Flashback NWO ICT.OPEN2026: The Art of ICT
On 15 and 16 April 2026, more than 400 visitors, were warmly welcomed at de Doelen, Rotterdam for NWO ICT.OPEN2026. The theme of this year’s conference was The Art of ICT.
Check out the photos of NWO ICT.OPEN2026 below
Fascinating speakers
The renowned speakers, of this edition of NWO ICT.OPEN contributed to the success it was. This year’s keynote speakers were none other than Bart Jacobs from the Radboud University Nijmegen, Mykola Pechenizkiy from the Eindhoven University of Technology and Anja Volk from the Utrecht University.
Within the different tracks there were great speakers who were talking about there research in the different ICT research fields. This were the tracks of NWO ICT.OPEN2026 with including the speakers within the tracks:
- A new framework for a future-proof Netherlands through sustainable and sovereign digitalization
- Application-Oriented AI: Bridging Research and Industry
- Computational challenges in the Life Sciences
- Computer Systems and Networks (FCSN)
- Digital Twin Technology in Area Development
- Diversity in ICT
- Formal Methods
- Human-Computer Interaction and Societal Impact in the Netherlands
- ICT in National Technology Strategy of the Netherlands
- Mastering Complexity for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
- Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs
- Reflection on Digital Technology
- Resilient Digital Infrastructures
- Responsible and Safe AI
- Smart Industry
- Software Engineering (VERSEN)
- The Art of Security and Trust
- The Future of ICT Education
Poster prizes
Three poster prizes were awarded sto early career poster presenters (Master students, PhD candidates and postdocs). The poster jury selected three winners that would win €300, €200, €100 respectively. In addition to the jury poster prizes, there was also an audience prize of €100. The winners of NWO ICT.OPEN2026 were:
Demo winner: Steijn Van der Craats
Poster winners:
First prize: Kyana van Eijndhoven
Second prize: Johan Korten
Third prize: Antonios Georgakopoulos
View the NWO ICT.OPEN2026 programme.