SNiC

Name

SNiC

Legal name

Stichting Nationaal Informatica Congres

Website

https://snic.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Conferences

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Education, Research & Academic Congresses (THAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD)

Keywords

• Computer science conferences
• Student IT congresses
• Annual technology symposiums
• Academic industry events
• Career networking fairs

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SNiC organizes the largest annual national Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence congress in the Netherlands, featuring talks by academic and industry speakers, a company fair, networking breaks, and workshops. Each year one of nine affiliated Dutch university study associations hosts the congress on a different IT-themed topic, and tickets are sold exclusively through those study associations to enrolled Computer Science and AI bachelor and master students.

Product overview

SNiC (Stichting Nationaal Informatica Congres / Foundation National Computer Science Conference) is an annual conference organization for Dutch Computer Science and AI students. The organization hosts yearly themed conferences organized by rotating Dutch university study associations. The conferences feature talks from academic and industry speakers, company fairs, and networking opportunities. Each conference has a distinct theme (e.g., AvailabilIT, SustainabilIT, ResilIT) and includes keynote presentations, parallel sessions, workshops, and company exhibitions. The primary product is the annual conference event itself, with no digital products, software platforms, or APIs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AvailabilIT Conference (SNiC 2025) Annual SNiC congress focused on the reach of technology, featuring academic and industry speakers, workshops, company fair, and networking for Dutch CS/AI bachelor and master students.
• SustainabilIT Conference (SNiC 2024) 2024 edition of the annual SNiC CS/AI congress themed on sustainability in technology, with keynote talks, sessions, and a company fair.
• CreativIT Conference (SNiC 2023) 2023 edition of the annual SNiC CS/AI congress held at DeFabrique in Utrecht, with talks and a company fair.
• CelerIT Conference (SNiC 2022) 2022 edition of the annual SNiC CS/AI congress themed on the swiftness of technology, organized by GEWIS and held at Parktheater Eindhoven.
• MobilIT Conference (SNiC 2021) 2021 edition of the annual SNiC CS/AI congress focused on mobility in technology, covering autonomous vehicles, logistics and city planning, cybernetics and exoskeletons.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

