As a WASP PhD student there are many excellent opportunities to interact with both industry and other academic institutions to build a strong network of personal connections.
Creating opportunities for connection and collaboration is a key goal for the WASP community. As such, WASP holds several annual events, and many less formal networking events.
Winter conference
The winter conference is a three-day internal WASP conference held in January every year. It includes a kick-off for new PhD students and new supervisors, WASP research results, and talks on subjects of interest.
This three-day event provides an excellent opportunity to get an overview of WASP’s graduate school and research results. It is mandatory for PhD students and it is the only recurring occasion where the whole WASP community gathers.
Academic and Industry Days
WASP Academia and Industry Days is one of the most vibrant events of the year, where representatives from academia, industry and society meet to turn words into action. Keynote speakers, exhibitions from research initiatives and companies, and many opportunities for collaboration are the highlights of the annual fall event.
Summer schools
Every summer, WASP holds its Community Building Summer School, welcoming new PhD students and newly recruited researchers to the program for a week of getting to know each other and to make industry visits.
WASP also holds at least one themed summer school per year, with a focus on a topic of interest to the WASP community. Previous topics have included generative AI, resilience and regulation, embodied AI, synthesis of human communication and more.
Other events
A range of other gatherings and happenings take place as part of the WASP community calendar. These include workshops, webinars, seminars, demo days and more. To explore what is happening, check the events calendar.
