There was recently an article in de Volkskrant (a major Dutch newspaper) describing Twente (an area in the east of the Netherlands) as the European "valley" for high-tech, with quite a few world-leaders in niche technology's. I will go through my pile of old newspapers to see if I can find it, but it was from quite a while ago. If someone else has it or knows where people can read it, I'd appreciate it if you'd share it.

As I live about 30km (~18 miles) from Amsterdam, I will try to attend a meeting.