Arise Day 2025
2025: The year it all comes together
Over the past four years, we have been working rather tirelessly on building a species ID infrastructure for everyone who works with Dutch biodiversity. We've used the past Arise Days to listen to your input, get ideas, and talk about how we were making progress. This year, we bring something new:
Results.
Learn how to access sensor data, how to use our growing database of AIs for image and sound recognition, how to access DNA data from your samples and how it can help you discover new species, for one. The first parts of ARISE are real and they're here for you to work and play with. We're delighted to tell you all about it - and about what comes next.
In short:
What: An update on Arise, keynote speeches, workshops, entertainment, meet old friends, make new ones. All lectures and activities will be in English.
Who: Biologists, ecologists, AI specialists, data stewards, and everything in between. If your work relates to biodiversity in the Netherlands, it probably relates to Arise in some way.
Where: Naturalis in Leiden.
When: Wednesday March 26, 9:00 to 17:00 (and drinks afterwards)
Costs: Free.
The program:
As always, Arise Day has workshops, networking opportunities, and a part that is accessible to the general public. ARISE is Dutch in nature, so there will of course be beer and bitterballen at the end.
We are very proud to present our two Keynote Speakers for 2025:
Kristine Bohmann - A vacuum cleaner for aerial DNA
Many animals leave traces of DNA in the air, and Kristine Bohmann (University of Copenhagen) is an expert in collecting and measuring these. In her talk, she will explain the use of aerial DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring.
Caspar Janssen - Animal nature
Prize-winning Dutch nature journalist and writer Caspar Janssen presents a helicopter view of his country's nature, environmental problems, monitor and the species that embody them.
9:00 - 9:30 Registration and coffee.
9:30 - 9:50 Opening
9:50- 10:45 Keynote lecture: Kristine Bohmann
11:00-12:00 ARISE Townhall: What did we achieve, and what is in store for 2025?
12:00-12:45 Lunch - foyer Auditorium
13:00 - 15:30 Breakout sessions/workshops
You can pick two, or sneak off into the Naturalis museum instead.
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Beyond ARISE / Users talk - Auditorium
Session 1: The future of DNA based biodiversity monitoring
Session 2: Biodiversity monitoring in practise: How sensors complement monitoring in the field
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ARISE information market & public demos - LiveScience
As always, the LiveScience hall features the part of Arise Day that is open to the public. This year, the Westerdijk Institute will share their love of all things fungi with the visitors of the Naturalis museum.
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Sensors in practice - Atelier
Live testing of ARISE services, e.g. Sensor registration, Sensor dashboard, AI library and analysis. Maximum capacity: 30 pax.
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From sample to sequence ID - Tribune
Show & tell and shared results from collectors. Maximum capacity: 70 pax.
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15:30: Everyone back to the Auditorium for coffee and a snack.
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15:45 -16:30 Keynote lecture: Caspar Janssen
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16:30 - 17:00 Wrap up: Pub quiz by Biology on Tap
Every month, the outreach initiative Biology on Tap hosts a series of lectures in a bar in Leiden, where you can combine your interest in biology with your love of drinks. Arise spider specialist Jeremy Miller hosts a biodiversity pub quiz there, and now also here. There will be special prizes for the winner!
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17:00 - 18:00 Drinks & Networking - foyer Auditorium
Meet old friends and make new ones.