Thursday Gathering September 27th

17:00–19:00 Info Table: The Beauty of Rotterdam (Street Photography) - SonOfKnowledge
He wants you to see Rotterdam differently. And he will show it through the art of street photography. The buzzing city can be quiet as well. Welcome to Rotterdam! Meet Valentino at his info table to see his work.

17:00–17:30 Break Out: Maximize your Venture Café Experience - Venture Café Rotterdam
During this session, we will maximize your Venture Café experience, with short introductions and new connections! We will inform you about Venture Café mission and the programming offered. You get to share what you are looking for and can make some first serendipitous connects! Today with a special, international guest: Nathan Render from Venture Café Global Insititute!

17:00–19:00 Info Table: Bike & Bite Food Tours - Bike & Bite
Bike & Bite has been offering food tours in Rotterdam for three years now. We have lots of new and exciting things happening which we would love to share with you. Join our table to learn more about our tours and the special deals we can offer you!

17:30–18:30 Break Out: Tax update following Prinsjesdag ("Budget Day") - EY
EY presents the "EY Prinsjesdag 2018 update" at Venture Café. We will inform you about the impact of "Prinsjesdag" for startups and scale-ups. Furthermore our EY Tax and Accounting specialists will be available for any (related) questions. Meet Richard van der Pluym & Gerben Hellinga.

18:00–20:00 Office Hours: How to protect your idea: free IP consult! - Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Netherlands Patent Office
Do you have innovative ideas that you want to protect with IP? Get a free consult at Venture Café! Karen Kraan-Sam is a patent advisor at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. Get independent information about IP opportunities, of course with secrecy.

18:30–19:30 Break Out: How city marketing can help face urban challenges - Rotterdam Partners
Rotterdam is experiencing success like never before! What role has city marketing played to achieve this success and how can we use city marketing again to address the many challenges ahead? Join to learn where we come from, how we faced challenges in the past and how we are planning to do that in the nearby future, but also how YOU can contribute! Hosted by Rotterdam Partners' Jannelieke Aalstein and Ewout Versloot.

Thursday Gathering October 4th

17:00–17:30 Break Out: Maximize your Venture Café Experience - Venture Café Rotterdam
During this session, we will maximize your Venture Café experience, with short introductions and new connections! We will inform you about Venture Café mission and the programming offered. You get to share what you are looking for and can make some first serendipitous connects! Today with a special, international guest: Nathan Render from Venture Café Global Insititute!

18:00–20:00 Special Event: After Drinks for Innovation Expo!
On Thursday October 4th, we are happy to welcome the guests of Innovation Expo to this Venture Café Thursday Gathering themed "Global Challenges, Dutch Solutions"!