PhACE

PhACE = PhD Activating Career Event

PhACE helps PhD candidates nearing the end of their doctorate explore their strengths and discover diverse, fulfilling career paths. While some continue their journey in academia, many find exciting opportunities beyond it.

The upcoming PhACE will be organized on Monday March 16 & Tuesday March 17. During these days Utrecht University and UMCU PhD candidates explore career options in and beyond academia. It’s designed for those in their final PhD years, especially candidates with little prior work experience.

The registration for this event is now closed, but you can sign up below for the interest list for the next edition (Fall 2026).

Programme

The event consists of plenary talks and discussions and two workshop sessions.

Participation of the full two days is mandatory.

Below you will find the programme for the upcoming edition in March!

Time	Programme
08.45 - 09.15	Walk-in with coffee and tea
09.15 - 09.45	Welcome and introduction!
09.45 - 10.30	Track 1 \| Academia \| Francien Peterse \| Associate Professor Organic Geochemistry \| Utrecht University Track 2 \| Next to science \| Reinout Raaijmakers \| Teamleider Research Support Office \| Utrecht University
10.30-11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00	Workshops \| Session 1 \| Exploring your motivation and qualities.
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 - 16.00	Workshops \| Session 2 \| Enhancing your skill set
16.00 - 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 - 17.00	Track 3 \| NGO \| Leonie Barelds-Cramer \| Researcher in healthy and sustainable food \| Louis Bolk Instituut Track 4 \| Consultancy \| Victor Beumer \| Senior ecologist \| Aveco de Bondt
17.00 - 17.15	End of the first day!

Time	Programme
08.45 - 09.15	Walk-in with coffee and tea
09.15 - 09.30	Welcome!
09.30 - 10.15	Track 5 \| Research and development \| Arjun Wadhawan \| Team lead Wafer Alignment Research \| ASML Track 6 \| Government \| Krista Bruns \| Head of section IRF/SZW \| Department of Finance
10.15 - 10.45	Coffee break
10.45 - 12.45	Workshops \| Session 3 \| Enhancing your skill set.
12.45 - 13.45	Lunch break
13.45 - 15.45	Workshops \| Session 4 \| Repetition & additional workshops.
15.45 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45	Track 7 \| Teaching \| Theo van den Bogaart \| Teacher training in mathematics \| Hogeschool Utrecht Track 8 \| Science communicaton \| Niels Kerstes \| Communications officer \| Universiteit Utrecht
16.45 - 17.00	The next PhACE in your future!
17.00 - 18.30	Drinks and the end of the second day!

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the PhACE project team: phace@uu.nl.

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