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Dinner location: HoogVuur

This year the dinner will be held in the nextdoor restaurant called “Hoog Vuur”. At “Hoog Vuur” fair and local products are prepared in a traditional way in wood fired stoves specially designed for the restaurant. More information about the restaurant can be found here (in Dutch).

Dinner tickets cost €40,- and can be bought here.

Chairman

diederikThe chairman of the TiiM Conference will be:

Diederik Jekel

In the Netherlands, Diederik Jekel is known from radio, television, internet, columns and books. In 2010 he received his Master in solid state physics from the University of Twente. Afterwards he worked as a researcher at this university. In October 2010 he got the chance to talk about science in the famous Dutch TV program “De Wereld Draait Door”. Since that moment he is a full-time scientific journalist. He gives lectures about science and communications to children, adults, scientists and managers.

Location: Amersfoort

This year, TiiM will be held in the Prodentfabriek in the city of Amersfoort. Nowadays, all sorts of events are organised in these former factory halls of Prodent. The plenary part of the program will be held in the large former production hall of the factory. Smaller subrooms will be used during the parallel sessions. This unique industrial location is easily accessible from all over the Netherlands.

We hope to see you here on February 3th!

Central theme: Walk of Life

For the first time, the upcoming edition will have a central theme. This years theme will be “The Walk of Life“. During the day, differences in diagnosis an treatment of patients from different ages will be discussed. Various medical doctors ranging from neonatology to geriatric medicine are invited to present at our conference. Furthermore, innovative techniques specially designed for patients of a certain age will be discussed.