On 8 April 2016, the European Commission awarded the title of European Capital of Innovation ("iCapital") 2016 to Amsterdam for its holistic vision of innovation related to four areas of urban life: governance, economics, social inclusion, and quality of life. To quote Marleen Stikker at Twitter: "Proud of being part of the Amsterdam team... and bring the story of distributed digital social innovation".
Amsterdam was nominated for the prize for embracing a bottom-up approach based on smart growth, startups, livability and digital social innovation.
Watch the video of Amsterdam's entry in the contest, with images from Waag projects, like our Fablab, Smart Citizens Lab, Hack the Brain and Open Wetlab. Other partners in the Amsterdam entry were: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Economic Board, Kennisland and AMS Institute.
