Programme

Programme 2020

9:00	Introduction and Welcome	Prof. Nick Schryvers Dean - Faculty of Science
8:30	Registration & poster mounting

9:20	Morning Session A
9:20	Inaugural lecture Seeing how atoms build materials	Prof. dr. Timothy Pennycook Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT)
09:50	Lecture Rapid signaling in plants: controlling cell wall flexibility during growth	Dr. Sébastjen Schoenaers Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES)
10:20	Poster clips - Set 1

10:40	Coffee break Poster mounting Information booth Talent Center (see below)

11:10	Morning Session B
11:10	Inaugural lecture Model-based design of intensified chemical reactors for hydrogen release for ship applications	Prof. dr. Patrice Perreault Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IMDO)
11:40	Lecture The fascinating physics of the eardrum: from the lab to the hospital	Dr. Sam Van der Jeught Biophysics and Biomedical Physics (BIMEF)
12:10	Poster clips - Set 2

12:30	Lunch Poster viewing Information booth Talent Center (see below)

13:30	Afternoon Session A
13:30	Inaugural lecture Towards intelligible artificial intelligence	Prof. dr. José Oramas Mogrovejo Internet Data Lab (IDLAB)
14:00	Lecture So you think ... you can be green? A chemist's view on sustainability	Dr. Pieter Mampuys Organic Synthesis (ORSY)
14:30	Lecture Environmental impact of microbial protein from potato wastewater as feed ingredient	Dr. Marc Spiller Sustainable Energy, Air & Water Technology (DUEL)
15:00	Afternoon tea Poster voting

15:30	Afternoon Session B
15:30	Lecture History of science: the crafts and the scientific revolution of the 16-17th century	Prof. dr. Bert De Munck Department of History / Faculty of Arts
16:00	Lecture History of science: science in the Arabic world	Sarah Ahannach, Prof. dr. Katrien Kolenberg, Dr. Ben Van Duppen Department of Bioscience Engineering and Department of Physics

16:30	Closing Remarks	Prof. Nick Schryvers Dean - Faculty of Science

16:40	Closing drink - Best Poster Award Entrance hall, Building T

Abstracts

Talent Center

The University of Antwerp is an engaged employer for all its employees, irrespective of the duration of their contract. Based on an HR policy that is grounded on motivating its employees, the university aims to invest in lifelong employability. This mission forms the basis of the Talent Center (HR Department): we aim to encourage and support early-career researchers in a pro-active management of their (future) career. For this purpose, the Talent Center organizes career counseling, training and networking initiatives that focus on career development and are tailor-made to early-career researchers.

The individual career coaching is a new service that targets doctoral and postdoctoral researchers who are struggling with questions regarding their future careers. We are happy to explain our service further to all those interested on January 15^th during the first coffee break and lunch. See you there!