Agenda

12:00 – 13:00 | Arrival & Lunch

A welcome lunch to network and connect

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13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome by Booking & ICAI

Maarten de Rijke (ICAI) & Thomas Dohmen (ICAI) & Onno Zoeter (Booking.com)

‍13:15 – 13:45 | Presentation: Tackling fraud with AI

Speakers: Onno Zoeter (Booking.com) & Philip Boeken (PhD student, Booking.com

Topic: How a collaboration between academia and industry led to solving a critical problem on fraude detection.

13:45 – 14:15 | Presentation: The Police AI Lab Uncovered: What It Really Takes to Build Intelligent Systems

Speaker: Bas Testerink
Topic: Beyond the Algorithm: What Works (and What Doesn’t) in the AI Police Lab

14:15 – 14:45 | Poster Session & Networking Break

A chance to explore posters showcasing other PhD projects and ongoing research collaborations.

14:45 – 15:15| Presentation: Research in Action: Collaborating for Impact Beyond Academia

Speaker: Kim van den Houten - AI4B.io lab

Topic: Making practical impact with your research as a PhD

Workshop (PhD's): How PhDs can ensure their research contributes effectively to business challenges.

15:15 – 16:15 | Workshop & Roundtable Discussions (Parallel Sessions)

In this workshop, former PhD researchers who successfully turned their research into real-world impact share their journey. They reveal how to translate complex findings into business value, align with company goals, and communicate effectively with decision-makers. A practical session for bridging research and industry—with stories from those who’ve done it.

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Roundtable Discussions (for those not joining the workshop)

Table 1: What are the main barriers to implementing research in a business setting, and how can they be overcome?

Table 2: What metrics should be used to measure research impact in a business context?

Table 3: How to balance fundamental research with applied business-driven goals.

Table 4: What are the key challenges in using proprietary and sensitive data in research collaborations, and how can they be effectively addressed?

Table 5: How do you get the most out of the collaboration between PhD candidates, academic labs, and companies? What practices help ensure mutual benefit, knowledge transfer, and long-term impact — both for the organization and the researcher?

Agenda

12:00 – 13:00 | Arrival & Lunch

13:45 – 14:15 | Presentation: The Police AI Lab Uncovered: What It Really Takes to Build Intelligent Systems

14:15 – 14:45 | Poster Session & Networking Break

14:45 – 15:15| Presentation: Research in Action: Collaborating for Impact Beyond Academia

15:15 – 16:15 | Workshop & Roundtable Discussions (Parallel Sessions)

16:15 - 16:30 | Wrap - up

16:30 - 17:00 | Awards & Closing words

17:00 - 18:15 | Informal Networking borrel

ICAI Day 2025:Translating academic research into practical impact