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#24 Vincent Habers increasingly sees working with data as a professional responsibility
In this episode of DMI Doet, Jan-Willem Wesselink talks to Vincent Habers, one of the founders of the DMI ecosystem. Together, they explore what data really is, why it has become indispensable in spatial planning, and how better data sharing leads to sharper decisions, lower failure costs, and greater quality of life. Vincent explains in an accessible way how the Product Data Exchange (PDX) works and why working with data is no longer a choice, but a professional responsibility.
#23 Michelle van Dijk and Arjan Spruijt are collaborating on today's spatial challenges
This episode of DMI Doet focuses on one question: How can we better tackle the enormous spatial challenges in the Netherlands by working together? Michelle van Dijk (Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning) and Arjan Spruijt (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management / DMI) advocate action rather than talk, optimism, and collaboration around the real issues in areas. Not based on remote policy, but with an eye for the daily practice of project leaders and area developers.
#22 Caspar de Jonge explains how digitization contributes to integrated and sustainable spatial planning
Today we are presenting a special episode of DMI Doet in collaboration with Ruimte Zat. In the run-up to the municipal elections, we are examining how political choices affect the organization of our space. Not through politicians, but by engaging in conversation with experts in the field. Theme central Theme is digitization. Joining us today is Caspar de Jonge, program manager of the DMI ecosystem. We explore how digital resources and data contribute to integrated, sustainable area development and spatial planning.
#21 Niek Hendriks and Nico Spijkers are working towards a Digital Twin App Store at the European level.
This episode of DMI Doet focuses on the next step in working with digital twins: the development of a European Digital Twin App Store. Jan-Willem Wesselink talks to Niek Hendriks (municipality of Alkmaar) and Nico Spijkers (Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning) about the ambition to grow from separate pilots to a shared infrastructure at European level. What is needed to achieve this, and what are the benefits of being able to better share, reuse, and scale up digital applications? The conversation shows how, based on existing knowledge and experience in this field, there is an opportunity for the Netherlands to take a leading role at the European level.
#20 Maarten Veeger takes us on a journey through the digital transformation of your organization
Digital transformation often sounds like something technical, but in practice it is mainly about people, making choices, and working together. How do you get an entire organization on board with that process? In Zwolle, they have been working with data on how residents experience their city for thirty years. Maarten Veeger, former director of physical affairs at the municipality of Zwolle (and, as of September, civil servant responsible for mobility, energy, and information locations), explains how these insights help to steer policy and what role administrative courage plays in making difficult choices. He also discusses the changing role of policy advisors and explains why networks such as DMI are essential to accelerating digital transformation. Listen to this episode of DMI Doet now!
#19 Bob Beelen, Oscar Willems and Luc van Loo chart SAIL Amsterdam with data
How do you keep 2.5 million visitors safe during a huge event like SAIL Amsterdam? In this episode of DMI Doet, Bob Beelen (KPN), Oscar Willems (Avineon Tensing) and Luc van Loo (Analyze) talk about how they are using data, models and smart collaboration to literally and figuratively map SAIL. From heat stress to crowd control - hear how data collaboration helps guide the city.
#18 Joost de Kruijf, Margriet Heesels and Martijn Geervliet digital twinning with bicycle data: bicycle-friendly, safer and more beautiful Breda
Joost de Kruijf (SmartwayZ), Margriet Heessels (Bredata) and Martijn Geervliet (Municipality of Breda) are jointly building a Digital Twin in Breda based on bicycle data from the city. In this episode of DMI Doet, they talk about the lessons learned from this challenge. For example, what do you do when you are told that data is incorrect? In addition, they talk about what the Digital Twin delivers in practice. Listen in and find out what Breda is doing.
#17 Syb Tkepkema works data-driven with an eye on the neighborhood
Zwolle's Assendorp is a characteristic pre-war neighborhood, once built for workers of the Dutch Railways. By now it has grown into a lively and diverse place - beloved among Zwolle residents. However, the neighborhood does struggle with challenges such as flooding, heat stress and parking pressure. Syb Tjepkema, senior policy advisor for mobility at the Municipality of Zwolle, is committed to improving Assendorp on a daily basis.
#16 Evelyne Deceur and Dennis Martens reassess how we look at vulnerable neighborhoods
How can you use data to get a grip in vulnerable neighborhoods? In this episode of DMI Doet, Evelyne Deceur (City of Ghent) and Dennis Martens (National Program Heerlen-North) share how they use data and people skills to build stronger neighborhoods. The conversation includes listening to residents, the power of professionals and why simple solutions are not always easy. It is only when data and practice find each other that there is room for progress.
#15 Martin Peersmann makes the underground transparent
Martin Peersmann is program manager for Basic Subsurface Registration at the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning. He takes you into a world unknown to many: the subsurface. Martin shows how, over time, we have become increasingly alienated from what lies beneath our feet. Whether it's housing construction, the laying of sewers, the reinforcement of electricity and internet networks - the Subsurface Base Registry is indispensable.
