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Spring Event, March 2025
Many researchers recognize that communicating their work to the general public can be challenging. It requires specific skills and an understanding of the audience. Fortunately, these skills can be learned! Our recent event focused entirely on this topic: “Communicating Your Science: How to Go Viral.” We brought together speakers from diverse scientific and media backgrounds, amongst others a professor with great translational skills, which she used at many occasions at talkshow tables, news items or tv-shows for childern. Next to her, a commissioning editor at BNNVARA and a podcast creator were present to share their stories and each sharing their…
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Spring Event, April 2024
In April 2024 we hosted our Spring event at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht, shedding light on sustainability in healthcare and research. Attendants got an interesting program consisting of lectures and workshops on practical implementation of sustainable practices. Speakers and workshops were provided by representatives of the ‘Groene Zorg Alliantie’, Greenlabs, GreenCare Academy, Princess Maxima Center, Green OR (Cardiothoracic Surgery) and the Green Team of the UMC Utrecht. The keynote lecture was done by Joke Boonstra from Erasmus MC and current chair of the Sustainability committee of the NFU. After the official program, enough time was available for drinks and networking.
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Spring Event, April 2021
Most researchers know that talking to a general public about their project is not an easy task. It requires some skills and you need to understand your audience. Of course, these skills can be taught. Our recent event was completely themed our this topic: “communicating your science”. We invited speakers from very different walks of (scientific) life to talk about their experiences and perspectives, ranging from a professor of Public understanding of Science to the Head of Science at the NRC/podcast host and patients who discussed their needs. Considering the registrations and feedback, the event was a huge success! For…
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Aftermovie: Fall event 2020
Our last event was a great success. We had inspiring presentations and discussions during our first fully digital event! Take a look behind the scenes in our new video. https://young.heart-institute.nl/wp-content/uploads/2711-Video-1-Young@Heart-v3.mp4
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Spring Event 2021: Communicating your Science
As scientists are always focused on their research and are usually trained to present their research in a very detailed fashion at a congress or in a paper. But what happens when your grandparents ask about your work? What do you tell them? Only a few of us can produce a clear and concise answer. Most of us need some time to think about it or use such moments to practice explaining what they do in real-time. This is not exclusive to your grandparents, either. Colleagues from a different field often know how science works. But if you cannot make…
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Crossing borders, especially now.
The ESC 2020 congress is around the corner and we are excited to attend! The organizing committees have been working incredibly hard to make this congress one to remember. And that’s not an easy task during these dynamic times. Face-to-face meetings are cancelled and are reimagined in online settings. A digital conference can be highly effective with many presentations and discussions on-demand or live without the need to travel halfway around the globe. There seems to be no disadvantage to online meetings. However, the main reason people prefer to meet face-to-face (in a COVID-19-free world) is of course the social…
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Conquer the world with your PhD
The Young@Heart Fall Event 2019 was a great success! Read what one of the organizers had to say about it.
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Scientists love data…
During the event on the 29th of November 2019, we asked the audience some questions. Find out what we learned from them.
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Valorisation – May 10 2019
Did you miss it? Not to worry! Read a short recap about our Valorisation event on May 10, 2019
