NIAS Opening Academic Year

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4 September 15:00-17:00

On 4 September NIAS is hosting an all new public opening of the academic year 2019/2020 at the Trippenhuis, home of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). 

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Programme
Trippenhuis, 4 September 2019, 15:00 – 17:00

15:00 – 15:10     Welcoming words by Head Academic Affairs, Fenneke Wekker

15:10 – 15:30     “Celebrating Slow Science”, opening speech by NIAS Rector Prof. Jan Willem Duyvendak

15:30 – 15:45     Presentations by three fellows

15:45 – 16:05     “Slow Science – A Perspective From the Natural Sciences”, speech by Prof. Wim van Saarloos, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

16:05 – 16:25     Presentations by three fellows

16:25 – 16:35     Q&A with co-sponsor L’Oréal-UNESCO of the For Woman in Science Fellowship

16:35 – 16:50     Word of welcome to the fellows by Dr. Caroline Nevejan, Chief Science Officer Amsterdam

16:50 – 17:00     Closing words by Head Academic Affairs, Fenneke Wekker

17:00 – 18:00     Bites and drinks, with information-stands NIAS and (co-)sponsors