On Thursday, November 12, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands officially opened three new operating rooms in the Medical Innovation & Technology expert Center (MITeC) at Radboudumc (Radboud University) in Nijmegen.

The operating rooms “…offers unique facilities for diagnosis, treatment and research. Thus it becomes possible in the near future in order to treat cancer within one day…” according to a Radboudumc press release.

During today’s opening Her Majesty also visited the:

“…innovation bazaar at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. There [she] heard presentations from professionals, patients and partners, about engaging, interactive examples of technological innovations. They were among more about surgical robots of the future, specific staining and imaging to better remove tumor tissue, and how 3D technologies help to better prepare operations and accurately perform.”

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On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the neighborhoods of Lunetten and Hoograven in the city of Utrecht.

According to the newspaper, Haarlem Dagblad, during today’s visit His Majesty spent time speaking to:

“…local residents and parents active in the neighborhood. They talked about how people with different backgrounds feel at home in the neighborhood and what they do with each other in order to strengthen social cohesion.” 

His Majesty also visited the football clubs, Ardahanspor VVU and DVSU, where he spoke with the directors as well as volunteers.

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On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the opening of the 3rd annual IGNITE conference, Doing Business in Fragile States’, held at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam.

Issues to be discussed during the one-day conference include “…how entrepreneurship can contribute to diminishing the increasing flow of refugees from Africa and the Middle East…” according to an IGNITE press release.  The objective of the conference is to deepen the understanding of entrepreneurship development in fragile and conflict affected states and to develop better tools to support entrepreneurship opportunities for marginalized groups in these environments.

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