Events
Upcoming events
Precision Fair 2026
Next week: Precision Fair! This yearly event by Mikrocentrum attracts many (inter)national visitors from a broad range of high-precision industries. Meet more than 400 exhibitors and more than 6500 experts in deep tech, artificial intelligence, high tech innovations and more. It is an excellent opportunity to (re)connect with other companies and organisations.
CERN Industry webinar
CERN’s next Industry Webinar will take place online on Thursday, 26 November 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00 (CET). This webinar aims to strengthen engagement with industry and support companies of all sizes in identifying business opportunities within CERN’s diverse range of technical and service requirements.
Industry meeting on Optics @ Cosine
The last Industry meeting of the year, organised by BigScience.NL at Cosine. This edition, we focus on Optics and will inform companies about developments and opportunities at Big Science Organisations.
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Past events
ESA Industry Space Days 2026
ESA Industry Space Days 2026: record turnout, strong Dutch presence
The 12th ESA Industry Space Days (ISD) took place on 16-17 September 2026 at ESTEC in Noordwijk, and was the largest edition to date. Around 240 exhibitors and more than 3,000 participants attended, representing 1,500 companies from across the European space sector. Attendees pre-arranged over 10,000 pre-arranged business to business meetings, with many more face-to-face encounters on site. More than 50 presentations were delivered across three conference halls.
Industry Meeting: Sustainability in Big Science at HFML-FELIX
On 2 September, BigScience.NL brought together representatives from industry and research organisations at HFML-FELIX in Nijmegen for an industry meeting dedicated to sustainability. Marc Baldus, Director of HFML-FELIX and profile holder for sustainability within the Dutch NWO institutes, opened the meeting and set the stage for open and lively discussions on this important and timely topic.
SPIE 2026
Dutch Astronomical Instrumentation Community Shines at SPIE 2026 in Copenhagen
5–10 July 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
The astronomical engineering world gathered in Copenhagen for SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, the leading international conference on ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes and the instruments that power them. The event drew more than 3,000 attendees from across the globe, who took part in 13 simultaneous technical conferences featuring over 3,000 presentations on the latest research, technology, and project developments in astronomical instrumentation.
