As we get closer to this year's Open Day, keep an eye out for updates on Open Day activities, companies joining and practical information.

Open Day 2024: From Millennium Bug to AI Plugin

Get ready for a high tech festival like you've never seen! On Open Day, you can join an exciting day full of inspiration, exploration and innovation. We invite you to discover new innovations that will change our world, and have some fun while you're at it. The event is free and open to the public, and we encourage everyone to bring their family and friends! You don't need to register. Enjoy a wonderful day at the Campus! 

DATE: 8 June
TIME: 11:00 - 16:00
LOCATION: High Tech Campus Eindhoven

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On Open Day, you can join an exciting day full of inspiration, exploration and innovation. We invite you to discover new innovations that will change our world, and have some fun while you're at it. The event is free and open to the public, and we encourage everyone to bring their family and friends! You don't need to register. Enjoy a wonderful day at the Campus! 

The Open Day is also a hotspot on the High Tech Ontdekkingsroute, an opportunity for everyone to take a look in the high-tech kitchen of the Brainport region. 

DATE: 8 June
TIME: 11:00 - 16:00
LOCATION: High Tech Campus Eindhoven

PSV Hop-on Hop-off Bus

A special treat for PSV fans: the PSV hop-on hop-off bus will be there for the Open Day to ensure you reach all activities on Campus with ease. 

Visitors can hop on the bus and ride the fixed route to each hot Open Day area, letting you explore all the opportunities Open Day has to offer! 

Zone Red: Central

Welcome to Zone Red at the center of High Tech Campus, where it's buzzing with activity!

Meet Phoxy

Don't miss out on this photo opportunity, PSV fans! Make sure to be at the Conference Center between 12:00 – 13:00 o’clock to take a photo with Phoxy and the PSV championship plate.

At The Strip, hop into an escape room of Meneer Rick or admire a race car from the student team of University Racing Eindhoven. Vrrrroom!

Conference Center

Inside the Conference Center, you can witness unique demos and activities from Imec, TNO, Holst Centre, E ink Technologies, Salvia BioElectronics, Smart BioMaterials Consortium (SBMC) with Holland Hybride Heart and De Ontdekfabriek.

Outside the Conference Center, experience NXP Semiconductors' radar technology in a demo car, TomTom's test car, and FAULHABER Drive Systems' miniature motors that are inside actual robots!

Summer Tent and outdoor activities at The Strip

Step outside to the Summer Tent, where High Tech Campus Eindhoven celebrates its 25th anniversary with grilled barbecue fare at the Event Square. Nearby, the lake invites you to go rowing as a serene retreat.

The entire Strip in Zone Red is filled with restaurants and food trucks where you can eat or take-out delicious food and drinks.

Activities at HTC 5

In HTC 5, the Open Day Startup Hub offers fun activities from HighTechXL and deep-tech venture alumni VitalWear and inPhocal. Also in HTC 5, enjoy engaging activities for all ages, including quizzes on healthy heart awareness by AIKON Health.

Be sure not to miss Ocuma, Stactics, Axelera AI, STENTiT, Vention Technologies and Radio 4 Brainport. 

Wear a cleanroom suit and take a greenscreen photo in a cleanroom at the SMART Photonics booth or dive into Playsight's Virtual Warehouse Trainer Platform!

Zone Orange: South West

Learn more about our activities in Zone Orange!

Visit Shimano and TMC

In Zone Orange, Shimano welcomes you to building HTC 92 for an immersive cycling and fishing experience. TMC challenges you to participate in thrilling activities in building HTC 96 like a racing simulator, robot racing, soldering to build your TMC puppet, and programming your own light show!

"Recharge" with the Workplace Vitality Hub and Zens

At building HTC 85, discover true workplace innovation at the Workplace Vitality Hub and recharge at Zens, where you can learn everything about wireless charging technology.

