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  • 11 Dec to 31 Mar

    VUB Alumna/Alumnus? Vul je gegevens in en maak kans op 50 gratis zwembeurten!

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

January 2018

  • 11 Jan to 21 Jun

    Lezing by SMIT

  • 12 Jan

    Prof. dr. Roland Pepermans, Decaan van de faculteit Psychologie en Educatiewetenschappen nodigt u van harte uit op de Diploma-uitreiking van 2016-2017

    Prof. dr. Roland Pepermans, Dean of the Faculty of Pychology and Educational Sciences, cordially invites you to the Graduation Ceremony of 2016 - 2017

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 18 Jan

    The foundation of our Information Age is the transformation of speech, audio, images and video into digital content, and the man who started the digital revolution was Claude Shannon.

February 2018

  • 05 Feb to 10 Feb
    Safety of cosmetics is a key issue in the EU. 

    Until July 2013, Directive 76/768/EEC and its 6th and 7th Amendment applied. They were implemented in the different national laws of the Member States which was a rather slow process and not always perfect. The Directive is replaced now by Regulation EC 1223/2009 which is instantly and directly enforced across the EU. Main drivers are codification, streamlining and simplifying to obtain a better harmonization between the 28 Member States.

    The same basic principles, however, remain the same. Thus a cosmetic product on the EU market must be safe and one must be in the position to demonstrate this safety and to provide adequate information to the Authorities as well as to the consumers. Safety of cosmetics and their ingredients is guaranteed through safety assessment and for that purpose a unique dossier (Product Information File) need to be composed. It must be judged by a qualified professional, in possession of a diploma or other evidence of formal qualifications awarded on completion of a university course of theoretical and practical study in pharmacy, toxicology, medicine or a similar discipline, or a course recognized as equivalent by a Member State (Art. 10.2).

    Several reasons can be given that urge potential safety assessors of cosmetics to follow additional specific academic training in safety evaluation of cosmetics. Reasons include the unadapted traditional lesson packets of the diplomas mentioned in the EU Regulation, the difficulties generated by moving from in vivo to in vitro testing in safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients and finished products, the special needs for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), the important tasks of the Responsible Person, the growing awareness of the consumer and the changing role of raw material suppliers for cosmetics. This course, therefore, offers an intensive training programme designed for safety assessors of cosmetics in the EU. It is also open to raw material suppliers, Responsible Persons, SMEs, contract laboratories, inspectors and legislators.

    This course is realized in close collaboration with the cosmetic industry and teaching is done at high standard academic level. Particular emphasis is given to key issues in safety evaluation of cosmetics including the application of alternative methods and the interpretation of the results, how and when animal testing can be done or remains a necessity, what are the toxicological requirements by the Commission for cosmetic ingredients testing. At the end of the theoretical course, practical training in which the realization of a Product Information File (PIF) according to Annex I of Regulation EC 1223/2009 for a finished cosmetic product is central, is included. The possibility will be given to all participants to pass a written exam (open book exam) during the last day of the course.

     

    Training course by IVTD

    Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

  • 05 Feb to 30 Mar

    The Photo-Voice: A glimpse on victims’ experiences of human trafficking exhibition is co-organised by PAG-ASA – Center for Victims of Human Trafficking and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Research Group on Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism (FRC) and will run from Monday 5 February to Friday 30 March 2018 in 1st Floor, Building D, Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2 1050, Brussel.

    by Vrije Universiteit Brussel Research Group on Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism (FRC) and PAG-ASA – Center for Victims of Human Trafficking

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 05 Feb to 01 May

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 06 Feb

    From 2015 to 2018 Crosstalks explores a series of issues related to three core concepts of the Belgian Health Care model: integrated care, access and quality of care. The focus of attention is on the responsibility of and the solidarity between the stakeholders in health and medical care. In this seminar Crosstalks looks for sustainable approaches of hr management.

    seminar by Crosstalks i.s.m. VUB

  • 08 Feb

    by VUB / ULB

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 08 Feb

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 12 Feb to 16 Feb

    doctoral school by Department of Electrochemical and Surface Engineering

    Location: Campus Brussels Technology Campus

  • 12 Feb to 14 Feb

    Ever thought of trying out university classes, to take a closer look at what it is like in real?

