On May 04, 2007, the School for Information and Knowledge Systems organizes its annual SIKS-day. The location will be conference center Hoog Brabant in Utrecht. The main aim of the event is to give SIKS-members -participating in research groups all over the country- the opportunity to meet each other in an informal setting and to inform them about current developments and some new activities and plans for the coming year.

This year a small scientific symposium will be organized at the SIKS-day as well.

Program

10.00 - 10.30    Coffee and Tea
10.30 - 10.45    Welcome by Prof. dr. J.M. Akkermans (VU), Chair Board of Governors SIKS
10.45 - 11.45    Prof. dr. A.E. Eiben (VU): "How to calibrate an evolutionary process?"
11.45 - 12.00    "SIKS in 2007, Facts and Figures" by Prof. dr. J.M. Akkermans (VU), Chair Board of Governors SIKS
12.00 - 13.30    Lunch in Hoog Brabant
13.30 - 14.30    Prof. dr. C.M. Jonker (TUD:) "Dynamics of organisations: design, modelling and simulation"
14.30 - 15.00    Coffee and Tea
15.00 - 16.00    Dr. E. Hoenkamp (UM) "Taming the Terabytes with a Softer Approach to Information Retrieval"
16.00 - 17.00    Prof. dr. Yves Pigneur (Lausanne) "Designing business models and evaluating disruptive innovations"
17.00 - 18.00    Drinks

Abstracts

By inviting these researchers we hope to have selected the right ingredients for a memorable day. All members of our research school (research fellows, associated members and Ph.D.-students) as well as the members of SIKS' Advisory Board are invited to join the SIKS-day 2007. More details on program and registration will be made available soon.

Registration

All members of our research school (research fellows, associated members and Ph.D.-students) as well as our alumni are invited to join the SIKS-day 2007. Participation (lunch included) is free, registration is required. Participants are kindly requested to fill in the registration form

Deadline for Registration: May 01 2007