From 2010 to 2014, Korrie Louwes was Alderman to the City of Rotterdam and responsible for labor, higher education, innovation and participation. Now she works as a senior management consultant at Berenschot on the projects at the intersection of public and private domain. Louwes graduated with a doctoral degree history at the University of Leiden. She has years of experience in government departments . From 1990 to 2010 she worked in various positions at the Ministry of General Affairs, Finance, Economic Affairs and Social Affairs and Employment. She was among others policy officer, deputy secretary of the Education Council and spokesperson. At the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment Louwes was from 2001 to 2010 successively Head Office intergovernmental relations and communication communities, Agency Director and Director of Relationship Development and Execution Control.

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Innovation in the public domain, a
never ending journey

3. Barriers 1: regulations
Less room to operate
Top of the class
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4. Barriers 2: the public eye
The public eye is everywhere
Quick public judgement
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5. Barriers 3: the (political) system
Aiming at short term goals
Risk-averse
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6. Opportunities 1: neutral
Neutral position in field of many stakeholders
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7. Opportunities 2: public interest
Do-good for the common good in everybody
Political mandate
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8. Opportunities 3: diversity in the genes
Versatile tasks
Used to have an eye for the exception
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9. What an advisor can do and a
politician not: eHealth scale-up
1. Partnership versus leadership
2. Taking care of practicalities versus neutrality
3. Businesslike versus public/private combination
How to scale up the use of eHealthapps from 10s to
1000s? Use each other best practices and clients form
cure to care and everything in between.
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10. The challenge
The library of the future = ?
- Digitalised readings, like eBooks and website
information?
- To get familiar with new media?
- The place to meet and learn?
- Something completely new?
- Virtual? Individual?
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