Welcome and opening by Kim Huijpen

• Household announcements at 10.30 A.M.
• Possibility to network in the speeddate carousel at 10.15 A.M. or visit one of the video booths 
• Get familiar with the system

Plenary opening: welcome by Kim Huijpen, with Jeroen Geurts and Rianne Letschert 

Kim Huijpen will interview Rianne Letschert and Jeroen Geurts, co-chairs of the Recognition & Rewards programme board, about the most important steps taken after publishing the position paper Room for everyone's talent in November 2019 in the Netherlands. How do the Dutch universities, university medical centres, funders and research institutes experiment with a different way of recognising and rewarding talents in academia. What are the most important dilemma's? What are their expectations of this Recognition & Rewards Festival?

Cultural change outside of academia: a conversation with Reina Buijs

Paul Boselie, chair of the Recognition & Rewards committee of Utrecht University, will interview Reina Buijs. Buijs is Director of the HRM department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Paul Boselie and Reina Buijs will reflect on similarities between diplomacy and science with regard to a culture change and the importance of good leadership to make such a transition work.

Perspectives of young academics on Recognition & Rewards in academia

Round Table with Rianne Letschert and Jeroen Geurts, co-chairs of the Recognition & Rewards programme board and three early career academics representing the Young Academy (DJA), PhD Network Netherlands (PNN) and Young Science in Transition (YSiT). Hanneke Hulst (DJA), Rosanne Anholt (PNN) and Annemijn Algra (YSiT) will share the perspective of young academics on modernising the system of recognition and rewards in academia. What does this mean for early career academics? How do young academics see a future with more diverse career perspectives? What are the biggeste concerns of young scademics? Which dilemmas did young academics discuss in the past year?

Break with the following online possibilities

• Speeddate carousel 
• Visit an video booth
• Make a connection in the participation list

Workshops round 1 (13:00-13:55)

Please find break-out options here and make your choice via the network app

Workshops round 2 (14:00-14:55)

Please find break-out options here and make your choice via the network app

Plenary closure of the day

Wrap up of this Recognition & Rewards Festival. Reflection on the most important topics discussed today. How do we see a future with more diverse career perspectives? What are the most important dilemmas concerning recognition and rewards? What are the biggest challenges in changing the way we recognize and reward academics? Which good practices did we come across? What is the role of leaders in academia to make this change work?