SURF Research Day 2026

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09:00
09:00
60min
Registration and walk in
Plenary room
10:00
10:00
60min
Opening and keynote of Eveline Crone
Eveline Crone
Keynote
Plenary room
11:00
11:00
30min
Morning break & activities
Break
Plenary room
11:00
30min
Poster presentations
Poster
Showroom
11:30
11:30
45min
AI | How to build and use sovereign LLM?
Diana Onutu, Edwin Rijgersberg, Roel Boumans
Challenge session
Cineac
11:30
45min
Data management | How to improve data quality?
Challenge session
Jeanne Roos
11:30
45min
Digital autonomy | How to move from Ambition to Action?
Challenge session
Plenary room
11:30
45min
Open Science | How to create sustainability in research?
Challenge session
Theater platform
11:30
45min
Research infra | How to improve collaboration in research?
Challenge session
Joost den Draaijer
11:30
45min
Training & skills | How to train researchers in digital skills?
Peter Hinrich, Jolien Scholten, Marcel Ras
Challenge session
On Air
12:15
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Cineac
12:15
60min
Lunch break
On Air
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Theater platform
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Jeanne Roos
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Joost den Draaijer
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Hans Idzerda
12:15
60min
Lunch break
Erik de Vries
12:15
60min
Lunch & activities
Break
Plenary room
12:15
60min
Poster presentations
Poster
Showroom
13:15
13:15
45min
Beyond “Big” Data: Building Infrastructure for “Thick” Data
Abhigyan Singh, Mert Akay, Vanessa Monna, Natalia Romero Herrera
Discussion
Erik de Vries
13:15
45min
Connecting Minds Around Cloud-Native Research Infrastructure
Dr. Serkan Girgin, Martin Brandt, Francesco Nattino, Plieger, Maarten (KNMI)
Discussion
Hans Idzerda
13:15
45min
Developing DigiLab Toegepaste Kennis – a virtual facility for sharing data and models
Bas van Vossen, Bas van Vossen
Discussion
Joost den Draaijer
13:15
45min
FAIR by design and EHDS-ready: a metadata backbone for research
Pieter Broere, Menno de Vries, Jet Zoon
Workshop
On Air
13:15
45min
Innovation everywhere, infrastructure nowhere? Rethinking Dutch RDM
Erik van den Bergh
Discussion
Jeanne Roos
13:15
45min
Scarce Resources, Sustainability Questions, Shared responsibility: How to make scarce resources sustainable?
Ymke van den Berg
Workshop
Cineac
13:15
45min
Transforming the Dutch Research-IT Landscape through Collaborative Innovation
Raymond Oonk
Presentation
Plenary room
13:15
45min
🪴 Pruning the Commons: improving Open Research Information together 🚀
Maurice Vanderfeesten
Workshop
Theater platform
14:10
14:10
30min
A secure closed archive for sensitive research data
Joep Bos-Coenraad, Tim Fierens
Presentation
Hans Idzerda
14:10
30min
Can You Trust AI? A Researcher’s Guide to Truth‑Finding
Willigen, R.F. van der (Rob)
Workshop
Cineac
14:10
30min
Can the research sector build its own collaboration platform?
Claudia van Kruistum
Presentation
Plenary room
14:10
30min
Data & Compute Services at SURF
Daan de Jong
Presentation
Joost den Draaijer
14:10
30min
FAIR-ification approaches for Chemistry from FAIR4ChemNL and VHP4Safety
Egon Willighagen
Discussion
Erik de Vries
14:10
30min
SRAM enables groundbreaking international research with the world's largest radio telescope
Mees Altena
Presentation
Theater platform
14:10
30min
Sowing with Data, Harvesting with AI
Harm Bodewes, Koen Verschuren
Presentation
Jeanne Roos
14:10
30min
What Does It Take? Essential Skills for Research Software Support
Manuel Garcia Alvarez
Presentation
On Air
14:40
14:40
30min
Afternoon break & activities
Break
Plenary room
14:40
30min
Poster presentations
Poster
Showroom
15:10
15:10
30min
Building SSH Data Futures Together: Lessons from Collaborative Projects
Nicole Emmenegger
Presentation
Erik de Vries
15:10
30min
Co‑Creating the National Training and Community platform for Data Professionals
Fieke Schoots, Dorien Huijser
Presentation
On Air
15:10
30min
Creating a Dutch Platform for AI-Driven Research
Vanschoren, Joaquin, Yue Zhao
Presentation
Plenary room
15:10
30min
Data transfer orchestration: any help needed?
Claudio Cacciari
Presentation
Hans Idzerda
15:10
30min
MAST4Sci: A Generative Multi-Agent-System Template for Science
Zehao Lu
Presentation
Jeanne Roos
15:10
30min
Pratical experience with Whisper-transcription via SURF Research Cloud & AI-hub
Stef de Groot, Sander Vlugter
Presentation
Joost den Draaijer
15:10
30min
Researchers just love high impact journals, but are there career-proof alternatives?
André Brasil
Discussion
Theater platform
15:10
30min
Responsible AI stack hacks for academic purposes
Erwin Hoogerwoord, Thissen, Kimberley
Discussion
Cineac
15:50
15:50
50min
Closing and keynote of Ayca Szapora
Ayca Szapora
Keynote
Plenary room
16:40
16:40
80min
Drinks & networking
Plenary room