Jules Harings will demonstrate how natural materials like silks are a source of inspiration to a techno-economic, circular model for packaging plastics, based on natural resources.
Sustainability and meaning in life
- lecture
Why should we care about the future? Prof. dr. Marc Davidson will explain why in this lecture.

IPKM Expert lecture "Open Design and Intellectual Property"
- lecture
Open Design is a phenomenon which applies the concept of open source software to digital blueprints of physical objects. It relies heavily on the modular Creative Commons licensing regime, which requires a functioning copyright framework. Furthermore, the relation between Open Design and industrial property rights shall be discussed.

19th EIPIN Congress on Innovation and Triple Helix
The Innovation and the Triple Helix event will focus on:
The importance of intellectual property for innovation; and the role for government, the private sector, and academia in driving innovation forward through cooperative action.

Ius Commune workshops: Trust in Trade
- workshop
We will organize two workshops the aim of which is to clarify the meaning of the concept of trust in a legal context, specifically linking it to trade-related questions.

Interview Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
- lecture
Studium Generale - Interview
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, artist and political activist, member of punk rock band Pussy Riot

Experience Day Econometrics & OR
- study information
An “Experience Day at SBE” will allow you to get a real feel of what it’s like to study Econometrics & Operations Research at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.

EU Damages Directive - Advanced Seminar for Judges
- conference
The Advanced Seminar is being organised by the University of Maastricht in cooperation with Lexxion Publisher as a part of the project of the Directorate-General for Competition “Training of national judges and judicial cooperation in the field of EU competition law” and is co-funded by the European Union.

Populism, Nationalism and Human Rights
- conference
Conference of the Centre for Human Rights at Maastricht University
11 & 12 January 2018, Maastricht, the Netherlands

MCEL/CERIM Academic Opening Conference
- conference
Multi-Speed Europe, Differentiated Integration and The Future of the European Union
