Symposium HackaLOD 2018

HackaLOD 2018 is the cultural Linked Open Data Hackaton of 2018, Organised by Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed, The Rijksmuseum and The Royal Libary. During the 24-hour Hackaton teams set to work on creating new apps based on data from collections of cultural institutions. A professional jury decides who made the best app. Special attention is given to the use of linked …

Visiting the Illinois Fire Service Institute

Tuesday Netage B.V. visited the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), talking about ppe contamination and smartdata. The Illinois Fire Service Institute, located in Champaign, Illinois, serves as the oldest continuous fire training institution in the United States. Since 1925, first responders from Illinois and the world have relied on IFSI to deliver top quality training, education, and research. The main IFSI …

Keynote speech at AFAC2017

Netage’ Bart van Leeuwen delivered an inspiring keynote speech at AFAC2017 in Sydney, Australia. Smart Data for Smarter Firefighters.

Speaker at FRI 2017

Bart van Leeuwen will be presenting at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Charlotte NC in the USA with “Smart Data for Smarter Fire Fighters” FRI 2017 is a conference and expo organized by The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) The International Association of Fire Chiefs represents the leadership of firefighters and emergency responders worldwide; the members are the world’s leading …

Congress Future of Fire Fighting, Belgium

The fire department of Antwerp, Belgium exist 200 years and on this occasion they organized a congress about innovation within the fire department which took place on May 18th. A dedicated audience of around 150 professionals from the fire department, emergency services and ICT industry attended the conference. In addition to this a large audience followed everything via the live …

Article published on Fire Engineering

An article written by Bart van Leeuwen is published online on Fire Engineering. In this article Bart is telling about is background and how he combines his two specialities; firefighting and running an IT business. With this unique combination Bart is determinant to make firefighters smarter by using smart data. To read the article visit: fireengineering.com

Netage in Forbes

Naar aanleiding van de presentatie die Bart van Leeuwen namens Netage heeft gegeven op Strata + Hadoop World in New York, is er een artikel over Netage verschenen in Forbes magazine, “Is Big Data Analytics The Secret To Successful Fire Fighting?” Forbes magazine is een zakentijdschrift uit de VS dat twee keer per week artikelen publiceert over financiën, industrie, investeren, …

Presenting on Smart Data Conference

Thursday January 31st 2017 Bart van Leeuwen will present at the Smart Data Conference in San Francisco Bay.  The Smart Data Conference is the premier business conference focused on Smart Data en Machine Intelligence Technologies. During his presentation Bart van Leeuwen will tell about the development within in fire service on Smart and Big Data and how Netage deals with …

VVSG Conference Mechelen, Belgium

On November 21st The Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) organized a conference in Mechelen, Belgium. Since Januari 1st, 2015 the municipal fire services in Belgium are centralized and merged into interlocal organizations, called hulpverleningszones (emergency zones). This means that the fire service must evolve from 165 municipal forces to 20 emergency zones. The VVSG emergency zones department therefore …