Program

The Winter School will be held on Monday, 24^th – Friday, 28^th November 2025.

For participants external to the InnoGuard Project, participation is only possible on the Open Days (Wednesday, 26^th – Friday, 28^th November 2025).

Overview
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	(InnoGuard project members only)	(InnoGuard project members only)	(open to all participants)	(open to all participants)	(open to all participants)
Morning Part I	Welcome and Introduction Aitor Arrieta, Sebastiano Panichella	Project Review	Social & Industry Day	Scientific Presentations Shaukat Ali	Dissemination: Best Practices Ivano Malavolta, Patricia Lago
Morning Part I	Scientific Reviewing Massimiliano Di Penta			Scientific Presentations Shaukat Ali
Break
Morning Part II	How to be a great PhD Student Alberto Martin-Lopez			Empirical Methods I - Experiments with Humans Maitane Mazmela	Open Access, Open Data Policies and Open Science: Best Practices Fiorella Zampetti
Lunch
Afternoon Part I	Rehearsal (Part I) Doctoral Candidates			Empirical Methods II - Empirical Methods in Graph-based Pattern Recognition Kaspar Riesen
Break
Afternoon Part II	Rehearsal (Part II) Doctoral Candidates			Empirical Methods III (Part A) Francesco Sovrano
Afternoon Part II	Project Meeting Aitor Arrieta			Empirical Methods III (Part B) Sebastiano Panichella, Pablo Valenzuela

Monday, 24^th November
(InnoGuard project members only)

09:15 - 09:30	Welcome and Introduction Aitor Arrieta, Sebastiano Panichella Haus der Universität
09:30 - 10:30	Scientific Reviewing Massimiliano Di Penta Haus der Universität
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
11:00 - 12:15	How to be a great PhD Student Alberto Martin-Lopez Haus der Universität
12:15 - 12:30	Group Photo Haus der Universität
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Haus der Universität
14:00 - 15:30	Rehearsal (Part I) Doctoral Candidates Haus der Universität
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
15:45 - 17:30	Rehearsal (Part II) Doctoral Candidates Haus der Universität
17:30 - 18:00	Project Meeting Aitor Arrieta Haus der Universität
18:30 - 21:00	Apéro Haus der Universität

Tuesday, 25^th November
(InnoGuard project members only)

08:30 - 08:35	Introduction El-Alami Boualam, Aitor Arrieta Haus der Universität
08:35 - 09:00	Tour de Table Scientists in charge Haus der Universität
09:00 - 09:25	REA Project Officer Presentation El-Alami Boualam Haus der Universität
09:25 - 10:15	Project Coordinator's Report PC Haus der Universität
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
10:30 - 12:50	Individual Presentations Doctoral Candidates Haus der Universität
12:50 - 13:45	Lunch Haus der Universität
13:45 - 14:45	Restricted session with Doctoral Candidates El-Alami Boualam Haus der Universität
14:45 - 15:00	Restricted session between PO and PC PC, El-Alami Boualam Haus der Universität
15:00 - 17:30	Feedback and Open Discussion Haus der Universität
20:00 - 22:00	Project Dinner Haus der Universität

Wednesday, 26^th November
(open to all participants)

10:45 - 12:00	Guided Tour at the Historical Museum Bernese Historical Museum, Helvetiaplatz 5, 3005 Bern Check the website of the Bernese Historical Museum for more information.
12:30 - 13:45	Lunch Restaurant Grosse Schanze, Parkterrasse 10, 3012 Bern Check the website of the Restaurant Grosse Schanze for more information.
13:45 - 14:00	Buying Train Tickets for Visiting LOXO SBB Office, Main Station, 3008 Bern
15:00 - 16:30	Visit at LOXO LOXO, Halle Bleue, Passage du Cardinal 13B, 1700 Fribourg One hour group visit with a vehicle demonstration for all participants. 20 participants will have the chance to personally try the LOXO self-driving car. Each trial lasts about 5 minutes. Total duration for the driving experience: ~1h30. Drinks will be provided, and a room is reserved for comfort and networking. Check the website of LOXO for more information.

Thursday, 27^th November
(open to all participants)

09:00 - 10:30	Scientific Presentations Shaukat Ali Haus der Universität
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
11:00 - 12:30	Empirical Methods I - Experiments with Humans Maitane Mazmela Haus der Universität
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Haus der Universität
13:30 - 15:00	Empirical Methods II - Empirical Methods in Graph-based Pattern Recognition Kaspar Riesen Haus der Universität
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
15:30 - 16:15	Empirical Methods III (Part A) Francesco Sovrano Haus der Universität
16:15 - 17:00	Empirical Methods III (Part B) Sebastiano Panichella, Pabo Valenzuela Haus der Universität

Friday, 28^th November
(open to all participants)

09:00 - 10:30	Dissemination: Best Practices Ivano Malavolta, Patricia Lago Haus der Universität
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break Haus der Universität
11:00 - 12:30	Open Access, Open Data Policies and Open Science: Best Practices Fiorella Zampetti Haus der Universität
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Haus der Universität