philosophy in London. He gained experience with innovation policy as senior researcher at the Flemish Council for Science and Innovation, where he began as a consultant. After this, he went to work as deputy chief-of-staff to the Flemish minister for Innovation. Jan then joined the iMinds research center (which merged with imec in 2016), first as director Strategy & Innovation, and later as vice-president Policy & Society. After imec and iMinds merged, he took on responsibility for imec’s City of Things program, an ambitious living lab and technology laboratory.
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From self-driving car to smart-mobility system
Self-driving cars, sharing scooters, Uber, overnight deliveries via online retailers: mobility and logistics are possibly the sectors with the most visible pursuit of disruptive technologies and business models in the last few years. Jan Adriaenssens, director of City of Things at imec, looks a few years ahead on this evolution and the role that artificial intelligence can play in it.
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Jan Adriaenssens on the city & mobility
It’s all about letterboxes, fashion designers and scooters: the city of the future is the place to be!
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