The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), BOM Foreign Investments and Dinalog invite US companies based in Brabant to attend a seminar and networking cocktail on Wednesday November 9, at Dinalog in Breda.

Dinalog, the Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics was established to unroll the national innovation program for logistics and supply chain management. Dinalog and the Dinalog Campus are the physical and virtual place where the private sector cooperates with centers of excellence (i.e. Universities) and where Post-Experience Education is organized.

AmCham, BOM and Dinalog have partnered up to organize a seminar to get more insight in the answer on the following question:

Is the Netherlands encouraging a climate of competitive logistics and supply chains through cooperation and innovation?

Innovation and cooperation have proven to be vital elements in the pursuit of a business climate favorable for logisitics & supply chain professionals. Is the Netherlands doing enough in nurturing and stimulating supply chain innovation?

This interesting seminar will shed more light on this topic by presentations of Chris Buijink, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation; Hans Dijkhuis, Director Supply Chain Process Methodology of ASML; Jan Gooijaarts, Factory Outbound Logistics Manager of Mars and Wim Bens, Managing Director of Dinalog and the Dinalog Campus.

Dinalog will present the latest developments on supply chain innovation and how companies can benefit from available expertise, collaboration and innovative projects. Supply chain professionals from multinationals Mars and ASML will present their best practices on supply chain innovation. During this interactive seminar you will gain insight in how Mars and ASML put innovation into practice!

Furthermore, Secretary General Chris Buijink will explain how the Dutch government is facilitating and stimulating supply chain innovation by policies encouraging a healthy investment climate wherein businesses can prosper.

The program is as follows:

Registration
Registration is free of charge. To register please send an email with your full details. Please register before October 31, 2011. A paper confirmation will be forwarded to you at least one week preceding the event . Please note that first come, first serve applies.

Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Bodo de Wit at bdewit@bom.nl or 088-8311146 or 06-15249859.

We are looking forward to welcoming you on November 9, 2011.