Call for Lightning Talks

We invite all software engineering researchers and practitioners in the Netherlands to contribute to the symposium program. We welcome proposals for “lightning talks” - short but engaging presentations, to be allocated between 5 and 10 minutes at the symposium.

There is no specific format for lightning talks. Still, they should be targeting the broad VERSEN audience. An exciting lightning talk may, for instance:

• Describe recently published results;
• Present open research problems (and/or ongoing efforts to tackle them);
• Summarize a recently concluded PhD dissertation;
• Summarize the bachelor or master thesis you are working on;
• Recently granted (or started) research projects;
• Motivate a “call to arms” for the broad VERSEN community.

There will be a (lightweight) evaluation of one-page talk proposals (PDF) describing the envisioned presentation at the symposium.

The call for lightning talks is open in Easychair.

Important Dates

Submission of talk proposals: April 10th, 2026, AoE.

Notification: April 17th, 2026.

We look forward to seeing you at the SEN symposium!