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 12 Feb to 28 May

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 12 Feb

    seminar by RHEA

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 12 Feb to 22 May

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 12 Feb to 28 May

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 13 Feb

    by VUB TechTransfer

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 13 Feb

    NL/ Redelijk Eigenzinnig (VUB) is een interdisciplinair keuzevak voor studenten en een lezingen- en activiteitenreeks voor het brede publiek. De publieksactiviteiten belichten elk jaar één centraal thema vanuit verschillende disciplines. Ze vinden plaats op diverse Brusselse locaties. Editie 2017-2018 verkent de mogelijkheden en impact van  nieuwe technologieën.

    EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.

    On Tuesday 13th of February 2018 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) invites Mitch Altman for his lecture <Hacking: rethink technologies in collaboration> at RecyK (Fernand Demetskaai 55, 1070 Brussel). This lecture will be in English.

    Lecture by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

  • 13 Feb

    NL/ Redelijk Eigenzinnig (VUB) is een interdisciplinair keuzevak voor studenten en een lezingen- en activiteitenreeks voor het brede publiek. De publieksactiviteiten belichten elk jaar één centraal thema vanuit verschillende disciplines. Ze vinden plaats op diverse Brusselse locaties. Editie 2017-2018 verkent de mogelijkheden en impact van  nieuwe technologieën.

    EN/ Reason and Engage (VUB) is an interdisciplinary course for students and a series of lectures and activities open to all. We invite experts from different disciplines to share findings and opinions on a chosen theme. Events take place at various locations in Brussels. The third edition (2017-2018) explores the scopes and impact of new technologies.

    On Tuesday 13th of February 2018 Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB) invites Mitch Altman for his lecture <Hacking: rethink technologies in collaboration>. Mitch Altman is a hacker, inventor who did pioneering work in Virtual Reality. He is an author and teacher, and goes around the world giving talks and workshop, promoting hackerspaces, open source hardware. After the lecture, the public can participate in a workshop at the MicroFactory: the Junk Robot Club.

    This event takes placeat RecyK (Fernand Demetskaai 55, 1070 Brussel).

    Workshop by Redelijk Eigenzinnig / Reason and Engage (VUB)

  • 15 Feb

    If we look back at 1946, a computer was essentially a physics experiment, and the same is true of quantum computers today. Peter Shor showed that if a quantum computer could be built then it would be possible to compromise public key cryptography by factoring integers exponentially faster than the best known classical computer.

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 19 Feb

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 19 Feb

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 27 Feb

    To date, the greatest efforts in 3R-alternatives have focused heavily on regulatory toxicity, a field in which great progress has been made, supporting a shift towards more humane animal experimentation strategies. However, alternative methods in basic and applied research, has so far received much less attention, with a heavy reliance on animal experimentation still the norm. This will be the focus of the upcoming IC-3Rs Symposium, which under the guidance of the Francqui laureate  prof dr Maurice Whelan, will spotlight/highlight innovative research examples and new developments that spearhead the way forward!

    Inaugural lecture Francqui Chair by em. prof. dr. Vera Rogiers, In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology Department

    Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

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  • 05 Sep

    Public defense of Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda Kodikara to obtain the degree of Doctor of Sciences. Title of the PhD thesis: Physiology of the death of mangrove propagules, seedlings and saplings with particular emphasis on photosynthesis, transpiration, water transport and free radical accumulation.

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 06 Sep

    The public defense of the PhD in Gender and Diversity by Maria Chipenembe-Ngale will take place on Thursday September 6 at 14.00 hour on the Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels in building E, level 0, room E.0.12.

     

    The PhD thesis is called “Sexual Rights Activism in Mozambique. A qualitative case study of civil society organisations and experiences of lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons”.

     Promotors: prof. dr. Gily Coene (VUB) and prof. dr. Chia Longman (UGent)

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 07 Sep

    The Research group Structural Biology Brussels has the honor to invite you to the public defense of the PhD thesis with title: “Structure and function analysis of two Early Response to Dehydration Proteins, intrinsically disordered proteins preventing the collapse of the proteostasis network during abiotic stress in plants ’’ of Cesyen Augusto Cedeno Mogollon to obtain the degree of Doctor of Bio-engineering Sciences.

