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 Doors Rode Hoed open

1 Nikhef: 50 years of curiosity

Speaker: Jorgen D'Hondt

2 Collider Physics at CERN, past, present and future plans

Speaker: Mark Thomson

3 Nikhef and the Future of European Science

Speaker: Robbert Dijkgraaf

4 Panel discussion (NWO / OCW / Maastricht University)

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

5 Photo opportunity with (former) Nikhef directors

15:15 Coffee break

6 Active Student Engagement in High School Physics Education

Speaker: Anita Tol

7 The well-intentioned expectations of society

Speaker: Lara Veldt

8 Technology driven innovation, Nikhef technology in search of a market

Speaker: Hans Brouwer

9 The flavours we hold. How values shaped at Nikhef evolve beyond.

Speaker: Serena Oggero

17:05 Drinks