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Save the date: CIIIC IX Labs Launch Event CIIIC is proud to launch the national network of IX Labs on Wednesday, 18 November 2026, at KATOENHUIS I Imagining New Realities. The Netherlands now has a growing, nationally connected #infrastructure for immersive experiences: five regional labs that bring knowledge, technology, facilities and applications closer together. At the CIIIC IX Labs Launch #Event, the labs will showcase who they are, what they offer, and how you, as a company, researcher, public organisation or international partner, can tap into their infrastructure and expertise. Expect an afternoon with opportunities to meet all five #labs, hear from a launching customer about what IX delivers in practice, take part in a hackathon, and connect directly with the labs to explore your own ideas. Registration opens on 22 October. Want to be among the first to know? Fill in the interest form: https://lnkd.in/eFYBbPhJ.. We’ll keep you posted on registration and further details about the event. #savethedate

CIIIC is establishing a national network of five regional IX Labs! Five labs BRIX, IX3, MIX Lab, PRIME and SHINE are being connected into one national network: IX Labs NL. Five spaces open to anyone who wants to research, experience and distribute their immersive idea. The Netherlands has a wealth of talent and expertise in #IX. With IX Labs NL, we are building the infrastructure needed to bring this knowledge into practice and scale its application. Thanks to the CIIIC programme, part of the Nationaal Groeifonds, high-quality #infrastructure for #immersive #technology is becoming accessible to a wider range of creators, companies, researchers and public organisations. This makes the step from idea to experiment, prototype and application smaller. Want to know more? Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eY5UG2D8 TNO ARTIS | Natura Artis Magistra AMAZE Amsterdam Nxt Museum Believe the Dream Studio CoVince | to Grow, to Gather KNVB Enversed Studios MindLabs Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg University Breda University of Applied Sciences Technische Universiteit Eindhoven oasis ENTR H20 Event location - Tech Hub - Rabo Esports Stadium KATOENHUIS I Imagining New Realities Joram Nauta Heleen Rouw Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap

Looking for new collaborations around immersive experiences (IX)? Join us during the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF) for an information session on CIIIC START and CIIIC KERN, organised in collaboration with CIIIC and Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA. Whether you’re an IX-maker, researcher, producer, cultural organisation, knowledge institution or practitioner with a new idea, an emerging intuition or ongoing research that needs a next step: this session is for you! During the session, you’ll: • Discover the funding opportunities offered through CIIIC START and CIIIC KERN • Hear from two previously funded projects about their experiences with consortium building and co-creation • Meet potential partners from different fields • Explore opportunities to join or build a consortium for a future project 📅 Wednesday, 30 September 2026 🕞 15:30–17:00 📍 Stadsschouwburg Utrecht Interested in exploring what you could create together? Come meet potential collaborators and discover what’s possible. 👉 Registration & more information: https://lnkd.in/eFJvxKC4 Ferry Hogeboom Heleen Rouw Ruth T. Photo: Ben Houdijk

Researching IX at the Netherlands Film Festival On September 30, CIIIC, Nederlands Film Festival (NFF), HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie are hosting the knowledge session Researching #IX – The Art of #Researching Together at Stadsschouwburg Utrecht. The five consortia from the first round of ADRIE (Artistic & Design Research for Immersive Experiences) will share their first #experiences with artistic and design research into immersive experiences. During the session, you will explore with the consortia what their work can teach us about interdisciplinary research. What are their research questions and methods? What does interdisciplinary collaboration look like in practice? And how can knowledge and experiences be better shared across different research practices? This week, the five ADRIE consortia are presenting their initial findings and experiences at Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, sharing their research with an #international audience and exploring new collaborations. From Linz to Utrecht, the conversation continues on how we can research and develop immersive experiences together. Register for the session: https://lnkd.in/eYxFmZnX

How can immersive experiences help residents engage with their surroundings and strengthen the connection between citizens and government? Twenty entrepreneurs are set to explore just that. They've been selected for phase 1 of the Innovation Impact Challenge: IX for social inclusion and cohesion, and will spend the coming months working on projects around two themes: • Community leaders as a bridge between government and citizens • Community self-reliance in neighbourhoods Each receives up to €25,000 for a feasibility study, with a view to a pilot and further development. The scheme is delivered by Netherlands Enterprise Agency in partnership with CIIIC. Curious who they are and what they'll be building? The public summaries are now available: https://lnkd.in/eGBXs53J On September 22, a networking event takes place in The Hague with all twenty entrepreneurs, plus speakers Gilberto Morishaw and Daan de Bruijn-van den Wijngaart. Come share your experience from practice, join the conversation, and explore where your work connects. Free to attend. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTgA3ApR

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