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Welcome to our free one-day workshop for celebrating women studying and working in computing! Alice & Eve aims to bring together talents in the field of computing. The sixth edition of this workshop will be hosted on 20 October 2026 by Utrecht University.

Alice and Eve event is inspired by the BCS Lovelace Colloquium that started in 2008. For more details about earlier editions of Alice & Eve, see the websites of 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023, 2024, and 2025.

The event is held during a single day, and features:

Join us, and participate to our poster contest on the topic of your choice!

Date:

Alice & Eve will take place on October 20, 2026.

Venue:

The workshop will be held at Neude11 Utrecht Public Library in Utrecht.

Registration:

Register here: Alice & Eve 2026 Registration Form

Program

Time Session
09:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 10:10 Opening
10:10 – 10:40 Talk on Knowledge Engineering
10:40 – 11:10 Talk on Machine Learning
11:10 – 11:30 ☕ Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00 Talk on Human–Computer Interaction
12:00 – 12:30 Talk on Algorithms
12:30 – 14:00 🍽 Lunch Break & Exhibition
14:00 – 14:30 Sponsor Lightning Talks
14:30 – 15:00 Talk on Computer Networks
15:00 – 15:30 ☕ Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 Talk on Security
16:00 – 16:15 Poster Awards
16:15 – 17:00 Panel on “Resilience in Computing”
17:00 – 17:10 Closing
17:10 – 18:00 🥂 Drinks

Poster Contest

We are thrilled to announce the Alice & Eve 2026 poster contest with exciting prizes awaiting the winners!

We invite all female students (Bachelor/Master/PhD) and early career researchers of computing and related subjects (in the broadest sense) to submit a poster. Your poster can be on any computing topic you like: from social networking to quantum computing and from medical image processing to formal verification. If it involves computers, we are interested. We welcome you to reuse any existing/published work or poster, no need to print it again.

To enter the poster contest, please write a half-page abstract (word limit: 250 words) on the topic of your poster and submit it by 15 September 2026 via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aliceeve2026

Notifications will be sent out by 25 September 2026. Selected participants are expected to bring the poster (up to size A0 portrait or A1 landscape) described by their abstract with them to Utrecht to present during the poster session. At the end of the day, prizes will be awarded for the winning posters in each category.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch: alice.eve@uu.nl. We look forward to seeing you in Utrecht!

Exhibition

TBD

Speakers

TBD

Jobs Board

TBD

Organizing Committee

Kate Labunets
Kate LabunetsGeneral Co-Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Maartje de Graaf
Maartje de GraafGeneral Co-Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Kimberley van Engelenhoven-Lenting
Kimberley van Engelenhoven-LentingLocal Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Martina Radli
Martina RadliAdministration Liaison
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Hanna Hauptmann
Hanna HauptmannProgram Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Roxana Radulescu
Roxana RadulescuPoster Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Sylvia Kerkhove
Sylvia KerkhoveFinance & Sponsors Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Karlijn Dinnissen
Karlijn DinnissenCommunication Co-Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Fatma Başak Aydemir
Fatma Başak AydemirCommunication Co-Chair
Utrecht University
Netherlands

Steering committee

Code of Conduct

Alice and Eve is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference at the discretion of the conference organizers. Harassment includes, but is not limited to:

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If someone makes you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please report it as soon as possible by contacting us ether in person or via email.

This Code of Conduct was adapted from the Geek Feminism Wiki anti-harassment policy.

Sponsors

Interested in sponsoring Alice & Eve 2026? We’d love to hear from you — please contact our sponsor chair at s.s.kerkhove@uu.nl.

🥉 Bronze Sponsors

LNVH TrustHub

🥇 Gold Sponsors

DuckDB Labs NWO Versen SIDN

Contact Us

For any questions, feel free to reach out to us at alice.eve@uu.nl.

About Utrecht

Utrecht is one of the Netherlands’ oldest and most vibrant cities, located right at the heart of the country. It is home to the iconic Dom Tower, medieval canal wharves, world-class museums, and three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Utrecht Centraal station is the largest railway hub in the Netherlands — just 30 minutes from Amsterdam and 35–40 minutes from Schiphol Airport.

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Accommodation

TBD