29 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• TopicuscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerTopicus is a long-standing partner of SNiC, sponsoring multiple editions (AnonymIT 2014, DisruptIT 2017, ResilIT 2019, SingularIT 2018). Topicus supports the congress through financial sponsorship and actively recruits students for internships, graduation projects, and job opportunities.
• Rijksoverheid (Dutch Government)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Dutch national government is a recurring partner across multiple SNiC editions (AnonymIT 2014, DisruptIT 2017, ResilIT 2019). The government promotes ICT careers within the civil service and participates in the company fair, seeking IT talent for its various ministries and agencies.
• NedapflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerNedap served as the Platinum/headline sponsor for DisruptIT 2017, SingularIT 2018, and ResilIT 2019. The company is a Dutch tech multinational focused on 'Technology for life', with Nedap Healthcare a key division. Their CTO Andre Foeken participated as a keynote speaker and panelist.
• KPMGcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerKPMG was a Gold partner for DisruptIT 2017, promoting their advisory services and IT career opportunities to student attendees. KPMG recruits from technical and analytical university graduates.
• INGcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerING was a Gold partner for DisruptIT 2017 and SingularIT 2018, and Silver partner for ResilIT 2019. ING promotes its IT traineeship and digital transformation career opportunities to CS/AI students.
• AchmeacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAchmea was a Gold partner for DisruptIT 2017 and ResilIT 2019, and a Bronze partner for SingularIT 2018. The insurer promotes its IT Management Traineeship and IT Talentship programs to graduates in informatics, mathematics, and business.
• DeloitteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeloitte was a Silver partner for DisruptIT 2017, promoting consulting career opportunities to Dutch university graduates.
• OrtecminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOrtec was a Silver partner for DisruptIT 2017 and ResilIT 2019, and a Silver partner for SingularIT 2018. Ortec provides optimization software solutions and recruits IT talent for its operations.
• DSWminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDSW was a Silver partner for DisruptIT 2017 and ResilIT 2019, and a Bronze partner for SingularIT 2018. DSW is a Dutch health insurance company with an in-house IT department, recruiting IT graduates.
• ChipsoftminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChipsoft was a Gold partner for SingularIT 2018 and Silver partner for ResilIT 2019. The healthcare software company develops HiX and recruits graduates for software development roles.
• ASMLminorGTM or Marketing PartnerASML was a Bronze partner for DisruptIT 2017 and ResilIT 2019, and a Bronze partner for SingularIT 2018. ASML is a Dutch high-tech company manufacturing lithography machines for the semiconductor industry.
• QuintorcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerQuintor was a Gold partner for SingularIT 2018 (as principal sponsor) and Gold partner for ResilIT 2019. Quintor is a Dutch software consultancy that professionalizes software development for enterprise clients. The company gave a keynote at SingularIT 2018.
• BelsimpelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBelsimpel was a Bronze partner for DisruptIT 2017 and SingularIT 2018. The Dutch online phone retailer (acquired Peperzaken) recruits IT talent for app development and machine learning projects.
• SimplicateminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSimplicate was a Bronze partner for DisruptIT 2017. Dutch CRM/ERP software company recruiting IT talent.
• RabobankminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRabobank was a partner for AnonymIT 2014. Rabobank's Innovation Manager participated as a speaker discussing cryptocurrencies and financial technology innovation.
• NLnetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNLnet was a partner for AnonymIT 2014. NLnet is a Dutch foundation that supports open-source privacy and security software projects. NLnet's director Michiel Leenaars was a speaker at AnonymIT 2014.
• InfosupportminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInfosupport was listed as a partner for AnonymIT 2014, recruiting IT students for its consulting and software development services.
• ProcamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProcam was a Silver partner for DisruptIT 2017 and a Silver partner for SingularIT 2018. Recruitment consultancy connecting IT talent with organizations.
• CapgeminiminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCapgemini was listed as a partner for AnonymIT 2014 and was listed among MobilIT 2021 partners.
• ThalesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThales was a Silver partner for ResilIT 2019, promoting career opportunities in defense and security technology to Dutch IT students.
• DNB (De Nederlandsche Bank)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerDNB was a Silver partner for ResilIT 2019 and a Bronze partner for SingularIT 2018. The Dutch central bank recruits IT talent for financial technology and regulatory technology roles.
• University of TwentecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUniversity of Twente, via its study association I.C.T.S.V. Inter-*Actief*, is the organizing institution for SNiC 2025 (AvailabilIT). The university supports the congress through its university fund.
• Radboud UniversitycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRadboud University is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study associations Thalia and CognAC from Radboud organized SNiC MobilIT 2021.
• TU EindhovencoreGTM or Marketing PartnerTU Eindhoven is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study association GEWIS organized SNiC CelerIT 2022.
• University of GroningencoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUniversity of Groningen is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study association Cover organized SNiC DisruptIT 2017.
• Utrecht UniversitycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUtrecht University is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study association Sticky organized SNiC AnonymIT 2014.
• Leiden UniversitycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLeiden University is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study association De Leidsche Flesch organized SNiC Exa-IT.
• University of AmsterdamcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUniversity of Amsterdam is listed as a supporting university for SNiC 2025. Study association via organized SNiC SingularIT 2018.
• Stichting Universiteitsfonds TwenteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStichting Universiteitsfonds Twente (University Fund Twente) supports SNiC 2025 as a financial supporter, enabling the congress to be organized by the University of Twente's study association.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Computer Society: International professional organization for computing/engineering with student branches at Dutch universities. Comparable in mission (advancing computing profession, sponsoring technical events) but operates at global scale rather than national-student focus.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): Global academic computing society that organizes many of the world's flagship CS conferences (SIGCOMM, SIGGRAPH, CHI) and student chapters at universities. SNiC's scope is the Dutch student analog, but ACM defines the broader conference-and-recognition infrastructure SNiC's sponsors care about.

Direct peers

• Major League Hacking (MLH): Organizes student hackathons and tech events for university CS students globally. Structurally analogous to SNiC: student-focused, sponsor-driven, and recruiting-oriented programming — albeit hackathon-based rather than conference-based.
• BEST (Board of European Students of Technology): Pan-European student organization that runs engineering and technology events, competitions, and conferences across European universities. Closely comparable mission: bridging technical students and industry, similar multi-country university federation structure.
• Imagine Festival: Dutch Computer Science student event/festival organized in collaboration with Dutch universities. Direct Dutch-market peer with similar target audience, university-study-association roots, and industry sponsor flywheel.

Regional players

• Devoxx Belgium: Major Belgian developer conference organized by a community of Belgian developers. Operates in the same Benelux region with comparable academic and industry speaker programming and sponsor mix; useful proxy for SNiC's regional category.
• EuroPython: Europe's largest Python-community conference, organized by volunteers. Similar non-profit, volunteer-led ethos and university-developer audience, but reaches a European rather than Dutch scope.

Others

• Bits & Chips: Dutch high-tech industry media outlet that organizes conferences and events covering Dutch semiconductor/embedded and high-tech industry. Comparable Dutch-focal IT-sector event organizer with industry-sponsor model.
• NL AI Coalition: Dutch public–private partnership aimed at developing and applying AI across sectors, including talent development. Adjacent to SNiC's mission in that both convene AI/IT stakeholders in the Netherlands, though NL AIC is industry-policy oriented rather than student-run.

Emerging players

• Hatch (Engineering & IT Events): European event series focused on engineering, technology, and innovation communities. Adjacent positioning to SNiC's mission of inspiring technical students with industry exposure, though operating at a continental rather than Dutch-student level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SNiC_Symposium
• GitHubgithub.com/iamDecode/AutonomIT
• Facebookfacebook.com/snicinformatica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snic-congress

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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