Recently, the first 12 sports innovation centers have become certified partners of Sportinnovator. The innovation centers are an important part of Sportinnovator's network.

Independent consulting firm RevelX has assessed the centers based on an assessment framework, the centers have thus become Certified Partners of Sportinnovator. This means that the quality and uniqueness of the centers in the network is guaranteed. The centers cooperate with each other in the field of innovation development, and they act as drivers of innovation in the field of sport and physical activity in the Netherlands and abroad. The certificates were presented by Top Team members Maurits Hendriks and Harry van Dorenmalen.

Van Dorenmalen: "We now have a network of 12 Sportinnovator centers. This network is truly unique in the world. Sportinnovator centers are meeting and breeding grounds where researchers, entrepreneurs, governments and sports organizations work together. Each Sportinnovator center has its own expertise." In this way, cost-effective innovations are developed that contribute to top-level sport, sports participation and an active lifestyle. These innovations also strengthen the knowledge base for sport and can provide new business or social value. The ultimate goal is the creation of a sustainable network or ecosystem.

The following centers are Certified Partner of Sportinnovator: InnoSportLab Sport & Beweeg, Sailing Innovation Centre, Centre for Interactive Movement, InnoSportLab de Tongelreep, TU Delft Sports Engeneering Insitute, Sport Data Center, InnoSportLab 's Hertogenbosch, KNVB Campus, Innovatielab Thialf, Sportcentrum Papendal, AISS and EquInnoLab.

More information at www.sportinnovator.nl

Article written by the Editorial Board of Sportinnovator (5-10-2020), original found at https://www.sportinnovator.nl/nieuws/deze-innovatiecentra-vormen-samen-het-sportinnovatie-netwerk-van-nederland/