Our team of experts have different backgrounds and disciplines and work together on sustainability.
Jan Sikkema
Program Director (Fascinating)
Lia Bouma
Program Administration Coordinator
Ton Hulsebos
Patent Attorney & Legal Officer
Gerda van Eck
Strategic Advisor (Fascinating)
Ronald Korstanje
Program Director (Circular Plastics)
Irene ten Dam
Program Manager (Circular Carbon, Separations for Circularity)
Hans van ‘t Noordende
Principal Expert
Gemma Steeman
Manager Online Communications
Peter de Jong
Program Director (Fascinating, Drying and Dewatering, Mild Fractionation for Food)
Paul de Vos
Program Director (Fascinating)
Carol Xiao
Director of Business Development
Eelkje Oldenburger
Program Director (Fascinating)
Franka Wijnbergen
Content Specialist
Gijs Tubben
Program Officer (Ammonia, Separations for Circularity)
Richard Rikken
Finance Manager
Geoffrey Schouten
Program Manager (Circular Plastics, Tekenkamer van de Industrie)
Nadine Kool
Program Officer (Fascinating)
Agata van Oosten
Program Manager (Heat, Fascinating)
Bram Qualm
Program Director (Fascinating)
Frank van Ooijen
Consultant Corporate Communications
Boelo Schuur
Program Director (Separations for Circularity)
Sascha Kersten
Program Director (LTP)
Klaartje Rietkerken
Director of Operations
Antonie de Haas
Program Officer (Circular Carbon, Digitalisation)
Andreas ten Cate
Program Director (Hydrogen, Tekenkamer van de Industrie)
Tjeerd Jongsma
Managing Director
Jolanda Duits
Finance Officer
Kees Biesheuvel
Program Director (Circular Carbon)
Siu Fai Au
Program Manager (Hydrogen)
Marta Konopinska
Program Officer (Circular Plastics, Industry 4.0)
Annemijn Huijboom
Program Officer (Circular Plastics, Drying and Dewatering, Mild Fractionation for Food)
Rob Stevens
Program Director (Ammonia)
Paco Rutten
Program Officer (Circular Plastics, Electric Cracking)
Anne van der Zwaan
Program Manager (Drying and Dewatering, Mild Fractionation for Food)
Myrèse Manshanden
Office Manager
Annita Westenbroek
Program Director (Heat)
Our core team is supported by a Supervisory Board and an Academic Advisory Board.
Supervisory Board
The ISPT Supervisory Board consists of appointed representatives of ISPT participants from the process industry, academic partners and SME’s. It supervises the ISPT managing board and provides advice and counsel.
Kirsten Steinbusch
DAB
Jurgen Hoekstra
BASF
Rob Mudde
TU Delft
Academic Advisory Board
The ISPT Academic Advisory Board guarantees the scientific quality of the activities and programs of ISPT. It consists of professors and academic representatives related to ISPT.
Chair, Prof. dr. ir. S.R.A. (Sascha) Kersten
University of Twente
Prof. dr. ir. RM (Remko) Boom
Wageningen University & Research
Prof. dr. ir. H.J. (Erik) Heeres
University of Groningen
Prof. dr. ir. R. (Ruud) van Ommen
TU Delft
Marta Konopinska
Program Officer (Circular Plastics, Industry 4.0)
ISPT event
Joint ISPT & Port of Rotterdam Conference ’24
This year, the ISPT Conference proudly collaborates with the Port of Rotterdam (PoR). A promising co-production, as the 3 major transitions we are working on come together in the Port of...
Fingerprint 2 Footprint
Fingerprint 2 Footprint translates chemical fingerprint measurements inside and near chemical processes to reduce environmental footprints, while retaining or improving process economy and consistency.
Bridging the gap between academia and industry: creating change with data
How can chemometrics contribute to a more sustainable industry? And how to derive meaningful and accessible information from data?
Unique innovation programme paves way for energy-neutral and circular process industry in 2050
Long Term Programme is a unique programme in which universities and companies work together to create a sustainable process industry.
Case Study: SAM4 Vitens
Reducing energy consumption and costs in the water industry: how Vitens increased pump energy efficiency with minor process changes through advanced analytics.
Case Study: SAM4 Anglian Water
How Anglian Water prevents unplanned downtime and pollution incidents using Samotics’ predictive analytics.
Digital innovation: obstacles and possible adoptions
Digitalisation offers endless opportunities for the process industry to overcome challenges in sustainability and efficiency. What are the barriers and possible adoptions?
External event
Inspiration tour Chemelot and Gulpener
On April 21st, Platform Verduurzaming Industrie organises this year's first live inspiration tour to Limburg's Chemelot and Beer brewer Gulpener.
“Behavioral change requires a reliable outlook for the future”
John Harinck shares his outlook on the future's sustainable value chains. How can we effectively change behaviour? And what does the industry need?
ISPT event
NET-ZERO inspiration workshop
The Top Sector Energy (digitization network and the TKI Energie & Industrie) together with ISPT invites you as an industrial end user to join the NET-ZERO inspiration workshop.
Human Capital Agenda: we need people with new skills
The Dutch chemical sector is under pressure. How can the human capital agenda help to facilitate the energy and material transition?
Jointly supported models are the foundation for dialogue
How to move towards the Dutch green industry? Tjeerd Jongsma and Andreas ten Cate discuss in NPT magazine how the recently launched Rekenkamer van de Industrie can contribute.
Electrification requires adaptability and flexibility
Electrification is the best way to reach sustainability goals. Yet, solar and wind energies are fickle and their output changes regularly.
External event
Dag van het Klimaatakkoord
On November 3, de Dag van het Klimaatakkoord, we will talk about the road to zero emissions in 2050.
Samotics: solving costly problems around power loss
How to apply artificial intelligence to save energy and raise safety & reliability? Our partner Samotics tells us how it's done.
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the sustainability of the steel industry
Utrecht University is studying the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) in the sustainability of the steel industry.
HAI smart4industries: “The best results come from cooperation”
HAI cooperates with ISPT in the Engineering for Business Intelligence (EBI) project. CEO Peter de Haer talks about this special collaboration.
Groot potentieel voor digital twin in de procesindustrie
Een digital twin in de procestechnologie biedt grote kansen voor verduurzaming en kostenbesparing. Een interview met John Harinck, specialist Industrie 4.0 bij ISPT.
ToPerform Smart Solutions: “There is no Planet B”
Innovations should contribute to both the objectives of the Climate Agreementas as well as the growth of a companie.
How our young talents help realizing the energy transition
The energy transition requires well-educated young people to contribute to a sustainable society, such as our trainees. This is their story.
ISPT event
Can we trust our sensors?
How to obtain consistent sensor performance in Industry 4.0? This event is hosted by ISPT and partners from the Industry 4.0 cluster on June 2nd from 13.00 – 17.00 in...
The Next Web 2022
Meet international tech executives, policymakers, startups, scale-ups, and general tech enthusiasts at The Next Web 2022.
Circular Plastics: the need for data monitoring and modelling
To make the plastics industry more sustainable, we need data monitoring and modelling through mass balance analysis and circularity evaluation.