Meet Lucis One

 And while you’re in the area, it’s nearly impossible to miss the construction site of Lucis One, High Tech Campus Eindhoven’s newest high-end office building with space for electro-technical labs. Lucis One is set for completion in fall 2024. For more information, visit the website.
 

Zone Purple: North East

Check out some highlights in Zone Purple to add to your route on Open Day.

Philips opens their doors

In Zone Purple, step into the innovation hub of Philips (HTC 33 + HTC 34) and seize the opportunity to explore their cutting-edge technology. Demos will be provided for visitors of all ages, and don't miss out on the chance to grab some ice cream while you’re there.

Also, bring a special visit to the Philips Myshop pop-up (near the Food Lab) where incredible deals on the Philips assortment await!

Visit Signify at HTC 48

Signify (HTC 48) invites you to make a Green Switch! Bring a non-durable lightbulb and receive a FREE durable LED bulb. Enter the Signify Lighting Experience Centre's film room, sit back and experience the creation of light. Then, experience the impact of light in 3 unique demo's and rush towards the Atrium, where you will see a 3D printer in operation that prints sustainable lighting prints.  Read the full article with Signify's activities during Open Day 2024.

International's Market

Embark on a journey through the Internationals Market at the Food Lab, where you'll find market booths packed with fun activities from various organizations focusing on Internationals:  Bridge the gap and learn with me, Expat Housing Center, Expat Spouses Initiative, Eindhoven News, Expat Center, Eindhoven Sport, Eindhoven Museum.

At the end of The Strip, dive into various sports and vitality activities at HighFive & Campus Wellness Center.
 

Zone Green: South East

Welcome to the Green Zone, where amidst all the tech and innovation you’ve experienced today, you can step back and reconnect with nature. See the High Tech Farmers at work as they cultivate herbs and veggies in the Campus Community Garden.  Join in candle making workshops and discover the fascinating world of beekeeping. And don't forget to greet our woolly friends, the sheep, who keep our grass trim and green.

Zone Blue: North West

Sports clinics

Get your head in the game in Zone Blue! Join cricket or tennis clinics for an extra dose of action on Open Day.

VitalFluid: "Lightning in a box"

Experience the innovative plant protection system, "lightning in a box!" VitalFluid is world market leader in Plasma Activated Water (PAW) solutions. Their “Lightning in a box” is a copy of the natural process in which thunderstorms fix nitrogen in water. Only ambient air and water are needed as input, making it a sustainable solution for many agricultural applications.

At The Strip

Ever wanted to experience NXPs radar technology with a real demo car, check out TomTom’s test car, or see FAULHABERs miniature electric motors in action in actual robots? Well, you're in luck! What these three companies have in common (apart from creating amazing innovations) is that they all have their demos set up at the Conference Center (The Strip) during Open Day.

Take a sneak peek at some of the activities you can join on Open Day! 

Visit The Farm on Open Day

Meet the sheep in charge of mowing the grass at High Tech Campus, join the candle-making workshop, buy some High Tech Honey made by bees right here on Campus, and learn about gardening and sustainability from the High Tech Farmers.

Sports Forest Activities

Get your head in the game at the Sport Forest, where you can join a Padel clinic led by Peakz Padel, a cricket clinic led by the HTCE Cricket Association, or a tennis clinic!

Rowboats on the Lake

Take a rowboat out on the lake at Campus on Open Day! Enjoy the tranquil nature surrounding HTCE with this rare opportunity. 

International Market

Visit the International Market to meet companies working with expats in the Brainport community!

5 zones with 16 locations

We have something planned for everyone: high tech, low tech and kids’ activities, food trucks, music, and the howdo festival-within-a-festival. And what about sports?! During the Open Day you can join the PSV football clinic, visit a Formula E race car and jump on a rowboat on the lake.