#14 Joost de Bruijn works with mobility data on integrated area development
How do you get specialists to look beyond their own area of expertise - and make an integrated approach most important? Joost de Bruijn is program director at Goudappel. He wants to make better use of insights from mobility data for broader integrated area development. This requires a step outside the boundaries of one's own domain. Joost shows how data and the DMI ecosystem contribute to an approach that goes beyond mobility alone.
#13 Dennis Groot builds the PDX for DMI and tells how it works
In this episode of DMI Doet we dive into the Products and Data Exchange (PDX) with Dennis Groot of AMS-IX, a crucial link within the DMI ecosystem. How does the PDX ensure that organizations can safely and efficiently exchange data, services and products with each other? And what role do marketplaces play in this?
#12: Thomas Lier became a Participant at DMI and immediately posted his common on the marketplace
In this episode of DMI Doet, Thomas Lier (product manager at Esri Netherlands) tells how he placed commons on one of the marketplaces within the DMI ecosystem. He looks back on the process and indicates what opportunities he sees within the DMI ecosystem.
#11: Johan Huiberts, Rik de Meij and Jeffrey Schuurmans have their common on the marketplace
In this episode of DMI Doet, Johan Huiberts, Rik de Meij and Jeffrey Schuurmans of Novis & De Meij tell us which commons they have placed on one of the marketplaces within the DMI ecosystem. And they take us to the Amsterdam Zuidas, what their common is about. Walking through the area, we discover how the work of the engineering firm has changed.
#10: Kevin Otjes and Martin Smit are onboarded at DMI and tell what that yielded
DMI participants must first register with the PDX before they can actively participate in any of the marketplaces. Kevin Otjes (Analyze) and Martin Smit (Caeli) are already there. In this episode of DMI Doet they explain how that went for them. They also tell how they got to know each other within the DMI ecosystem and how that collaboration leads to business success.
#9: Johan Posseth and Tom Griffioen met at DMI and now work together
Johan Posseth (Kurtosis) and Tom Griffioen (Clappform) explain in this episode of DMI Does what the DMI ecosystem network can lead to. They were connected by DMI and discovered that they strengthened each other because the data of one improves the analysis of the other. Listen to this special story in DMI Does.
#8: Lars van Vianen makes what is not yet there and applies it to the city
Lars van Vianen (Starling) sees a challenge for artists and designers to create what does not yet exist. In this episode of DMI Doet we translate that to area development. How does innovation get off the ground and do we take the right starting point? Lars advocates a creative, concrete way of working.
#7: Rick Klooster teaches that organizations work from a data foundation and sees what that delivers
In this episode of DMI Doet, Rick Klooster of Future Insight explains how much profit can be achieved if area development is based on a shared database instead of sending PDFs by e-mail. It leads to more efficient processes, fewer errors and better planning. Technically it has been possible for years, now it still has to be.
#6: Marjolein Pauly smartly future-proofs Zeehelden neighborhood in geleen
In the Zeeheldenbuurt in Sittard-Geleen, Marjolein Pauly (policy advisor Spatial Planning & Innovation at the municipality of Sittard-Geleen) experiments with digital tools to make the neighborhood more sustainable and to involve residents. And with success. In this episode of DMI Doet she shares her lessons, for example that residents like to participate if they can translate that to their own interests.
#5: Frank van Ballegooyen lets residents participate in a smart way
Frank van Ballegooyen is director-owner of Smarticipation. This company helps residents gain more influence on the design of their living environment. With data and digital tools, participation processes run faster, more effectively and offer more insight into changes. In this episode of DMI Doet we learn more about smart participation.
#4: Heidy Smit builds 5000 homes in Amersfoort and that can only be done with good information management
The municipality of Amersfoort faces an enormous urban planning task in the coming years: many thousands of homes will be built in the existing city. This can only succeed if you are well prepared, have your information management in order and start working from there. That is what Heidy Smit (Strategist Spatial Development at the Municipality of Amersfoort) is doing and in this episode of DMI Doet she explains how.
#3: Elena Chevtchenko hacks the design profession and finds like-minded people at DMI
Elena Chevtchenko of Posad Maxwan calls herself a spatial planning hacker. She has always worked with data, the basis of planning. She sees that it leads to better plans. In the DMI ecosystem, she finds like-minded people and sees the opportunity for a giant leap forward. Learn more in DMI Does.
#2: Michiel Oomen reinvents spatial planning and sees what it brings to Eindhoven
Michiel Oomen has been working data-driven at the Municipality of Eindhoven for years. In this episode of DMI Doet, he calls it "Urban Planning Reimagined," or in colloquial Dutch: spatial planning anno now. And that a municipality like Eindhoven is a leader in this field is not only logical for the capital of Brainport, it is also the only way to solve today's big challenges.
#1: Annius Hoornstra sees how area development is changing and the role data and information play in it
Annius Hoornstra (ThePositiveLab) has worked in area development all his life, but he has never seen the profession change so quickly. Little by little, a new business model is emerging in which other questions and values apply. To calculate this properly, you need insight and therefore information and data. That's what this episode of DMI Does is all about.























