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Van Dusseldorp & Partners activities can be divided into three groups: Pan European Internet research, TV meets the Web, and PR and Organisation activities.

Monique van Dusseldorp, Founder and CEO

Monique van Dusseldorp (1965) is the founder and CEO of Van Dusseldorp & Partners, an Amsterdam based research company focussed on European internet developments. Van Dusseldorp & Partners provides research and analysis, pan-European data gathering, access to new media networks, as well as project management and organisation. Activities include the TVmeetstheWeb seminars and network, newsletter Europemedia, as well as IPtop, an award for best European online publication.

Van Dusseldorp initiated the non profit European Internet Seminars Associations which organises an annual summerschool for graduate students and young professionals from Central and Eastern Europe as well as Africa (organised and developed in cooperation with Isoc and the Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University.)

Van Dusseldorp previously worked at the European Institute for the Media in Dusseldorf, Germany, which she joined in 1992 when it was still based in Manchester. She later became the institute's Director of Communications and a member of the management team. From 1997 to 1998 she worked as a media analyst for Dutch publishing and media house Wegener Arcade. 

The Online Journalism Review listed Van Dusseldorp among the "50 International names to know on the Internet". 

Van Dusseldorp is an advisor to a number of organisations on Internet issues.
She is a trustee of the 21st Century Trust (London), a Member of the Board of the Interactive Professionals Association Netherlands (Ipan), a Member of the Jury of the Stockholm Challenge (previously the Bangemann Challenge) and a Member of the Jury of the US Interactive Newspaper awards.

Van Dusseldorp is also an adviser to start up OOIP, a Member of the Board of Dutch public broadcaster NPS, a Member of the advisory committee "Verkenningen ICT of the Dutch 'Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en technologiebeleid', and she was a Member of the "Brinkman Committee' which advised the State Secretary  for Transport, Public Works and Water Management on the location for Kenniswijk, a public/private partnership to establish a large scale broadband applications pilot in Eindhoven.                     

monique@vandusseldorp.com
 
 

European Internet Research

Matthijs Leendertse, Senior Research Associate
Matthijs Leenderste studied Communications at the University of Amsterdam.
His past academic research includes work on the market liberalisation in
Europe's telecom markets, the auctioning of UMTS frequencies in the
Netherlands and the possibilities for corporations to launch free ISP's in
The Netherlands. He worked for the Amsterdam School of Communications
Research on a project on off- and online Financial and Economic Information
provision in The Netherlands. Specialist areas of research include: ISP's
markets in Europe, Broadband Internet developments and Internet content
providers. 
Languages: Dutch, English, German, French
matthijs@vandusseldorp.com

Dessi Damianova, Senior Research Associate
Dessi Damianova  recently completed an attachment at the BBC World Service
in London, where she produced and presented radio news programmes and
features for the Bulgarian section. Ms. Damianova was also responsible for
the Internet edition of the Bulgarian programmes at the BBC. Previously she
worked as Political editor at THE SOFIA ECHO (a Sofia-based English language
weekly), writing and editing domestic and regional news items and analysis,
and as Foreign desk editor at KONTINENT (political and economic daily). She
is specialised in coverage of the Balkans and the Middle East. Ms Damianova
holds a Master degree in Journalism and Mass Communication - Sofia
University, and a degree in Arab Philology from Damascus University.
Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Arab, English, Macedonian.
dessi@vandusseldorp.com

Dr.ir. Frans van Mieghem, Senior Research Associate
Frans van Mieghem studied in the Netherlands, UK and France, and has a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as a post graduate degree in journalism. Previously he worked as a scientific reporter, and as researcher in universities and institutes in France and the Netherlands.
Languages: Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish
frans@vandusseldorp.com

Ashley Smith, Senior Research Associate
Ashley Smith graduated in Investment and Financial Markets. Until recently, he worked as a Senior Information Researcher at Deutsche Bank in London. Previously he was an Information Researcher at Goldman Sachs International, and an Investment Manager for Cox Insurance Holdings/Lloyds of London.
Languages: English, German
ashley@vandusseldorp.com

drs. Paola Contardo MA, Researcher
Paola Contardo has an MA in European Communication Studies, from the International School for Humanities and Social Science of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, where she specialised in communication and telecommunication policy, and self regulation in the advertising industry. She graduated from the University of Sunderland (UK) with a degree in media and cultural studies, and before that was the only Italian elected to study at the IB Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong.
Languages: Italian, English
paola@vandusseldorp.com

Drs. Karen Soeters, Research Manager
Karen Soeters graduated from Amsterdam University, with a thesis on the use of the net by children. She previously worked for Applied Research & Consulting LLC, New York as a co-Manager of the International research team. Before that time she worked as a television production assistant. 
Languages: Dutch, English, German
karen@vandusseldorp.com

Sean Cornwell, Editor Europemedia.com
Sean Cornwell is the Editor of Europemedia.com. Previously he was with the
Financial Times of London. He has also worked as Director of European Sales
for Pangea Sport, an American fashion company that worked with European
Universities. Sean is bi-lingual in English and Italian and holds a degree in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University.
Languages: English, Italian, German, French
sean@vandusseldorp.com

