Event Reports

INPROCAP Kick-off meeting Denmark

11th and 12th of June, NWO-I/BigScience.NL together with six other consortium partners have kicked-off a project named INPROCAP (Building Innovation Procurement Capabilities in Big Science). The other partners are DTI from Denmark, NCBJ from Poland, CDTI from Spain, EISCAT in the north of Scandinavia, EuXfel from Germany and Pedal from Slovakia.

This consortium brings together a diverse group of international partners dedicated to creating a robust framework for innovative procurement within BSOs. This initiative is critical as it addresses the growing demand for a wide range of products and services essential to advancing scientific research and infrastructure. The project is set to span the next three years, during which it aims to bolster the effectiveness and reach of procurement processes in the realm of large-scale scientific research.


First Dutch Fusion Day in Eindhoven: ‘we need Dutchness to make fusion energy become a reality’

With a crowded room and a programme that captivated until the last minute, we look back on a successful first edition of the Dutch Fusion Day in Eindhoven. An energising day that brought together a group of 200 scientists, representatives of high-tech companies and government officials. One thing was crystal clear: we're all eager to get into action to bring fusion energy to a next level.


Einstein Telescope at the Hannover Messe

On the 24th of April, at the initiative of Ellen Ipenburg Tomesen, the Science and education Counsellor at the Netherlands Embassy to Germany, an event was organised to introduce the Einstein Telescope and its technological challenges to the industry representatives present at the Hannover Messe with the aim to increase the knowledge of the German companies about the possibility for them to become involved in solving the challenges to build the Einstein Telescope.


Einstein Telescope EMR Forum

In the beautiful Solvay Library in Brussels, we had a very interesting day with an exciting program.

The Solvay Library in Brussels is a historic place, where Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Marie Curie and many other Nobel laureates measured up to each other during the mythical Solvay deliberations. April 10th 2024 featured the ET-EMR Forum, organized by the partners in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine:

-          POM Limburg and Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) for Flanders Belgium;

-          GRE Liège , University of Liège, Euregio Meuse-Rhine EGTC and Wallonie Entreprendre for Wallonia Belgium and;

-          NMWP and AGIT for North Rhine-Westphalia Germany


ZIE (Zuid-Hollands Industry Event)

The central theme of ZIE 2024: “New Technology for the Manufacturing Industry.


Information sessions for ET-NGF calls for ET-R&D projects.

Several workshops have been organized on the topics of the ET-NGF calls, where we invited industry to listen and discuss with an open mind the challenges and opportunities in the ET-R&D agenda. All sessions were visited by 20 to 40 participants, from several companies.


Precision Fair 2023

November 15 & 16, the annual Precision Fair organized by the Mikrocentrum took place in the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. More than 350 organisations from the high precision domain were present.


Symposium Big Science – SRON

SRON Netherlands Space Institute for Space Research will organize a symposium in which the value of Big Science will be highlighted in all its aspects: science, technology and innovation.


Big Science in the North

Shared Knowledge Innovation Learning Lab (SKILL) in Drachten, Netherlands