Come visit the Demonstrator Lab! We open our doors to all researchers, staff and students for a peek into the entrepreneurship laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit. Connect with academic founders, meet business developers to discuss your research potential, enjoy some 3D printing fun, have a tour of our lab & makerspace or do a crash course 'How to become an entrepreneur at the VU'nd have your professional LinkedIn photo made + many more surprises!
Sign up to let us know you are joinging, so we know how many fresh stroopwafels we should bake:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demonstrator-lab-open-house-25
Meet like-minded academics and researchers in our entrepreneurship laboratory
Are you looking for ways to create impact with your research? Are you walking around with a potential commercial or non for profit spin-off idea, but you never had the time or comfort to get it out there and test it with others?
Are you in need of a low barrier to entry environment where you can safely propose and discuss your idea?
All VU researchers, staff and students are welcome to walk in between 13:00-17:00hrs; you will find us in the P corridor on the second floor of the W&N building. There will be tours through the lab & makerspace, projects pitching their ideas and showcasing their business that they started at the Demonstrator Lab and you will find the community sharing their aspirations and experiences with testing out their business or non for profit ideas.
From 17:00hrs onwards there will be a drinks and a community party.
A lot will be going on – typical of the Demonstrator Lab
To make it a fun and interactive day, we have a lot planned for those planning to visit us. A rough outline of what to expect:
> Around 40 start-up projects showcasing their technologies, inventions and innovative solutions
> 1-on-1s with business developers if you want to have a chat about making an impact
> Tours en demos in the Lab and Makerspace – such as 3D printing fun
> The 5 VU Dream Teams, embedded at the Demonstrator Lab, showcasing how they work on shaping a better tomorrow
> Students from Mechanical Engineering and Creative Technology, the joint VU-UT educational tracks, showcasing their prototypes and real-world-problem-solving creations
> IXA-GO will be there to tell you all about the Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award 2026, to give you insights into the trajectory, learnings and benefits that you will have from participating in this pan-Amsterdam academic competition
> Funding agencies and partners of the VU, such as the Amsterdam Student Investment Fund (ASIF), pre-seed venture capitalists, and Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland, will be around to scout their new investments and opportunities for grants, to network and provide insights in their way of working
> Freshly baked stroopwafels
> Linkedin profile photography
> Crash courses ' How to become an entrepreneur at the VU'
> Mini workshops on entrepreneurship
> The Demonstrator Lab team, the VU StartHub and the VU Entrepreneurship student ambassadors will be there to welcome you, give tours, connect you to the right people and most of all make it a fun Open House experience for all of our visitors.
Are you curious? This will be the perfect time to just walk in, make your ideas known to the world and see if we can support you in any way to realize them. If you want to help us organize well, please let us know you are planning to stop by: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demonstrator-lab-open-house-25
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Hope to see you November 27th!
Cheers,
The Demonstrator Lab Team
