Programme Conference August 31, 2023

August 31, fellows and alumni will gather in Driebergen-Zeist for their annual conference, dedicated to Science and Happiness.

Alumnus Carlo Beenakker has kindly agreed to deliver the keynote address, entitled:
Why We Wonder: Reasons Why Humans Do Science.

We are pleased to announce that Evangelia Demerouti, member of the Niels Stensen Fellowship Committee, will deliver a second address:
Maintaining Well-being and the Work-life Balance.

During the afternoon, conference attendees will have the opportunity to engage,
up close and personal, with either prof. Demerouti or prof. Beenakker, during break-out sessions dedicated to the crafting of personal demands and resources and the joys of being a scientist, respectively.

SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS

Programme:

09:00    Walk-in

10:00    Opening

10:30    Presentation of the results of our survey, by prof. dr. Hans Schilderman:

              Academic Happiness According to Alumni of the Niels Stensen Fellowship

11.15    Keynote address, by prof. dr. Carlo Beenakker:

              Why We Wonder: Reasons Why Humans Do Science

12:00    Questions & discussion

12:30    Lunch

14:00    Second address, by prof. dr. Evangelia Demerouti:

              Maintaining Well-being and the Work-life Balance

14:45    Questions & discussion

15:15    Coffee-break, whilst gathering for the break-out sessions

15:30    Up close and personal­ ­‑ break-out sessions with

• Carlo Beenakker, about the joys of being a scientist
• Evangelia Demerouti, about crafting your personal demands and resources

16:30    Presentation of our new alumni-database, and some thoughts on the future

17:00    Closing remarks

17:15    Drinks

18:00  ‘Diner Pensant’ (speech t.b.a.)

21:00    End