New knowledge to serve society. The knowledge institutes in Zuid-Holland wish to lay the foundation for future innovations with pioneering scientific research and high quality scientific training. New insights that contribute to prosperity, wellbeing and culture. Finding an application for this knowledge together with companies and organisations in new or enhanced products and services is regarded by the participating knowledge institutes as one of their core tasks.

Collaborating with companies and organisations also offers universities the opportunity to develop new knowledge inspired by issues taken from the practical environment. Asking a question today, thus, becomes the reason for searching for solutions for tomorrow.

The Zuid-Holland region with its many innovative technology companies, care institutions and social organisations offers us the opportunity to realise this collaboration by direct interaction. By bringing together and providing better access to the expertise and facilities of the knowledge institutes in the region, we ensure we can use them more effectively and efficiently. The Business to Science Portal is set up to facilitate this process.

We can create a testing ground for innovations together with companies and organisations in the region, from which companies, patients and clients can benefit directly. And we create an extensive network which may help innovations in technology, life sciences and the care sector to also find their application outside the region and on an international level.