PhD Meet & Greet – Career Paths in the Digital World
When: | We 21-05-2025 |
Where: | House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen |
Are you a PhD student researching or applying digital innovation and considering a career in industry?
Are you a private or public organization active in the digital domain and wishing to meet the next generation of PHD’s from the RuG?
Join us on 21 May for the JTS: PhD Meet & Greet – Career Paths in the Digital World, an event designed specifically for PhD students exploring opportunities beyond academia. This day is part of the Career Perspectives series.
Programme
10:00 - 10:15
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Welcome
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10:15 - 10:45
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Keynote spreaker Stefan Baack
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10:45 - 12:00
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Poster Presentations
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12:00 - 13:00
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Lunch and Poster Presentations
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13:00 - 13:45
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Panel Discussion
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13:45 - 15:00
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Company Info Market
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15:00
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End
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Keynote speaker Stefan Baack
We’re excited to welcome Stefan Baack as the keynote speaker for this event. Stefan is a senior researcher at the Mozilla Foundation, where he focuses on data governance and AI training datasets, supporting the organization’s campaigns and policy work with his expertise.

He has played a key role in Mozilla’s Internet Health Report and the IRL podcast, contributing research insights, fact-checking, and data visualizations. His research explores the intersection of data, journalism, and civic technology, and he has held fellowships at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and the Weizenbaum Institute, where he examined transnational collaborations and the role of leaks in investigative journalism.
Are you interested in this event?
Please use the below forms to pre-register. With the form we’ll make a first assessment of who’s coming so we can help to find matches between companies and students. We’ll send an overview in a couple of weeks, based upon which you can confirm your registration but also enable companies to send the right experts to the event.
For students: please use this form.
For organizations: please use this form.
We look forward to seeing you on May 21st!
Jantina Tammes School
Graduate Schools Groningen