    PhD Public defense by Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 08 Sep

    Discover the programmes and the campus

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 11 Sep to 14 Sep

    International Scientific Conference by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) & Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA)

  • 11 Sep
  • 11 Sep to 07 Dec

    by VUB, KultuurKafee - braem@vub.be - https://www.vub.be/vub-erfgoed

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 13 Sep to 14 Sep
  • 17 Sep to 21 Sep

    Objectives of the intensive course

    The course offers an intensive training programme, designed for those of graduate and postgraduate status, in the field of dermato-cosmetic sciences. Our aspiration is not only to provide up-to-date reliable scientific information of university standard regarding the preparation and production of chemically and toxicologically well defined products, but also of the close interaction between dermatologic or cosmetic products and the skin as a living organ. The course is aimed to form specialists for the cosmetic industry, the dermatologically oriented pharmaceutical industry and for professionals in research and development, scientists, marketeers and training people involved in dermato-cosmetics.

    Our Intensive Course in Dermato-Cosmetic Sciences is organized this year for the 32nd time at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The course evoluates more and more towards an “Intensive Course in Dermato-Cosmetic Sciences with focus on efficacy of cosmetic products”.

    As you probably know, in the new Cosmetic Regulation N°1223/2009/EC, efficacy plays a more prominent role than before.

    In the actual course you will hear what the new EU regulatory framework means in terms of safety and claim substantiation.

    Organisation of the training course

    André Barel

    Doctor in Biochemistry, special license in Cosmetology, professor emeritus in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, active emeritus for the Department of General and Biological Chemistry.

    Vera Rogiers

    Doctor in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Master in Applied Toxicology, full-time professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in the faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy; head of department of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology (IVTD); lecturing the courses of toxicology, chemical quality and toxicity of cosmetics, and galenics (dermatological preparations) to pharmacy students; responsible for two research teams, one in experimental in vitro toxicology and one in dermato-cosmetology. Organizer of the course: “Safety Assessment of Cosmetics in the EU”. At the European level, co-chair of the SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), and chair of the subgroup “Methodology”. Member of the mirror group of Epaa (The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing).

    Diane Roseeuw

    Aggregated PhD in Dermatology, professor emeritus in Dermatology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, previous head of the Department of Dermatology of the University Hospital of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, now active emeritus for the department.

    Location: Campus Brussels Health Campus

  • 20 Sep

    Publieke doctoraatsverdediging / Public PhD defence by Mr. Haruni Julius Machumu

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 21 Sep

    Studiedag by Centrum voor Academische en Vrijzinnige Archieven (CAVA)

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 21 Sep

    Friday Sept 21, 2018

    Faculty ES Research Day

    Location: Brussels 44 Center

  • 21 Sep to 22 Sep

    It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the international seminar ‘Food in Prison. International and multidisciplinary perspectives’, organized by the Research Groups Crime & Society (CRiS) and Social and Cultural Food Studies (FOST) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel which will take place in Brussels on September, 21st and 22nd.

    International seminar by CRiS & FOST

  • 24 Sep to 28 Sep
  • 24 Sep to 17 Dec

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 24 Sep to 21 Dec

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

  • 25 Sep

    Wetenschap staat centraal tijdens het podium van de academische opening 2018-2019. Is voor een universiteit onderwijs belangrijker dan onderzoek of omgekeerd? Geen onderzoek zonder wetenschap, geen onderwijs zonder wetenschap. Professoren, onderzoekers en studenten: voor iedereen is een wetenschappelijke houding essentieel.

  • 25 Sep

    Kom de start van het academiejaar vieren in het mooiste park van Brussel: Het Warandepark. Hef het glas tijdens Apéro Warande en geniet van de muziek van Zwangere Guy, Juicy en DC Salas. 

  • 27 Sep to 30 Sep

    VUB will showcase exciting advances in some of the most hyped technologies of the moment at SuperNova in Antwerp from 27 till 30 September.

    Tech fair by Flanders DC

  • 28 Sep

    Multilingualism is a central challenge in today’s society.

    Food for Thought - Interdisciplinary lunch for VUB- & UZ-researchers by R&D department

    Location: Campus Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering campus

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