Aldo Middelkoop, Research Assistant
Aldo Middelkoop studies both physics and Swedish and is specialised in internet research in the Nordic countries.
Languages: Dutch, Swedish, German, English, Danish, Norwegian
aldo@vandusseldorp.com

Daniël Oosterwaal, Research Assistant
Daniël graduated from his study in Commercial Economics last year. 
Languages: Dutch, English
info@vandusseldorp.com

Lonneke Martens, Research Assistant
Lonneke is a student in communications at University of Amsterdam. Her major is in Media studies.
Languages: Dutch, English, German
lonneke@vandusseldorp.com
 

TV meets the Web

Deborah Carter, Director of Business Development
Until recently, Deborah Carter worked for Times Company Digital, The New
York Times' Internet division. Prior to this, she worked for America
Online/Digital City South Florida where she specialised in building online
communities of loyal customers using interactive features such as chat,
message boards, instant messaging, and Web surveys. Ms. Carter's TV
experience includes working as production coordinator at WETV, a global TV
network based in Canada. Her Internet strategy training includes completion
of the Newspaper Association of America's New Media Minority Fellowship
(1998) and The Poynter Institute for Media Studies' Media Leadership
Fellowship (1996). Ms. Carter is one of the judges for the Newspaper
Association of America's Digital Edge Awards which recognize newspaper new
media products that demonstrate originality, innovation, interactivity and
depth of content.
Languages: English, French
deborah@vandusseldorp.com

Eva Appelbaum, Business Development Manager
Until recently Eva Appelbaum was a project manager at ICM, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNCIATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT where she researched topics for conference production, and developed programme focus, content and structure. Previously she worked as Communications Coordinator for UNISCA - United Nations International Student Conference of Amsterdam, as the Communications Officers for Citizen’s Environment Watch (CEW) in Toronto, and as an event coordinator for ART ’97 - the Vancouver International Art Exhibition. She also was a conference manager for the VII International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO), University of Rome, Italy, 1995-1996 and a production assistant in the movie sector.
Eva holds an MA in Media and Communications of the University of Amsterdam, and specialised in the effects of new media on traditional business communications systems. She also graduated from George Brown College, Toronto, with a Certificate in Fundraising and Volunteer Management, and has an Honour's B.A. Graduation with Distinction from the same university in Cultural Anthropology, Art History, Italian Language & Literature. 
Languages: English, French
eva@vandusseldorp.com

Adriana Ferreira, Editor TVmeetstheWeb Newsletter
Adriana Ferreira is editor of the TV meets the Web newsletter. She
graduated in Journalism in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Previously, she worked at the
European Journalism Centre as Webmaster Assistant and as Internet
researcher.
Languages: Portuguse, Spanish and English
adriana@vandusseldorp.com

Lonneke Zwinkels, Researcher
Lonneke Zwinkels studies mediapsychology at the University of Utrecht.
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German
lonneke.zwinkels@vandusseldorp.com
 

Press and Public Relations

Mascha Soonius, Director of Public Relations
Mascha Soonius is specialised in public relations and marketing communication. Within Van Dusseldorp & Partners she is responsible for the PR assignments such as the secretariat of the European Internet Advertising Bureaus and the Press release distribution service. Previously Mascha worked as a production assistant for various Dutch feature film producers.
Languages: Dutch, English, German
mascha@vandusseldorp.com

Marla Seidell, Project Manager
Marla Seidell is currently in charge of the organisation and PR for the
@d.tech.Europe Awards. Prior to this, she worked as an Editor and and
Researcher at Van Dusseldorp & Partners. Previously, Marla was Senior Photo
Researcher of The Holocaust Chronicle (an 800-page visual chronology). She
has worked in the Photo Archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the
Library of Congress, and the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Marla earned her Masters degree in European Studies from the University of
Amsterdam with a Fellowship from the Netherlands-America Foundation. She
graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies.
Languages: English, Dutch
marla@vandusseldorp

Jasper van der Hulst , Project Manager
Jasper van der Hulst graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Journalism and Communications from the Christian Institute for Higher Professional Education in Ede, the Netherlands. Within Van Dusseldorp & Partners he is responsible for the organisation of the annual IP TOP Awards. During his study Jasper worked at the Dutch software company Baan and did a thesis about communicating unique business models.
Languages: Dutch, English, German
jasper@vandusseldorp.com
 

Support

Adrie Rustenburg, Library and Archives
Adrie Rustenburg is responsible for the library and research archives.

Remon van Roeden, Systems operator
Remon van Roeden was trained in electrotechnics and electronics. He is a freelance network operator, specialised in windows systems.
rvr@zap.a2000.nl

Database maintenance
Van Dusseldorp & Partners maintains a database of  European internet companies and contacts. This database is maintained by
Priya Stock and Mureille Lobbrecht. 
info@vandusseldorp.com