4 Sep 2019 - 4 Sep 2019
NIAS Opening Academic Year
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).For more information click here.
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