PE&RC Day 2022

Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

Thursday 27 October 2022

Radboud University - Huygens building (room HG 00.307), Nijmegen

Annual symposium organised by the PE&RC PhD Council (PPC) for all PE&RC members   

Scope

Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of mimicking human capabilities and performing complex functions by a machine or a computer. It has gained popularity due to its broad applications such as in the field of sustainability. Artificial Intelligence helped energy reduction of data centers by reducing the energy cost of cooling by 40%. Also, AI is used for tracking emissions from coal plants to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, AI is being adapted for UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This year we will talk about what AI means in terms of sustainability, how it can be implemented in natural sciences and how we can reach sustainable development goals by using artificial intelligence.

Programme

PE&RC Institutional Collaboration call  (deadline extended to Monday 17 October 2022)

In 2018, PE&RC initiated a call to stimulate collaboration between PE&RC members of Wageningen University and PE&RC members of other institutes via joint short-term PhD and/or postdoc projects. After three successful years, the call is set out again for 2022. To this end we invite academic staff members of PE&RC to submit a proposal for institutional collaboration within PE&RC. More information can be found here. Please be informed that pre-proposals must be submitted by e-mail to office.pe@wur.nl before Monday 3 October 2022, 09:00am Monday 17 October 2022, 09:00am!

The PE&RC Picture Award (deadline Monday 17 October 2022)

Based on the great success of previous PE&RC day editions we decided to again organize a Picture Award competition for our PhD community! To give everyone a chance to win, the competition is divided into three categories: 1) THESIS COVER 2) FIELDWORK 3) LABWORK & MODELLING So take this opportunity and submit a beautiful/meaningful/weird/tear-jerking picture of your PhD work. Show us what you’ve got! The top 3 will be awarded a prize with a value of € 75,-, € 50,-, and € 25,- per category. You can now submit your pictures for the competition here. This is also the place to find all the relevant details about the competition.

General information

Fees

Note:

• Payment: payment information will follow in the confirmation mail.
• If you need an invoice to complete your payment, please send an email to office.pe@wur.nl, including ALL relevant details that should be mentioned on the invoice (e.g., purchase order no., specific addresses, attendees, etc.).
• Please make sure that your payment, if applicable, is arranged within two weeks after your registration, or indicate in the registration form that you will pay in cash on the day itself.
• It is the participant's responsibility to make sure that he/she (or his/her secretary) completes the payment correctly and in time.

Subsidy travel costs

As we wish members from all institutes to join the Day (including dinner), PE&RC will subsidise the travel costs to Nijmegen for PE&RC members through the dinner fee:

PE&RC Cancellation Conditions

• Up to 1 (one) week prior to the start of the event, cancellation is free of charge.
• In case of cancellation within one week prior to the start of the event, a fee of € 10,- will be charged.
• If you do not show at all without informing us prior to the event, a fee of € 25,- will nevertheless be charged.

Note: If you would like to cancel your registration, ALWAYS inform us (and do note that you will be kept to the cancellation conditions)

Organisation

The annual PE&RC Day is organised by the PE&RC PhD Council (PPC), with the assistance of the PE&RC Office. More details about the PPC can be found here.

More information

Jacqueline Verhoef (PE&RC)
Phone: +31 (0) 317 485414
Email: jacqueline.verhoef@wur.nl

Registration

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