ORANGE ZONE

The Orange Zone features lots of activities for kids and adults, including the TMC Mad Science station and 3Beam light show for kids and e-bikes and fishing tackle demos at Shimano. The Startup Hub features 10 HTCE companies of the future. There you can see an autonomous drone used in the Campus test field lab and attend an AI workshop for kids. While the kids are learning about AI, adults can test their skills in escaping the Hackers Escape Bus on The Strip. Learn about facial recognition technology, laser marking, free space optics and AI in an immersive, real-time art experience.

BLUE ZONE

The Blue Zone has a great combo of activities for Open Day visitors. What happens when you combine light, music and innovation? The folks at Signify will show you at HTC 7, where kids can make take part in an electronics workshop. Hop off the PSV players’ bus and step into the 5G Hub, where you'll find stations with robot dogs, a remote-controlled car, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences and more. Round out your Blue Zone visit at the Frits Philips Sports Forest where you can participate in cricket and tennis clinics. Then hop back on the PSV bus and explore another zone!

RED ZONE

The Red Zone is the beating heartbeat of Open Day activity! Inside the Conference Center, hear the fairy tale story of High Tech Campus, and meet IBM’s Casper the Robot. Kids can help create the future city of healthcare with Ontdekfabriek and learn about robots and VR. Make sure the kids enter Faulhaber’s coloring competition to win a robot dog! Too much stimulation? Discover Alphabeats’ new music routine for health and happiness in the LOKL. Outside on The Strip, the PSV championship cup will be on display for a short period. For all you Formula 1 fans, check out the race cars of the future: Formula-e! 

PURPLE ZONE

Don’t miss the Purple Zone! The Philips “tour” is packed with demonstrations not to be missed! Send your health data to the doctor in the cloud, check out the home of the future or “walk” through the hospital of the future. Learn how you can design for circularity, try to place a needle at the right location in the body or practice moving a C-arm control unit. Signify welcomes visitors in their “cinema room,” where they experience the creation of light and see the effects in retail, office or industrials environments. And check out HowDo Magazine Square, where the local magazine is sponsoring an International “festival within a festival”. You can find food trucks and many more activities at the end of The Strip.

GREEN ZONE

In the Green Zone, you can visit the High Tech Farmers at the Campus Community Garden. See where we grow herbs and other vegetables, visit the bees making High Tech Honey and say hello to our favorite employees, the sheep who mow the Campus grounds! Join Wild Breaks, a mini-safari, in search of the wild animals and plants that also call the Campus their home. From there, walk over to NXP to see The Showroom, an experience center showing innovative products and concepts to make life easier, safer, more sustainable and more enjoyable for consumers.

Impressions from Open Day 2022

Some of the companies joining Open Day:

Zone Red: Central

Welcome to Zone Red at the center of High Tech Campus, where it's buzzing with activitiy!

PSV's Phoxy and the Championship Plate

Don't miss out on this photo op, PSV fans! Make sure to be at the Conference Center between 12:00 – 13:00 o’clock to take a photo with Phoxy and the PSV championship plate.

Activities at the Conference Center

At the Conference Center, experience NXP Semiconductors' radar technology in demo cars, TomTom's test car, and FAULHABER Drive Systems' miniature motors powering robots. Inside the Conference Center, you can witness unique innovations, demos, and activities from Smart BioMaterials Consortium and Holland Hybride Heart, TNO, Holst Centre, imec, E Ink Technologies, Salvia BioElectronics and De Ontdekfabriek.

Summer Tent and outdoor activities

Step outside to the Summer Tent, where High Tech Campus Eindhoven celebrates its 25th anniversary with grilled barbecue fare at the Event Square. Nearby, the lake invites you to go rowing as a serene retreat.

Activities at HTC 5

In HTC 5, the Open Day Startup Hub offers fun activities from HighTechXL deep-tech ventures. Also in HTC 5, enjoy VR experiences by Bilfinger Tebodin and engaging activities for all ages, including quizzes on healthy heart awareness by AIKON Health.