Heijman helped organize the Netherlands’ quantum ecosystem, connecting national strategy, research institutions, companies and shared facilities through Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum.
International Year of Quantum Science and TechnologyWorld Economic ForumQuantum programs depend on institutions as well as instruments. Heijman’s documented contribution is building connections among research, industry, education and government in the Netherlands. The International Year of Quantum profile credits her with helping initiate and shape the national program; her World Economic Forum biography records cofounding Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum. Together these activities address the coordination and infrastructure that allow scientific capabilities to become a sustained ecosystem for research and commercialization.
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Shaping the Dutch national quantum program
The International Year of Quantum profile credits Heijman with helping initiate and shape a national strategy that connects research institutions, startups, industry and education. This was collaborative ecosystem and policy work.
Collaborative program and policy contributor, as credited by the International Year of Quantum profile; no sole authorship of the national strategy is claimed.
Source-supported recordInternational Year of Quantum Science and Technology - Year not documented
Cofounding Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum
Her World Economic Forum biography records her work as cofounder and director of Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum, connecting academic research, business and government through the Dutch quantum ecosystem.
Cofounder and former director of both organizations, as recorded in her World Economic Forum biography.
Source-supported recordWorld Economic Forum
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Exact dates for the two ecosystem milestones are not supplied by the cited biographies; dates are omitted.
Former Quantum Delta NL leadership is distinguished from current consultancy identification.
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Shaping the Dutch national quantum program
Freeke Heijman
Supports: Director Heijman Consultancy, Delft work base and role initiating national program.
Checked 19 Sept 2026Credit & limits: Collaborative program and policy contributor, as credited by the International Year of Quantum profile; no sole authorship of the national strategy is claimed.
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| Shaping the Dutch national quantum programDate not documented | Institutional recordFreeke Heijman Director Heijman Consultancy, Delft work base and role initiating national program. Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Collaborative program and policy contributor, as credited by the International Year of Quantum profile; no sole authorship of the national strategy is claimed. |
| Cofounding Quantum Delta NL and House of QuantumDate not documented | Institutional recordFreeke Heijman Cofounder Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum; consulting work; ecosystem career. Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Cofounder and former director of both organizations, as recorded in her World Economic Forum biography. |
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- International Year of Quantum Science and TechnologyInstitutional record
Freeke Heijman
Director Heijman Consultancy, Delft work base and role initiating national program.
Checked 19 Sept 2026 - World Economic ForumInstitutional record
Freeke Heijman
Cofounder Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum; consulting work; ecosystem career.
Checked 19 Sept 2026