CERN Presentations and Networking Drinks

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When?
February 2, 2026 1:00 PM
Where?
EA 5159.0029

What?

SPARK your career!

Join us for the first event of the career week: CERN PRESENTATIONS AND NETWORKING DRINKS

DATE?: 2nd of February
TIME?: 13:00
LOCATION?: 5159.0029 (Energy Academy)

Sign-up for the CERN presentations and for the career week using this link.

The schedule for the event is as follows:
13:00 - 13:15 : Introduction by RUG
13:15 - 14:30 : Introduction to CERN – Thijs Wijnands
“An accessible introduction to CERN, its mission and experiments, showing how particle physics explores the fundamental structure of the universe and creates impact via global collaboration in science”
14:30 - 14:45 : Break
14:45 – 15:15 : Gideon Wiersma “My journey from RUG to CERN”
15:15 – 15:45 : Thijs Wijnands “From Accelerator Physics Operations to Internal Audit”
16:00 – 17:00 : Maria Kimpezi “Opportunities at CERN”
17:00 - 18:30 : Networking drinks