First to present was Guy Wittich, Former Representative of the Netherlands Office Taipei / Senior Policy Advisor for Semiconductor Industry at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, The Netherlands. Having worked in Taiwan & in Asia since the 1980s, and having worked in both the private and public sectors, Guy identified the various existing modes of TW-NL collaboration he has observed through the years, particularly in the domains of innovation and manufacturing, which contributed to the great success of companies like TSMC and ASML.