ICT with industry

ICT with Industry is a workshop that focuses on devising innovative solutions for scientifically challenging, commercial business cases.

NWO organises this workshop together with the Lorentz Center since 2013. The aim is to stimulate cooperation and knowledge exchange between science and industry. Scientists and researchers from both academia and industry work closely together for a week to find original solutions to challenging industrial problems.

The ICT with Industry workshop brings ICT and Computer Science researchers together with professionals from the industry. The teams consist of PhD students and postdocs from research institutions and universities across the Netherlands. Each team has access to a company representative and senior researcher to ensure progress and scientific quality.

ICT with Industry 2025 

ICT with Industry 2025 will be held from 20 to 24 January 2025 as a cooperation of the Lorentz Center in Leiden and NWO. It will be a physical event, taking place at the Lorentz Center.

Workshop objectives

The main aim of the ICT with Industry workshop is to increase the collaboration between science and industry. The workshop strives for direct and rapid interaction between ICT researchers and industrial partners. It has the following objectives:

  • To stimulate synergies between ICT research and industrial R&D, by analysing challenging problems in multidisciplinary teams.
  • To obtain creative solutions for problems from practice.
  • To give insight into the possibilities ICT research offers, and thereby enable accelerated innovation.
  • To enrich the PhD students’ and postdocs’ experience in collaborating with industry.

Organisation and contacts

Scientific Chairs for 2025

Steering Committee

Support

    • Katja van Erkel (NWO – ENW)
    • Suzanne van der Heijden (NWO – ENW)
    • Paul Blank (NWO – TTW)

If you have any questions about ICT with Industry, please e-mail ictwithindustry@nwo.nl