Powerful innovation agenda needed for Dutch high-tech

The fast-paced development of technologies like AI, Quantum and Photonics, as well as the societal challenges in the areas of sustainability, health and safety, create new opportunities for the Dutch high-tech industry.

With a turnover of 80 billion euros in 2021, the high-tech industry is an important contributor to the earning capacity of the Netherlands. TNO looked into the possibilities for the branch to maintain its societal value in the future.

The Netherlands as a whole should get better at accelerating market adoption of innovations and new technologies, for instance through start-up and scale-up programs and targeted international cooperation.