New year, new digital you? Join the UG Digital Autonomy Fair!

Start 2026 with a resolution that matters: Take back control of your digital academic life.

Join the first University of Groningen Digital Autonomy Fair on 3 February 2026 and discover tools and software that put you back in charge, and contribute to a resilient and value-based digital society.

Programme

13.45 Walk-in, coffee
14.00 Opening & welcome
14.15 Lightning talks: Linux workspaces, Nextcloud/UniShare, SURF tools (file sending, URL shortener), HPC Cloud, OpenSesame, Research Data Management System, Zotero, Mastodon
15.00 Browse the Digital Autonomy Fair - ask questions - connect - discover
16.45 Closing
17.00 End

Topics presented at the fair

• Digital infrastructure (Nextcloud, UniShare), Linux workspaces, Open Journal Systems
• Open tools and software for research and analysis (e.g. SURF filesending, SURF URL shortener, Whisper transcription tool, HPC Cloud, RUG Binder, Research Data Management System, Software Management Plans)
• Social networking alternatives (e.g. Mastodon, Peertube)
• Meet the Alliance for Digital Autonomy and learn more about the UG roadmap toward more digital automomy (internal link)
  

Enhance your digital autonomy, get hands-on advice from colleagues, and find out how the university already supports your journey to more digital independence.

• 3 February 2026
• 14.00-17.00
• House of Connections
• Snacks & Drinks

Registration for the fair is now closed.

Are you using an interesting open-source tool or software that you would like to share with colleagues? Or do you have questions around digital autonomy at the UG? Email us to digitalautonomy rug.nl.

The Digital Autonomy Fair is brought to you by the UG Alliance for Digital Autonomy (ADA) (internal link).
ADA is a network of UG academic staff, the University Library, the CIT and University Services, in collaboration with the Jantina Tammes School.

Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash