Celebrating 50 years of Nikhef

Thursday 30 Oct 2025, 12:30 → 18:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Oosterhuiszaal (De Rode Hoed)

Clara Nellist, Daan van Eijk, Eveline Schram - Post (Nikhef), Ivo van Vulpen, Melissa van Beekveld, Vanessa Mexner

 

12:30 → 13:30 Doors Rode Hoed open

13:30 → 13:50 Nikhef: 50 years of curiosity

Speaker: Jorgen D'Hondt

13:50 → 14:10 Collider Physics at CERN, past, present and future plans

Speaker: Mark Thomson

14:10 → 14:30 Nikhef and the Future of European Science

Speaker: Robbert Dijkgraaf

14:30 → 15:00 Panel discussion (NWO / OCW / Maastricht University)

Speakers: Marcel Levi (NWO), Oscar Delnooz (OCW), Pamela Habibović (Maastricht University)

15:00 → 15:15 Photo opportunity with (former) Nikhef directors

15:15 → 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 → 16:05 Active Student Engagement in High School Physics Education

Speaker: Anita Tol

16:05 → 16:25 The well-intentioned expectations of society

Speaker: Lara Veldt

16:25 → 16:45 Technology driven innovation, Nikhef technology in search of a market

Speaker: Hans Brouwer

16:45 → 17:05 The flavours we hold. How values shaped at Nikhef evolve beyond.

Speaker: Serena Oggero

17:05 → 18:00 Drinks